John12345 Posted 5 April 2022 Share Posted 5 April 2022 The the midfield looked well balance last season when he came in and we got some good wins . Think it was praet and youri then but can't be sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gamble92 Posted 5 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 5 April 2022 The decision to banish him from the squad was strange even then but looks even stranger now. Its up there alongside not wanting to play Nacho in a two or indeed at all as Rodgers worst decisions in the past year or so. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergray22 Posted 5 April 2022 Share Posted 5 April 2022 9 hours ago, enmac said: Mendy is like a metronome. Tick tock, tick tock... Definitely adds something to the midfield. Calmness. I definitely wouldn't sell him. I agree. He offers us something different and very valuable. So does Wilf. We still have basically the same team that finished fifth in successive seasons and won the Fa cup. We made two longer term speculative signings in soumare and Daka that will need time to flourish and may not work out. Along with two shorter term fix it signings that on paper looked sensible given the budget and situation. Brendan fired off after the forest match about rebuilding the team out of frustration and trying to get a reaction out of the players. Reality is that we may lose a player or two but then reinvest to hopefully improve the first team and squad with one eye on what’s coming through from the youngsters. I do believe that if we have a good summer and a bit of freshening up we can look to challenge the top six again next year. Mendy and Wilf should feature but never rule out an opportunity to upgrade if it landed at our feet and Keep all the players on their toes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobyfox Posted 5 April 2022 Share Posted 5 April 2022 Mendy is a limited player but, unlike other players we have or have had, I can see immediately what he brings to the team and the role he can play. That role is discharged effectively and, therefore, makes him a more useful squad member that Hamza (barring a defensive injury crisis) and Praet. I’d have much rather had him in the squad at the expense of Hamza and also feel he offers more than Praet (admittedly different role and completely different type of player), although you could make an argument for Praet being at least as good as Soumare given the limited evidence of this season. Should we keep him at the club? No. I really don’t see how we can. Given the way he has been treated I’d imagine he’ll be strongly pushing for a move in the summer and the club surely can’t, in all good conscience, stand in his way. Retaining him as a squad player would be ideal, but I don’t think that would be fair on him now given the strong evidence to suggest he’ll once more be discarded as soon as a new signing comes in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frakenfox Posted 5 April 2022 Share Posted 5 April 2022 On 03/04/2022 at 23:36, Tanya said: I can't believe we registered Benko over Papy.... We had an issue at CB and not in midfield. In retrospect, it was a poor call... but at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanya Posted 5 April 2022 Share Posted 5 April 2022 2 minutes ago, frakenfox said: We had an issue at CB and not in midfield. In retrospect, it was a poor call... but at the time Plus we probably thought Soumare could do Papy's job but with a greater ability to get up the pitch. We were all wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywood_6 Posted 5 April 2022 Share Posted 5 April 2022 I was a big critic of him the first few years he's joined, but this season I think he's showing what he can do. He was never going to be another Kante. But I think he's a good asset to us and suits the way we play now. Decent footballer, who understands his role, keeps it simple and does it consistently well. Give him a new contract. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobyfox Posted 5 April 2022 Share Posted 5 April 2022 21 minutes ago, Haywood_6 said: I was a big critic of him the first few years he's joined, but this season I think he's showing what he can do. He was never going to be another Kante. But I think he's a good asset to us and suits the way we play now. Decent footballer, who understands his role, keeps it simple and does it consistently well. Give him a new contract. Do you really think he’d sign one? I wouldn’t if I was him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywood_6 Posted 5 April 2022 Share Posted 5 April 2022 Just now, Jobyfox said: Do you really think he’d sign one? I wouldn’t if I was him If he plays from now until the end of the season and we improve his terms, I think he would. Wouldn't blame him if we wanted to move elsewhere though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NasPb Posted 5 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 5 April 2022 What i don't understand is how it took people so long to realise he's quality.... As a backup and all. Last year was very solid as well. Rodgers made a massive mistake including that piece of wood named benkovic 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 6 April 2022 Share Posted 6 April 2022 On 04/04/2022 at 20:48, sm1 said: He was doing that at Afcon too. I dont know whether he's being practising or just more confident playing as a regular for Senegal, but he was putting some lovely diagonal passes behind the defence. It’s got to be down to instructions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 6 April 2022 Share Posted 6 April 2022 I honestly think right now he's a better option than Ndidi, who has had a pretty poor season by his standards. Mendy is less error prone and hardly ever misplaces a pass, Ndidi's passing has been horrendous at times this season. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enmac Posted 6 April 2022 Share Posted 6 April 2022 3 hours ago, Bert said: It’s got to be down to instructions. Agreed. If you look at YouTube videos of him playing for Nice, you see plenty of long cross field passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Shane Posted 10 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 10 April 2022 Another solid performance today 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hales Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 So pleased for Papy! He really is a solid and reliable performer. Glad he is getting his chance again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom12345 Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 Just now, Shane said: Another solid performance today Very good. He was not only good defensively, and made us so much better in transition and beating the press, he also started to showcase his dribbling abilities! What a player we have. We really have squad depth when we are fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFS Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 Did well today. Didn’t agree with you lot on his performance last week but today he was excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom12345 Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, Hales said: So pleased for Papy! He really is a solid and reliable performer. Glad he is getting his chance again. Unfortunately he is in Rodgers’ blind spot and as soon as Ndidi is back, Mendy would be in the reserves again. I won’t be surprised if Mendy is sold this summer. Edited 10 April 2022 by Tom12345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hales Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 Just now, Tom12345 said: Unfortunately he is in Rodgers’ blind spot and as soon as Ndidi is back, Mendy would be in the reserves again. I won’t be surprised if Mendy is sold this summer. As much as i would like him to stay I hope he is sold for his sake. He deserves first team football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom12345 Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 2 minutes ago, Hales said: As much as i would like him to stay I hope he is sold for his sake. He deserves first team football. Agree. He deserves respect at the least and should not be out of any team’s first team roster completely. He is 29. He has given his best years to us only to be mistreated. So I also hope for his sake he goes somewhere that he can get first team football. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1 Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 Another great performance, probably 2nd only to KDH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 I would be feeling a lot more comfortable about PSV if Mendy was available 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 Keep Mendy.. Cash in on Ndidi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ajthefox Posted 10 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 10 April 2022 I'm getting deja vu. This isn't the first time he's come into the team and done a solid job. He's not showing anything he didn't last season when Wilf was out. Some just don't seem to like him for some reason, or have very bad memories. He keeps the ball moving and keeps us moving, and I think he frees Youri up a little in comparison to when Wilf is playing. He is useful as a squad player and has certainly offered more than Soumare has shown so far. He's head and shoulders a better option than Hamza, but we're obviously not keen on keeping him around anyway. I think he is definitely worth keeping but who knows, Rodgers doesn't seem that keen on him. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ARTY_FOX Posted 10 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 10 April 2022 Had a fantastic game. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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