Popular Post Steve Earle Posted 10 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 10 April 2022 He was IMO faultless today, an easy 8 out of 10. Of course I get why KDH gets MOTM, and all of FT goes just a tad overboard. But Mendy (no goal, no assist) was outstanding for every minute of that game. We’ll miss him terribly on Thursday 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majaco Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 Mendy had a tidy game. I didn't feel he was outstanding. I'm happy he's around; I never understand when people say he's better than Ndidi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 I’m probably Mendy’s biggest critic but he’s far exceeded my expectations recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 25 minutes ago, Jimmy said: the Turkish Transfer window closes a week or so after ours and after the registration window ....I would suspect at the time, Rodgers needed options for cover in that position!!! He could not afford to let Mendy go, as the other option would be Hamza as a defensive midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 2 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said: ....I would suspect at the time, Rodgers needed options for cover in that position!!! He could not afford to let Mendy go, as the other option would be Hamza as a defensive midfielder. it fell through as he HAD to go to Turkey to take the medical but he was in Africa on international duty and couldn't due to Covid rules, in a normal world he moves last summer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turlo Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 9 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said: ....I would suspect at the time, Rodgers needed options for cover in that position!!! He could not afford to let Mendy go, as the other option would be Hamza as a defensive midfielder. Mendy was on his way out but his transfer fell through on the last day as flights to attend his medical were screwed up due to covid restrictions at the time. At the end of last season Rodgers specifically said when Wilf was out of the team we lacked physical presence and would look to address that in the summer transfer window. He obviously thought that Soumare could cover for Wilf and provide that physical presence that was missing. The system we were playing then, with madders as a 10, was heavily reliant on a physical midfield destroyer like Wilf, considering youri is rather lightweight as well. He's now adapted this to a midfield 3, which is less reliant on midfield destroyer like Wilf, along with KDH playing as a all action box to box player is contributing more defensively 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tanya Posted 10 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 10 April 2022 I love him so much. He never loses the ball. I remember one time three palace players closed in on him and he pirouetted, dribbled past them and then played a smart pass that got us going. Like a metronome at the base of our midfield, constantly keeping us ticking and allowing some of our flair players more time on the ball. I remember one time Mendy got the ball on top of their box and the crowd sorta said "shoooot" until they realized it was Papy, who unlike Wilf will never take a shot from distance. We erred badly not including him in the European squad. I'd be giving him a new contract cause he's a consumate professional and excellent squad member. He may not want to take us up on it considering he was iced out for four months. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 37 minutes ago, Tanya said: I love him so much. He never loses the ball. I remember one time three palace players closed in on him and he pirouetted, dribbled past them and then played a smart pass that got us going. Like a metronome at the base of our midfield, constantly keeping us ticking and allowing some of our flair players more time on the ball. I remember one time Mendy got the ball on top of their box and the crowd sorta said "shoooot" until they realized it was Papy, who unlike Wilf will never take a shot from distance. We erred badly not including him in the European squad. I'd be giving him a new contract cause he's a consumate professional and excellent squad member. He may not want to take us up on it considering he was iced out for four months. who would you have left out at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanya Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 5 minutes ago, Jimmy said: who would you have left out at the time? Hindsight is a beautiful thing but Benko or Soumare. In fairness I can understand why they included Soumare - he was the supposed to be the more physical version of Mendy. I think we needed Hamza for homegrown quotas. Hopefully we can convince Mendy to stay. I've been a massive fan for years and I enjoy when he gets a good run in the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Tanya said: Hindsight is a beautiful thing but Benko or Soumare. In fairness I can understand why they included Soumare - he was the supposed to be the more physical version of Mendy. I think we needed Hamza for homegrown quotas. Hopefully we can convince Mendy to stay. I've been a massive fan for years and I enjoy when he gets a good run in the side. Benkovic was removed to be replaced by Fofana, Bertrand was removed and replaced by JJ, Hamza could only be replaced by a Club trained player and we were already 1 short of them. Its another reason to sell Ward and use Iversen as the no 2, he's club trained so we could have the full 25 man squad in Europe Edited 10 April 2022 by Jimmy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enmac Posted 10 April 2022 Share Posted 10 April 2022 "Due to his small stature, simple distribution, and reliable style of play, Mendy has been compared to former French international, Claude Makélélé. Monaco club scout Didier Christophe, for example, referred to Mendy as a "carbon copy" of