Vincent Kompany injuries

[Mid Wales blue]

With the schedule we have, we will need to rotate CH's/DMs out for 1 game in 5/6/7 depending on their injury record.
AMs/Fullbacks/Wingers should be rotated out game in 4/5/6 depending on their injury record.

We need Kompany back fit in mid Nov and Sanchez in Jan. Tuesday told me that Mangala is awful and Tosin is borderline (but I'm still hopeful).

Tosin is a young lad, who has not been getting the football game time he requires at this stage in his development. He is an extremely talented footballer, with great awareness of what's happening around him. The lad has been shoved in to centre back along side Mangala "a player who has made all his playing partners, look bad to average" It's not for us to judge him, until he has at least played along side a stable defence, given time and opportunity to develop, whilst gaining confidence for himself and of those around him.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Didn't really answer the question bud...

On the flip side, if it were a champions league final and all 3 were fit, who goes on in?

Hearts will rule heads on this one!

Stones and Otamendi if we go 2 at the back. Add Kompany/Danilo on the right if we go 3 at the back.

 

[Aussie!]

No.

You are saying "Stones got better, so Mangala will".

This is complete and utter rubbish and if you actually watched how they play, you would see that. Last season Stones made mistakes while always trying to play Pep's way. Mangala doesn't try to play Pep's way, he plays exactly like he did under Pellegrini. He doesn't do anything with the ball, he doesn't take any responsibility for our build up play. He just sits and waits, passes it to his partner (in this case a 19 year old with no experience) and hopes they do it.

Then he makes mistakes on top of that. That's the crime. He is making all the mistakes Stones and Otamendi made last season, without showing any of the balls Pep talked about Stones having.

He's a very nice bloke, I hope he does well somewhere where his pace and physicality are enough.

To be fair here, how can Mangala learn to develop under Pep's system if Pep never gives him the opportunity to play? With such a lack of playing time, it's no wonder he lacks confidence. It's a shame, because he'll never reach his potential here.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

To be fair here, how can Mangala learn to develop under Pep's system if Pep never gives him the opportunity to play? With such a lack of playing time, it's no wonder he lacks confidence. It's a shame, because he'll never reach his potential here.

I'd say the training field might be restricting his appearances... just a hunch!!!

 

[GX Blue]

The topic name,
Rumoured Kompany Setback (again)
should be changed to...
Rumoured Kompany comeback (again)

 

[BlueAnorak]

Tosin is a young lad, who has not been getting the football game time he requires at this stage in his development. He is an extremely talented footballer, with great awareness of what's happening around him. The lad has been shoved in to centre back along side Mangala "a player who has made all his playing partners, look bad to average" It's not for us to judge him, until he has at least played along side a stable defence, given time and opportunity to develop, whilst gaining confidence for himself and of those around him.

I know Tosin is a tidge older than Cameron Humphries but I'd have gone for Cameron over Tosin any day of the week. His awareness of danger is fantastic. Then we have Dave Watson, I mean Joel Latibeaudiere at U18 level who is so talented he will be England's first choice centre half as soon as he starts to play in a Premier league first team. I don't believe we actually need to buy another centre half as these 3 are very good. They all do need to play regularly in the Premier League ASAPfor someone other than us though to reach their potential.

 

[twosips]

I know Tosin is a tidge older than Cameron Humphries but I'd have gone for Cameron over Tosin any day of the week. His awareness of danger is fantastic. Then we have Dave Watson, I mean Joel Latibeaudiere at U18 level who is so talented he will be England's first choice centre half as soon as he starts to play in a Premier league first team. I don't believe we need to buy another centre half. They all do need to play regularly in the Premier League for someone other than us though.

Cameron hasn't progressed in two years at City. Gone backwards unfortunately and has seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth recently.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Cameron hasn't progressed in two years at City. Gone backwards unfortunately and has seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth recently.

I know he had a bad injury but as you say he has disappeared off the face of the earth.

 

[Blue Whale]

To be fair here, how can Mangala learn to develop under Pep's system if Pep never gives him the opportunity to play? With such a lack of playing time, it's no wonder he lacks confidence. It's a shame, because he'll never reach his potential here.

Nah mate. Sorry but I watched a good number of his loan games last season for Valencia. Loads of playing time, week in week out. All the mistakes were still there so I can’t agree with your argument about potential. Cant fathom why any fellow blues would want to risk those kind of mistakes in our big games this season. I, for one, just hope there’s no injuries to otta or stones cos they might be a reality of calamities coming.

 

[domalino]

To be fair here, how can Mangala learn to develop under Pep's system if Pep never gives him the opportunity to play? With such a lack of playing time, it's no wonder he lacks confidence. It's a shame, because he'll never reach his potential here.

Delph learned it on the training ground and out it into action on the first chance.