Player Topic: Kevin De Bruyne (2015/16)

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Can't wait until he gets half a dozen, then a dozen games with Silva. What those two could do - lethal!

He's been in-and-out so far, for me. Some good games, some okay, some good ten minute spells then some where he gets a lot wrong. But he looks really good. He's looked disappointed in teammates at times as they haven't been on his thought level, which is a good sign as he's obviously got a good football brain.
 
Jimbob said:
Bet you was dying for him to have an off day so you could still keep going on about someone saying he has had a better start to his City career than Silva.
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Relax mate, every forum needs a dude that questions a star player that everybody loves. He's doing that job perfectly. And ofcourse he was waiting for a bad game of De Bruyne so he could 'prove' his point. But who cares :P?
 
Silva and Debryne are fundamentally 2 different players,

Silva has that magic quality which is often described as "time on the ball" this allows him to look up, make key passes, push a player into space, shuffle a defense open, open a gap and then provide that defence splitting pass. he thinks 5-10 phases at a time. he effectively controls the pace and tempo of the game. A conductor, a wizard a la Merlin.

Debryne, is more direct and instinctive, he operates at 1 tempo. He is lethal and incisive. No thought .pure instinct. A shark in the water.
Its difficult for the supporting cast to get on his wave length as he is not considerate of what you did in the last few moments, he sees the shot, assist or pass, which is mathematically and scientifically most correct, it takes another player on top of their game to be in the right place at the right time. Thus the game is played with a high degree of risk and reward. He is what city needs, as i dont believe there is a parked bus that wil not be found wanting if he has a go at them for 90 minutes.

who is better? being a purist. I would have to favour the magician and I am sure the team mates feel the same way.
 
very well put @blue wang . You can see De Bruyne sees a pass and immediately attempts it. A lot of the time they are high risk and dont always work but when they do it always creates a goal scoring chance. We didnt have this type of threat before, we do now and are better for it.
 
blue wang said:
Silva and Debryne are fundamentally 2 different players,

Silva has that magic quality which is often described as "time on the ball" this allows him to look up, make key passes, push a player into space, shuffle a defense open, open a gap and then provide that defence splitting pass. he thinks 5-10 phases at a time. he effectively controls the pace and tempo of the game. A conductor, a wizard a la Merlin.

Debryne, is more direct and instinctive, he operates at 1 tempo. He is lethal and incisive. No thought .pure instinct. A shark in the water.
Its difficult for the supporting cast to get on his wave length as he is not considerate of what you did in the last few moments, he sees the shot, assist or pass, which is mathematically and scientifically most correct, it takes another player on top of their game to be in the right place at the right time. Thus the game is played with a high degree of risk and reward. He is what city needs, as i dont believe there is a parked bus that wil not be found wanting if he has a go at them for 90 minutes.

who is better? being a purist. I would have to favour the magician and I am sure the team mates feel the same way.
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This is spot on. Except west ham's parked bus survived, just. But your point still stands and actually de brunye's goal in that game is testament at how he's the type of player to make a breakthrough even when you have little to no space.
 
Jimbob said:
Bet you was dying for him to have an off day so you could still keep going on about someone saying he has had a better start to his City career than Silva.
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Backed himself into a corner now, especially coming on and gloating after KDB's had a bad game. I predict by the end of the season KDB will be our player of the season. Which will in and of itself speak volumes.
 
DeBruyne10 said:
Relax mate, every forum needs a dude that questions a star player that everybody loves. He's doing that job perfectly. And ofcourse he was waiting for a bad game of De Bruyne so he could 'prove' his point. But who cares :P?
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Think you and @Jimbob have got the wrong idea. Why on earth would I want him to do shit? I'm a lifelong City fan, I want everyone who plays for us to do well. I assume @DeBruyne10 isn't even a City fan, just a KDB fan boy. Bit weird, but it takes all sorts I guess.

I think De Bruyne is a brilliant player, I'm delighted he plays for City. Read my posts, I've said it many times, but you both seem to be completely ignoring it.

I've also said many times that I think people are getting a bit carried away by his goals and assists, and that he's not really played as well as some people are making out. Sunday was a prime example, there were no goals or assists to cloud people's judgement, but for me his all round game was very similar to what he has produced in other games.

I stand by my earlier posts, promising start with plenty of room for improvement. But City's best ever player already? Not for me.
 
He was not as influential Sunday as he has been. And saying things like " I think the goals and assists cloud judgement" sort of misses the point that the entire point of the sport is to score and assist goals.

He's not a player who takes a safe option but he's been incredibly consistent this far in creating 2-3 really strong chances no matter how well the rest of his game plays. Combine that with a good workrate and you've got a hell of a player. I think you're really under rating what he's done thus far, he hasn't been anywhere near bad in any match
 
Shaelumstash said:
Think you and @Jimbob have got the wrong idea. Why on earth would I want him to do shit? I'm a lifelong City fan, I want everyone who plays for us to do well. I assume @DeBruyne10 isn't even a City fan, just a KDB fan boy. Bit weird, but it takes all sorts I guess.

I think De Bruyne is a brilliant player, I'm delighted he plays for City. Read my posts, I've said it many times, but you both seem to be completely ignoring it.

I've also said many times that I think people are getting a bit carried away by his goals and assists, and that he's not really played as well as some people are making out. Sunday was a prime example, there were no goals or assists to cloud people's judgement, but for me his all round game was very similar to what he has produced in other games.

I stand by my earlier posts, promising start with plenty of room for improvement. But City's best ever player already? Not for me.
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If he keeps racking up the goals and assist can anyone claim he's playing poorly though? That's like a striker banging in 30 goals a season but his all round play being poor... does it really matter? I get what you mean. There's room for improvement but it's largely down to gelling with the squad. I don't think Bony is quite on his wavelength as Sterling and Aguero seemed to be. What he will add to the side is that cutting edge and confidence to take on a shot from distance that we've often lacked. He's only young and has room to improve but as long as he keeps scoring and creating chances no one can complain too much - he's just joined the club and his stats are already incredible. He needs a rest tomorrow in my opinion.
 
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