Makélélé." (wiki) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzFOX Posted 11 April 2022 Share Posted 11 April 2022 I really do like Mendy. If we can for a moment look outside of the box and try to not compare him to Kante or N’didi or anyone else and see him just for who is than we have a very tidy, smart, capable and reliable player. There’s no nonsense with his game. He’s the grease to our engine and we should give the man a new contract. We also forget the poor guy had some bad injury spells in the past which didn’t help him one bit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 11 April 2022 Share Posted 11 April 2022 8 hours ago, SO1 said: Winning the ball or controlling the ball? We need a player who can do both. If we replace Tielemans with someone in the mould of Caqueret or Gallagher, we certainly don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Babylon Posted 11 April 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 11 April 2022 Funny how him and Amartey now get two of the biggest cheers when the teams are read out, after years of abuse. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bptiger Posted 11 April 2022 Share Posted 11 April 2022 Mendy done the same job at the start of last year and then Rodgers dumped him now he’s back doing the same great job again , maybe Rodgers is not the great coach every one thinks he is . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksz Posted 11 April 2022 Share Posted 11 April 2022 We’re 10x better playing out from the back with him in the side. Everyone is so much calmer knowing Papy is always showing for the pass. Always thought if you could fuse together Mendy’s game and Ndidi’s game you would have one of the best holding midfielders on the planet. Ndidi lacks Mendy’s ability on the ball, and Mendy lacks Ndidi’s level of reading of the game and physicality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frakenfox Posted 11 April 2022 Share Posted 11 April 2022 11 minutes ago, Aleksz said: Everyone is so much calmer knowing Papy is always showing for the pass. There's a great deal in that I feel. The confidence he gives the team and also his ability to read the game and get himself in that position. It's his reading of the game where he is, for me at least, better than Ndidi (and, no, I don't like to compare either) I don't think it's simply that Rodgers doesn't like him, or underrates him, it's that Mendy doesn't perhaps fit into Rodgers' preferred style. Many have mentioned already that Mendy suits a formation and style of play. That style/shape leads to other questions (where to play Maddison, etc) Rodgers seems to like Ndidi's physicality in the middle, his covering in front of the defense. It gives Rodgers more attacking options, frees Maddison up to play his more natural and creative game in a more central position, partially relieved of defensive duties. Mendy doesn't allow that so much. My point is, it's not always like-for-like, either-or; there are ripples and consequences. IF (note, IF) Ndidi goes then the case for Mendy changes, because our game changes accordingly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Renard Posted 11 April 2022 Share Posted 11 April 2022 7 hours ago, Babylon said: Funny how him and Amartey now get two of the biggest cheers when the teams are read out, after years of abuse. I don't know if it just a British/English thing, but we do like to build people up, then knock them down and then when they've gone through the meat grinder, start liking them again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancas Posted 11 April 2022 Share Posted 11 April 2022 So vastly underrated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John12345 Posted 12 April 2022 Share Posted 12 April 2022 We haven't been very good with Ndidi's physicality this season. They are both decent and we should totate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 12 April 2022 Share Posted 12 April 2022 I think the emergence of Dewsbury-Hall has covered Mendys defensive weaknesses and allowed him to really improve his consistency. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyLeon Posted 12 April 2022 Share Posted 12 April 2022 It's that time of the season again when we all convince ourselves that Mendy should be here next season. Guys like Mendy, Choudhury, Albrighton, Perez etc, simply have to be improved upon if we're to improve. Whenever I see those names on the Bench, it bores me, and I'm praying there's no circumstances that we need to bring them on. They can't 'Do a Job'...We saw that when key players were injured this season. Get a proper DM competition for Ndidi and someone like a Brennan Johnson over Albrighton and Perez. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasPb Posted 12 April 2022 Share Posted 12 April 2022 Don't get me wrong ndidi is better, but given that Rodgers has used him poorly this year (asking him to play further up etc) and injuries mendy is a breath of fresh air. If we're smart we offer him a new contract with a better role in the team. A very very very tidy player. So happy for him. Turns out he was the best 2016 window signing. A warrior that's elegant in his ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 12 April 2022 Share Posted 12 April 2022 23 hours ago, Aleksz said: We’re 10x better playing out from the back with him in the side. Everyone is so much calmer knowing Papy is always showing for the pass. Always thought if you could fuse together Mendy’s game and Ndidi’s game you would have one of the best holding midfielders on the planet. Ndidi lacks Mendy’s ability on the ball, and Mendy lacks Ndidi’s level of reading of the game and physicality. N'mendi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxaholic ME Posted 12 April 2022 Share Posted 12 April 2022 Agreed excellent game again Sunday cant understand why he isnt getting any credit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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