TheGoodJoe:


KDB is easily better than Lampard and Ballack. kendrick9 is 100% right. When you guys say things like these, it shows you guys actually don't watch City games. Lampard can't touch De Bruyne at all.

kendrick9:
What battles did Lamp fight?
Why didn't he fight those battles for England abI na only for Chelsea cause he had had protection playing in a good system.
Lampard best attribute was arriving late in the box...

TheSuperNerd:
And you ask who wouldn't? Well, maybe just you. Anyone who watched Bologna would easily tell he was either LCB or LB. It was not hard to figure out.

TheGoodJoe:


KDB is easily better than Lampard and Ballack. kendrick9 is 100% right. When you guys say things like these, it shows you guys actually don't watch City games. Lampard can't touch De Bruyne at all.

zicky:
For me I can't say who's better but if we use the same metrics you use for Zidane vs KDB then you will have to accept that lampard is better or using your word more effective

daveP:


Here😹

Marjoribanks:
The fact remains I was the first to mention his name here. Watching him play that day I immediately knew he is a great talent. It is not hard to check whoscore/livescore for a player's position.
I made my comment based on what I was seeing on the pitch. I could easily have checked whoscore/livescore for his position before posting. lol!

I agree with your point then, only after confirming his role from whoscore, however on the pitch he wasn't playing that role! Only Motta can explain!
His assist against Czech came from the midfield-- A central midfielder position.

Meliforme:
Super eagles midfielders with the most long balls

Kelechi Nwakali
Raphael Onyedika
Ifeanyi Mathew

Finidi targeted a long ball strategy against the South Africans, he did not invite Kelechi Nwakali and Ifeanyi Mathew. Raphael Onyedika that he did invite even started from the bench.

chrisooblog:
Stat sheet don't tell the whole story but they give a good indication of how effective a player was and Lampard's record speaks for itself which is impressive considering he played in an era facing exceptional midfielders who most coaches would play ahead of KDB in a heartbeat..

Great managers like Mourinho, Ancelotti, Hiddick saw Frank first hand and he was always one of the first names on the team sheet so I will definitely take their observation over someone with an agenda to cook.

Plus you've still failed to state in what area KDB surpasses Lamps. Bring facts non of these emotional ad hominem you have been dishing out since morning.

TheGoodJoe:


Inverted left back and center backs. Most modern coaches invert wingbacks and center backs to the midfield.

kendrick9:
Nah you're just blinded by nostalgia.
Which is funny cause Lampard wasn't even an exciting player.😆
He got like half his goals from Pens and deflections.
Don't get me wrong Lampard was a good player, a goal scoring midfielder, but KDB is just a better footballer

Mujtahida:

He came to Nigeria for the 1999 U - 20. His name was Ronaldo then.

mostob:
That's why I added Omeruo and Ekong though. I don't think Balogun would want to come back again.

TheGoodJoe:


Honestly, it is only them that know what they are coaching.

Mujtahida:

I no dey drink oo. 😂😂😂🤣🤣 Shey you be conquistador abi you no be? You think say you wise. Madam, abeg give am ogogoro to drink.

TheGoodJoe:


I have used intensity to buttress the difference. You guys are just skipping it.

zicky:
so lampard vs KDB you use intensity, Zidane vs KDB you use effective. You make the rules 🤦‍♂️

jihday:
first time I saw him play, took a keen interest after he scored a very funny penalty against Croatia

Meliforme:


I believe something is wrong somewhere with how we make appointments.

TheGoodJoe:


That is where the gulf in class comes from. The intensity from De Bruyne is on another level.

Hanibal:

In that case,the skill level of Zidane compared to De Bruyne is on another level, that is where the Gulf in class comes from
You've always argued for De Bruyne with effectiveness, now a name has been thrown up that matches or even surpass him in effectiveness, you're shifting goal post

Baba please stop changing metrics to protect a position ... Na komekn way be that and we don leave am, make we no add you

Marjoribanks:
E.g John Stones at City! Exactly my point!
Imagine watching Stones for the first time when Pep played him in midfield!
How would have guessed he is a defender except you are told or you check.

jihday:
he want to

TheGoodJoe:


Manchester United parked bus in FA Cup finals. That is enough to tell that you are just arguing.

When Manchester City meets top quality sides, we face them head on. Lampard in Chelsea most times were sitting deep because of lack of competition.

Watch this clip.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8ZEZkE4pM

Watch how De Bruyne works his socks off for the team. Watch his intensity. The distance he runs to create space. The passes. Look at his work rate in the plays.

TheGoodJoe:


Manchester United parked bus in FA Cup finals. That is enough to tell that you are just arguing.

When Manchester City meets top quality sides, we face them head on. Lampard in Chelsea most times were sitting deep because of lack of competition.

Watch this clip.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8ZEZkE4pM

Watch how De Bruyne works his socks off for the team. Watch his intensity. The distance he runs to create space. The passes. Look at his work rate in the plays.

lbrichman2:


We lack a purposeful and systematic approach to both appointments and call-ups
How do we want the SE to play?
That should determine the profiles of coaches we look at and also the players we call up

But no
We jumble everything together and hope for the best

Mujtahida:

Intensity does not mean it is better na. Many players have more energy, more pace, more athleticism than Maradona, Pele, Zidane, Berbatov, Pirlo, Figo na yet they cannot stand in the shadows of these men. I don't think intensity is a skill set in football and the fact that you hammer on intensity so much as perhaps the quintessential quality of modern football and players highlights one of the problems of modern football.

Frenetic pace of life does not mean that that by itself makes life better than when people lived at a more relaxed pace.

chrisooblog:
I'm talking about 2021 Champions League Final clearly you didn't read what I wrote.

TheGoodJoe:


It will take tactics going to nil for technical play to dominate. I just don't see it happening. What we will rather see is tactical advancement that will make technical play look horrifying.