Comments on: Blackburn 0 – 1 MAN CITY – PLAYER RATINGS

By: Siamack

Siamack — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:37:44 +0000

I totally understand your point of view and you are absolutely right. However; the point I was trying to make was not how well they perform as LB but would they be as bad as Kolarov as a temporary fix. Up to this point, though Kolarov is labled as LB but one thing he lacks is “defending skills” that a defender should possess.

By: elliot

elliot — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:43:27 +0000

You know none of them will never be a good centre forward, hoever should we try them there as well?!?

Onuoha will never play for the club again, so lets rule him out. Boyata has proven himself to be a promising centre back though struggles at right back so doubt putting him there, even as a trial would be a good idea. Mcgivern has not proven himself on loan at either leicester or Walsall so dont think he really deserves a chance in the prem. Wabara is a young, up and coming right footed centre half, why play him out of position, a position he’s never played in, where he’d be up against some of the best right wingers in the country, it could only be detremental to his development.

If you play Wabara he has to come on at centre back (or centre mid as he’s played there) as its a position he knows and understands.

By: Siamack

Siamack — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:16:07 +0000

You will never know till you try. Many also thought David Silva is not EPL material and Yaya toure is made for EPL.

By: elliot

elliot — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:48:11 +0000

I would completely disagree with you about replacing kolorov with thos players. Mcgivern is a poor player and will never make it in the prem, certainly no where near good enough to be our left back over kolarov. As you point out the other three are not even LB’s and none of them have even played there for us (or any other team) so I’m not sure how you can justify you’re statement.

Don’t get me wrong I dislike kolarov and think he has been terrible value for money (same can be said about Milner/lescott) but he’s still the best left back at our club and head and shoulders above any of the young players we could play there.

By: Siamack

Siamack — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:37:52 +0000

For 18 million pounds, he is crap. May be if we had him for 5 million pounds, he would be okay. To be the devil’s advocate, any one of Nedum Onuoha, McGivern, Boyata or Reece will do as well as Kolarov [even if some of them are not LB]. And their cost is not even a fraction of what City pays to this overrated, overpriced creature.

When I read your analysis of Barry and DeLong comparison, I though it is April’s 1st!