Benjamin Mendy - 2018/19 Performances

[BlueMoonRisin’]

The way things are going Mendy will be remembered more for his off field ability of tweets and larking about than his football on the pitch. If and when he returns he has some serious catching up to do, and to help him focus on what we signed him for, Pep should ban him and the rest from Twitter IMO.

 

[Andrew___K]

Just curious what was injury record like at Monaco? Didn't seem like he injury prone when he was there.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/benjamin-mendy/verletzungen/spieler/157495

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Enough’s enough ffs. Get Cresswell from West Ham.

You'll catch a few with that one.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

The way things are going Mendy will be remembered more for his off field ability of tweets and larking about than his football on the pitch. If and when he returns he has some serious catching up to do, and to help him focus on what we signed him for, Pep should ban him and the rest from Twitter IMO.

From previous comments, Pep is clearly not happy with the social media shit, and I am sure he will have already or be reminding those who feel that this is the most important aspect that they need to focus on their football performances.

Mendy has missed so much game time though injury that you would imagine that he would be concentrating more on playing than tweeting shit to amuse himself and army of like-minded beings.

 

[Rolee]

Mendy has missed so much game time though injury that you would imagine that he would be concentrating more on playing than tweeting shit to amuse himself and army of like-minded beings.

Who said he isn't?

 

[Thomas Hearns]

You'll catch a few with that one.

Genuine opinion

 

[Dax777]

Just curious what was injury record like at Monaco? Didn't seem like he injury prone when he was there.

He was injury prone at Monaco, and a few folks pointed this out. They were often routinely ridiculed for it.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Who said he isn't?

Pep alluded to something along those lines as I recall.

 

[Rolee]

Pep alluded to something along those lines as I recall.

Ah right, that was at the start of the season wasn't it that he said something along them lines and then as far as I understood it Mendy took heed and wasn't as active on social media.

 

[Mon Autre]

From previous comments, Pep is clearly not happy with the social media shit, and I am sure he will have already or be reminding those who feel that this is the most important aspect that they need to focus on their football performances.

Mendy has missed so much game time though injury that you would imagine that he would be concentrating more on playing than tweeting shit to amuse himself and army of like-minded beings.

I don't get why people don't understand there's time to do both. I'm sure he's fully committed to getting fit. That doesn't mean he doesn't have plenty of spare time on his hands to use as he sees fit. Why does occasionally tweeting ruin his focus anymore than any of the other stuff professional footballers fill their time with? (Raising kids, playing FIFA non stop, taking out super injunctions).

Mendy doesn't even tweet everyday and when he does it's no more than three or four times. It's 2 mins out of his entire day.

On a match day he sometimes live tweets throughout the game, but I think an injured player engaging with the match and cheering his teammates on is a good thing no?

As others have pointed out, the club have cashed in on and marketed around his social media presence, so it can't be that much of a problem. The club itself is the source of lots of odd online content involving players.

Players can feel really cut off when nursing long term injuries. I think Mendy has shown a lot of togetherness with the rest of the squad and the fans during these long layoffs. I don't know why he gets so much shit for it.

I'm frustrated by the lack of game time he's had and also by the fact he hasn't totally convinced me yet. Blaming it on the fact he tweets now and again makes no sense at all though.