No he can't. His medal was years ago. He is still a great player but he hasn't the speed or mobility needed any more.Yaya can play in Central defence if we run out of cover. After all, he's got a Champs League medal from playing centre back.
Latics fan picks up on the negative tone of several posters towards Vinny's injury. He's hit the proverbial nail on the head!
If you want to try and take a positive out of Kompany's latest setback then it would be the fact that Otamendi & Mangala have an extended period now to try and work on improving their partnership and understanding of each other. Quite rare, but I was impressed with Mangala last night. Didn't give Vardy a sniff (though I do believe Vardy's recent goalscoring form was the classic purple-patch rather than all of a sudden a £30m player), and didn't produce any calamitous passes like he's done recently, though his foul on the edge of the box late on was reckless.
Back to Kompany though, and I think there has to be a general worry about just what he can offer City going forward. It's bad enough having Aguero sitting out for stretches but with Kompany it seems even worse. I think the medical team have to think about how they introduce Kompany back into training, but more specifically Pellegrini has to think about how soon he brings him back into the starting XI. He needs recovery time, certainly not rushing back, and given the amount of calf injuries he has has in recent times it would suggest to me that he has been rushed back, or certainly not as fit as he's made himself out to be.
This isnt his first season hes suffered injuries last season he spent quite a bit of time injured and people dont want to dump him they just know we cant rely on him anymore and we need another top class defenderVK is as blue as most on here and more than some. Those saying after an injury plagued season dump him and move on are living on another planet.
Happy new year to all blues
No he can't. His medal was years ago. He is still a great player but he hasn't the speed or mobility needed any more.
True. It's just the way players run past him like he's not there sometimes. Pellers is too stubborn to drop the high line. If he did Demi might not look so bad.You might be right Steve and I'm talking about an emergency back up. I was impressed with Yaya, watching him win a number of headers at Leicester and he covered a decent amount of ground.
If we were looking at emergency defensive cover then Pellers might need to flex from the predictable high defensive line!
I am gutted for Kompany, what a player and leader.
But MCFC are a business and they must constantly look to the future and evolve, a replacement is needed as we can no longer rely on him.
There have been a few examples of players that have suffered a spate of injuries in their mid to late 20s but then managed to shake them off and carry on playing for several years. Giggs being the most obvious example.
The press are reporting today about City carrying out an "MOT" on Kompany to get to the bottom of his recurring problems. Perhaps they're trying to establish whether there really is a chronic problem that just will not go away, a Rodwell/Hargreaves situation. Or whether its a temporary thing that can be managed by modifying the way he trains and plays. I just cant see City washing their hands of Kompany unless they really believed that these injuries are incurable.
The situation is obviously complicated because of the question marks over the centre backs generally, especially Mangala. Ideally we would have moved on DeMichellis in the summer and kept Denayer. My guess is that the club would like to muddle through until the summer and then completely re-evaluate the centre back situation.