oakiecokie
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I saw enough of him last Monday v Spurs.Delph for me is a far better defender.
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Benjamin Mendy - 2018/19 Performances
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You didn't see the game against the dippers did you?
One Swallow doesn’t make Spring.
He needs to do better at times defensively. The whole unit seemed a bit so and so at times on the parts I rewatched.
jimharri
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Absolutely. Against any half decent side that'll have a go at us, I'd have Delph every time.I’d play Delph in the derby 100%
Manchester_lalala
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I’d play Delph in the derby 100%
Delph has to play on Sunday. He’s without doubt a better defender than Mendy.
Your talking tripeHe said Delph allows Sane to play his natural game, implying that he couldn't today. Which to me is crap. Sane was forced to play on the touchline last season (and was brilliant) because we didn't have Mendy, he can play just as well as an inside forward IMO. He has the potential to play closer to goal and be frightening.
Yes sané played great today along with everyone. But watch sanè in games with mendy and then with Delph and tell me which sanè is better and with which do we look more solid defensively.
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Mendy is our weakest link by far bordering on being a liability.
If he plays the rags will go after him big time. They will double up on him
and everything from them will come down the left channel.
Martial will give him a torrid time.
It has to be Delph every time for me next week.
If he plays the rags will go after him big time. They will double up on him
and everything from them will come down the left channel.
Martial will give him a torrid time.
It has to be Delph every time for me next week.
Gabriel
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The strange thing in the last couple of games he's played has been his ability to get completely tied in knots when the ball is at his feet in a challenge. If he can see the ball ahead of him and it's moving, he tends to have fewer problems, but when the opponent and ball are close up to him, and the ball is stationary, he seems at a bit of a loss. Not sure how to remedy that.
B\connellblue
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When he wasn't playing his legend grew, now we are seeing him play regularly I'm afraid defender he is not. Although he actually managed to win a header today which is the exception rather than the norm. Like others Delph next Sunday for me.
Had some good moments. Had some less than good moments.. Some really incisive passing, clever movement and balls into the area. Some increasingly sloppy and weak defending, and a few positional errors to boot to. But you can see he's playing a much more tempered and safe game than he used to, which tells me he's at the minimum not reckless to the degree some are claiming.
I've also learnt that you can't fully judge a player until they've had a full and uninterrupted year with Pep. Particularly Otamendi, Stones, Sterling and even Aguero at times were players that in Pep's first season weren't too popular and often criticised as not being good enough whilst they were getting up to speed. Then the next season they shone. Happened with Bernardo a year later too initially. A fair few of us were left with egg on our faces.
All I'm saying is, give him a chance. I know it's fun to say how you don't rate a guy and whatnot but if at this stage, after everything's that happened in the last 2 and a bit years, you can't afford him a modicum of patience and optimism then I'd implore you to at the very least give it a try. He's young and had injury problems don't forget, on top of it all.
Also not to be that guy, but in the derby at OT Delph played a big part in their equaliser. And in the game at The Etihad he played a big role in Smalling's winner. I'm not against Delph playing by the way if that's the decision, he's great. But to suggest he's a significantly safer bet defensively than Mendy to the point where it's worth not playing Mendy for that reason alone, is as far as I'm concerned reactionary.
I've also learnt that you can't fully judge a player until they've had a full and uninterrupted year with Pep. Particularly Otamendi, Stones, Sterling and even Aguero at times were players that in Pep's first season weren't too popular and often criticised as not being good enough whilst they were getting up to speed. Then the next season they shone. Happened with Bernardo a year later too initially. A fair few of us were left with egg on our faces.
All I'm saying is, give him a chance. I know it's fun to say how you don't rate a guy and whatnot but if at this stage, after everything's that happened in the last 2 and a bit years, you can't afford him a modicum of patience and optimism then I'd implore you to at the very least give it a try. He's young and had injury problems don't forget, on top of it all.
Also not to be that guy, but in the derby at OT Delph played a big part in their equaliser. And in the game at The Etihad he played a big role in Smalling's winner. I'm not against Delph playing by the way if that's the decision, he's great. But to suggest he's a significantly safer bet defensively than Mendy to the point where it's worth not playing Mendy for that reason alone, is as far as I'm concerned reactionary.
Your talking tripe
Yes sané played great today along with everyone. But watch sanè in games with mendy and then with Delph and tell me which sanè is better and with which do we look more solid defensively.
Sane's best two games ( today and Burnley ) this season have come with Mendy playing behind him.
Agree that we look more solid with Delph playing, that's owing as much to the different shape we deploy as it is the change in personnel imo.
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