mod hero Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 6 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: Please stop peddling this myth, because it's just not true. Key Passes (per 90 mins) 2019/20 Mendy 0.94 Ndidi 0.30 Hamza 0.30 Passes into opposition's final third (per 90 mins) 2019/20 Mendy 6.88 Ndidi 4.65 Hamza 3.03 Passes into opposition's penalty area (per 90 mins) 2019/20 Mendy 0.31 Hamza 0.20 Ndidi 0.13 Progressive Passes advancing the ball more than 10 yards towards opposition goal (per 90 mins) 2019/20 Mendy 3.44 Ndidi 2.49 Hamza 2.02 Mendy played about 5 games last season. leave it out
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 2 minutes ago, mod hero said: Mendy played about 5 games last season. leave it out No.
martyn Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Sensible move, which i'm surprised anyone is whinging about. He's 5th/6th choice CM. To sign better, you're likely looking at £10m+, which can instead be put towards the areas we desperately need to strengthen, namely out wide. That's not even mentioning the bonus of having a tidy enough player who knows his role is that of a squad player and who therefore won't rock the boat. He clearly seems a popular guy amongst the players.
VLC86 Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 6 minutes ago, mod hero said: Mendy played about 5 games last season. leave it out Was going to say that’s literally based on him playing V the worst West Ham team I’ve ever seen.
peach0000 Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 He's more than good enough for a 5/6th choice CM. This makes perfect sense.
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 I get that it's not sexy in any way. But he's just a backup. You need backups. And he's just not as bad as some would have you believe.
Gamble92 Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 24 minutes ago, Sampson said: Wtf? You'd be able to get much better than him for way less than £25mil. Praet is much better than him and came in for £18mil last season. Matty James isn't any worse than him either (although is even more injury prone). He's our 6th choice central midfielder after Tielemans, Maddison, Ndidi, Praet and Choudhury. You'd be better to give one of the youth or development players that role. No doubt he's on decent wages as well given he was our record signing at the time. He's been one of the biggest wastes of money in the club's history. He's effectively a replacement for Ndidi or Choudhury, the other players you've mentioned are irrelevant. Ball winning midfielders with stamina are very pricey. Our style works when we have a player constantly winning the ball back. There's no way we could just rely on Ndidi and Hamza all season. Especially given Hamza's disciplinary. In europe he'll be perfect to play that role against lesser sides. And if you think he's been one of the biggest wastes of money then im guessing you don't remember or weren't around during Peter Taylor and Sven.
moore_94 Posted 24 August 2020 Author Posted 24 August 2020 Either we go and spend £20m on someone like William Carvalho who would also likely have higher wages or we can save that money and use it towards a position we actually need to spend serious money on
Guest Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Can't complain really. Not the most exciting player around but a reasonable backup option and saves us going out and buying another holding midfielder.
Stadt Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Sensible. Fixture congestion is going to be awful next season and having a player that is settled at the club, the right sort of character and right age is crucial. We don’t have the funds to freely improve every area of the squad so keeping Mendy frees up more cash for a winger or a defender. He’s not exciting but he’s a better player than Choudhury and James.
Blue-fox Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Pretty sure people are never satisfied 😂. Good deal for both parties, we have cover for a year then can sell on. Also if he doesn’t play much he has the opportunity to leave sooner for first team football if he wants it, rather than on a long Contract which will cost more in a transfer to buy out. He’s never let us down when he’s played, is a steady premier league player for us to have a a back up plus cup games plus against the weaker sides in Europa. Wilf can’t play every game!
coolhandfox Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Good enough and cheaper then buying someone else. We need to spend elsewhere rather then buy a back up midfielder.
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Just to clarify my overly Statto post earlier. In no way am I suggesting Mendy is better than Wilf, or better than Hamza one day could be. He isn't as good at tackling as those 2 are, isn't as physically imposing, or as athletic. Just wanted to debunk the notion that all he does is pass the ball back or sideways.
onekeithweller Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 I was going to get upset by this but some people seem to have stockpiled all the vitriol.
VLC86 Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 1 minute ago, moore_94 said: Ok that’s a little bit weird unless he’s on peanuts.
adam Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 3 years. I bet Mendy can't believe his luck being offered that. Decent back up but that's about it. Never gonna be good enough for anything else.
jeffschlupp Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Can we all just stop and look at some of the utter shit in the top 8 that is backup midfield players. At Spurs they've got Skipp and Gedson Fernandes, United have got Fred and McTominay, Arsenal have got Willock and Torreira, Wolves have got Gibbs-White. Unless you are Manchester City and have endless money to throw at £30m+ cover players (Cancelo an obvious example), your starting XI is always going to be significantly better than your reserves. Mendy is a steady player and is cheap. His job isn't to take Wilf's place because there's not a player as good as Wilf out there that would come here.
Lambert09 Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 I’ve personally never rated him and even I think this isn’t a bad thing
egg_fried_rice Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Adequate player providing much needed squad depth this year. Don't see what all the fuss is about? It's not like it has any impact on new players we bring in.
shailen Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Only excited about this, as I really want this chant to take off whenever he plays and we're back in stadiums Woop woop its the sound of Nampalys Woop woop its the sound of Nampalys
Babylon Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 3 hours ago, Blue and white said: Another new deal for someone who doesn't play. You’d rather we buy someone else and spend more money on someone who won’t play?
The People's Hero Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 Don't think he was ever leaving was he? He just hadn't signed up the new contract yet, was clearly considering his options and who can blame him. Solid, dependable, if unspectacular player and puts a bit of pressure on that DM spot in the side as well as allowing for rotation with a lot of matches to play this year. In truth, as has been said elsewhere, we're getting above ourselves if we think our backup players and arguably 5/6th choice midfielders are going to be much better than Mendy, especially when he's a steady, known entity who has already settled in!
Blue ROI Posted 24 August 2020 Posted 24 August 2020 He looks average playing alongside Wilf but neither of them are someone to unlock defences. Hes a decent player to call upon if wilf gets injured or closing out the last 20 minutes of a match. If slimani goes is he the last player left from the 2016 summer signings?
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