Player Topic: Aleks Kolarov 2015/16

[cleavers]

I blame him for Southampton scoring .
Made up for it by scoring the third goal .

Roger East was solely at fault for their goal (though the defending was utter shite too).

 

[come-on-barney]

Don't get all the bad love for Kolarov . The guy is a decent defender who get's goal's

+1

 

[OB1]

Had a good game today. Excellent finish when he scored.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

shows he cares every time he scores

I thought he showed he cares when KDB and Delph scored too. He was very vocal at getting the team in a huddle when we scored. Kind of captain material. Certainly more than Yaya when Vinny's out.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Two Premier League titles, and crucial goals every season. Far bigger concerns elsewhere.

 

[come-on-barney]

I thought he showed he cares when KDB and Delph scored too. He was very vocal at getting the team in a huddle when we scored. Kind of captain material. Certainly more than Yaya when Vinny's out.

He was certainly taking a lot of responsibility out there today and was almost playing like a captain. Organising and pointing to positions.

 

[lancs blue]

He was certainly taking a lot of responsibility out there today and was almost playing like a captain. Organising and pointing to positions.

He's had the armband before, usually after substitutions when Kompany, Toure, Zaba are not on the pitch.

 

[KCblue]

I think we should get rid of Clichy in the summer over Kolarov. Say what you want about his defending but he is one of the best left-backs in the world when it comes to going forward. What a goal today

Also, this thought popped into my head after his goal today. We always talk about the likes of Vinny, Joe, Merlin, Kun, Zaba and Yaya as being the integral parts of our titles and legends of the club. Now I'm not putting Kolarov on that same level, but he has been here for six seasons now. You can see his passion when he scores and although he may not be as vocal, I think he really does have a love for the club. I know he is replaceable but he's another who will make me sad when he leaves.

 

[Marvin]

I think we should get rid of Clichy in the summer over Kolarov. Say what you want about his defending but he is one of the best left-backs in the world when it comes to going forward. What a goal today

Also, this thought popped into my head after his goal today. We always talk about the likes of Vinny, Joe, Merlin, Kun, Zaba and Yaya as being the integral parts of our titles and legends of the club. Now I'm not putting Kolarov on that same level, but he has been here for six seasons now. You can see his passion when he scores and although he may not be as vocal, I think he really does have a love for the club. I know he is replaceable but he's another who will make me sad when he leaves.

The criticism he gets is almost comical.

The full-back game used to be all about defending, but in a team like City it is as much about attacking as defending and there is not a better attacking left back in the Premiership at the moment. With the amount of games coming up, its a big boost to have Clichy back so that Kolarov doesn't have to play every 3-4 days.

 

[DAGW]

Two Premier League titles, and crucial goals every season. Far bigger concerns elsewhere.

Where?

When we have a full strength side we have:

One of the best keepers in the league if not world in Hart,
Two very solid centre backs in Kompany and Otomendi,
One quality holding midfielder and another looking promising in Fernandinho and Delph,
The league's best midfield maestro in Silva,
Another highly gifted midfielder who can play anywhere and has the most assists in the league in KDB,
The best striker in the league in Sergio.

Add to those Yaya when he's on form, Sterling when he can get it together, Bony, Mangala, Fernando etc.

THE main deficiencies in our team are our fullbacks.

Zabaleta isn't on form this season and injured, Sagna is having a purple patch but still isn't quite good enough for where we want to be.

As for our left backs, Clichy has regressed, and although he was much improved today over recent performances Kolarov IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. He was comfortable today against lesser opposition. Had he had that performance and not been shown up against better opposition I would have been more impressed. But even his goal was his same old - HIT IT REALLY HARD. He got it on target which meant it wasn't getting stopped. A good goal and well needed by the team, but how many times is that shot going to go high wide and handsome?

I'll cut him some slack today but I maintain our left backs are not the standard we need. Going off Clichy's performance against Juve, Kolarov is our best option, but that to me is a very worrying state of affairs.