Vincent Kompany - 2016/17 performances

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Vinnie's still under contract so he can choose to stay next year and, if he is fit, Pep will play him: he has no reason not to.

Vinnie loves the club, goes without saying really. His goal celebration of all the pent up frustration suddenly released showed that. I doubt he would want to leave unless forced out.

Like most blues, I want him to get back to the Vinnie we once relied on each game. Here's hoping.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Who has said that???

I think it's reasonable for people to of questioned the long term feasibility due to injuries, however, I can't recall many,if any, questioning his ability to play in a 'pep' team..

He's remains the best defender in the league on his day and the impact he has on those around him is unparalleled in this team, that goes for silva, yaya and kun...

I'd love to have him in every week but we need to be looking at viable alternatives now also, but if he can be managed to play 25/30 games a season then not only do we win the majority he plays, we win trophies!!

I can't go back over all the threads where I'm likely to have seen that judgement, but I'm not making it up. You don't forget stuff like that. I was amazed to see it on a City forum, believe me.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

"Or maybe he is just not considered as starter by Pep, because he thinks Otamendi/Stones/Kolarov amout to a better solution? I mean Kompany must have trained half the hours with the team as them three did, and we all know how quite obsessed he's with instilling his ideas to players on the training pitch"

Ok, I decided to be arsed and have a sift back through this very thread. This from about fifteen pages back, no more. It doesn't say it explicitly, but it comes close enough to implying it. Kompany can understand every single thing that Pep might ask of the defence, better than any of those mentioned. The only issue is the one of his enduring fitness. It is a huge question mark, let's not kid ourselves about it. But if…

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Arsenal have the much better attack so I'd be tempted to use him in the cup, especially if the rags drop points against Chelsea or/and Burnley.

Well looking at the way this pile of shit is going, I'd now definitely be saving him for the derby. As much as I'd like to win the cup, the idea of losing a six pointer against united during the run in is horrific. Plus I think we can beat arsenal without him.

 

[aguero93:20]

Well looking at the way this pile of shit is going, I'd now definitely be saving him for the derby. As much as I'd like to win the cup, the idea of losing a six pointer against united during the run in is horrific. Plus I think we can beat arsenal without him.

Maybe. A lot depends on Stones' fitness. If he's fit for Arsenal I wouldn't mind resting Vinny as much.

 

[cibaman]

Pep must rate his ability and leadership but I suspect he doesn't believe he's capable of playing 30+ games next season

Perhaps if Vinny gets through 4 or 5 games unscathed by the end of the season and then completes pre season without any problems, Pep might take a chance on him. But I can't help thinking that if there's any question mark at all about his fitness Pep will refuse to take the risk. Once bitten twice shy.

 

[doobyedoobye]

Perhaps if Vinny gets through 4 or 5 games unscathed by the end of the season and then completes pre season without any problems, Pep might take a chance on him. But I can't help thinking that if there's any question mark at all about his fitness Pep will refuse to take the risk. Once bitten twice shy.

I think his stature within the club will see him stay if he wants to

 

[route46]

Don't know why we would even consider getting rid of Kompany......
If he is fit he plays....simple

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Wright and Gerrard were bang on when they said that we'd have won the league by now had he stayed fit. Yesterday our defence was a different animal. It looked like a defence that could win the league.

Vinny and Ota from here on.

 

[cadds92]

Vinny and Ota from here on.

I still think Otamendi is a strange player.

He can have those games like he did yesterday, but has followed them many a time, even with Vinny next to him if I remember correctly, and looked a Championship defender.