Mendy isn't particularly good defensively though tbf and I'd be very surprised if Mendy is notably better. He's an attacking FB first and foremost.
That comment literally cracked me up.Your mind works faster than the speed of light.
It's what we do best, to be fair.A lot of hype on here about Mendy. he has clearly increased his value whilst injured. We saw him play for us in 3 and a bit games, none of which he set alight. He needs to be brought back slowly to give him chance to get used to the Premier League otherwise 5 games in he will be being slaughtered on here.
A lot of hype on here about Mendy. he has clearly increased his value whilst injured. We saw him play for us in 3 and a bit games, none of which he set alight. He needs to be brought back slowly to give him chance to get used to the Premier League otherwise 5 games in he will be being slaughtered on here.
As we have seen with Walker on the other side, playing with wingers actually inhibits our full backs and it will be the same for Mendy.
We did see glimpses where there can be no spaces to run beyond because Sane or Sterling occupy the same spaces.
We have started to see Sane move into an old-fashioned inside left role in recent games, and who can forget the goal against Liverpool also when he went for a return and Mendy whipped it back from the by-line.
All the same, Delph does gives us more of a balance when it comes to staying back and becoming essentially a five in the middle.
The only way we will see the very best of Mendy and Walker's talents would be to go three at the back and essentially do away with our wingers, which ain't gonna happen.
Until we see how Mendy's short passing measures up, it is difficult to say beyond his incredible power and pace, how much further he will now elevates us.
For me, Delph would be City's player of the year at any other time.
Could have been the difference in the title race early on.
Another solution is inverting Sane and Sterling once Mendy returns. Allow Mendy and Walker to provide the width - with Sane and Sterling cutting in when we are in the final 3rd - isnt this what Pep did at Bayern with Robben and Co.? Put Sane and Sterling's shooting boots on the inside. I'm telling you, if all these dicing runs we are seeing from Sane were coming from the right instead of the left, his left foot would be pouring goals in.
I’d he isn’t fit for the derby we should let him do the match day announcements