Blue-fox Posted 7 February 2022 Share Posted 7 February 2022 He should have a few days recovery and start against West Ham. Give him a run in the team until the end of the season, cannot do any worse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 7 February 2022 Share Posted 7 February 2022 (edited) From what I saw of AFCON, the standard was quite poor and the football was generally negative, so it's not really a surprise to me that Mendy excelled. He's a tidy little player, and it was a mistake to leave him out of our PL squad, but if anyone thinks he's somehow going to save our season I think they are in for a rude awakening. Edited 7 February 2022 by SouthStandUpperTier 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasPb Posted 7 February 2022 Share Posted 7 February 2022 5 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: From what I saw of AFCON, the standard was quite poor and the football was generally negative, so it's not really a surprise to me that Mendy excelled. He's a tidy little player, and it was a mistake to leave him out of our PL squad, but if anyone thinks he's somehow going to save our season I think they are in for a rude awakening. Afcon has improved dramatically. I'm African, and i watched almost every game of any importance and he dominated most. Remember it's an incredibly physical tournament and requires a lot in that aspect. I don't think he's gonna transform us but he's more than a decent option. Especially as a backup. Miles better than choudhury ever was. Will Rodgers use him is another question. Probably not, he's stubborn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc278 Posted 7 February 2022 Share Posted 7 February 2022 I’m finding all of the clubs official social channels promotion of the AFCON win quite cringey, like they’re almost trying to claim some of Mendy’s glory. If he was a first team regular and hadn’t been left out of our squads or stopped from leaving I’d get it, but today it just comes off a little crass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzFOX Posted 7 February 2022 Share Posted 7 February 2022 Mendi will be high on confidence so we should play him. Maybe it will rub off on the rest of the team. Right now we could use that. Everyone must be pretty low after that bollocking Rogers gave em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post weller54 Posted 5 March 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 5 March 2022 Great to see the little man back on the pitch today. Such a neat and tidy player! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rachhere Posted 5 March 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 5 March 2022 Nice that he had such a warm reception when he came on. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SO1 Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, weller54 said: Great to see the little man back on the pitch today. Such a neat and tidy player! Thought I was seeing things after the stream went down to see 24 moving about. Distributing passes and in general calming things down a bit. Well done to him. We both need that. Edited 5 March 2022 by SO1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneticerror Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 Enjoyed seeing him play today. More minutes please BR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammo Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 Shame he’s not in our European squad. Bad move, that. Might have been useful against Rennes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 Made a difference in the middle with interceptions and keeping possession. Good move to bring him on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 1 hour ago, Hammo said: Shame he’s not in our European squad. Bad move, that. Might have been useful against Rennes. Who would you have left out ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paninistickers Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 4 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Who would you have left out ?? Soumare or one of the keepers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 1 minute ago, Paninistickers said: Soumare or one of the keepers Think it's a rule that you must have at least 3 keepers in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammo Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 7 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Who would you have left out ?? Soumare first choice. Perez second 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frany104 Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 When he came on he made us look so much more solid. He did this by simply playing in his position asa DM. Ndidi has to stop roaming round and leaving the back 4 exposed. Happy to have Mendy back in the squad. He could do with a few more minutes to get him back upto speed fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 1 hour ago, Hammo said: Shame he’s not in our European squad. Bad move, that. Might have been useful against Rennes. Stupid not to have named him instead of Jakupovic IMO and then just used Odunze as 3rd choice keeper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paninistickers Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 7 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: Think it's a rule that you must have at least 3 keepers in the squad. Maybe, . But I'd bet there are plenty of teams in the lower reaches of euro competition that don't even employ 3 keepers, so on that basis it'd be an odd rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancas Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 Looked better with him on the pitch. Moved well and moved the ball forward. Probably outshone Youri in that cameo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 20 minutes ago, Paninistickers said: Maybe, . But I'd bet there are plenty of teams in the lower reaches of euro competition that don't even employ 3 keepers, so on that basis it'd be an odd rule Just checked the rules. Must have at least 3 keepers in total, but only 2 of those have to come from the A list squad. We have 3 keepers in the A list so technically, yes, you are correct - they could have swapped out Jakupovic for Mendy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wokinghamfox Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 I like Mendy and as I've said before its beyond me how he isn't holding down a regular place. When he was dropped from the squad he was actually enjoying his best spell of form with us. How about experimenting with him and ndidi playing a higher role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 35 minutes ago, casablancas said: Looked better with him on the pitch. Moved well and moved the ball forward. Probably outshone Youri in that cameo. Not hard..Tielemans had another crap game!.. World class my arse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cincinnati Fox Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 He was extremely calm today, was required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post katieakita Posted 5 March 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 5 March 2022 Seems to have the very useful knack of keeping the ball and playing it simple and playing the game at a pace we dictate, very calming influence 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voll Blau Posted 5 March 2022 Share Posted 5 March 2022 "Mendy 1, Salah 0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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