Mufassir08 2,400 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 and his stronger foot is ?Right footed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 What a player we have on our hands here, too bad he keeps playing well for some other club instead of Chelsea. Who thought it was a good idea to loan him out if the plan was to sell most of our midfielders anyway, leaving room for De Bruyne to shine if only he were still here? Stingray 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray 9,441 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 In 3/4 + years I definitely think it could be a possibility but knowing us we probably will buy a developed centre mid and maybe will halt one of the 2 progressOw the hybris. I will be brave and stick out my neck. KDB is ready for us as it is. 3/4 years might count for Chalobah. Kevin in his current form would compete VERY seriously for a spot in the team; Given his forward passing abilities, I think he is the missing link in the pivot. Ps: the biggest missing link is Torres. He didn't evolve, just stayed a neanderthal I guess .... Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 You ever think we could have the double pivot partnership Chalobah & de Bruyne?It depends on how and where Chalobah evolves over the next couple of years because at the moment he is too 'adventurous' to play in the pivot; more of a Yaya Toure than a Mikel from what I've seen. I have no doubt about Kevin's ability to play in the pivot, atm he looks like he can play anywhere! In all honestly I hope by the time these two are ready for first team football that we would have moved past the double pivot and the 4-2-3-1 to a more solid formation. LDN Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I think he will be the player,who will destroy Joshy´s career at Chelsea,because he has more experience in bigger leagues .It would be a dream to see both in the double pivot,but that would be far too offensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanBlue 82 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I can see a future for both. Rotation is the word. It also pretty much depends on what players we're gonna buy for the double pivot. I can also see a chance Josh being loaned to a Premier League club next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 He's a offensive midfielder, not suited to the double pivot at all. He hardly does any defensive work at Bremen.He makes Lamps look like Vidal and people were complaining about Lampard neglecting his defensive duties and pushing up too much.Ideally we'd play a three man midfield and have him and Oscar compete for the offensive CM role next year. BLionheart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 With proper manager that has vision, Kdb, Josh, Oscar,... will all be used properly and evolved to max. However, a manager with no clue will ruin them for sure. He wont know how and where to use them and stall their progress. Hopefuly we will fix manager issue in summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner 456 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 He's a offensive midfielder, not suited to the double pivot at all. He hardly does any defensive work at Bremen.He makes Lamps look like Vidal and people were complaining about Lampard neglecting his defensive duties and pushing up too much.Ideally we'd play a three man midfield and have him and Oscar compete for the offensive CM role next year.That's the role he has been asked to play at Bremen. It doesn't mean he wouldn't be able to play a more defensive role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mak 4,459 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Anyone check Kevin's stats on the Bundesliga website? They're quite impressive! Says he has played the most minutes, excluding their goalkeeper...quite a welcome change from sending others out on loan! Decent in a tackle too.http://www.bundeslig...hp?player=43474 Leif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 That's the role he has been asked to play at Bremen. It doesn't mean he wouldn't be able to play a more defensive role.That's the same as me saying Mata can play in the double pivot, his current role is just the role he's been asked to play. Kevin has always been a offensive player.But of course you are allowed to believe he can play in that position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDY 1,290 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 That's the same as me saying Mata can play in the double pivot, his current role is just the role he's been asked to play. Kevin has always been a offensive player.But of course you are allowed to believe he can play in that position.It doesn't mean he can't adapt to it. He does need to improve a lot defensively though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 It doesn't mean he can't adapt to it. He does need to improve a lot defensively though.Of course it's possible. But I personally don't see it happening tbh and I don't see the use of it. He clearly enjoys playing in the way he does now and has been doing in his career.Players usually get moved from more attacking roles to deeper roles because they can't handle the pressure in advanced positions and/or lack effiency (or with older players it's when they decline physically) but that's clearly not the case with Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediator 2,026 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Ramires likes to bomb forward too. But he can't pass the ball like KDB does. Where is the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDY 1,290 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Of course it's possible. But I personally don't see it happening tbh and I don't see the use of it. He clearly enjoys playing in the way he does now and has been doing in his career.Players usually get moved from more attacking roles to deeper roles because they can't handle the pressure in advanced positions and/or lack effiency (or with older players it's when they decline physically) but that's clearly not the case with Kevin.I agree, but there's no harm in giving it a go. Marco Verratti adapted within a year at Pescara to a more defensive role, allbeit in a weak league. He's not the finished article at PSG but if you look at the difference now to then you can tell how much he's improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I agree, but there's no harm in giving it a go. Marco Verratti adapted within a year at Pescara to a more defensive role, allbeit in a weak league. He's not the finished article at PSG but if you look at the difference now to then you can tell how much he's improved.I didn't follow Verratti at Pescara but I don't think any coach in the world would move an attacking midfielder (looking at your post, I assume he used to be a attacking midfielder?) who is performing to a deeper role. Which wasn't the case with Pirlo for example. And that's my point, fixing something that isn't broken.But let's just wait and see. I'm just glad he's performing well and hope he keeps it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 KDB started playing a lot deeper for Genk during his last days there and his performances were amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 He's a offensive midfielder, not suited to the double pivot at all. He hardly does any defensive work at Bremen.He makes Lamps look like Vidal and people were complaining about Lampard neglecting his defensive duties and pushing up too much.Ideally we'd play a three man midfield and have him and Oscar compete for the offensive CM role next year.8 of the 9 goals Kevin has directly contributed at Bremen (scoring or assisting) came when he is playing at CM and not further up the pitch. He is not an attacking midfielder and I am convinced that he has the defensive ability to play in the pivot. Corner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 We should bring him back from Loan - and stick him straight into the first team... mnmontero and BleedsBlue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumps 284 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 appologies if this has been posted already but this guy has made a video of Kev's highlights.Some of the stuff is from the Genk days which youve prob seen, but plenty from Werder. theres also a part 2 which you'll find in the related videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIWvOe0FmKQ mediator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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