Where is Nampalys Mendy??

[FoxinNotts]

2 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said:

Get him back plz 

It's no exaggeration to say he is running tings in the middle of the park. It appears he is still a machine! (All be it in a slowish looking paced game)

[AmarteyAndChill]

1 minute ago, FoxinNotts said:

It's no exaggeration to say he is running tings in the middle of the park. It appears he is still a machine! (All be it in a slowish looking paced game)

It's a shame he didn't give us an extra year. Cambiasso and Kantè would have been an incredible midfield partnership. 

[FoxinNotts]

Just now, AmarteyAndChill said:

It's a shame he didn't give us an extra year. Cambiasso and Kantè would have been an incredible midfield partnership. 

He's just bagged a beauty!!!

[fuchsntf]

Before I start wanting to see the new buys, from this season get pushed out, I want to see them playing in

this side, when playing well on the frontfoot.

Every player from last season, have been poorer or just has off the mark has any, of their new teammates.

IMO, Ndidi and Simpson, are the only ones who can feel good with their performances within this season.

Vardy + Slimani get away with it, as well because of the lack of continual regular decent service....

 

Mendy and Musa, its just too early to judge...even for Ndidi, who has started well.

[AmarteyAndChill]

56 minutes ago, fuchsntf said:

Before I start wanting to see the new buys, from this season get pushed out, I want to see them playing in

this side, when playing well on the frontfoot.

Every player from last season, have been poorer or just has off the mark has any, of their new teammates.

IMO, Ndidi and Simpson, are the only ones who can feel good with their performances within this season.

Vardy + Slimani get away with it, as well because of the lack of continual regular decent service....

 

Mendy and Musa, its just too early to judge...even for Ndidi, who has started well.

You can add Schmeichel to that list 

[fuchsntf]

1 hour ago, AmarteyAndChill said:

You can add Schmeichel to that list 

Agree, but the GK is the last player, I would put up for criticism in our situ.

Plus Zieler, would also perform better, with a confident front 6 in front of him...

[StriderHiryu]

I feel a bit sorry for him given he had that injury early in his career, but he's just not shown enough to justify his fee or his place in the squad and it's probably best he moves on. Ndidi has shown way more than Mendy, even in the games were the team was struggling. Next year we will have significantly fewer games (unless we somehow perform a second miracle and win the UCL) so I'm not sure he's worthy of a squad position when it's likely we will try to develop Harvey Barnes. Matty James could be back, and we might sign someone else (more like a no. 10 though I feel) to push him further down the pecking order.

 

Not all signings can come off. We've been spoiled in recent years with Vardy, Mahrez and Kante as insane signings and you'd have to say that Drinkwater and Kasper have also proved to be incredible for the club. In fact in the starting 11 that we last played, you could make an argument to say that every single player was an incredible signing! So perhaps this year the law of averages is taking effect with some less spectacular ones arriving.

 

Mendy seems like a nice guy, but it's just not worked out for him.

[Grewks]

I'm afraid physically, I can't see him being able to compete in England.

 

Kante is small in stature, but his engine and positional awareness is just incredible.....Mendy looks like he's blowing out his a**e after 5 minutes, is poor on the ball and can't really defend.

 

 

Maybe he's just unfit (He's looked it since he arrived) and Shakes has told him he needs to get fitter in order to be involved.

[Dickov22]

17 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

How many players have we said that about before they've really bed in though?

 

Ive said it about Mendy and Musa almost since the first game I saw them. I think it's clear (Musa especially) that neither are good enough. Slimani I'd give more time to. Ndidi will be very good. 

[Finnegan]

10 minutes ago, Dickov22 said:

 

Ive said it about Mendy and Musa almost since the first game I saw them. I think it's clear (Musa especially) that neither are good enough. Slimani I'd give more time to. Ndidi will be very good. 

 

I disagree that it's "clear" regards Mendy.

 

Musa I'll give you, I think he's an enormous confidence player and this season has shattered what little he had but I also think he's very limited.

 

Mendy we've seen so little of, after his injury he came in to a struggling team, has never really found fall fitness, seems equally lacking in confidence.

 

He's never done a great deal wrong he's just never done much exceptional either. But whilst he's played we've seen others, Drinkwater particularly, also have shocking games.

 

I'm by no means saying he's definitely going to be exceptional for us but I do think there's merit in giving him time to push on from here under a happier regime and work on getting back. 

 

Musa came here with a poor to average goal scoring record and a reputation for being quick but raw, he's delivered that. Mendy came with good reviews, from a pretty solid French side.

[WigstonWanderer]

14 hours ago, lgfualol said:

For their old clubs, Hernandez and Mendy were excellent comfortable passers. 

 

I agree with you about Musa. I want to believe he'll turn out alright though. 

Think the problem is that to be an excellent passer you need someone to pass to. For the majority of this season no one seemed to want the ball.

[MC Prussian]

18 hours ago, Dickov22 said:

He's absolutely bang average. Nor surprised he's not featured much. 

Ah yes, the old "bang average" sledgehammer verdict:

Don't see a player on the pitch that often? Call him bang average! Let's make life simple! Opinions matter!

 

Mendy's this season's Gökhan Inler.

[lgfualol]

31 minutes ago, WigstonWanderer said:

Think the problem is that to be an excellent passer you need someone to pass to. For the majority of this season no one seemed to want the ball.

Agreed. Ranieri must have scared them shitless about touching the ball. 

[Dickov22]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

 

I disagree that it's "clear" regards Mendy.

