Player Topic: Kevin De Bruyne (2015/16)

[Ray78]

Is suffering with both Silva and Nasri being injured but he has a done enough to suggest he will become a big player for us.

 

[itisrising]

Can't believe people are bad-mouthing him. He was one of our better performers and created 6 chances. Bar his miss, he had a great game all-round. If you actually look at the match, most of the lads done pretty well. Sterling was lively, Kolarov was good, Sagna was great, Navas created plenty of chances too.

Bloody hell guys, get a grip!

 

[vmsuhail]

Is the correct assessment. I don't think anyone is turning against him but let's not pretend he was something that he wasn't. He'll be fine long term no doubt about that.

Maybe that's bcoz he is not being played in his best position. If Silva isn't playing, he should be in No.10 role. Why play the best player out of position?

 

[Cobra]

Maybe that's bcoz he is not being played in his best position. If Silva isn't playing, he should be in No.10 role. Why play the best player out of position?

So when Silva is fit (hopefully for the Liverpool match) won't that mean De Bruyne will still be playing out of position?

 

[FlemishDuck]

I see Edins Bosnian fan club have now been replaced!

For 50m I want someone who can put that in the onion bag, there is no excuse

Afcourse all us Belgians are tottaly skewed and cannot give an honest review withought going wa wa wa Debruyne. Though mind you we rate him bigger than Hazard, logical because hazard is clearly shit with his low performance this year. That BPL award afterall only last a day, next day you just have to score another goal and assist or you want youre millions back. But then of all the shit Belgians in the BPL who do we have to root for? Debruyne is obviously the only one that gets near a bit of productivity.

/sarcasm

I give him a 6.5 for last game, not outstanding but then again i don't know if i would rate many others that higher, afterall none of them scored and won us the game and thats the only thing you want from youre mutimillion squad. Weird though, bar Debuyne this was the same setup that trounced Seville, one would have thought that even withought Debruyne and just 10 these guys would easily overrun Villa. I guess football just aint as simple as that, someone plz explain this to me because i'm confused.

 

[Rolee]

Afcourse all us Belgians are tottaly skewed and cannot give an honest review withought going wa wa wa Debruyne. Though mind you we rate him bigger than Hazard, logical because hazard is clearly shit with his low performance this year. That BPL award afterall only last a day, next day you just have to score another goal and assist or you want youre millions back. But then of all the shit Belgians in the BPL who do we have to root for? Debruyne is obviously the only one that gets near a bit of productivity.

/sarcasm

I give him a 6.5 for last game, not outstanding but then again i don't know if i would rate many others that higher, afterall none of them scored and won us the game and thats the only thing you want from youre mutimillion squad. Weird though, bar Debuyne this was the same setup that trounced Seville, one would have thought that even withought Debruyne and just 10 these guys would easily overrun Villa. I guess football just aint as simple as that, someone plz explain this to me because i'm confused.

Sevilla came at us which allowed us to pick them off. Villa sat in and restricted space.

 

[KDBsmum]

He seems to be at his worst when Yaya plays in an advanced role. I think because there isn't much fluidity and movement with Yaya. Also pretty much no forward pressing with Yaya, which you can see him getting frustrated with.

And not to forget that he was played as central forward for the majority of the game.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

He seems to be at his worst when Yaya plays in an advanced role. I think because there isn't much fluidity and movement with Yaya. Also pretty much no forward pressing with Yaya, which you can see him getting frustrated with.

And not to forget that he was played as central forward for the majority of the game.

In the last 2 matches Yaya hasn't really been playing an advanced role, not like how he used to. I would imagine if someone had the average position charts, Fernandinho would have been more advanced than Yaya on average. That's how I saw it. Fernando deeper than the two of them, with Fernandinho slightly higher than Yaya.

