Comments on: MAN CITY 2 – 1 Villarreal – PLAYER RATINGS

By: Martin MCFC

Martin MCFC — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:02:12 +0000

Kolarov is a big-game player, Clichy is not… That is the difference, he did defend and defended… He showed heart, something we will never see from Clichy…

By: BobbyQ

BobbyQ — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:38:28 +0000

Kolarov was bombing forward every chance he got because no one else had any desire. He put in good cross after good cross, finding his man almost every time to only see it missed. He puts his crosses in too fast? I don’t think I have ever heard that one. His defending was actually very good, every time he did get back he put in decisive tackles. He also didn’t get caught mout as much because he didn’t lose the ball all evening. Against teams we need to attack against, Kolarov is the much better option over Clichy. Clichy barely gets a cross in, usually its blocked and I’ve seen a few of his just sail over the goal. He doesn’t have much skill on the ball other than his ability to to pass it 3 yards. Yes he is a solid defender, but Kolarov is also solid when he’s able to get back, plus he’s one of our best attacking outlets.

By: Martin MCFC

Martin MCFC — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:38:38 +0000

Kolarovs crosses were too fast? what a joke.. They were perfectly placed, appraised by the players after every cross.. He could have had 3 or 4 assists if the fowards were on song in the air.. Your just trying to make ridiciously false statements to detract from his whole-hearted, commanding performance. Clichy could never have a such dominant, complete distructive performance over another side, yeah he can play a pretty little one-two and sprint the lines but is he really the guy you want to fight for your side when going gets tough? Kolarov proved all the doubters wrong and was good defensively, except for when he lost his man wide and allowed them to put in a cross, otherwise faultless.. Plus at least 3 or 4 shots which, on another day, would have sailed in.. at least 9 out of 10..

By: JoshMCFC

JoshMCFC — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:52:35 +0000

aleks crosses wer poor he played a cross perfectly on to the head of Dzeko he very nearly found zabaleta at the far post wiv a cross he set up the own goal defensively he wasnt needed at all wud like to c him start the derby but not at left back more as a midfielder in place of nasri cos he is more effective at trackin back and his long shots cud prove a problem for david de gea team i want in the derby hart richards kompany lescott clichy de jong milner kolarov silva ballotelli aguero i think aguero is similar to torres wen on top form only a better dribbler and we all no wot vidic is like against players like torres

By: Siamack

Siamack — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:06:18 +0000

What a lot of folks are missing with regard to Kolarov is that he is a defender first. It is true that he pushed forward on some occasions but he totally failed to track back and live up to his defensive responsibility which left us open to counter-attacks and that stretched Barry and Lescott to cover him. His crosses are awful. The one positive point is his thunder-bolt left kicks. I believe 6.5 is a high rating for him. I have already started to miss Clichy!