Kevin De Bruyne

SamVimes

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Aug 30, 2015
Messages
1,028
Location
Dublin
I've never quite got the "Not wishing injury on anyone" stuff. Don't get me wrong I understand it with career ending ones etc but an injured hamstring and not playing for a few weeks isn't the end of the world, pretty happy it's happened myself. Increases our chances or pushing ahead of them massively he's by far their most important player.

Agree with others re Bruno he does need resting, ideal chance is probably the Sheff Utd game, we have a decent run of fixtures in Feb with Europa League and few of the relegation candidates (Newcastle, West Brom, Chelsea) but that's still a way off.
I see what you did there:angel:
 

Dancfc

Full Member
Joined
Oct 28, 2016
Messages
7,392
Supports
Chelsea
They should have enough up top to get by without him, even without him you'd expect them to win all their fixtures before the Derby bar Anfield (possibly including on current form). If you're hoping for any minor injury to derail City you should be looking at Ruben Dias, he's been a VVD level gamechanger for them.
 

always_hoping

Full Member
Joined
Jun 7, 2013
Messages
7,535
Managed to beat villa with De Bruyne off the field and thanks to their strength in depth they'll win the majority of their games if not all in the next 4 to 6 weeks. Leicester on the other hand will struggle without Vardy
 

Alfie092

Full Member
Joined
Apr 23, 2015
Messages
1,009
depends how quickly he can come back, some nasty games coming up

West Brom away
Sheffield home and then
Burnley away
Liverpool away
Spurs home
Arsenal away 21/02
If City draw one and lose one from those 6 games (13 out of 18 points), then I think I would take that, anymore and it's a bonus and United must take advantage of that! City did basically win the league without KDB 2 seasons ago, so while he would be a big miss, IMO they have enough firepower to win majority of the games while he is out.

I'm very interested to see how they cope with their best player out and with less rotation options.
 

cyberman

Full Member
Joined
May 26, 2010
Messages
37,331
Managed to beat villa with De Bruyne off the field and thanks to their strength in depth they'll win the majority of their games if not all in the next 4 to 6 weeks. Leicester on the other hand will struggle without Vardy
Theyre struggling to break low blocks down as it is.
 

Alfie092

Full Member
Joined
Apr 23, 2015
Messages
1,009
I was reading about the De Bruyne injury this morning, and inside my head I thought, "Just need Vardy to get an injury now and the title is ours!"

And bloody hell, Vardy is out to have a hernia operation.

Does anyone have any requests that they want me to bring to life, I seem to have the gift!

You able to keep Ruben Dis out for a while mate? I think if he was to also be out for 4-6 weeks like KDB is now then that would be huge for the title race!
 

G-MUFC

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Dec 3, 2018
Messages
173
Big loss for City. I've got a feeling that West Brom could cause them problems in their next league game.

KDB will also miss the Anfield game.
 

GifLord

Better at GIFs than posts
Joined
Jun 7, 2013
Messages
22,898
Location
LALALAND

First 3 matches are easy 3 points while the next 3 might be tricky without KDB
 

Knux

Full Member
Joined
Feb 25, 2014
Messages
1,820
Supports
AIK Stockholm

First 3 matches are easy 3 points while the next 3 might be tricky without KDB
I can see them get a possibly 12-13 points of 18 available in the next 6 games. Which wouldn’t be too bad without KdB. I mean there are some potential tricky fixtures there. Especially rounds 23-25.
 

Sylar

Full Member
Joined
May 15, 2007
Messages
40,256
Big loss for City. I've got a feeling that West Brom could cause them problems in their next league game.

KDB will also miss the Anfield game.
It may see us wanting Liverpool to win that game by the time it comes around which is nuts

I think kdb won't be missed for the first few games, the issue occurs when they don't have him and a striker like Aguero as well
 

jymufc20

Last Man Standing finalist 2019/20
Joined
Jan 5, 2015
Messages
3,584
Location
planet earth
It may see us wanting Liverpool to win that game by the time it comes around which is nuts

I think kdb won't be missed for the first few games, the issue occurs when they don't have him and a striker like Aguero as well
Aguero has covid.
 

Giggs86

Full Member
Joined
Jul 16, 2014
Messages
3,632
Location
USA
They're not dropping points until the end of the season with or without him.
 

SirScholes

Full Member
Joined
Jan 26, 2014
Messages
6,183
If City draw one and lose one from those 6 games (13 out of 18 points), then I think I would take that, anymore and it's a bonus and United must take advantage of that! City did basically win the league without KDB 2 seasons ago, so while he would be a big miss, IMO they have enough firepower to win majority of the games while he is out.

I'm very interested to see how they cope with their best player out and with less rotation options.
Absolutely a strong team still but back then they had aguero for the season and I don’t think they’ve got adequate cover for him either
 

SirScholes

Full Member
Joined
Jan 26, 2014
Messages
6,183
I can see them get a possibly 12-13 points of 18 available in the next 6 games. Which wouldn’t be too bad without KdB. I mean there are some potential tricky fixtures there. Especially rounds 23-25.
I don’t think you can knock burnely after they gave us a hard time and Liverpool obviously
 

Knux

Full Member
Joined
Feb 25, 2014
Messages
1,820
Supports
AIK Stockholm
I don’t think you can knock burnely after they gave us a hard time and Liverpool obviously
Burnley can’t be underestimated of course. City have some really tricky fixtures coming up but I expect them to win most of them anyway. But let’s see. The title race is on surely.
 

