Player Topic: Eliaquim Mangala (2015/16)

[.A.]

He's as likely to 'come good' as Anderson was at United. Sometimes you just have to accept you've bought a dud and cut your losses.

So many goals are coming from Mangala's 'zone' this season yet to some people he's not a problem; watch the Sigurdsson chance that Hart saved at the near post or Gomis' run that Joe intercepted, Mangala's so AWOL it's almost amusing.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Fast but that's it

 

[CatMan]

Fast but that's it

....and even that attribute counts for nothing if you have the positional awareness of a suicidal pheasant.

 

[Damocles]

He's as likely to 'come good' as Anderson was at United.

Or Demichelis, Fernandinho, David Silva, and Pablo Zabaleta at City.

Oh wait, that sort of ruined the flow there didn't it?

 

[paulchapo]

It is all the more surprising how shaky our defence is as I am sure today's central pairing was Porto's,or were they as bad there as well?

 

[neel]

 

[pudge]

At the moment, If he were to leave, I'd have no concern about him being "one that got away".

 

[blueheart84]

The level of vitriol directed at this player is really unwarranted.
Relative to his pricetag he has obviously underperformed, but he didn't choose his price.
We went 5 games without conceding with him and Kompany at the start of the season, and he looked decent beside Demichelis at the tail end of last season. Not a lost cause for me, but seems to function best with a settled lineup.

 

[01cravend]

Got left for dust by Bafetimbi Gomis who is of average speed at best. Has he lost a yard since being here?

 

[BLUE THUNDER]

His reaction time is too slow. He gives his opponents way too much space and gets caught out. Not every buy will be a winner, you just want your fare share. In this case we bought someone who is not good enough. Cut our losses, as pricey as this one may be. There's a reason he was going to be loaned out at the start of the year.