 

Musa I'll give you, I think he's an enormous confidence player and this season has shattered what little he had but I also think he's very limited.

 

Mendy we've seen so little of, after his injury he came in to a struggling team, has never really found fall fitness, seems equally lacking in confidence.

 

He's never done a great deal wrong he's just never done much exceptional either. But whilst he's played we've seen others, Drinkwater particularly, also have shocking games.

 

I'm by no means saying he's definitely going to be exceptional for us but I do think there's merit in giving him time to push on from here under a happier regime and work on getting back. 

 

Musa came here with a poor to average goal scoring record and a reputation for being quick but raw, he's delivered that. Mendy came with good reviews, from a pretty solid French side.

 

Clear to me because I think I can spot a player. It's all about opinions but I can't see him making it here and would much prefer to see Matty James ahead of him. 

[Guest]

12 hours ago, funkyrobot said:

Why are you sure he'll play a part? For me it would need an injury to two out of Drinky, NDidi, Amartey and King for him to even get a place on the bench. He's been poor since pre season and influences a game even less than Kingy. 

Because at some point someone will get injured, be tired or we  just need a fresh pair of legs to play the last 10 minutes.

[Guest Bob Hazels shorts]

18 hours ago, MattP said:

Training ground:

 

Nampalys Mendy: "Hey Shaky, why am I now in second team?"

 

Shaky "Because we haven't got a third team!"
 

 

Squad laughs, Mendy doesn't get it. Nampalys now can find a new club.

 

Hope to see him in the second team but the players call/ called the shots and preferred not too - IE refused as it looked bad on their careers

 

3 over age outfield players allowed. All fringe players should be involved at some point to prove themselves whilst allowing the younger lads to develop.

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, WigstonWanderer said:

Think the problem is that to be an excellent passer you need someone to pass to. For the majority of this season no one seemed to want the ball.

Against Millwall, Mendy must have misplaced 9/10 passes he tried.

 

He constantly picked the ball up, tried to play it cross field and would always give it straight to a Millwall player as if he couldn't pass further than 10 yards.

 

Mendy impressed me at first (was it Middlesbrough where he first featured after injury??) but then after a couple of games that changed. I'm not having this "they've come into a bad side" too because Ndidi has looked more than comfortable. 

[notnow john]

He's had a bad ankle injury,he's not Kante,get rid.

[AjcW]

A few weeks ago all these young, high potential players were an annoyance and not what we needed. If we win another couple of League games they can go back to being exactly what they should be, and exciting sign of our future!

 

Amartey, Chilwell, Gray, N'Didi, Mendy... there's not many teams that can boast that much 'Potential' talent, so when things get a little less stressful and we are hopefully safe, I want it to be something we can relish!

[Gerard]

20 hours ago, AmarteyAndChill said:

I think he'll be off back to France in the summer. Which is unfortunate because I had high hopes for this fella

 

I always thought he would be a flop, just looking at his stats for Nice he hardly won tackles or interceptions. Couple that with he had poor creative stats for key passes and assists. The one thing he did excel in was ball retention but that just said to me that he was a tidy but ineffective player.

[Bossman Blessed It]

He must have shown something for us to have been scouting him for so long before we eventually got him in. I can't see him wanting to stay too much longer though in any case - Ranieri undoubtedly would have been a big pull for him. He's obviously a good player even though we perhaps haven't witnessed it regularly this season, however, given how little we tend to have the ball, his physicality (albeit coming from injury) becomes a bit of a negative. He's incredibly short, but doesn't seem to make up for it in the same way that Kante did despite his size - i.e. Mendy has been shrugged off the ball far too many times when he's played. Moreover, now that we have Ndidi, it's clear that there's always space for a central midfielder with ariel dominance, not just for defensive purposes. 

 

That being said, he's a good passer of the ball and is very disciplined at holding the midfield - he looks organised and also, at 24 still has room to grow. With a solid pre-season under his belt he could still become an important player for us next season. Unless somebody bids near the region in which we paid for him, there's no real merit in selling. 

[Babylon]

2 hours ago, Dickov22 said:

 

Clear to me because I think I can spot a player. It's all about opinions but I can't see him making it here and would much prefer to see Matty James ahead of him. 

If you'd watched Fuchs, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Mahrez, Vardy etc all season barring the last two games, you'd probably have said they weren't good enough also wouldn't you?

[Guest MattP]

2 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Against Millwall, Mendy must have misplaced 9/10 passes he tried.

 

He constantly picked the ball up, tried to play it cross field and would always give it straight to a Millwall player as if he couldn't pass further than 10 yards.

There was a 5 minute period where he gave the ball away three times in that exact fashion, simple 20 yard passes so far misplaced they went to the opposition. 

 

It really was unbelievable to watch from a professional let alone multi-million pound footballer.

[VLC86]

20 hours ago, maf13r said:

IMO Id at least give him a place on the bench over Andy King.

That's all well and good but considering the size of his arse we would have to install a bigger bench which isn't happening imo.

[AmarteyAndChill]

1 hour ago, AjcW said:

A few weeks ago all these young, high potential players were an annoyance and not what we needed. If we win another couple of League games they can go back to being exactly what they should be, and exciting sign of our future!

 

Amartey, Chilwell, Gray, N'Didi, Mendy... there's not many teams that can boast that much 'Potential' talent, so when things get a little less stressful and we are hopefully safe, I want it to be something we can relish!

Mendy is 25, not young.