Kevin de Bruyne

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

Two assists and a goal.

[Viper22 2,418]

He is not behind Sterling in the pecking order. Why do you think that? And he seems to react pretty well. He still gets goals and assists for fun.

Are people still questioning whether it was a good idea to let him go? Of course it was not. That simple. Especially when the man he declared as his no.10 has been overally poor. KDB has been worth the money. This is his first season at City, let's not forget that. Been worth the money. Has had some bad games but majority has been standout. We lost a star player. Simple as that.

I still stick by the fact that if you have a player whining and crying about wanting to leave rather than fight for his place then he doesn't have the mentality to play for a top team. Hence I can see a problem developing if he ever gets dropped by City as he has proved he has no desire to work for his place.

You surely can't tell me if you were a manager of a top club and had proved yourself over many years with many different clubs in many different countries that when a 21 year old you'd just signed comes to you demanding to be played and crying that they want to leave if they aren't you would give into that childishness and play them, would you?

Patience is a virtue far too many young players lack today and the only way to teach them is by not giving into their childish antics. I have no doubt that he would've become a good player for us had he stayed here and maybe even somewhere near as good as he is now but he didn't have the stomach for it, so I fully stand by the fact that it was right to let a player displaying the wrong attitude to leave.

He might well turn out to be worth the money a long way down the line but he has nowhere near proved himself yet, especially seeing as he has only really turned up against the poor teams City have played this year (Newcastle, Bournemouth, Norwich, Sunderland, Palace, BMG) and been largely ineffectual in the big games (United, Juventus x2, Liverpool - he wasn't as great in this game as people seemed to make out, Sevilla away). He's been good, but hardly proved himself thus far.

Know you're going to disagree but I just don't think it was a mistake to let someone with an attitude problem go and don't want to just jump on the already crowded Jose-bashing bandwagon whenever a player he let go scores or gets an assist. I also don't think De Bruyne has been much more than good this year (admittedly better than every Chelsea player bar Willian) but that's all opinion.

[zolayes 14,489]

If we had a manager who appreciated Quality ,, players wouldnt be complaining

[Luckynotes 17]

I still stick by the fact that if you have a player whining and crying about wanting to leave rather than fight for his place then he doesn't have the mentality to play for a top team. Hence I can see a problem developing if he ever gets dropped by City as he has proved he has no desire to work for his place.

You surely can't tell me if you were a manager of a top club and had proved yourself over many years with many different clubs in many different countries that when a 21 year old you'd just signed comes to you demanding to be played and crying that they want to leave if they aren't you would give into that childishness and play them, would you?

Patience is a virtue far too many young players lack today and the only way to teach them is by not giving into their childish antics. I have no doubt that he would've become a good player for us had he stayed here and maybe even somewhere near as good as he is now but he didn't have the stomach for it, so I fully stand by the fact that it was right to let a player displaying the wrong attitude to leave.

He might well turn out to be worth the money a long way down the line but he has nowhere near proved himself yet, especially seeing as he has only really turned up against the poor teams City have played this year (Newcastle, Bournemouth, Norwich, Sunderland, Palace, BMG) and been largely ineffectual in the big games (United, Juventus x2, Liverpool - he wasn't as great in this game as people seemed to make out, Sevilla away). He's been good, but hardly proved himself thus far.

Know you're going to disagree but I just don't think it was a mistake to let someone with an attitude problem go and don't want to just jump on the already crowded Jose-bashing bandwagon whenever a player he let go scores or gets an assist. I also don't think De Bruyne has been much more than good this year (admittedly better than every Chelsea player bar Willian) but that's all opinion.

What about managers without the right atitude?

[Stats 7,142]

I still stick by the fact that if you have a player whining and crying about wanting to leave rather than fight for his place then he doesn't have the mentality to play for a top team. Hence I can see a problem developing if he ever gets dropped by City as he has proved he has no desire to work for his place.

You surely can't tell me if you were a manager of a top club and had proved yourself over many years with many different clubs in many different countries that when a 21 year old you'd just signed comes to you demanding to be played and crying that they want to leave if they aren't you would give into that childishness and play them, would you?

Patience is a virtue far too many young players lack today and the only way to teach them is by not giving into their childish antics. I have no doubt that he would've become a good player for us had he stayed here and maybe even somewhere near as good as he is now but he didn't have the stomach for it, so I fully stand by the fact that it was right to let a player displaying the wrong attitude to leave.

He might well turn out to be worth the money a long way down the line but he has nowhere near proved himself yet, especially seeing as he has only really turned up against the poor teams City have played this year (Newcastle, Bournemouth, Norwich, Sunderland, Palace, BMG) and been largely ineffectual in the big games (United, Juventus x2, Liverpool - he wasn't as great in this game as people seemed to make out, Sevilla away). He's been good, but hardly proved himself thus far.

