Player Topic: Vincent Kompany (2015/16)

[TFC]

Thought today was an excellent controlled performance alongside Otamendi. I expect that to become our preferred CB pairing as the season goes on.

 

[wolfie1988]

Played well today. Think he might have said a little too much afterwards though. Fell right in the Geoff Shreeves trap

 

[CITYROBBO]

MCFC are yet to concede a goal in a Premier League game in which Vincent Kompany has played since May 2015 (7 matches). Wall

 

[malg]

MCFC are yet to concede a goal in a Premier League game in which Vincent Kompany has played since May 2015 (7 matches). Wall

Coincidence.........fluke.............etc, etc, etc.

 

[Dax777]

Strange that it appears 'most' people on here would have picked Mangala and Kompany then.

That threw me for a loop. Didn't get why most wanted him dropped. But my instinct is that most believe Komps should start based him being captain and his history of being a great player here, and just stellar start to vthe season. And in judging who should partner him, they looked to aesthetics rather than statistics. Eli is left footed, which gives the appearance of functional symmetry. Also there is the 'they didn't concede' stat, that played a significant role in the thought process of most.

They didn't concede, is one of those stats I call the diffused stat. Cause the reason why we didn't concede is partly due to what everyone on the field did, not just the CBs. For example, Bayern has conceded les than we have, yet I doubt we'd swap our CBs for theirs. As their defense relies heavily on debilitating possession, which is mostly carried out by their midfielders.

Thus, similarly our defense sometimes not conceding has lots more to do with David Silva and Yaya Toure protecting the defense by possessing the ball so much, the opposition doesn't get a sniff, than it does anything the CBs did. So when judging who is performing better, I am much more moved by players individual stats over the group stats that often erroneously gets ascribed to one group. Knowing this:
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In terms of who's been most productive, OtaMendi prior to yesterday pretty much dwarfed all the others statistically. If you compute by minutes played, he dwarfs the others in tackles made, headers won clearances, interceptions, pass completed, shot blocked, crosses blocked. Etc.

Even more impressive is that he leads in overall totals in a few these categories in spite of having played fewer minutes than Komp and Eli.

 

[Blueknows]

Great interview with VK discussing the fans right to boo and being a manc

 

[quiet_riot]

Great interview with VK discussing the fans right to boo and being a manc

What a captain.

 

[TCIB]

He is everything we could have hoped for and more in a captain on the rise to the top.

 

[allan harper]

Can't knock him but for a lad who started as a midfielder his passing is shit.

 

[Blue warrior]

Love Vincent feels like one us, lots of our players say stuff on twitter like yaya but with Vinnie he's an adopted manc what he says u know he means it. He's embraced the culture the passion for mcfc. I hope forever part of our club. Love you Vincent.