matty98 Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 Just now, Chocolate Teapot said: Yes and tielemans signed at the end of Jan. Notice how he played one game after January? Right but I wouldn't say being benched for 1 game is having 1 foot out the door? After that Puel was gone, so it was Rodgers who dropped him. And he didn't immediately reintroduce him at all he played 291 minutes of football under Brendan Rodgers for his first full season in charge? I genuinely don't understand what you're arguing with? All I had said was the post was incorrect, which it was? The post made it sound like Puel had left Mendy in the gutter and Rodgers was his saviour which just wasn't the case at all. Rodgers left him out of the team for basically a whole year, which definitely isn't immediately re-introducing him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 It was obvious in pre-season that he was not good enough. A fantastic deal for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 2 minutes ago, matty98 said: Right but I wouldn't say being benched for 1 game is having 1 foot out the door? After that Puel was gone, so it was Rodgers who dropped him. And he didn't immediately reintroduce him at all he played 291 minutes of football under Brendan Rodgers for his first full season in charge? I genuinely don't understand what you're arguing with? All I had said was the post was incorrect, which it was? The post made it sound like Puel had left Mendy in the gutter and Rodgers was his saviour which just wasn't the case at all. Rodgers left him out of the team for basically a whole year, which definitely isn't immediately re-introducing him Puel dropped him before Rodgers did. You're rewriting history. That's what I'm arguing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 1 hour ago, Bonanza said: As an OHL fan all I can say is this: GREAT DEAL! Last season Sowah was fantasic in August, September, October and 1 or 2 games in November, but after that his form plummeted and he never recovered. He simply isn't good enough for a team like Leicester. You could argue that he should've been send on loan to the Championship, but when a club offers you this kind of money for Sowah you simply accept! Seems to me that Rodgers looked at him during preseason and saw he wasn't good enough... Too many on here only want to sell a young player when it's proven beyond doubt that they aren't good enough. This deal has the possibility to look like a bad one in the coming years but I'm a great believer in making an early call on a young player and if the offer you get is a really good one then sell without knowing 100% about the player's potential. I'm happy enough that BR has seen Sowah in training over the last few weeks and made a call on him whilst his stock is still high enough to get a €9m offer. PL teams struggle to sell players downwards as it is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 5 minutes ago, Micky said: It was obvious in pre-season that he was not good enough. A fantastic deal for us. Pretty harsh judging him off 3 seperate 45 minutes of pre-season football where in general we didn't look that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 Just now, moore_94 said: Pretty harsh judging him off 3 seperate 45 minutes of pre-season football where in general we didn't look that good. They would have kept a close eye on him at OHL. To be fair it pretty good money so a unproven squad player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 1 minute ago, moore_94 said: Pretty harsh judging him off 3 seperate 45 minutes of pre-season football where in general we didn't look that good. It's not just the friendly games though, BR seen him in training for a good few weeks. Sowah should have come here very eager to impress and in good condition, bottom line is he hasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 1 hour ago, smudger63 said: Can we sign the person who made this over the dog shit we get when we announce players? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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matty98 Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 Just now, Chocolate Teapot said: Puel dropped him before Rodgers did. You're rewriting history. That's what I'm arguing about. I wouldn't class a player being put on the bench after missing the previous game through injury as being dropped. Also I was responding to the post saying Mendy had "one foot out the door before Rodgers came in" which clearly just wasn't true. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word dropped but think the meaning of my post was clear, it was Rodgers who phased Mendy out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 3 minutes ago, Gerard said: It's not just the friendly games though, BR seen him in training for a good few weeks. Sowah should have come here very eager to impress and in good condition, bottom line is he hasn't. I genuinely think the club would have loaned him and looked to see how he improved in another year but this fee to be fair and add ons has triggered us to accept. I don't mind that if we bring another winger in otherwise we're a winger down who wouldn't have taken a place in the squad as he's under 21 and that's the bottom line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Gerard said: It's not just the friendly games though, BR seen him in training for a good few weeks. Sowah should have come here very eager to impress and in good condition, bottom line is he hasn't. Brendan praised him for training well and in his own words being "a very talented boy". The fee we were offered at the time was probably too good to turn down for his situation in the squad and the club have protected themself by seemingly including a buy back clause of some kind. I think this was more that he isn't quite good enough to be starting for us yet and him staying as a squad player would be pointless for him as he would have been probably 4th choice. Edited 27 August 2021 by moore_94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: I genuinely think the club would have loaned him and looked to see how he improved in another year but this fee to be fair and add ons has triggered us to accept. I don't mind that if we bring another winger in otherwise we're a winger down who wouldn't have taken a place in the squad as he's under 21 and that's the bottom line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty98 Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 Just now, moore_94 said: Brendan praised him for training well and in his own words being "a very talented boy". The fee we were offered at the time was probably too good to turn down and the club have protected themself by seemingly including a buy back clause of some kind. I think this was more that he isn't quite good enough to be starting for us yet and him staying as a squad player would be pointless for him as he would have been probably 4th choice. When Rodgers says a young player is very talented, that's basically his kiss of death I'm sure he's said similar about Benkovic and Kaputska then proceeded to never play them. Think it's just a phrase he likes to chuck about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldeagle Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 Fantastic money for someone that’s not played a single first team game for us . It’s a fine line with the academy and young players . We need to hopefully pluck a few gems out but also make some money . What I’ve seen of him I just don’t think he’d reach where we want to be so it’s a good deal all round . Balances the books a little and may make the difference in us signing another player . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 On 26/08/2021 at 01:35, Nicolo Barella said: I would take even Traore a thousand times over Perez in this team. If we had someone like him to progress the ball halfway up the field immediately after winning possession, it wouldn't matter how shit his end product would be, we have enough decent finishers in our team to take advantage of that. Sure he would be frustrating, but less frustrating than Perez. I have been thinking this myself...a Change of Team a new Challenge for Traore,would be a shrewd buy... his Finishing or last 3rd Play can be improved uponwith sometime, even a season. Hes a Damn Good water-carrier, so 2/3 of the job done. In Barnes/Vardy / Nacho / Daka/Maddison/Tielemans / even Ricardo, there would be finishers around.. Plus through him we can find space and the Physical strength to press forward, make runs to Take the pressure off, or create & Build up our own pressure, hold the ball, hes looked Good defending tackling high up & the Defensive zone. I wouldnt mind if we put in an offer for him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsX Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 4 hours ago, FoxesWalk said: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, matty98 said: Think you've rewritten history here. Mendy was playing practically every game under Puel then Rodgers dropped him? I wouldn’t be so bold as to rewrite history, but I suppose I successfully forced myself to forget that time period when Puel played that miserable double-pivot. (Except for Chelsea away and Man City home, I remember that) Edited 27 August 2021 by Jordan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty98 Posted 27 August 2021 Share Posted 27 August 2021 8 minutes ago, Jordan said: I wouldn’t be so bold as to rewrite history, but I suppose I successfully forced myself to forget that time period when Puel played that miserable double-pivot. (Except for Chelsea away and Man City home, I remember that) Never forget the bad times, they make the good times seem even better 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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