Know you're going to disagree but I just don't think it was a mistake to let someone with an attitude problem go and don't want to just jump on the already crowded Jose-bashing bandwagon whenever a player he let go scores or gets an assist. I also don't think De Bruyne has been much more than good this year (admittedly better than every Chelsea player bar Willian) but that's all opinion.

He was the difference against Sevilla. That goal was the catalyst for them qualifying for the UCL. I call it an attitude problem with Mourinho if he constantly ignores young top players we have here. People can look for all criticisms of KDB they want but the stats speak for himself. Admitedlly he has not turned up in big games but it might be those 'small teams' games which may make the difference between City winnining the league and that is showing atm. Massive addition and like a lot of us guessed, us selling KDB has hit us back in the face hugely. Who to blame? Moruinho.

[Tomo 21,751]

He was the difference against Sevilla. That goal was the catalyst for them qualifying for the UCL. I call it an attitude problem with Mourinho if he constantly ignores young top players we have here. People can look for all criticisms of KDB they want but the stats speak for himself. Admitedlly he has not turned up in big games but it might be those 'small teams' games which may make the difference between City winnining the league and that is showing atm. Massive addition and like a lot of us guessed, us selling KDB has hit us back in the face hugely. Who to blame? Moruinho.

The ironic thing is the one he did bring into the first team, a number of people were waiting for a mistake so they could aggressively demand Cechs return.

If KDB stayed, every bad game (or at best a few subpar games in a row) bring back Mata would be the main topic of convo on this thread.

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at least I have him in my Fantasy team, 13 points

[LDN Blue 7,903]

at least I have him in my Fantasy team, 13 points

26 if you made him captain

[zolayes 14,489]

The ironic thing is the one he did bring into the first team, a number of people were waiting for a mistake so they could aggressively demand Cechs return.

If KDB stayed, every bad game (or at best a few subpar games in a row) bring back Mata would be the main topic of convo on this thread.

But NOW we have neither KDB nor Mata or Lukaka .. still I guess we are lucky we still have Costa and Falcao// THAT IS IRONY

[Tomo 21,751]

But NOW we have neither KDB nor Mata or Lukaka .. still I guess we are lucky we still have Costa and Falcao// THAT IS IRONY

And Courtois, and Hazard, and Cesar

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

When are people going to admit it was a mistake to not give this guy a much better chance at earning his place? Because it's pretty obvious. He barely played and when he did was at the right wing.

If you were in his shoes, out of form, not given a fair chance to gain your spot, your manager barely even talked to you and with a World Cup to play after the season, wouldn't you ask to leave? Calling it crying is beyond stupid IMO

Fast forward a couple of years and I'd say it's pretty obvious who regrets the move the most. And it's definitely not Kevin.

[Tomo 21,751]

When are people going to admit it was a mistake to not give this guy a much better chance at earning his place? Because it's pretty obvious. He barely played and when he did was at the right wing.

If you were in his shoes, out of form, not given a fair chance to gain your spot, your manager barely even talked to you and with a World Cup to play after the season, wouldn't you ask to leave? Calling it crying is beyond stupid IMO

Fast forward a couple of years and I'd say it's pretty obvious who regrets the move the most. And it's definitely not Kevin.

First half of 13/14 him and Mata should have swapped roles in the squads.

Mata was never in Joses plans, but the politics with the fan affection for Juan forced his hand in giving Mata more games than he might have otherwise.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

First half of 13/14 him and Mata should have swapped roles in the squads.

Mata was never in Joses plans, but the politics with the fan affection for Juan forced his hand in giving Mata more games than he might have otherwise.

And unfortunately it turns out we kept the worst of the three. Shame really, I thought Oscar would've developed much better than he has.

[Fernando 6,585]

First half of 13/14 him and Mata should have swapped roles in the squads.

Mata was never in Joses plans, but the politics with the fan affection for Juan forced his hand in giving Mata more games than he might have otherwise.

Yes Mata was the number 10 and he changed him for Oscar.

Now where is his number 10?

He picked Oscar because he can track back and all that stuff as to compare to Mata.

I now believe what most people say that if Mourinho had Messi when he was young he would never flourished because he can't track back.

That's the problem in having a manager like Mourinho.

But hey that's what everyone wants so it's all cool.

No point in moaning about KDB because Mourinho cannot have a lot of creative players in this team, just one and everyone else a workhorse.

[hamad138 190]

Holy shit he is destroying premier league more then he did in bundesliga.

But in other news sky is blue