Started in scoreless draw: 📋 O nosso 𝟏𝟏 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥! 💙#FCVizela #HonrarARainha #FCVMFC pic.twitter.com/GfvuOHEN4H— fcvizela (@FCVizelaOficial) December 23, 2023
What was most interesting to me is that he wore the captain's armband, despite rarely playing for Vizela in league play anymore. 📋 Os 𝟏𝟏 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐬 para o encontro de hoje! 💙#FCVizela #HonrarARainha #TaçaPortugal #FCVFCA pic.twitter.com/lHYp0DionC— fcvizela (@FCVizelaOficial) January 10, 2024
Mendez gets in the game against league leaders Sporting in the 70th minute. However, they're trailing 4-2. Guess he missed the memo that they're supposed to get a result here so Gio and Benfica can win the title.
On the bench: 📋 O nosso 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞-𝐮𝐩 de hoje! 💙#FCVizela #HonrarARainha #TaçaPortugal #FCVSLB pic.twitter.com/jmPPpw7MOn— fcvizela (@FCVizelaOficial) February 8, 2024
Vizela is deep in last place. Mendez has only 350 minutes all season and he's making about $65,000 a year. He's still only 23 years old, but he needs to make some big changes in 2024. I know today's game is just a cup matchup, but I am talking big picture. His situation is just really bad.
I know very well what you're talking about. You're talking about a player you can't get your fingers on, and it's galling you. That's what you're talking about, I know. Well...I've said too much. I -- You're...the journalist here. You do what you want with this thread. There's just one thing more, though. This forum needs this measly Portuguese league if only to have some place where players can come without crawling to MLS. Come on, Uncle Billy!
Having a great left foot isn't enough these days unfortunately. His physical limitations were apparent even at the U-20 level. If you're not physically dominant at the U-20 level, or at least average, you're very unlikely to make it at the full mens level. Game is at a point where every player 1-11 needs to be a very, very good athlete.
He’s probably a better athlete than Jack McGlynn, who will have a much better career. Mendez problem was not just the athleticism. It was the inability to rapidly process the game and make impactful plays during run of play. Yes he has a dream left foot and can do great set pieces but when pressured in the final third he cannot consistently make positive plays.
Why Vizela is getting relegated Admit it, whenever you see a clip on our feed that starts with a defender taking a goal kick backwards towards his own goalkeeper, you get a little bit excited. You know it’s going to be good. This #WPIOOTBGW from Vizela in Portugal delivers, big time pic.twitter.com/X9q8e7E2Py— When Playing It Out of the Back Goes Wrong (@wpiootbgw) April 20, 2024
I'm coming into this late but are you saying he's better off having never played in MLS than barely hanging on at a bad Portugal team in last place after moving around all over Europe while making only 6k? Had he played some for MLS maybe he never advanced further than he has but he'd be getting paid a lot more if he was playing. I don't think his agent did him any favors as his first team in Europe was paying him a pittance. Could be the ideal would have been a much better first team there setting him up for success.
Honestly he’d be better off getting 80 touches per game for the Tampa Bay Rowdies than whatever is happening in Portugal