Welbeckham

Full Member
Joined
Mar 16, 2013
Messages
1,552
Fantastic player. He’s so good that people are not even impressed when he creates two goals in a UCL quarterfinal, while also gifting an open goal to Foden and generally being better than everyone else on the pitch.
 

Cloud7

Full Member
Joined
Jan 11, 2016
Messages
12,778
Why do city’s good players go there and then never leave!
Insane amounts of money, good chance at trophies every season, and now there's the best manager in the world managing there as well. As a player, what more could you want really?
 

Zlatan 7

We've got bush!
Joined
May 26, 2016
Messages
11,532
Insane amounts of money, good chance at trophies every season, and now there's the best manager in the world managing there as well. As a player, what more could you want really?
Maybe now yes but you couldn’t say that in 2013 or whatever when they kept hold of aguerro for a decade or silva or Kompany or any of the other important players
 

Noot

Full Member
Joined
Jan 29, 2021
Messages
614
Supports
Manchester City
To join Barca or Madrid usually. Probably helps that they’re both a bit crap at the moment though.
Is Barca or Madrid really enough of a step up to justify the tremendous amount of uphill battling they'd have to do to convince us to sell?
 

Cloud7

Full Member
Joined
Jan 11, 2016
Messages
12,778
Maybe now yes but you couldn’t say that in 2013 or whatever when they kept hold of aguerro for a decade or silva or Kompany or any of the other important players
I think, with no evidence whatsoever to back this up, that in the early stages players like Aguero etc would have been paid a lot more than would have been reported.

Also, they seem to have lucked out in terms of the personalities of players they got. Aguero, Silva etc never really seemed like problematic personalities or players that would have agitated to go elsewhere. Yaya was and he was frozen out and eventually left after some time. Sane, for example, was one of the best wingers in the league but he left after a relatively short period of time. I think it's a mix of the money, and getting lucky with the right set of players.
 

Zlatan 7

We've got bush!
Joined
May 26, 2016
Messages
11,532
I think, with no evidence whatsoever to back this up, that in the early stages players like Aguero etc would have been paid a lot more than would have been reported.

Also, they seem to have lucked out in terms of the personalities of players they got. Aguero, Silva etc never really seemed like problematic personalities or players that would have agitated to go elsewhere. Yaya was and he was frozen out and eventually left after some time. Sane, for example, was one of the best wingers in the league but he left after a relatively short period of time. I think it's a mix of the money, and getting lucky with the right set of players.
Good points about the characters, city have recruited well it seems on the important players. I would have loved de bruyne or aguerro here, not so much Silva although he was class.
 

Thunderhead

Full Member
Joined
Nov 2, 2016
Messages
3,154
Supports
City
I think, with no evidence whatsoever to back this up, that in the early stages players like Aguero etc would have been paid a lot more than would have been reported.

Also, they seem to have lucked out in terms of the personalities of players they got. Aguero, Silva etc never really seemed like problematic personalities or players that would have agitated to go elsewhere. Yaya was and he was frozen out and eventually left after some time. Sane, for example, was one of the best wingers in the league but he left after a relatively short period of time. I think it's a mix of the money, and getting lucky with the right set of players.
I don't think it's luck, have you seen how much effort goes into recruiting a player and the levels they go down too?
 

Noot

Full Member
Joined
Jan 29, 2021
Messages
614
Supports
Manchester City
I think, with no evidence whatsoever to back this up, that in the early stages players like Aguero etc would have been paid a lot more than would have been reported.

Also, they seem to have lucked out in terms of the personalities of players they got. Aguero, Silva etc never really seemed like problematic personalities or players that would have agitated to go elsewhere. Yaya was and he was frozen out and eventually left after some time. Sane, for example, was one of the best wingers in the league but he left after a relatively short period of time. I think it's a mix of the money, and getting lucky with the right set of players.
Is that luck or good management?

I think City have some of the sharpest minds in football running things. We recruit players with good temperaments on purpose. It's a huge part of the scouting process for us.
 

iHicksy

Full Member
Joined
Sep 23, 2014
Messages
1,819
Why do city’s good players go there and then never leave!
Get to play under the best manager in the world. You'll learn more about tactics playing under a Pep/Bielsa than anywhere else.
Best facilities in the world pretty much.
Two wages.
Guaranteed to win the league every other year and play in the prem.

It's pretty much the best place to be if you're a player.
 

markhughes

Full Member
Joined
Jul 31, 2016
Messages
867
Location
Sheffield, England
Is that luck or good management?

I think City have some of the sharpest minds in football running things. We recruit players with good temperaments on purpose. It's a huge part of the scouting process for us.
It is good management for sure, I work as a senior manager and have built several great teams over the years, temperament and communication skills are the first thing I look for despite it being it being a highly technical industry (software).

City are clearly good at attracting talent, keeping the players engaged and also finding the right characters to fit in their team initially, credit where credit is due.