Mendy

[Sharpe's Fox]

Says a lot about Brendan as a coach when 18 months ago we had to play Ndidi and Mendy together to keep us solid in that area of the pitch and now both of them can do the job on their own against the best sides. Great management.

[norwichfox]

#magboloodynificentmendy Showed us why we signed him to fill a Kante sized gap in the team.

[Pliskin]

He’s certainly ended Fernandinho’s career. Rumour has it he is still spinning around after Mendy sent him packing.

[Charl91]

6 minutes ago, norwichfox said:

#magboloodynificentmendy Showed us why we signed him to fill a Kante sized gap in the team.

 

 I don't think he would've fitted very well in that Ranieri team as a Kante replacement  (unlike N'didi who would've been a shoe-in).

 

He seems tailor made to our current play-style though.

[st albans fox]

I still worry back to the home game against soton two seasons ago when he was bullied off the ball twice near our own area which led to at least one goal. but he seems a little happier now ....

[TheUltimateWinner]

He's been my favourite player so far this season. The way he turned and lost two players for our first goal was crazy. It showed such awareness.

[Muzzy_Larsson]

I hadn't seen an awful lot of Mendy prior to little bits last season and this season but have to say he looks a very decent footballer.

[foxes_rule1978]

The more game time he gets the better he looks, starting to show his quality I feel 

[egg_fried_rice]

5 minutes ago, Muzzy_Larsson said:

I hadn't seen an awful lot of Mendy prior to little bits last season and this season but have to say he looks a very decent footballer.

Have you been able to watch the full game back at all? Would be interested to get your take on Brendan's tactical set-up and if you ever saw anything like that from Celtic in your bigger European ties?

[Kevin Russell]

So good yesterday - it’s not the size of the dog in the fight and all that. Wears the badge with class that lad - never moaning just giving his all. Well played Pappy 👏👏👏

[waylander]

Think he always look capable but just never go the minutes for various reasons. Many on here judge players without seeing them really play. Rogers proven right again getting him to sign a new contract. Especially now wild is out and Preat went off . Didn’t miss wild yesterday. 

[Muzzy_Larsson]

5 minutes ago, egg_fried_rice said:

Have you been able to watch the full game back at all? Would be interested to get your take on Brendan's tactical set-up and if you ever saw anything like that from Celtic in your bigger European ties?

Not yet lol! Have it recorded though so I'll be watching it tomorrow night!

[egg_fried_rice]

3 minutes ago, Muzzy_Larsson said:

Not yet lol! Have it recorded though so I'll be watching it tomorrow night!

Not good enough. If you're going to have Muzzy in your username you need to be spouting reactionary bollox in the match thread like the rest of of us.

[ScrumpyJack]

I've been studying the ancient Japanese art of the haiku, pretty tough stuff.

 

 

Quote

 

My little French man

cu'nt find a pass in a van

but now I'm a fan.

- Scrumpy Jack, 2020

 

 

 

[egg_fried_rice]

4 minutes ago, ScrumpyJack said:

I've been studying the ancient Japanese art of the haiku, pretty tough stuff.

 

 

 

 

it's not supposed to rhyme 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Butt eyonley passez tha bawl backwoods nd sideweyz!

[JonnyBoy]

played a blinder again yesterday, enjoying watching him more and more. Started the move for vardy's Cruyff esque filth 

[MonmoreStef]

2 hours ago, TheUltimateWinner said:

He's been my favourite player so far this season. The way he turned and lost two players for our first goal was crazy. It showed such awareness.

Was great.  I do wonder whether because he generally does the simple thing and pass back in them situations that created that opportunity for him. Kind of shocked the two players that he could do that and in essence caught them off guard. To get the penalty off the back of that must have made him feel great. 

[Realist Guy In The Room]

Was superb yesterday.  Having been disappointed by his career with us up the start of the season, I wasn’t that happy about him getting a new deal.

 

How he’s performing is really showing how wrong I was on that front.  If he can continue to show this consistency, it makes Wilf’s absence a lot more tolerable.

[StanSP]

That turn and skill just before the first Vardy penalty. Lovely stuff. It's what you'd expect their players to do to us. 

[urban.spaceman]

I'm honestly so pleased for him. Coming in to "replace" Kante must have been hard enough. Then getting immediately injured for 4 months and the club having to bring in Wilf, who would become a superstar in his own right, before being loaned out to his old club for a season.

 

Puel playing Papy and Wilf together never really worked because they were always in each other's way and did too much of the same thing, when Tielemans was what we really needed. Then last season he barely got a look-in with his contract running down.

 

But when he has been called upon, and especially his current form, he's been professional and pretty excellent in doing his job. It would be unfair to say he was 'Kantéesque' yesterday, as that's holding him to an impossible standard. But he really ****ing was.

 

Wilf has got some competition for his place. And what a brilliant problem to have.

[zorro en españa]

47 minutes ago, MonmoreStef said:

Was great.  I do wonder whether because he generally does the simple thing and pass back in them situations that created that opportunity for him. Kind of shocked the two players that he could do that and in essence caught them off guard. To get the penalty off the back of that must have made him feel great. 

Actually I’ve been really impressed with how he has been looking to nip the short pass forward rather than back/ sideways.  I don’t think he has got the recognition for the momentum he has given our midfield and, of course, that turn yesterday was sublime.

 

Really pleased for him as it can not have been easy having to wait to establish himself which I am convinced he now will.

[urban.spaceman]

Also, completely failed to notice that he got an assist!!

[HighPeakFox]

2 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

Also, completely failed to notice that he got an assist!!

Yes, he played a lovely little pass to Maddison with his left peg I think.

[Fox92]

So great to see him turn and go forward because Hamza/Ndidi wouldn't have done that.

 

The easy option would have been just to knock it back.

Edited 28 September 2020 by Fox92