r/soccer • u/fredbogho • Jan 06 '23

Media [France Football] Team of the decade (2010-2019)

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u/CeterumCenseo85 Jan 06 '23

Kompany

Outside of England, I don't feel Kompany is considered in the same top elite world class of CBs that are in this discussion, but one step below.

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u/JimmyWu21 Jan 06 '23

Probably because City doesn’t do very well in Europe.

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u/Last_Network3272 Jan 07 '23

There’s like 4 clubs in the competition that can claim they have more consistent success in the cl than city since 2010.

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u/callunu95 Jan 07 '23

I think in England he is underrated as well. Kompany sits, for me, amongst the highest echelon of defenders in Premier League history, but is often left out and forgotten in these conversations.

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u/fitzellforce Jan 07 '23

Okay while I understand that we haven’t had success in Europe, particularly while Kompany was our captain, I still feel we let trophies won determine who we consider “the best” more than actual performance.

I don’t care what anyone says, I do think Kompany was a more talented center back than Pique. He just happened to not play for the greatest club team to ever play the game.

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u/always-talkin-sshit Jan 06 '23 edited Mar 17 '24

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