How was his performance against City?

4 hours ago, IliyaKrostin said:

How was his performance against City?

It was a decent performance and one of their better defenders in a 5-4-1 formation. He won all his ground dwells & kept Mahrez silent. His 1st game in 7 months so overall a good performance.

Has anyone been following this guy closely? I only managed to see bits of him against Juventus so can't make a judgement at all.

With Tomori as good as gone and Kurt not fitting in as a ball playing defender, I wonder if he can step up and learn from Thiago next season while deputising for Rudiger in that left CB spot. 

Edit: If it were up to me, I wouldn't loan any defender next season, just so they can stay next to Thiago and learn just about everything there is about defending. Get him to hang out with the u18 on the days off, he'll feel at home! 

Edited May 14, 20215 yr by Brigadeiro

I watched a highlights video and even that had him giving the ball away, or just making simple headers, so likely they couldn't find much that was any good to show.

Prem loan next season i reckon.

Wonder if we might see him as an option for LWB and competition to Alonso while Ben is out?

Malang Sarr against Tottenham:

 105 Touches  

88 Passes  

93% Pass Accuracy

 5/9 Long Balls  

100% Aerial Duels

 5/10 Ground Duels  

4 Tackles

Was pleasantly, very pleasantly, shocked even, how good he was today.

Didn’t look out of place at all did he..seems to be growing into the role

He actually reminds me of Rudiger -loves his defending, is passionate and physical. If Rudiger does stay, he could teach him so much along with the smoothness and intelligence of Silva. 

Best game ive seen from him, especially 1st half but I still dont see im here long term. 

His long ball accuracy really needs work, but if he can improve that aspect, and cut out the rash mistakes, i think he we can make a good profit on him. 

15 minutes ago, big blue said:

Best game ive seen from him, especially 1st half but I still dont see im here long term. 

His long ball accuracy really needs work, but if he can improve that aspect, and cut out the rash mistakes, i think he we can make a good profit on him. 

In the minority but I can actually see it. He was once the 5th highest rated u20 player in the world, and you don’t play for the French team across all youth age group if you aren’t talented. He is in the same boat as CHO for me, he has missed so much game time because of his contractual issue at Nice, and now presently we are too big for him. IMO he just needs an 18mth loan to get up to speed. I will loan him out to a Roma or Watford where he will he be guaranteed game time. Pretty certain 2023 season he will be replacing Silva in the 1st team.

1 hour ago, ducavis said:

In the minority but I can actually see it. He was once the 5th highest rated u20 player in the world, and you don’t play for the French team across all youth age group if you aren’t talented. He is in the same boat as CHO for me, he has missed so much game time because of his contractual issue at Nice, and now presently we are too big for him. IMO he just needs an 18mth loan to get up to speed. I will loan him out to a Roma or Watford where he will he be guaranteed game time. Pretty certain 2023 season he will be replacing Silva in the 1st team.

Would be great if both him and Chalobah grow into being reliable options in the future.

I think he’s shown enough to keep him around the squad for cup games and as a back up option. 

2 hours ago, JM7 said:

I think he’s shown enough to keep him around the squad for cup games and as a back up option. 

If he is happy with that. He could also do with more games to develop after that disaster of a loan at Porto.

I thought Sarr was class tonight, seems to be gradually getting better every game he plays

He's been slowly making himself part of the team. Very good

It seems like all he needs is time to adapt. I believe we've got a good defender here. 

If we play a back 4, could be he is used as cover for left back if we cannot recall Emerson. 

We clearly don't want to buy another left sided defender this January given how many we already have on the books (5 I think). 

Let Tuchel work his magic on him. 

Also love the physicality and sh*thousery that he gives off with Le Celso last night.

Turning into a great option. If we did lose Christensen, Azpi and Rudiger... i am pleased to see Colwill and Sarr stepping up, maybe even Myuamba 

i thought he done well today overall. Yes the odd mistake or two but seeing as he was up against the diving cheating Cnut Sterling i think he had a good game.

Had a solid game and ddn't look out of place.

Looked solid, a couple of iffy challenges

Dunno, seems a very nice lad and ofc I'm glad he can help out at the moment but I don't really see it. I kinda like that he's cocky and he isn't helped by having to play alongside Alonso but IMO he's doing way too many unforced errors or not-so-ideal movements in almost every game I've seen him play. Was the worst defender against Chesterfield too. Sure as a back-up that plays here and there but he's not the youngest either, right? (maybe he is, not sure) Sounds quite harsh and he is unlucky to play so many games within heavy rotation, lots of injuries and inconsitencies within the whole squad so yep, glad he's here right now doing his thing but fail to see him as a long term solution. Contrary to Trev.

Did pretty well, but his passing is poor. Really needs to work on that distribution, some sloppy loose short balls, and too safe in his pass choice. 

If we are going to reach the next level, we need players in all positions, that can play under pressure, and pass with forward with purpose, because at the moment we end up with safe possession, until either Rudiger or Thiago Silva, play forward, or if Kovacic and Kante manage to play through the press. Whenever it comes to Azpi, Sarr, or Alonso, it generally goes backwards. 

Decent game for Sarr though defensively, i thought he coped pretty well with Sterking in the whole.