Benjamin Mendy - 2018/19 Performances

[wolfie1988]

At one point I thought he had injured himself again after he went over that Burnley player

Twats move by Bikes to be fair. Knew exactly what he was doing and could have caused a bad injury

 

[1.618034]

Now Pep's playing wingers ahead of him again, he's not getting forward as often, so he and we, look a lot better defensively.

Seems to have been told to hold back a bit, which is good IMO.

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

Now Pep's playing wingers ahead of him again, he's not getting forward as often, so he and we, look a lot better defensively.

Seems to have been told to hold back a bit, which is good IMO.

Agreed.

I'd like to see Mendy play winger though... which I think is his natural position. He's not a great defender at all... as LB it seems that we have a not-so-great defender, handicapped on offense by defensive duties. Mendy is definitely a force on offense though... so for me, he's a winger more than a back.

 

[ADegenerate]

Nobody gets what Mendy offers yet. You will. He’s walker but on the left and he creates magic. We all agree walker is a top 3 RB in football and probably 1st on how play. Creates little in the final 3rd.

Watch a replay of shaktar and FF to the 22nd and look at his magic.

This myth that he sucks at D will end soon too.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Nobody gets what Mendy offers yet.

Really? You believe you're on some higher footballing plain than the rest of us? lol

It's very obvious what the kid brings,and under the tutelage of Pep he will only improve,hence why many of us are very excited about his future.

 

[ADegenerate]

Really? You believe you're on some higher footballing plain than the rest of us? lol

It's very obvious what the kid brings,and under the tutelage of Pep he will only improve,hence why many of us are very excited about his future.

*plane and only when ive eaten mushrooms

 

[FantasyIreland]

*plane and only when ive eaten mushrooms

Explanes plenty :-)

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

Nobody gets what Mendy offers yet. You will. He’s walker but on the left and he creates magic. We all agree walker is a top 3 RB in football and probably 1st on how play. Creates little in the final 3rd.

Watch a replay of shaktar and FF to the 22nd and look at his magic.

This myth that he sucks at D will end soon too.

Uh... what? I've no idea what you've watched to convince yourself that Mendy will ever, ever be good on defense.

Mendy is obviously horrible on defense. In fact, were it not for his extreme pace, allowing him to make up for positional errors, his defensive problems would be even more glaring.

Going forward though he's got world class ability.

Lately, Pep has deployed Mendy in a more reserved role, asking him to hang back and defend. To me this gets the worst out of him - increasing his defensive responsibilities (where he's not good) while handicapping him on offense; yes, this sort of assignment is better for the team as a whole - otherwise we'd be far more prone to attacks on the left. But better still would be to deploy a natural defender on the left and let Mendy maraud forward.

As I've state in other posts... I think that Mendy is best suited to play winger. As a back, he's not nearly good enough on defense.

 

[domalino]

Agreed.

I'd like to see Mendy play winger though... which I think is his natural position. He's not a great defender at all... as LB it seems that we have a not-so-great defender, handicapped on offense by defensive duties. Mendy is definitely a force on offense though... so for me, he's a winger more than a back.

Mendy will never, ever play winger.

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

Mendy will never, ever play winger. He is not a winger.

OK - you've stated an opinion without substantiating reasons.

Why do you think that Mendy will never play winger/is not a winger?