RB Leipzig (A) - Post-match Thread

[bluemoon32]

genuine question - are we a beter team without KDB and Grealish at present..... We know KDB's quality and Im not doubting that for a second but this season has been poor from him....mainly due to clearly not being fit.....but we cantafford passengers and our best displays have come without him or Grealish in the team

IMO, yes, we are

 

[simon23]

IMO, yes, we are

mine to

KDB is well off the pace and was before he got covid...his passing is short of the mark and he has lost that drive through midfield.
Grealish for me hasnt been effective all season..some people purr about his performances but Im seeing nothng other than ordinary.....safe sideways passes that slows our play down......adding very little in the way of assists or goal threat...How people rate him above Foden is beyond me but thats another argument. Needs to stop throwing himself to the floor.

 

[butlerkb]

mine to

KDB is well off the pace and was before he got covid...his passing is short of the mark and he has lost that drive through midfield.
Grealish for me hasnt been effective all season..some people purr about his performances but Im seeing nothng other than ordinary.....safe sideways passes that slows our play down......adding very little in the way of assists or goal threat...How people rate him above Foden is beyond me but thats another argument. Needs to stop throwing himself to the floor.

Please lads, KDB has been injured, overplayed and had covid in the last year, when he is fit , he is ballon d’or material, has been so unbelievable and consistent when fit, we owe him so much, especially our support whilst he is fighting to get back to fitness.Cant believe people can write him off so soon.He’s a star.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

mine to

KDB is well off the pace and was before he got covid...his passing is short of the mark and he has lost that drive through midfield.
Grealish for me hasnt been effective all season..some people purr about his performances but Im seeing nothng other than ordinary.....safe sideways passes that slows our play down......adding very little in the way of assists or goal threat...How people rate him above Foden is beyond me but thats another argument. Needs to stop throwing himself to the floor.

De Bruyne definitely, because apart from the derby victory, he's been poor all season.

Not sure about Grealish, because even at Watford, he was involved in the build-up to all three goals. I think we'll view him more positively once he's scored a few goals, but that needs to come quickly.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Please lads, KDB has been injured, overplayed and had covid in the last year, when he is fit , he is ballon d’or material, has been so unbelievable and consistent when fit, we owe him so much, especially our support whilst he is fighting to get back to fitness.Cant believe people can write him off so soon.He’s a star.

Nobody's writing him off.
It's simply being suggested that on current form City are playing better without him. Two completely different points.

 

[hilts]

genuine question - are we a beter team without KDB and Grealish at present..... We know KDB's quality and Im not doubting that for a second but this season has been poor from him....mainly due to clearly not being fit.....but we cantafford passengers and our best displays have come without him or Grealish in the team

At the moment we are but things can change, the best defence and midfield is obvious and neither Kev or Jack should currently play in it in ideal situations. Personally I think Gabby should be on the right and would always play Phil although his season has been stop start.

As we rotate out of necessity those other players need to step up or they might miss out in the big games. We probably should have either not signed Jack or let one of our attacking wide players go.

It’s hard for the attacking players to get a solid run of games. You have to give Jack a full season Kev is currently the concern we all now he has been world class.

 

[butlerkb]

Pep knew that Leipzig would be well up for this match, that's why he put a first team out there, the pups would have endured a cricket score against., just a pity he did not express his concerns to the team, as they thought it was a walkover, instead it was a walker off! Bag o shite from first team, wake up and smell the wolves!

I think you are right, but I suppose a loss is easier to take if we can put it down to Pep trying a few youngsters rather than lumping together people who needed a run and people who didn’t.still Pep is still god and this is still a magic team serving up some of the best football we have ever seen.its great to be a city fan

 

[butlerkb]

Nobody's writing him off.
It's simply being suggested that on current form City are playing better without him. Two completely different points.

Yes, but how does he get fit and play himself into form( which he needs to do) if we don’t back him and drop him, be sure we will need a fit and in form KDB at the business end of the season

 

[Blue Llama]

genuine question - are we a beter team without KDB and Grealish at present..... We know KDB's quality and Im not doubting that for a second but this season has been poor from him....mainly due to clearly not being fit.....but we cantafford passengers and our best displays have come without him or Grealish in the team

It's not a question of being better without them. What we are is a team that is poorer without Bernado and Rodri.

 

[hilts]

It's not a question of being better without them. What we are is a team that is poorer without Bernado and Rodri.

And gundog in fairness.