Gilvorak 3,734 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 He's so direct. Too direct at times. Always plays at 100 mph. DYC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 He's so direct. Too direct at times. Always plays at 100 mph.Perfect description. He's a fantastic player but he hurts your team as well. If he were to go through a barren run of 10 games without a goal or assist for example, he'd actually be a liability.It will be interesting to see if he ever finds that balance in his game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 first time a team has played close attention to De Bruyne and not given him time to play and he goes missing, this is why Hazard is a level above him, Hazard gets doubled teamed or triple teamed every week and was still destroying teams last season.its the reason why De Bruyne does better for Belgium then Hazard as teams pay close attention to Hazard which give De Bruyne more freedom to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MefiX19 1,092 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Well so far he's been crap so I'd bet against your prediction. Sorry i was wrong, but he still in better form than any our attacking player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Sorry i was wrong, but he still in better form than any our attacking player.Everyone is in better form than our attacking players. Blue_Fox_ and Clockwork 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM4PR3Z 411 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Was victim of the 0-0 tactic of Pellegrini, that can happen. Had to do it all by himself, had no players to pass too. And United knew he was the only player they had to pay attention to. And he was playing at the wing. The reason he played average: 75% Pellegrini, 20% Yaya Touré, 5% his own fault. Not much to worry about for him.He also had a few brilliant moments, but was left alone for the attack too much. Hope that Pellegrini plays like this against Chelsea, City will never score with that tactic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilvorak 3,734 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Was victim of the 0-0 tactic of Pellegrini, that can happen. Had to do it all by himself, had no players to pass too. And United knew he was the only player they had to pay attention to. And he was playing at the wing. The reason he played average: 75% Pellegrini, 20% Yaya Touré, 5% his own fault. Not much to worry about for him.He also had a few brilliant moments, but was left alone for the attack too much. Hope that Pellegrini plays like this against Chelsea, City will never score with that tactic.And that's why as great as KDB is he isn't on Hazard's level. Pacquiao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Was victim of the 0-0 tactic of Pellegrini, that can happen. Had to do it all by himself, had no players to pass too. And United knew he was the only player they had to pay attention to. And he was playing at the wing. The reason he played average: 75% Pellegrini, 20% Yaya Touré, 5% his own fault. Not much to worry about for him.He also had a few brilliant moments, but was left alone for the attack too much. Hope that Pellegrini plays like this against Chelsea, City will never score with that tactic.LOL. 5% his fault? LMAOI still stay firm in my belief, he isn't a big stage player. If that's yet or not time will say because he's quite young.He'll shine and thrive when there isn't much pressure. But against big teams with big things at stake (top of the table) or deep knock outs, he's been a failure wherever he played (Belgium WC, Wolfburg EL). He played well in some big games before, but there wasn't something really important at stake. He's easily neutralized if a little more of attention (and quality attention on that) is given to him.About this speed liability, I've never paid attention to this before, my only instances on him are that he thinks only of himself and has no concept of team if it threatens his big star status (if the manager and team mates are willing to see to his every little whim, then he can be a team player) and when time of the truth comes, he just fades... But I think none of this is definite yet. He's young, he has a lot (A LOT) to mature both mentally and his game. If he takes the right routes, I'm positive he can be a player with better return than Hazard, although Hazard will always be the more talented because Hazard has a gift... but at the end what's more important, talent or how big a player becomes? The biggest example of not so awesome talent and still out of this world size is Cristiano imo. He isn't a very talented guy, but he's so success oriented, and so determined and works so hard that he found a way to get in the discussion of the best player in the world when a certain Messi also plays. People keep comparing both and saying all kind of things, but do they ever stop to think that Ronaldo isn't anywhere, nearly, close talented to Messi and he still put himself in the discussion? Blue_Fox_ and Pacquiao 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Fox_ 2,086 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Amazing how this thread is quiet today. Just sayin'....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Everyone is in better form than our attacking players.except our defenders .. training sessions must be fun .. OGs top scorers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar 441 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Did City play counter football again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray 9,441 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Well, he was marked. But he played badly.,he gave a ball to the opponent 7 times while attacking in the first time. It is true Hazard breaks out of marked situations more easily. Still, i so wish Eden would fire all cilinders. Damn, he has never, ever in his career been this weak (and im thinking since he was 16). KDB has his own path now, but he will be up and down in the EPL in his first season. Still, im belgian and I love him in the NT, not in City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray 9,441 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Did City play counter football again? They played like Mou. Especially the second half was so defensive and nothing going forward. Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM4PR3Z 411 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 LOL. 5% his fault? LMAOI still stay firm in my belief, he isn't a big stage player. If that's yet or not time will say because he's quite young.He'll shine and thrive when there isn't much pressure. But against big teams with big things at stake (top of the table) or deep knock outs, he's been a failure wherever he played (Belgium WC, Wolfburg EL). He played well in some big games before, but there wasn't something really important at stake. He's easily neutralized if a little more of attention (and quality attention on that) is given to him.About this speed liability, I've never paid attention to this before, my only instances on him are that he thinks only of himself and has no concept of team if it threatens his big star status (if the manager and team mates are willing to see to his every little whim, then he can be a team player) and when time of the truth comes, he just fades... But I think none of this is definite yet. He's young, he has a lot (A LOT) to mature both mentally and his game. If he takes the right routes, I'm positive he can be a player with better return than Hazard, although Hazard will always be the more talented because Hazard has a gift... but at the end what's more important, talent or how big a player becomes? The biggest example of not so awesome talent and still out of this world size is Cristiano imo. He isn't a very talented guy, but he's so success oriented, and so determined and works so hard that he found a way to get in the discussion of the best player in the world when a certain Messi also plays. People keep comparing both and saying all kind of things, but do they ever stop to think that Ronaldo isn't anywhere, nearly, close talented to Messi and he still put himself in the discussion?Yeah, ask Bayern how shitty he played against them for Wolfsburg... didierforever and Stats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 one of his poorer games in terms of quality but the set up didnt favour him yet he still worked hard ,, was one of the better of a poor City performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Yeah, ask Bayern how shitty he played against them for Wolfsburg...did you read the part when I said big stage? I said he did play well in some big games where there wasn't important things at stake. If I don't consider bundesliga a relevant league because of its one team, what do you think I - and everyone else with common sense - make out of German domestic cups? Wolfsburg NEVER threatened Bayern's title last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 no silva, no aguero, defensive tactics and literally carrying the whole team. he was still way better then whatever no.10 we can put in these days. (oscar, cesc) Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,142 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 no silva, no aguero, defensive tactics and literally carrying the whole team. he was still way better then whatever no.10 we can put in these days. (oscar, cesc)Yet he still created the best chance of the game for Yaya Toure which he fluffed. Pellegrini admitted himself that his side was more defensive today than usual. Hazard was no different when we played City last season because of our tactics but both games, created the best chances but it was difficult for him to shine. That was obviously the same with KDB. He obviously was not great but he still created the best chances in a game where the attacking display from both teams were rather dull. didierforever and Coop 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Well that's what Chelsea attackers go through with our defensive tactics. Mancity were defensive, so KdB didn't have a good game Spike and Pacquiao 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM4PR3Z 411 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Well that's what Chelsea attackers go through with our defensive tactics. Mancity were defensive, so KdB didn't have a good gameNo, the whole midfield was slow football and the striker too. That made it far worse for De Bruyne. Combining with Matic, Fabregas, Oscar is something else than combining with Fernando, Fernandinho and Yaya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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