N'Golo Kante

[Styles 9,790]

Ozil is the player that gives Kante the most trouble.

Embarrassing that we have a midfield that gets dominated by Jack Wilshere.

[jernej93 565]

1 hour ago, manpe said:

Are you kidding? Our wing-backs get far more stick on here and everybody recognizes they need to be upgraded, there isn't a day this isn't reminded.

One goal and Alonso is suddenly the best left back in the league  

[El P. 1,354]

4 hours ago, jernej93 said:

It really depends  You can easily play with two b2b midfielders with limited offensive skills if you put a good creative force in between ... and suitable wingbacks wouldn't hurt anyone, right?  

I think we slag our midfield a lot but never really point our critics against poor wingbacks that are unable to beat defenders in 1on1 situation and tend to play backwards  

Let's be realistic - any wingback that we ever get won't be really technically sound (like heavyweights - Marcelo, Lahm, Alaba). We may upgrade on that, buy someone faster, more proactive etc, like Emerson for example, but he won't give us possession dominance and better all-round team ball playing skill.

It should be easier to buy midfielder with good ball control/passing/dribbling than look for that qualities in the wingbacks or relying solely on our attackers to do all that and drop deep to create something.

[Riquelme 4]

On 2018-1-13 at 1:00 PM, BlueLion. said:

Would we say his market value - if Coutinho goes for £142m - would be around the £200m mark? Irreplaceable. 

Fernandinho of Man City is 600 millions then

[BlueLion. 21,491]

9 minutes ago, Riquelme said:

Fernandinho of Man City is 600 millions then

[Riquelme 4]

It was just to say Fernandinho  is a better player than Kante in my opinion.

[Special Juan 27,092]

[manpe 10,855]

2 hours ago, jernej93 said:

One goal and Alonso is suddenly the best left back in the league  

Okay, some people are thick and base their judgement on trash stats or goals only (for example the pundits and commentators who hail him as one of the best, then some supporters start believing their uneducated opinion). But you said we never criticize them, which is false, in fact them not being able to beat a man 1-on-1 and playing backwards is one of the main gripes members on here have with Alonso and others.

[King11Didier 916]

The only player who was decent for us tonight.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,733]

It has to be difficult playing next to Bakayoko, but he was really bad tonight.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

7 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

It has to be difficult playing next to Bakayoko, but he was really bad tonight.

not only...

[Superblue 6,331]

2 hours ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

It has to be difficult playing next to Bakayoko, but he was really bad tonight.

He's looked off the pace the last few games to be honest, but he's far too important for us to risk resting him.

[YorkshireBlue 2,823]

8 hours ago, Superblue_1986 said:

He's looked off the pace the last few games to be honest, but he's far too important for us to risk resting him.

That's because hes the only one apart from hazard  actually trying.

[Styles 9,790]

I think I saw Kante cover every blade of grass. He was literally alone in midfield for almost the entire game and still put up a fight. He is wherever the ball is and that is insane.

[Special Juan 27,092]

Kante and Hazard are trying, the rest of the over rated fucking idiots are hiding, because it's what they do.

[Superblue 6,331]

44 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Kante and Hazard are trying, the rest of the over rated fucking idiots are hiding, because it's what they do.

I'd include Azpilicueta in that bracket too. Again, he's another that isn't his usual standards but there were at least 3 or 4 times last night he tracked the last man when the rest of the team stopped in the hope he'd deal with it.

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

you guys better enjoy kante for this is his last season with us.

PSG will pay whatever to get him this season at the end of this season and in july he will leave for paris st germain.

 

[the wes 7,212]

1 hour ago, KevinAshburner said:

you guys better enjoy kante for this is his last season with us.

PSG will pay whatever to get him this season at the end of this season and in july he will leave for paris st germain.

 

The only way I would let Kante go if Marco Verratti Is part of the deal