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[richards30]

No pre-season is probably why

Not sure about that karen to be honest. With all due respect to Martin should we be so reliant on a 34/35 year old?

 

[ScottSinclair]

He looked old and slow against west brom though!

Tbh, almost the whole PL looked old and slow that weekend. Very short pre-season and Martin had just came back from holiday after the Copa too. Hell even Sergio struggled a bit

 

[bert38]

Maybe MdM will be used as a midfielder

You don't remember his performance at home to Chelsea then? The pitch never looked wider.

 

[sky tot]

Txixi must be brain dead a cb is not what we need

Er, you don't listen to Talksport do you .. Adrian Durham & Darren Gough said we do .. So we must do ..

Even though we've got 4 international CB.

 

[mosssideblue]

Txixi must be brain dead a cb is not what we need

Think he probably has more footballing brain cells than you my friend and also a better understanding of what we need. Let's see what happens

 

[Ajm1985]

Mangala or Demi would have to leave in some way to accommodate this signing.

 

[ScottSinclair]

You don't remember his performance at home to Chelsea then? The pitch never looked wider.

He has come along way since that performance, he struggled at CB at the time too. As a rotation option, or as a late sub to pack the midfield he is as good as anyone

 

[LittleEgg]

Maybe MdM will be used as a midfielder

This is the best answer. The lack of a good CDM has been the subject of much debate on here, and demi does a decent job from what i have seen.

Could be the obvious answer...at 34 he will happily play ltd games i'd imagine, not wanting to risk injury before he moves at the end of the season, and can cover both CB/CDM.

 

[southstandblue27]

Anyone else think that this could be a brilliant piece of business, giving them Mangala for a year or two?

We get an already established, top quality centre back who is at the top of his game.

Mangala goes to a very challenging league, playing for a very good club regularly, ironing out the flaws in his game, before coming back to us a better player.

Whats not to love?

 

[Fat Chance]

Anyone else think that this could be a brilliant piece of business, giving them Mangala for a year or two?

We get an already established, top quality centre back who is at the top of his game.

Mangala goes to a very challenging league, playing for a very good club regularly, ironing out the flaws in his game, before coming back to us a better player.

Whats not to love?

The fact we don't actually know if Mangala is actually right (now) on-it for the premiership or if Otay will prove to b right-off the high line trick...so to speak.