Kevin de Bruyne

[zolayes 14,489]

He'd have nowhere near 9 goals and 9 assists for us though. Mourinho's tactics would stifle his effectiveness and expressiveness. He's currently a great player playing in a great system. Here he'd be a great player playing in an awful system.

he might in 5 seasons if Jose stayed that long

[Coop 114]

Am I reading this right? There are some persons who say Mourinho did good by selling him? Is this really what I'm reading? Now they are quit, but please read a few pages back, I just don't understand....

Would show greatness if they would tell they where wrong in this one, so I'm waiting...

[zolayes 14,489]

Am I reading this right? There are some persons who say Mourinho did good by selling him? Is this really what I'm reading? Now they are quit, but please read a few pages back, I just don't understand....

Would show greatness if they would tell they where wrong in this one, so I'm waiting...

You should know by now Jose is NEVER wrong..Stats are completely irrelevant ..

[Fernando 6,484]

Am I reading this right? There are some persons who say Mourinho did good by selling him? Is this really what I'm reading? Now they are quit, but please read a few pages back, I just don't understand....

Would show greatness if they would tell they where wrong in this one, so I'm waiting...

Well he did right by the fact that he can't have a lot of creative player.

Mourinho is not an attacking coach but defensive.

It's the club fault for buying him and then getting a manager like Mourinho.

And since the club is backing Mourinho they could care less about such sales.

They just need to get players that fit more into Mourinho philosophy, simple as that.

We are not going to play amazing futbol from beginning to end with Mourinho.

[Coop 114]

Where are the apologies, where are the o boy I was wrong? Come on be a man and admit you where wrong.

Kevin is a top player,i think everyone with a brain agrees.

[Barbara 15,149]

set the world alright again today I suppose? I haven't watched and as there not one single comment on this thread I can't say.

Since now it seems ridiculous to compare Hazard and Neymar, I wonder when will the comparisons between Neymar and de Bruyne will start.

People already say he's a top 5 in the world. So I suppose behind MSN and Ronaldo, Kevin is next one? Or is he better than Ronaldo? (It's really hard to argue against MSN).

[sir_volrath 61]

He was horrible

Gave the ball away sooo many times, horrible passing %. He's a flat track bully.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

This thread is obviously bipolar.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

set the world alright again today I suppose? I haven't watched and as there not one single comment on this thread I can't say.

Since now it seems ridiculous to compare Hazard and Neymar, I wonder when will the comparisons between Neymar and de Bruyne will start.

People already say he's a top 5 in the world. So I suppose behind MSN and Ronaldo, Kevin is next one? Or is he better than Ronaldo? (It's really hard to argue against MSN).

I actually have no idea who comes behind Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo. Neymar is putting his foot next to the older two this season - I underestimated him. None of the others come even close, although I think Ronaldo is going to decline rapidly in the next two years, he doesn't seem that interested anymore.

[zolayes 14,489]

set the world alright again today I suppose? I haven't watched and as there not one single comment on this thread I can't say.

Since now it seems ridiculous to compare Hazard and Neymar, I wonder when will the comparisons between Neymar and de Bruyne will start.

People already say he's a top 5 in the world. So I suppose behind MSN and Ronaldo, Kevin is next one? Or is he better than Ronaldo? (It's really hard to argue against MSN).

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I actually have no idea who comes behind Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo. Neymar is putting his foot next to the older two this season - I underestimated him. None of the others come even close, although I think Ronaldo is going to decline rapidly in the next two years, he doesn't seem that interested anymore.

Suarez clearly

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Benched today.

This fantasy season gets worse every week it seems...

[Essien19 1,415]

Benched today.

This fantasy season gets worse every week it seems...

My goalie Butland is keeping me up, lol.

[The Skipper 20,593]

He was great today. Bit of a flat track bully but he should've been the one, honestly.

It should've been Hazard - KDB - Willian. Damn it Jose.

[Stats 7,059]

Thought all the ams played decent... Not to great, not to bad.

Still, they are all a level or more below David Silva's play.... When KDB play behind the striker, he was quite invisible and when he was on the flanks he seem to play much better.... However, this isn't wolfsburg where he is MR. everything.

15 assists the whole season will never happen, let alone just the epl season, since he will not take even half the set pieces and City don't play counter football...

I would predict 5 goals and 5 assists, unless he is given all the set piece responsibility....Granted your not the main cog to the team and option number 4-5, 5g and 5assist is reasonable output (however, not reasonable for the transfer fee).

If you watched the game, KDB lost the ball more than once.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1017572/LiveStatistics/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League-2015-2016-Manchester-City-Juventus

In addition, you would know that Juventus attacked his side consistently after his introduction. Sterling was bad going forward, lost the ball numerous times as well, however, he still somewhat puts a better shift than KDB defensively. It literally looked like Cuadrado was going right through KDB as if he was invisible on the left side.

Nasri is slowly going to get his place back in the starting 11 and the fact that man City hasn't put KDB as their official corner taker and set piece taker, your so called 15 assists is near impossible to get

Oh dear, oh dear Already on 10 goals for City this season and has made 10 assists for them already. 6 of those goals have been in the PL, 1 goal in the UCL and 8 of those assists have been in the PL too. You probably will say the COC is irrelevant so that is why I pointed that out.

You predicted 5 goals and 5 assists. KDB has completely squashed that prediction. Now let's see if he makes that 15 assists you said is impossible for him to make. 5 more assists for him to make to also squash your second prediction which you said is "near impossible".

Have not seen you on here for a while but I would love to see what you have to say about Oscar being a better fit for us than KDB now. You also said we would win more games with him as no.10 than we would with KDB in the team. Just...

I think people on here actually need to accept KDB is a world class player and is only 24.

One of Jose's biggest mistakes was not giving KDB a proper chance. If only....

[Special Juan 27,439]

That cross for the Sterling header was immense. I keep saying it but that quality of delivery from either wings is massively missed at Chelsea, whether it be Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Hazard, Pedro or Willian.

[Stingray 9,441]

Oh dear, oh dear Already on 10 goals for City this season and has made 10 assists for them already. 6 of those goals have been in the PL, 1 goal in the UCL and 8 of those assists have been in the PL too. You probably will say the COC is irrelevant so that is why I pointed that out.

You predicted 5 goals and 5 assists. KDB has completely squashed that prediction. Now let's see if he makes that 15 assists you said is impossible for him to make. 5 more assists for him to make to also squash your second prediction which you said is "near impossible".

Have not seen you on here for a while but I would love to see what you have to say about Oscar being a better fit for us than KDB now. You also said we would win more games with him as no.10 than we would with KDB in the team. Just...

I think people on here actually need to accept KDB is a world class player and is only 24.

One of Jose's biggest mistakes was not giving KDB a proper chance. If only....

Burnnnnnnn [emoji23][emoji23][emoji106]

I completely forgot about that statement. Nice to see it debunked.

[Ossie the King 634]

The guy did get a shot here but he wanted more. That's fair enough and José accommodated that wish by allowing him to leave.

Yes it would be lovely to have kept him and hindsight is 20/20 for those wishing to rake over past mistakes but the interesting discussion is surely on how we learn from this going forward.