 

[bobom]

I just watched the highlights of the Villa game. Lots of good touches and passes/crosses that with a bit more luck might have been put away. He's set himself such a high bar that people think he's played badly just because he didn't score or provide any assists in a game. If this is his worst then happy days.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Had an absolute shocker today tbh. Not helped by being stuck up front for a bit, but even still he was well below what's required. Terrible miss probably cost us two points (even if there were other good chances as well). He's been fantastic so far though so he's got credit in the bank

I handled Sterling having his header "saved", but Kev let me down badly.
I had a whole £5.15 @ 11/2 on him for 1st goal scorer :(

 

[RichardDunneOwnGoal]

Sevilla came at us which allowed us to pick them off. Villa sat in and restricted space.

Which was predictable and why it was puzzling to use the same counter attacking type set up with three central midfielders in the first place. Even more so to then not bring on a recognised striker when Bony went off injured and instead play a false nine and further contest the midfield.

 

[KDBsmum]

In the last 2 matches Yaya hasn't really been playing an advanced role, not like how he used to. I would imagine if someone had the average position charts, Fernandinho would have been more advanced than Yaya on average. That's how I saw it. Fernando deeper than the two of them, with Fernandinho slightly higher than Yaya.

Maybe that's the problem. He (Yaya) is supposed to play as one of the three attacking midfielders behind the striker, but stays deep much too often, leaving Sterling and Debruyne isolated, which was clearly the case against United.

 

[Bluep*ss]

Sevilla came at us which allowed us to pick them off. Villa sat in and restricted space.

Is the correct answer.............Sevilla had to win that match - so they came at us......with Pellers tactics we picked them off. Different at Villa - they wanted to prove to the new manager that they could play the ball around. Villa were no way going to win so they were very happy with a point.Garde dropped the some regulars and played 5 french players who he knew from his time in France. Didn't resort to the long ball.
KdB is a wonderful player and will be good for us.

 

[Shaelumstash]

De Bruyne's all round performances have remained pretty consistent since he got here, and he carried that on against Villa.

He was constantly looking to get us on the front foot as quickly as possible and always looking for the early, incisive forward pass.

He played an absolutely incredible pass from wide on Sunday that should have lead to a goal. I don't think there's another player in Europe who would have played that pass as well as him.

He should have scored as well. Perfectly timed run, got in to a great position, he tried to flick it when he possibly could have made a simple finish for a great goal. I think he was a bit unlucky, he got the timing of his run perfect.

So on another day he could have had a goal, an assist, a 2-0 win and everybody would have been happy and pulled up his stats and said he'd had an incredible start to his City career.

Some would even suggest he was better than Silva, and a future Balon D'Or winner.

His all round game on Sunday wasn't great. He gave away possession cheaply, he often looked lethargic when we didn't have the ball and he often made defensive errors positionally.

Much the same as his all round performances since he came to the club.

It's rough with the smooth with De Bruyne. But fortunately his smooth can be so good that it's worth putting up with the rough. He's an incredible talent, capable of things no one else is. But his all round game lacks polish, and it has done since he arrived.

Because of his fantastic early record with goals and assists, people expect too much from him, they want him to win us the game every week. It's not going to happen, we have to be patient while he settles in.

Sometimes he's going to win us the game out of nowhere like Seville at home. And sometimes the balance and cohesion of the team will be better without him in it, like Seville away.

Let's just take a breath, and be a bit more realistic about him. Huge potential with the possibility of getting much better.

I hope those claiming he was our best ever player after 5 or 6 games have come down off their cloud now and have a bit more of a realistic appraisal of the lad.

 

[YaYa's Left Peg]

De Bruyne's all round performances have remained pretty consistent since he got here, and he carried that on against Villa.

He was constantly looking to get us on the front foot as quickly as possible and always looking for the early, incisive forward pass.

He played an absolutely incredible pass from wide on Sunday that should have lead to a goal. I don't think there's another player in Europe who would have played that pass as well as him.

He should have scored as well. Perfectly timed run, got in to a great position, he tried to flick it when he possibly could have made a simple finish for a great goal. I think he was a bit unlucky, he got the timing of his run perfect.

So on another day he could have had a goal, an assist, a 2-0 win and everybody would have been happy and pulled up his stats and said he'd had an incredible start to his City career.

Some would even suggest he was better than Silva, and a future Balon D'Or winner.

His all round game on Sunday wasn't great. He gave away possession cheaply, he often looked lethargic when we didn't have the ball and he often made defensive errors positionally.

