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Because you said you are interested in the CL and PL. Regardless of opposition he scored and assisted today in the PL and these games might be the ones you look at by the end of the season and say that got them the title. Especially as other title rivals have and nearly dropped points against them. I will include us even though our title chances are all ut over. United drew with them and Arsenal were very lucky. I think KDB is a quality player, yes and I am angry with Jose for letting him go and it has backfired. I also acknowledged despite his goal against Spurs he was poor but as a whole I think he has done well. Judging by the switch in positions I think having KDB on the left, Silva in the middle and Sterling/Navas on the right might be a treat.

Saying stuff to suit your own needs. How contradictory afer you said you do not judge carling cup games but PL and CL. He shuts you up in a PL game and your excuse is it is because it is against a rubbish team. Yet United and us both managed to draw. Yes, Newcatsle are poor but yes it is a PL game. If Costa had scored 2 or more goals you would have said whatever necessary to suit your needs. You would never have said Costa scored against a shit team. You would have compiled that in your list of reasons of why he is a world class striker. Hate it when people always have to come up with excuses. Be unbiased with your opinions please because you know if it was in reverse with our players such as Oscar and Costa you would be drooling over their performance.

Maybe he would not but I think he would do more for the team. He played 90 mins today and did not do nothing. Newcastle before he was subbed off did not do anything. Oscar was poor defensively too. This defensive workrate is disappearing. We still get overrun in midfield when he is in the team. I am happy for him to be here as rotation/sub but long run if we want to be dominant he should not be our main no.10. I think KDB can get better and right now I would say he is round world class level. Oscar is a good player who needs to reach his potential. KDB has gone from strength to strength since leaving us. Not even a debate who I would want in my team as he probably is in the top 5 best players in the league along with Hazard, Aguero, Silva and Sanchez.

No because KDB is clearly better than Oscar on nearly every angle. Dribbling, passing, shooting, crossing. That is why I would not have this argument. Let's see how KDB does then but I have seen enough from him to know he is a brilliant player.

OK, maybe Coutinho is not the most consistent but he is always the one who you think is going to make something happen. Even if it does not happen all the time, I always think he has a moment of brilliance waiting to happen. I use to think this of Oscar but not anymore. Even Oscar's ability to score from open play looks to have diminished. Maybe I am being harsh on him but when you see that he was kept here and the likes of KDB is an excellent player was let go pisses me the fuck off. Neymar may off want Ganso to be with him but you said yourself that he was a very good player. Would he want him truthfully now? Doubt it. Neymar knows Coutinho wuld look much better in Barca and he would tbh. He would thrive there and some of his performances for Liverpool last season, while not consistent he had some moments of brilliance which you just had to take a bow. Surprised he did not hold out for more money. Yaya was injured tbh and not fully fit but at least they have other players capable of stepping up. We don't.

Got to laugh at these Mourinho fans who came hitting back at his critics for being knee-jerk because we won 1 game against a awful team and Arsenal is inconclusive to say the team were great when they got sent down to 10 in the first half. Now, where are you? Got to call these people out who called the Mourinho critics out. The criticsm of Mourinho was deserved and fair and really he has no excuses.

Coutinho might not have the stats but he is much better than Oscar. It is plain obvious to see. There is a reason why the likes of Neymar is calling for Coutinho to come to them while Luiz is saying he could leave for bigger things. Teams will come in for him if Liverpool fail to get in the UCL again. Oscar has been way too inconsistent for us. Coutinho deserves to be at a better club than Liverpool and he will. I don't look purely at stats. I look at how they play on an individual level and Coutinho is much better than him. Regarding KDB, he is a bonus for City. Just look at his stats already. Him and Silva are on the world class level. Sterling is not consistent enough to assume that without KDB they would have walked the title. KDB means they have more goals and assists from midfield and they will benefit.

He should be but under a new coach. Pedro did not do anything. Oscar was awful once again. Willian was decent. We dropped him in midweek and apart from Willian the other attacking mids did not conver themselves in glory. Hazard is playing poor but the problems lie deeper than him.

