the_georgian_genius wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:mr_nool wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:brite blu sky wrote:
you have a point here.. maybe the Dutch teams mids dont get hassled off the ball as much as City are finding at the moment. There is more need for each of City's mids to be more skillful in less space..
could be the difference?
i dunno. stop agreeing with me so much tho. it's making me nervous.
cheers
He's under a lot of critique in Holland at the moment, and most people that I talk to do not want to see him in the WC-squad. they think he's too one dimensional and also a liability in the sense that he's a red card waiting to happen.
And....................they are right.
At the moment they would be, i just think if we had a more balanced and better midfield he would stand out more.
I think this was Mancini's point when he criticised Hughes ' spending and not having a midfield. Perhaps with any two of Lampard, Essien, Cole, Robben in the team it would be ok to have NDJ, but without them he looks like total waste of time in our side because we dont have the players to complement him.
I think he is great at what he does, but as our side stands at the moment, we dont have midfielders that are good enough EITHER defensively or attacking wise to make up for his lack of intent or ability moving forwards, and therefore he is a total waste of a shirt.
I still dont believe he is relevant in todays game, however as Makelele proved, when surrounded by the right players who can do EVERYTHING that he cant, then it works. We are a long way off signing players of the quality of Essien and Lampard so we are a long way off needing De Jong in our team.