Player Topic: Eliaquim Mangala (2015/16)

[City_Sean]

Mangala was awful, but didn't get any protection from the midfield, he has to improve sharply though, or he'll be sold.

 

[Armaan]

Oh for fucks sake, get the violins out. Mangala apologist.

It's so painfully obvious he's shit as fuck. Everyone can see it bar a select few city fans that for some reason refuse to. Never seen commentators take the piss with a player like they do with Mangala, you can tell they're wanting to laugh their bollocks off but have to keep it professional. Just as big a waste as Andy Caroll was to the dippers.

 

[Newman Noggs]

It's so painfully obvious he's shit as fuck. Everyone can see it bar a select few city fans that for some reason refuse to. Never seen commentators take the piss with a player like they do with Mangala, you can tell they're wanting to laugh their bollocks off but have to keep it professional. Just as big a waste as Andy Caroll was to the dippers.

Too many City fans are influenced by individuals in the media who long for nothing more than an expensive City signing to fail. IMO Mangala's biggest problem is the chopping and changing of partners due to injuries.

 

[01cravend]

his biggest weakness is his positioning and his tendency to come charging out of defence thus leaving it exposed. One example yesterday, he chased one of their front players half way into their own half, he got turned and they sprang an attack on an unnecessarily exposed defence.

 

[RandomJ]

his biggest weakness is his positioning and his tendency to come charging out of defence thus leaving it exposed. One example yesterday, he chased one of their front players half way into their own half, he got turned and they sprang an attack on an unnecessarily exposed defence.

His biggest weakness is he is thick. He has every single physical attribute a world class defender would have but he just isn't smart enough to play the role. He doesn't know where to position himself, when to close down, when to back off, when to dive in, when not to dive in. With Kompany holding his hand he is a decent player but when he is expected to think for himself his weaknesses show.

 

[ono]

He was awful yesterday but his confidence was shot from the first 5 minutes. He was hung out to dry by the team selection though. The selection was so bad it was almost funny. Make the pitch as wide as possible, and go 2 vs 5 in the middle. Genius. We can't play against a pressing team because nobody at the back has the technical ability to manipulate the ball quickly enough under pressure (other than Kompany and Otamendi).

 

[bluesoup]

He suits a slower league. Ours is just to fast for his brain to register and he panics when pressed. Over and over again he is unable to cope with pressure - sell please.

 

[Steve68]

At the price we paid you expect a finished world class defender. If we wanted a young, unfinished article who can only play well under specific circumstances then we paid three times too much. There were plenty of dependable journeymen who would do a good job around at half the price. Not to mention plenty of proven and accomplished defenders at the price we paid.

A terrible piece of business, bordering on the reckless.

 

[AkanjisAfro]

 

[stablemcfc]

Good against a stationary battleram of a ST but against any kind of movement and pressure on him his woeful positional sense and composure on the ball is exposed.

Compounded by playing alongside Demichelis and behind the most immobile CM 2 I've ever seen, and in Fernando a player who is and will only ever be a holding DM. Asking him to build attacks in a CM 2 is to be completely clueless as to what he is capable of. Fernando wasn't shit last season because of injury, that's his own excuse, the reason is simply he was asked to play CM rather than DM behind 2 others.

It's the same shit as last year with Pellegrini

This has been my thought process for a while. Him & Kompany looked great at keeping big guys quiet, but he struggles far more with the small skillful players, when I saw our lineup I was hoping Benteke would start but sadly wasn't the case. Otamendi on the other hand is great at dealing with those sorts of players, I suppose dealing with Messi for a while aids that development.