Eliaquim Mangala - now official

[Tbilisi]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Piss poor clearance to give Frankfurt a goal!

I had doubts about this guy before tonight,so glad we didnt sign him,not the answer,dont know who is but this guy isnt.

 

[pang]

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Who was the last player to have made a reputation for themself in Italy who was actually a success in the premier league? I feel like there must have been someone more recent than Zola, but for the life of me I can't think of anyone. I can think of a decent list of failures though without much thought

Thiery Henry

 

[shevtheblue]

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Who was the last player to have made a reputation for themself in Italy who was actually a success in the premier league? I feel like there must have been someone more recent than Zola, but for the life of me I can't think of anyone. I can think of a decent list of failures though without much thought

Thiery Henry

Henry was shit for juventus.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Piss poor clearance to give Frankfurt a goal!

I had doubts about this guy before tonight,so glad we didnt sign him,not the answer,dont know who is but this guy isnt.

was he shit apart from his piss poor clearance?

 

[Deepest Blue]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Piss poor clearance to give Frankfurt a goal!

I had doubts about this guy before tonight,so glad we didnt sign him,not the answer,dont know who is but this guy isnt.

was he shit apart from his piss poor clearance?

No, but to me his problems are more in the mental side of his game.
He has potential to be a dominant defender with his pace, strength and athleticism but until he uses more football intelligence he'll disappoint at times.
He's still young though and can improve.

 

[mosssideblue]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Piss poor clearance to give Frankfurt a goal!

I had doubts about this guy before tonight,so glad we didnt sign him,not the answer,dont know who is but this guy isnt.

was he shit apart from his piss poor clearance?

Why do we consider a bad pass or a bad game to be the kiss of death and we should consider staying well clear. There isn't one player on the planet past or present who hasn't had a mare of a game at some point. It seams because we are interested in someone, we should look for all the reasons why we shouldn't sign them.

I know nothing of this player but from the many many comments written here and in the tabloids, he does appear to have many many better days than off days

 

[nmc]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Piss poor clearance to give Frankfurt a goal!

I had doubts about this guy before tonight,so glad we didnt sign him,not the answer,dont know who is but this guy isnt.

was he shit apart from his piss poor clearance?

In a word no but he didn't stand out as the best player in the park.

 

[Daz_Blue]

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I really think Madrid will end up selling us Pepe and Isco in the Summer so they can fund a move for Suarez

 

[aguero93:20]

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If we dont get this guy then what are realistic options for a top class left-sided centre back ??

Chiellini, Hummels, Godin....

 

[nmc]

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I had doubts about this guy before tonight,so glad we didnt sign him,not the answer,dont know who is but this guy isnt.

was he shit apart from his piss poor clearance?

Why do we consider a bad pass or a bad game to be the kiss of death and we should consider staying well clear. There isn't one player on the planet past or present who hasn't had a mare of a game at some point. It seams because we are interested in someone, we should look for all the reasons why we shouldn't sign them.

I know nothing of this player but from the many many comments written here and in the tabloids, he does appear to have many many better days than off days

I do take your point about running for the hills after just one error BUT (and its a big BUT) - Porto are asking circa £40m for this guy and mistakes must be at an absolute minimum for that kind of money - that's the difference between a £25m and £40m player - you are buying (in theory) the absolute best.