Player Topic: Kevin De Bruyne (2015/16)

[Neville Kneville]

Been asked to play at high intensity too many times. This is the difference between the Prem & other leagues.

Give him a rest now.

 

[DeBruyne10]

Was poor but it was almost a 100% the fault of Pellegrini, so I wouldn't worry too much.

We played with 3 very slow midfielders (Yaya, Fernandinho and Fernando) and a slow mo striker (Bony). So all the fast attacking power could only come from the sides without any other attacking support at all. Sterling and Navas are not good enough to worry United at their own, so the only thing United had to do was defend De Bruyne today.

And De Bruyne is a 10, not a winger at all. Let's not forget that. So De Bruyne played 97% bad because of Pellegrini, 3% because of his own fault.

We have a point, Pelle played only for the 0-0 and we have made it. So we should be happy in stead of moaning about the players that were victim of the tactics.

 

[BigOscar]

I don't like him on that right hand side, he's been poor pretty much whenever he's played there. He's been much better on the left or in the middle, but the same is true of Sterling and we apparently have to find a place for the ghost of Yaya Toure so it doesn't give us many options. Very poor today though, some really poor deliveries that cannot be put solely down to playing on the right.

 

[mcfcfc]

had an off day but i will put in on the fact that he had no one to pass and utd totally nulified him

 

[sam663]

Every person and his dog could see that he was struggling on the right side, so what did Pellegrini do? He kept that donkey on the pitch for whole 76 minutes and if that wasn't enough he played him as a central attacking midfielder.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

utd knew he was the only creative threat we had and nullified him.......

for the palace game id like to see:

navas -----------kdb---------sterling

----------------kelechi-----------------

I am hoping he gets a rest against Palace.

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

Looked a little jaded, he's not a machine though, the sooner Dave is back to take some of the pressure off him to produce all the time the better.

 

[Silva_Spell]

Like Di Maria (even when on form), he's susceptible to really shit halves/games every now and then due to his direct style of play. Over the course of the season he proves to be a big benefit tho

 

[KDBsmum]

Was poor but it was almost a 100% the fault of Pellegrini, so I wouldn't worry too much.

We played with 3 very slow midfielders (Yaya, Fernandinho and Fernando) and a slow mo striker (Bony). So all the fast attacking power could only come from the sides without any other attacking support at all. Sterling and Navas are not good enough to worry United at their own, so the only thing United had to do was defend De Bruyne today.

And De Bruyne is a 10, not a winger at all. Let's not forget that. So De Bruyne played 97% bad because of Pellegrini, 3% because of his own fault.

We have a point, Pelle played only for the 0-0 and we have made it. So we should be happy in stead of moaning about the players that were victim of the tactics.

That's being a bit too biased imo. To be honest pratically all his passes didn't conect. He sould've at times just chosen to play the simpler passes.

I think the issue was that he clearly felt he had to step up, which made him try to force things way too much. If a silva or Aguero were on the pitch he would've be happy to let them have the ball more as you can see in previous matches. Combine that with him being given no space by united and him playing on the wing, you get a bad performance. Really hopes he learns from this.

That being said i thought Yaya was also instrumental in his bad performance. No runs and pressure whatsoever.

 

[adrianr]

Was poor but it was almost a 100% the fault of Pellegrini, so I wouldn't worry too much.

We played with 3 very slow midfielders (Yaya, Fernandinho and Fernando) and a slow mo striker (Bony). So all the fast attacking power could only come from the sides without any other attacking support at all. Sterling and Navas are not good enough to worry United at their own, so the only thing United had to do was defend De Bruyne today.

And De Bruyne is a 10, not a winger at all. Let's not forget that. So De Bruyne played 97% bad because of Pellegrini, 3% because of his own fault.

We have a point, Pelle played only for the 0-0 and we have made it. So we should be happy in stead of moaning about the players that were victim of the tactics.

I knew Eagles Fan with Dzeko had to be replaced by someone with De Bruyne.