Vincent Kompany injuries

[Bozzie]

He did but he also didn't particularly help matters in summers 2015 and 2016. 2015 he had a hand in De Bruyne and Sterling but no full backs signed and Otamendi came in who didn't solve the defensive problem. 2016 he came in and didn't sign a full back and Bravo was a disaster in goal.

It's always left Pep a year behind to where we need to be. We did good business this summer but are still short in midfield (Yaya kept around to fill a void when he's on his last legs), struggling at centre back without Kompany, a Mendy injury away from having no left back and have no other striker than Jesus or Aguero.

It'll be another year or two until the squad is complete and then Pep could be on his merry way. I don't see him here long term. I hope we at least have a season with Pep where we have a good full squad of players with hopefully 1 or 2 academy players.

I think the full back situation was a fairly unique one which maybe wasn't helped by the fact that Pellegrini knew he was pretty much just keeping the seat warm for Pep and so wasn't that interested in easing the path for someone else. All our full backs were over thirty when Pep arrived, three of them only had one season left on their contracts and the other one wasn't very good. I'm sure he (Pep) had to make a choice on which area he revamped first and he chose the attack, partly because it's the area that excites him most and partly because it was sensible financially to let Zaba's, Clichy's and Sagna's contracts run out and the release them.
As for Pep, I'll be surprised and majorly disappointed if he isn't around for at least another three seasons.

 

[Dribble]

Or he joined at the perfect time so he could build a team of his own.

^^This^^

This is why Pep has constantly mentioned it will take 10 years for City to catch up with the likes of Madrid & Barca. I just have a feeling he's here to see us up to that point and based on what I've seen, I'd be perfectly happy with that.

 

[kupest]

We should have replaced 1-2 of our fullbacks a lot earlier than now. We have bought extremely stupid in the years after we got Aguero. Too many misses than hits to be honest.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Our best captain in a generation. Unfortunately he has always put Belgium before us. I don't have a problem with that except that he takes risks to play for them and not for us it seems and never learns it's not a good idea. He won't be happy being injured so perhaps he will take note finally.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Our best captain in a generation. Unfortunately he has always put Belgium before us. I don't have a problem with that except that he takes risks to play for them and not for us it seems and never learns it's not a good idea. He won't be happy being injured so perhaps he will take note finally.

I'm as pissed off with him getting injured in internationals as you are mate. I am sure we all are.

Put I don't agree he puts his country ahead of us. He simply wants to play all the time and gives 100% all the time and his body is just not up to it. imo.

 

[worsleyweb]

Doesn't matter if the injury happened with Belgium or us. It would have happened again at some point a his calfs are knackered. Dare I say we saw a couple of signs his pace had gone at Brighton and Bournemouth? VVD is the man for me. Hopefully in January.

Have loved Vinny but this has gone on for years now and it taints our season. We have to be ruthless. He wont be playing 40 games a season ever for anyone.

 

[The blue phantom]

Our best captain in a generation. Unfortunately he has always put Belgium before us. I don't have a problem with that except that he takes risks to play for them and not for us it seems and never learns it's not a good idea. He won't be happy being injured so perhaps he will take note finally.

Come on mate he really doesn't. He adores this club. And he could equally have had that injury playing/training for us, as has been the case umpteen times.

 

[Blue Llama]

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Me personally, I want a top rated LB, CB, RM, CDM & CF for cover at the very least & it seems Pep & the club do too.

I don't know where you get that assumption from, "Pep and the Club want". All we know is that Pep wanted Sanchez who does not even play in one of the positions you listed. And a cb, a position I agree we need cover in.
Now bearing in mind West Brom wanted £35M for JFE and Sanchez with less than a year left on his contract was going to cost £60M. How much do you think your extra 5 players would have cost and how do we square that with Fair Play?

 

[kaz7]

But then you constantly post transfer news on this forum?

You can't see the difference between transfer news and injury news?

 

[Eccles Blue]

Mendy is injured, Gundogan is not fully fit..................... quick let's get rid......... quick let's all panic and get them retired!!! WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR SOMETHING FROM EITHER VINCENT KOMPANY HIMSELF OR THE CLUB!!!

Sorry Mods for shouting but honestly you'd think our Captain's career was over!! I know that I am probably the wrong person to make a comment on VK with the 'adoration' I have for him I guess I can't be completely neutral but I still say wait for something official. Sorry folks. :-)