Much the same as his all round performances since he came to the club.

It's rough with the smooth with De Bruyne. But fortunately his smooth can be so good that it's worth putting up with the rough. He's an incredible talent, capable of things no one else is. But his all round game lacks polish, and it has done since he arrived.

Because of his fantastic early record with goals and assists, people expect too much from him, they want him to win us the game every week. It's not going to happen, we have to be patient while he settles in.

Sometimes he's going to win us the game out of nowhere like Seville at home. And sometimes the balance and cohesion of the team will be better without him in it, like Seville away.

Let's just take a breath, and be a bit more realistic about him. Huge potential with the possibility of getting much better.

I hope those claiming he was our best ever player after 5 or 6 games have come down off their cloud now and have a bit more of a realistic appraisal of the lad.

Not a patch on Jamie Pollock mate.....

 

[Shaelumstash]

Not a patch on Jamie Pollock mate.....

Yeh only when De Bruyne scores a goal as good as Pollock's against QPR can he be in the conversation for being our best ever player. ;-)

 

[lasereyes]

De Bruyne's all round performances have remained pretty consistent since he got here, and he carried that on against Villa.

He was constantly looking to get us on the front foot as quickly as possible and always looking for the early, incisive forward pass.

He played an absolutely incredible pass from wide on Sunday that should have lead to a goal. I don't think there's another player in Europe who would have played that pass as well as him.

He should have scored as well. Perfectly timed run, got in to a great position, he tried to flick it when he possibly could have made a simple finish for a great goal. I think he was a bit unlucky, he got the timing of his run perfect.

So on another day he could have had a goal, an assist, a 2-0 win and everybody would have been happy and pulled up his stats and said he'd had an incredible start to his City career.

Some would even suggest he was better than Silva, and a future Balon D'Or winner.

His all round game on Sunday wasn't great. He gave away possession cheaply, he often looked lethargic when we didn't have the ball and he often made defensive errors positionally.

Much the same as his all round performances since he came to the club.

It's rough with the smooth with De Bruyne. But fortunately his smooth can be so good that it's worth putting up with the rough. He's an incredible talent, capable of things no one else is. But his all round game lacks polish, and it has done since he arrived.

Because of his fantastic early record with goals and assists, people expect too much from him, they want him to win us the game every week. It's not going to happen, we have to be patient while he settles in.

Sometimes he's going to win us the game out of nowhere like Seville at home. And sometimes the balance and cohesion of the team will be better without him in it, like Seville away.

Let's just take a breath, and be a bit more realistic about him. Huge potential with the possibility of getting much better.

I hope those claiming he was our best ever player after 5 or 6 games have come down off their cloud now and have a bit more of a realistic appraisal of the lad.

He does give the ball away cheaply too often for my liking (none more costly than that equalizing "goal" at White Hart Lane). I hope the coaches have critiqued him accordingly and asked him to focus on that. He is an instinctive player and you dont want to coach him out of that, but you do need to strike a balance.

 

[Shaelumstash]

He does give the ball away cheaply too often for my liking (none more costly than that equalizing "goal" at White Hart Lane). I hope the coaches have critiqued him accordingly and asked him to focus on that. He is an instinctive player and you dont want to coach him out of that, but you do need to strike a balance.

Totally agree.

 

[richards30]

De Bruyne is Amazing and will be WORLD CLASS in a year!!! Fantastic to have him at city

 

[Rolee]

Maybe that's the problem. He (Yaya) is supposed to play as one of the three attacking midfielders behind the striker, but stays deep much too often, leaving Sterling and Debruyne isolated, which was clearly the case against United.

No he isn't, Fernandinho has been deployed in the more advanced role because of his ability to press, Yaya is being left deep for his ability to provide a conduit between attack and defence because of his passing ability.

In saying that their positions aren't set in stone as one playing further forward than the other. For example, when we got the lead against Sevilla Ferna dropped deeper into a more defensive role and Yaya went further forward into a counter attacking role.

The problem in the derby was our quartet of attacking players all played well below par, getting dispossessed easily and playing stray passes.