Eliaquim Mangala

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kevin horlocks wand said:
Agree he tends to play well against better teams and players. He raises his game but drops a few howlers against average.
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I feel like the primary reason for this is that he's very good when defending deep as he can just rely on his physical attributes, but when he plays in a high line his awful positioning and judgement is exposed. From what I saw of him at Valencia this was still true, he was fantastic against Real Madrid when Valencia were forced into their own box and were bombarded with crosses, but then against some nobody team that launched a long ball into the box he completely missed his header and they concede as a result.

This would often happen at City too, great against Chelsea and PSG where he didn't have to deal with runs in behind, but awful against minnows where we'd play a high line. I like Mangala just fine and I think he can still succeed somewhere else, but imo it's never going to happen under Pep, it's just a horrible mismatch.
 
We should screw PSG for every penny after what's happened with Alves or just tell them to go shove Thier pitiful offer where the sun doesn't shine.
 
MasterOfKnees said:
I feel like the primary reason for this is that he's very good when defending deep as he can just rely on his physical attributes, but when he plays in a high line his awful positioning and judgement is exposed. From what I saw of him at Valencia this was still true, he was fantastic against Real Madrid when Valencia were forced into their own box and were bombarded with crosses, but then against some nobody team that launched a long ball into the box he completely missed his header and they concede as a result.

This would often happen at City too, great against Chelsea and PSG where he didn't have to deal with runs in behind, but awful against minnows where we'd play a high line. I like Mangala just fine and I think he can still succeed somewhere else, but imo it's never going to happen under Pep, it's just a horrible mismatch.
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a fair view but it is also accurate for all the CB`s we have been linked with, there is no reason to play the high back line if your midfield is good enough but that is what pep wants and i can see Mendy in a back 3
 
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