Benjamin Mendy - 2018/19 Performances

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CityInWashingtonState said:
OK - you've stated an opinion without justification.

Why do you think that Mendy will never play winger?
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For the same reason Stones will never play striker. It's clear to absolutely everyone that Mendy is a LB, it's why he played LB as a kid, at Lyon, at Monaco, and why Pep Guardiola decided to make him the most expensive LB in history.

Good attacking wingers are a dime a dozen. Good crossing wingers aren't that hard to find. What's hard to find is a LB who's got the pace and physicality to get up and down his wing, and put in inch perfect crosses 10 times a game, who can carry the ball inside from LB and go through the middle. That's rare, that's unique, that's worth £52m.

By the way, tell us more about how "handicapped on offense" the leading premier league assist provider is when playing in his natural position of LB...

Also tell us more about how much of a liability he is in defence while we keep clean sheet after clean sheet after clean sheet...
 
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domalino said:
For the same reason Stones will never play striker.

By the way, tell us more about how "handicapped on offense" the leading premier league assist provider is when playing in his natural position of LB...
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He's only recently been asked - it seems - to play back (last 3 games or so). Should he be forced to play back like this for the rest of the season, his assist standing will drop and drop.

Mendy isn't a great dribbler - is that your argument? Just come out and state in plain English why you think that Mendy is unsuitable as winger.
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And to be fair - this is why I think that Mendy would be a good/great winger.

He's got pace to burn.

He's got a nose for taking up positions where he'll be open on the wing.

His crosses are second to none. When open/semi-open on the wing, he'll get a cross in that will often lead to a goal.

I've already outlined his problems on defense which lead me to question whether back is his best position.
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>>> Also tell us more about how much of a liability he is in defence while we keep clean sheet after clean sheet after clean sheet...
You've got to be kidding me.
 
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CityInWashingtonState said:
He's only recently been asked - it seems - to play back (last 3 games or so). Should he be forced to play back like this for the rest of the season, his assist standing will drop and drop.

Mendy isn't a great dribbler - is that your argument? Just come out and state in plain English why you think that Mendy is unsuitable as winger.
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I've added more detail above now.
 
Kolarov MKII with a little more muscle...

A jackal who loves the celebrity lifestyle and acting the bufoon
Needs to sort himself out
 
km09 said:
Kolarov MKII with a little more muscle...

A jackal who loves the celebrity lifestyle and acting the bufoon
Needs to sort himself out
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Kolarov may have been slow to track back, but Mendy never even made any effort on that one. Not his best half, to be sure.
 
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