He is complaing about us not having penalties. Has this deluded manager forgotten that Southampton should of had 3 clear penalties. Just stop Jose and get the fuck out please! You are giving this club a bd name with your antics and now football management. Best concerned for all to cut ties. Thanks for what you have done though.

We won the game because of an extra man. Oscar done his bit defensively but did not do anything offensively. Like I said before my concern is when Hazard goes AWOL, he does not step up. The same again. KDB has added so much to City already and to think Mourinho is the reason why is just ridiculous. KDB should be in this team if we had a manager who has a clue. Coutinho steps up. Oscar steps up when others do. I got excited by his performance against Swansea but back to square one. Way too weak as well.

Was he even playing? Played for 90 mins apparently. Must have been sleeping throughout.

:wank2: Seriously, the whole team was bad but another game where he has not done anything. People got a boner because we won a game against 2 shit teams and apparently ir proved how good he makes us and balances the team. Biggest bullshit ever. Not scapegoating him but please just end that hypothesis now. Coutinho over him anyday and to think some people even compare him to KDB. Just don't...

First time I have said this but he needs to go. Has lost the dressing room. Hs made awful decisions time and time again and we are in a rot. Absolute joke.

What was Azpi doing? Seriously, Mourinho just does not care anymore. I think he has lost interest and the players have lost interest in him. Can't believe what I am seeing. Crisis mode fully.

Take Oscar off ffs. Not contributing nothing in attack once again.

Ramires has to come off or he is getting sent off without a doubt. Bring Matic on.

Aguero and KDB definitely had a look at this forum and saw what Pacquaio said. They definitely wanted to prove a point to him.

Today was just something else. 5 in 20 mins for Aguero. Form is temporary. Class is permanent. City have got Bournemouth next. Expect something similar. No Wilson. Ouch...

Newcastle are just shit tbh. Says a lot about our current state of team when we get outplayed by the worse team in the league for 45 mins. That being said, City's big stars stepped up.

Well you don't come in looking to slate him when it suits you which is why I did not look to quote your posts for a scoring effect. You say it how you see it and I respect that even if I disagree. On the otherhand, Pacquaio just slates KDB for the sake of it and I guarantee you he will come up with some other excuse for him today. I don't mind criticism but when people give clear biased views it annoys me.

A goal and 2 assists Let's see what you say now. You love to come after every game and slate him when you think he was poor even he was not.I bet you go hiding now. And to Oscar I think the stats prediction you made is really going to come back to haunt you.

Guy or girl? I am sure TOPTB was a male. He was controversial but he was an excellent contributor of the forum tbh.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11662/10013022/ryan-bertrand-back-at-chelsea-with-southampton-and-a-point-to-prove This is what I mean when I say he is the perfect full back offensively and defensively. It was the same when he was at us, he rarely let us down. "He ranked among the top 10 full-backs in the country for chances created last season. In terms of clear-cut chances carved out, Bertrand was in the top three". "However, unlike the others on that list he didn't make a single defensive error leading to a shot or a goal. Bertrand ranked in the top 10 for defensive interceptions too."

Fair enough but he is still world class and would probably face rotation as in terms of natural ability is better than most players you have listed. Robben is injured all the time and is getting on. I remember when Bayern were linked with a record bid for Hazard over the summer, there fans were drooling over the possibility even though there was no chance. They would have loved him in there team. I will wait till the season ends to see how people change their views on Hazard. If he was actually in Real or Bayern they would have to find a way to put him in because he is too good and of the players you put in those teams I would not actually take any over him. Robben is like 32 and is made of glass and Ronaldo needs creativity to score and does not do much bar goals. Obviously he is better than Hazard but I would not take him exactly over Hazard.

Well there is not much difference in quality and Germany are probably better and he can get games there with Lahm retiring. Alli's mates are all English and there is no chance he will play for Nigeria. Especially as he can easily play for England's team. It is rare English players will choose there second nationality unless they feel there is zero chance of them getting in the England team. Like Ibe, Alli will commit to England. That is 100% regardless of what Rafinha did.