Is left back really a problem?

what baffles me is Mendy cannot play as attacking nor as defending. Nothing against him but his injury has ruined him. We need him just for making us a shark team in social media.
 
Another thing I have noticed about mendy is how one footed he is. He will always take an extra touch so he can play it with his left. It actually baffles me how a professional player can get this far with being so one footed
 
We have a very very very good squad of players with one glaring weakness and arguably a shortage of natural finishers.

We don't need a superstar to fill that left back hole just a generally fit premier league quality intelligent footballer. Surely there must be one available in Europe for sub £40m and less than 150k per week?
 
Zenmanc said:
The sad thing is I follow him on twitter for laughs and the tone of many of his tweets in the last few weeks has been "where are all the negative comments now" and "don't jump on the bandwagon to support me now if you didn't before"... Not verbatim but basically like I'm killing it now so back off.

He's clearly not. I know his injuries developed that obvious and glaring hitch in his step which had set him back but his attitude on the field is not one that shows he's doing all he can. He's a clear defensive liability and would only be successful at this level in a squad that played him as wing back exclusively with a LCB there to absorb the defensive responsibility.
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You know what if I could see that he was really trying to change and he is really fed up with what’s going on I think could warm to him but he is like his mate that prick over at old Trafford who think we bet can dance round and make a joke and everyone’s ok . 3 years ago I said we would have issues with this guys attitude and it shows now .
 
How about Ryan Sessengnon from Spuds. He was pretty decent whilst at Fulham and hasn’t really featured under Maureen. Maybe worth a shout !!
 
roy.or.r said:
We can always bid for Alphonso Davies and unsettle him with offer of crazy wages just to piss Bayern off. If his head gets turned, then great. If not, then we have at least pissed Bayern. Win-Win.
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I’m all in on that one. He’s probably the best LB in the world now and there’s no way Bayern would sell him, but if he asks for a better contract and Bayern have to pay him more, that would be awesome. Hate those cnuts
 
If we don't get an LB then the formation needs to change. Perhaps due to a lot of the squad being out and new signings in Ake and Torres Pep feels limited, but Mendy continues to be the problem. His position of being high and wide is to occupy the opposition RB and have our left winger find space between the RB and CB. However, he's not even as good as Zinchenko in keeping and moving the ball. He loses the ball a lot and doesn't have the pace to recover especially from that position. Of course Zinch has his problems defending as well.

Torres would be a better option high and wide, even if he's right footed. He could do a better job in attacking and passing. Then have Ake as the inverted fullback staying deeper to defend against counters like what Delph used to do.
 
Angelino, Mendy, Ake, Zinchenko are not good enough full backs for us at this time. Sad to see Mendys demise after he showed so much promise at Monaco and in his early days with us but injuries have left him a shadow of what we saw. Angelino in his brief appearance with us didn't show what we needed. He's gone on and done well so, let him stay. He's not good enough defensively. Ake is a centre back, we need a dedicated left back who can get crosses in as you see a lot of the ball as a city full back, and get back and defend the break but be technically proficient, it's a tough job under Pep. Zinchenko is a midfielder at any team other than ours, he's played attacking mid and defensive mid for his country and excelled as both he just isn't good enough to get in our midfield. Again, not a dedicated left back. In my opinion and they won't sell is Digne at Everton who I think, would fit our system well. I can't think of any others who would fit Peps system.
 
We should just go all out for Alex Telles and steal him from the rags.

Has a year left on his deal so will go for €30m. Can’t say I’ve seen much of him but looking at his stats he scores goals, provides assists and doesn’t get injured often which means he’s already better than all of our left backs even if he apparently can’t defend.
 
Alex Grimaldo from Benfica? Good passer, can send in a cross and pretty good defensively as well.

I think Benfica wanted around £30 million when Spurs were sniffing around him. Not a bad price for someone his age, and quality with potential to improve, imo.
 
No left back=No premier league that’s the only position we need to now focus on if we bring in a left back I’ll be more than confident of winning the lot
 
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