Benjamin Mendy

[Sensanetional]

How pacy is this guy btw? Can he hold his own against Sane, Walker or Sterling i wonder? I'm very excited by the amount of pace, power and skill we have down the wings.

I don't know if you have an answer yet but he's ridiculously quick over longer distances, his first couple of meters are not extraordinary(as you could expect from someone of his size) but he can keep up with pretty much any player in the world.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Fuck you on about. Wiki has him as a Monaco player. What has got your knickers in a twist about that

John,mate.....you remind me of the Jigsaw character out of the Saw films.......Lets play a game,and all that.

To be fair.....your getting them.

 

[lancs blue]

I just typed "mcfc squad list" in to Google

There shows a photo of Mendy next to Silva.

I right clicked on Mendy to show in new tab, and it brings up the page below.

It lists him as a City player and says the source is Wikipedia.

Not sure if it's maybe cashéd an old version or whatever, but yeh I agree I'm confident he will sign, but not going to read too much in to this.

Never mind google or wiki,the OS hasn't even got Ederson and Bernardo in the squad list, although they have added Walker today! Bizarrely Moreno is in there too.

https://www.mancity.com/teams/first-team

 

[cucumberman]

I don't know if you have an answer yet but he's ridiculously quick over longer distances, his first couple of meters are not extraordinary(as you could expect from someone of his size) but he can keep up with pretty much any player in the world.

He is quick, but to me his strength is ball control which compliments his pace. He can glide through 2-3 players and for a LB it's not normal and something that we've never ever had in previous LBs.

 

[WarhawkMO1]

He is quick, but to me his strength is ball control which compliments his pace. He can glide through 2-3 players and for a LB it's not normal and something that we've never ever had in previous LBs.

So you're telling me that a LB is not supposed to just dribble straight into a defender and give the ball up? Someone should let Clichy know that because he's been doing it wrong for a long time.

 

[RandomJ]

I don't know if you have an answer yet but he's ridiculously quick over longer distances, his first couple of meters are not extraordinary(as you could expect from someone of his size) but he can keep up with pretty much any player in the world.

He reminds me of Yaya. Takes a bit to get going but once he's up to speed he absolutely bulldozes past people.

 

[cucumberman]

So you're telling me that a LB is not supposed to just dribble straight into a defender and give the ball up? Someone should let Clichy know that because he's been doing it wrong for a long time.

Mendy is something else though. He nutmegs and fakes with good effect. His puskas pullbacks is 9 in 10 going to leave his marker stranded.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

He reminds me of Yaya. Takes a bit to get going but once he's up to speed he absolutely bulldozes past people.

I've just had a look on YouTube and I can see what you mean. This guy could play in the middle if needed.

 

[p.taker]

I've just had a look on YouTube and I can see what you mean. This guy could play in the middle if needed.

The middle of what?

 

[cucumberman]

He dribbled past Sané, I think it was a cut to the right or a pullback, but just like that he was through to goal. Granted it was Sane doing the covering, but Mendy was able to get in the box without much effort. Has a few tricks in his bag to go past players. Clichy tbf a few seasons was brilliant, but Mendy has more in him, and is also Good defensively.