N'Golo Kante

[Clockwork 1,770]

1 hour ago, Patrick Bamford said:

Hot take: He's better than Makelele

Don’t think that is a hot take at all, Maka was a great role player, Kante is a great main player. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,219]

2 hours ago, Patrick Bamford said:

Hot take: He's better than Makelele

Offers more on the ball but in terms of influence I'd say they are on par. 

A midfield three of Lampard/Makelele/Kante would've been incredible. 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

2 hours ago, Patrick Bamford said:

Hot take: He's better than Makelele

As Joe Cole said, he is Maka plus extras

[whats happening 1,440]

i hope his injury is not serious but enough to not go play for nt.

 

also i hope it can mean that we are bringing in another midfielder.

[Vesper 27,437]

7 hours ago, whats happening said:

i hope his injury is not serious but enough to not go play for nt.

 

also i hope it can mean that we are bringing in another midfielder.

 

[Artandur 938]

Fucking hell, why did we allow him to go to the national team? He needs rest ffs.

[Superblue 6,333]

47 minutes ago, Artandur said:

Fucking hell, why did we allow him to go to the national team? He needs rest ffs.

Nothing the club can really do about it if France want to call him up.

Ever since Deschamps and Lampard had disagreements over Kante being used for France, it feels like he'll be called up and flogged by them regardless.

[MoroccanBlue 5,219]

Much like his hamstring, he has that reoccurring ankle injury that needs to be managed carefully. Physios must not have seen any damaged muscle fibers, hence the call up. 

[Artandur 938]

1 hour ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Nothing the club can really do about it if France want to call him up.

Ever since Deschamps and Lampard had disagreements over Kante being used for France, it feels like he'll be called up and flogged by them regardless.

i guess we can't legally stop him, but i doubt Kante would go against the club if they told him he shouldn't go because of his health

[Milan 17,835]

Kante's ankle problems continue, he left the camp and is replaced by Rabiot in the NT.

[MoroccanBlue 5,219]

36 minutes ago, Milan said:

Kante's ankle problems continue, he left the camp and is replaced by Rabiot in the NT.

Thank god for Saul. 

[Magic Lamps 11,473]

Why did he even travel? It was obvious he could never play...Probably stupid Deschamps demanded Kante to make the trip cos he does not trust our medical department.

[Superblue 6,333]

At least it gives Kante a couple of weeks now to rest. 

We can probably roll without him for that Villa game and the first Champions League game too, and try to have him fit for the Spurs game in a couple of weeks.

[NikkiCFC 7,635]

Dont really offer much in this type of games when we have 70% possession. If Kova was fit I am sure TT would start him but still RLC should have started here. Not a coincidence we scored all 3 goals after subs.

[Stats 6,990]

On 31/10/2021 at 02:11, NikkiCFC said:

Dont really offer much in this type of games when we have 70% possession. If Kova was fit I am sure TT would start him but still RLC should have started here. Not a coincidence we scored all 3 goals after subs.

Yep. I remember I was having a debate with @Azul and he found it laughable that I said Jorginho was more important than Kante to this team. Well I wasn't just referring to Jorginho. I was saying that majority of games, we don't need Kante due to our possession dominance and hence why Jorginho is a much more important player as everything comes through him. Kante is a brilliant player, but with these fixtures we have recently and coming up, there are games where I would say he is not a loss if he is not in the team.

[Nero 1,794]

That's Kante? 😱

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,770]

22 minutes ago, Nero said:

That's Kante? 😱

He was an attacking Midfielder/playmaker as a youth.

[Johnnyeye 7,415]

1 hour ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

He was an attacking Midfielder/playmaker as a youth.

kinda like Mikel before he joined us