Oh Mendy! You Came To Madrid & Stopped Our Defense From Shaking - Welcome Ferland!

At 1.80 metres he may lack the height to dominate aerially. However, he is a physical beast that is difficult to out muscle in 1 vs 1 situations.

I still hope he improves his attacking play and competes for that LB position.

 

He is a left back, this talk of moving him to a CB seems like nonsense to me.

 

What a nonsense. He is very good LB. Point is we are so spoiled with Marcelo and his attacking style.. its not easy to replace what he does up front.

 

There is no LB out there who can replace Marcelo 1 on 1 and probably will not be seen in some years. I have never seen a LB dominating a game like he did against Bayern at home. One of the best performances I have ever seen, let alone of a defender.

People have to remember that even Marcelo in his first days here, he wasn't so advanced offensively. Mendy will produce in offensively for sure, he just needs more minutes and confidence.

 

Nothing wrong if he has potential to be versatile. France already has a few like Lucas Hernandez and Pavard. Marcelo has taken his fitness seriously this off season. He could very well see out his contract.

 

Yeah agree, complete nonsense.

 

Mendy has touched on replacing Marcelo, his dream of playing for Real Madrid and a hip injury in his teens that almost ended his dreams of becoming a footballer...https://t.co/ntl3Ie7dUP

— AS USA (@English_AS) November 19, 2019

 

Schuster even trusted Drenthe more as a LB, while at Feyenoord he was a left winger. Marcelo was always skillful yes, but lacked end product and that was developed through those years. Expecting the same from mendy now is unrealistic.

 

IMO that was Theo, Mendy already ( again my opinion) looks a far far better player and he has technical quality too, I think he will do well in attack once he settles down, finding another Marcelo might not be possible but I think Mendy can certainly get to a good attacking level and be an allround good player for us, kind of like Alaba for Bayern, but, time will tell, let’s hope he gets some more chances so we can see what he is capable of once he’s more comfortable in the team, personally I like the look of him and his game so far.

 

Theo, man I almost forgot about him totally and his rocket crosses lol.

 

I don’t think he’ll even be a cross player if I’m honest. He looks more like an Abidal type who is rock solid defensively but doesn’t add much going forward.

That might be ok if he’s behind Hazard, because you can then effectively leave Hazard with a free role and expect that Hazard will create more goals per game from the left flank than Mendy will concede.

But no matter how good he is defensively, at the very least he needs to be able to put a dangerous cross in.

With the departure of Ronaldo and decline of Marcelo we’ve lost two all timers on that left flank

 

Glad Juande Ramos gave Marcelo minutes on the flanks and he did well as a winger that season. Schuster barely used him and club had asked him to go on loan, but Marcelo refused. Pellegrini played him as LB, but he was caught off position so many times that season. It was under Mou in 2010-11 that I started feeling that he could be decent enough defensively to start as LB. His positional awareness improved a lot under Mou.

 

Some are judging Mendy’s attacking prowess far too early IMO

 

totally agree.

 

Ferland TANK Mendy.

 

I'm very impressed, as I have been from the very start. This is a rock of a player, gives us so much comfort it's unreal. The way it looks now, 50M well freakin spent.

His attacking game? I actually think he's getting more and more comfortable and is looking already quite good. Once he starts getting these balls from teammates when he makes those surging runs, he's going to have a massive impact. Unfair to compare him to a left back such as Marcelo, who has changed the LB-position in general in such a radical way (like Alves did for that RB spot) and is one of the greatest LBs of all time (definitely the most fun to watch). Mendy is just a different type of player.

 

Mendy is also very good with both feet. I’ve seen him spray long passes with both the left & right foot. Good to see...

 

In Ferland Mendy’s 9 La Liga starts, we’ve kept 7 clean sheets.

We may have found a defensive stalwart

 

Have to give new players time, even the best need it, some were already saying all he seems to do is run fast, but IMO that was Theo, he already looked much better to me, much more than just a runner, strong defensively and decent with the ball at his feet

 

Just based on his physical attributes and engine alone, he’ll be a role model for others in training and during matches.

 

he is so strong in defence and pretty bad in attack,he looks like a perfect player for Simeones Atleticobut he fits so well at Real ,after Pepe left the team missed such a beast in defence