Guest TheBear Posted 21 January 2019 Posted 21 January 2019 Heard a rumour that if Silva played another game for us we would owe Sporting another 7 figure sum. Might be the reason why he has been shunned.
Analysethis Posted 21 January 2019 Posted 21 January 2019 Anyone who is fair would say Ndidi was very good last season whilst Mendy has come in from the cold and at times, especially early season played quite well. To muddy the waters a tad more yet another defensive midfielder has come through in Hamza and looks better than both the more experienced others. Personally Id play Hamza over Mendy for now as he has more energy and makes better decisions positionally. He also doesnt look like he is on the verge of getting sent off like Mendy is at the moment. Id play Hamza and Ndidi but we are crying out for a midfielder from central positions who can carry the ball forward, make key passes or even score a bloody goal! The problem is this type of player hardly exists these days. Just look at Englands central midfield options as an example. The likes of Dier, Henderson, Delph arent great on the chances created or goal scoring charts. The game has changed so much that the all round midfielder like Scholes and Gerrard hardly exist and if any midfielder can score goals he ends up being slung up front as part of a front three like Deli Alli, Maddison and Lingaard etc. If only someone can teach these buggers to pass a freakin ball LOL!!
Woodsey1727 Posted 6 February 2019 Posted 6 February 2019 I don't know what Mendy's role is in the midfield but N'Didi is beating him on goals, passes, shots, tackles, aerial battles won, clearances, interceptions, offsides and yellow cards. They both have 0 assists and red cards. The only thing that Mendy is better at is errors leading to goal with 1. If you ask me then N'Didi is doing all the work.
FoxinNotts Posted 6 February 2019 Posted 6 February 2019 Stop f*****g around. Play Ndidi and Tielemans in a two, or them two and Hamza in a three, when away from home or against the top 6. Mendy has failed to impress. Time for him to take some splinters
st albans fox Posted 6 February 2019 Posted 6 February 2019 19 minutes ago, Woodsey1727 said: I don't know what Mendy's role is in the midfield but N'Didi is beating him on goals, passes, shots, tackles, aerial battles won, clearances, interceptions, offsides and yellow cards. They both have 0 assists and red cards. The only thing that Mendy is better at is errors leading to goal with 1. If you ask me then N'Didi is doing all the work. One ? there were two in one game !
psychonaut Posted 6 February 2019 Posted 6 February 2019 6 minutes ago, Woodsey1727 said: I don't know what Mendy's role is in the midfield but N'Didi is beating him on goals, passes, shots, tackles, aerial battles won, clearances, interceptions, offsides and yellow cards. They both have 0 assists and red cards. The only thing that Mendy is better at is errors leading to goal with 1. If you ask me then N'Didi is doing all the work. Mendy is a superior passer, he’s quite tidy with the ball (bar the few drastic errors) and exceptionally good at passing sideways but thats about all. He’s a grade A water carrier. Often his tackles end with commiting a foul so he’s very untidy in that respect. I think its a little naive to base assessments soley on stats, anyone actually watching the games this season will have seen that Ndidi has been poor or perhaps poor in relation to his previous seasons. Is that a coaching issue? Or maybe playing alongside Mendy has effected his game. Either way he’s been fvcking woeful in possession. Going forward I’d have Ndidi soley focus on the dirty work and let a more creative presence take the reigns from Mendy. Whatever happens these two need splitting up but I’m not sure I can see Puel initiating the divorce.
murphy Posted 6 February 2019 Posted 6 February 2019 On 19/01/2019 at 20:21, Legend_in_blue said: Puel binned the competition. Rightly or wrongly. Rightly IMO. We began the year stacked out with CMS - Ndidi, Mendy, Silva, Iborra, King, Choudury and James. Surely we can't add to that list without letting some go as he has with Silva, Iborra and King, freeing up the wages to get the ball playing midfielder that we are crying out for.
Claridge Posted 6 February 2019 Posted 6 February 2019 Wilf needs about 5 touches to control the ball and Mandy has the touch of donkey when going forward. That is their problem
Babylon Posted 6 February 2019 Posted 6 February 2019 Thought Mendy was doing ok / being fairly steady until of late, when he's been pretty much a total disaster!
weller54 Posted 6 February 2019 Posted 6 February 2019 1 hour ago, psychonaut said: Mendy is a superior passer, he’s quite tidy with the ball (bar the few drastic errors) and exceptionally good at passing sideways but thats about all. He’s a grade A water carrier. Often his tackles end with commiting a foul so he’s very untidy in that respect. I think its a little naive to base assessments soley on stats, anyone actually watching the games this season will have seen that Ndidi has been poor or perhaps poor in relation to his previous seasons. Is that a coaching issue? Or maybe playing alongside Mendy has effected his game. Either way he’s been fvcking woeful in possession. Going forward I’d have Ndidi soley focus on the dirty work and let a more creative presence take the reigns from Mendy. Whatever happens these two need splitting up but I’m not sure I can see Puel initiating the divorce. If Puel cannot see this then he's either blind or stubborn beyond belief... That's why we need someone else at the helm.
Haywood_6 Posted 6 February 2019 Posted 6 February 2019 Mendy has basically no impact on the game, just making up the numbers.
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