Who needs to get injured in Man City for them to stop them winning all of their games?

Dylan O'Donnell

22w ago

Kevin De Bryune or John Stones or ederson

Kevin has been amazing and highly complimented on his key passes and making a chance out of nothing but I think if he gets injured we still have plenty of players to fill his role.

Stones has the highest pass completion in the premier league, last year he was heavily criticised for his defensive mistakes but this year he has been cinfident and sturdy. Watch any city game and the amount of chances that start with him will shock you, if stones gets injured the only option would be mangala as Kompany is injured again. Mangala could be detrimental to the system as him nor otamendi the other Man City centre back poses the passing ability of Stones.

Ederson has my vote for who could cause city to crumple if injured. Ederson has been amazing so far and has gave a major confidence boost to the defence unlike last year where bravo had the defenders biting there nails st every time the opposition got a chance on goal. Ederson bravery to leave his box has aloud the centre backs much more freedom and to take more risks as long balls are nearly always meet with Ederson. If he gets injured Claudio Bravo would be the replacement and if you didn't know already this guy cannot save a ball to save his life. This would have an affect on the entire team as the attack would lack confidence and defending would become again a major issue.

Manikandan Balasubramanian

Passionate about soccer

21w ago

John Stones. With Kompany’s fitness issues, no one can actually fill in for John Stones. If John Stones is injured, the back 4 would mostly likely become Walker, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Delph. I don’t think Pep will replace John Stones by Mangala. Adarabioyo is good, but he is inexperienced at the big stage. Yaya Toure or Gundagon will replace Fernandinho at the center. Gundagon has his own injury concerns, I doubt whether he can play week-in and week-out in that position. Yaya Toure has become a bit slow and it would be difficult to see him there. One thing Guardiola might do if that situation comes up would be to put in Danilo as left back and bring Delph in Fernandinho’s position.
In all these cases, it will actually weaken the team’s stability. They have a lot of attacking flair, but the reason why they are able to attack so fluently is the presence of Fernandinho at the center. Ederson, Stones and much improved Otamendi are able to bring the ball from the back with relative ease.

George Mathew

studied at University of Aberdeen

22w ago

The question on “who needs to get injured” should not be thought, as we all love to watch the beautiful game in the best of spirit with the best players.

I would rephrase it to “ who needs to stopped or restricted/haltered in the Man city Squad”?

At the moment, the momentum is with Man City and they look a cohesive unit. i will not be surprised if they repeat the feat of Arsenal invisible era.

Having said that, over the past they relied heavily on the goals of Auguero , drive of Yaya Toure and the defending of Kompany with the Creativity of Silva. However this time around, we see the likes of Sane, Sterling, Jesus, Fernandihnio all chip in with goals and possessing a great deal of threat.

If we have to single out one player, that has stood out and has been the linchpin of the team , that has to be “Kevin De Bruyne”. The boy has come of age. He is the player who is in the heart of things so far for them in every aspect of their build up of play. If De Bruyne can be stopped, there might be a slight blockage in the flow, however they has added well in this season with the like of Bernardo Silva, whom we have not seen the best ,but he is genuine quality.

I believe, Man city has got replacement players all around the pitch with a world class squad and would be a tough team to beat this season.

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Hedi Yang

Student

16w ago

Probably Fernandinho. In CIty’s squad, he plays the role of holding midfielder with duties both defensively and directing the rhythm. He has one of the highest avg pass per games and pass percentage in the league so far. There is no other player in city’s squad that can completely replace his function. His primary substitute, Yaya Toure, is more attacking minded and a bit lazy. This Yaya isn’t the same tank that he used to be. He provides a lot less defensive coverage comparing to Fernandinho, which is essential for City’s defense. Without him in the starting lineup, City will likely have trouble controlling the midfield as well as defending effectively.

Alex Knight

studied at University of Manchester

22w ago

City won't win all their games, they’ve already drawn against Everton. But they are a good side with great strength in depth so I think, bar Guardiola falling into a coma, they will be very difficult to beat.

Mark Kappe

Played high school and college soccer. Coached at high school level.

22w ago

DeBruyne.

Oh, and Aguero.

And Jesus.

And Silva.

And Sterling.

And Sane.

And Ederson.

And Walker.

And Stones.

You get the idea.

Bill Bates

Software Engineer

22w ago

De Bruyne. He's the engine for their goals.

Michael Foster

Writer, Editor, Musician, Tutor, Cafe Owner at Mojoe's Hot House, (2002-present)

22w ago

Most of their starting XI.