Welcome Benjamin Mendy

[citytill1die84]

Settling in well haha

Haha quite the character :)

 

[Hungarian blue]

State of him, already a legend!

 

[Ric]

I love him already, and he's not played a single minute for us.

 

[morleyswife]

Looks like he may be a key person in the dressing. Positive friendly & can crack a joke (not aloof as you imagine some of these multi millionaires are)

 

[Rammy Blue]

I love him already, and he's not played a single minute for us.

Said that the other day, he's going to be a big fans favourite.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Settling in well haha

That's fucking funny.

 

[jimharri]

Muscular injury I think, needs 2-3 more weeks.

Yet he passed the medical?

 

[Sergio<3]

The new Mad Mario,hopefully in a good way!

 

[blueincy]

 

[Hungarian blue]

Yet he passed the medical?

Yes, of course he passed a medical. He's not exactly terminally ill.

 

[jimharri]

Yes, of course he passed a medical. He's not exactly terminally ill.

Don't try to be clever and/or sarcastic. You know perfectly well what I'm getting at. Did this problem not show up at the medical? Did we choose to overlook it and still pay top dollar for the lad?

 

[Hungarian blue]

Don't try to be clever and/or sarcastic. You know perfectly well what I'm getting at. Did this problem not show up at the medical? Did we choose to overlook it and still pay top dollar for the lad?

To answer your questions, yes.

Pep actually said in his interview, and maybe I'm wrong, but he literally said that his muscular problem was ongoing for 10 months. Now one thing is absolutely clear, under Pep we take muscular injuries quite seriously as they are the ones that take time to heal and also affecting the players and their health and growth etc. That's why we aren't taking any risks with his recovery, and it's better to wait until he is seemed to be fully recovered and maybe those muscular issues aren't reoccuring at all anytime soon.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Settling in well haha

Now that is funny:)

 

[Nixon_The_Bike_Thief]

No player is ever 100% fit, that's not what the medical is for. It's to gauge levels of injury for seriousness and to check for any more major underlying faults that could come up later in a players career

 

[shemnel]

Don't try to be clever and/or sarcastic. You know perfectly well what I'm getting at. Did this problem not show up at the medical? Did we choose to overlook it and still pay top dollar for the lad?

or did we fully assess it and see it as an innocuous injury

 

[jimharri]

or did we fully assess it and see it as an innocuous injury

I would hope that's the case.

 

[shemnel]

I would hope that's the case.

so do I!! footy clubs aren't exactly renowned for their lack of mistakes, but i think he was carrying the knock before we signed him so it's surely been picked up and passed off as a simple knock. he says.

 

[Super David Silva 21]

Asked about this the other day and got this response on twitter, maybe the guy is off here.

• a medical is to identify permanent problems/weak spots that would challenge your ability to perform as a professional footballer.
  

• broken bones/pulled muscles can be overlooked as long as they are not a result of a more serious issue

 

[taleofbluehalves]

Don't try to be clever and/or sarcastic. You know perfectly well what I'm getting at. Did this problem not show up at the medical? Did we choose to overlook it and still pay top dollar for the lad?

He got injured playing against England. Can you imagine the melt down on here waiting to sign him when
he was fully fit?

 

[jimharri]

He got injured playing against England. Can you imagine the melt down on here waiting to sign him when
he was fully fit?

I'm just remembering the anger on here about Roque Santa Cruz ("crocky", to some of our less diplomatic posters).