Nobody has pointed out that he uses his big boy voice to talk to the players around him when defending/setting up for set pieces. Seems very innovational to me...

Anyone else thinks he looks like Michael Kenneth Williams?

Mendy is the opposite of Kepa when it comes to ariel ability and personality, he wants to constantly dominate the box. That's a good and bad thing. Before he came here, I watched a few hours of Mendy, scouting videos with good and bad aspects of his goalkeeping. He seems to go for 50/50's each and every time. That goal he gave away against Everton is exactly some of the mistakes he's going to make. 

But out of the two who would you rather have? That's obvious. Kepa was afraid of even catching the ball in his 6 yard box. The only thing is really, is Mendy the right man going forward? From what I've seen, I think so. I like him as a goalkeeper. Just time will tell really if he is a top goalkeeper, it's all good having a few good months, but can he do it consistently? 

I personally feel Mendy is an ideal number 2 goalie,he is ok for now but I hope the board look for someone better.

Every-time our tactical plan is non existent  our keeper looks sh*t, coincidence?

On 03/01/2021 at 10:50, Slojo said:

Mendy is the opposite of Kepa when it comes to ariel ability and personality, he wants to constantly dominate the box. That's a good and bad thing. Before he came here, I watched a few hours of Mendy, scouting videos with good and bad aspects of his goalkeeping. He seems to go for 50/50's each and every time. That goal he gave away against Everton is exactly some of the mistakes he's going to make. 

But out of the two who would you rather have? That's obvious. Kepa was afraid of even catching the ball in his 6 yard box. The only thing is really, is Mendy the right man going forward? From what I've seen, I think so. I like him as a goalkeeper. Just time will tell really if he is a top goalkeeper, it's all good having a few good months, but can he do it consistently? 

Another worrying thing is his penalty technique, it’s non-existent. If we’re competing for trophies, it’s another factor along with his decision making that’s going to cost us. We should have just gone mad and activated Oblack’s release clause and be done with it because the reality now is we’re still essentially in the goalkeeper market with Mendy, the position isn’t sorted.

Agree on the Oblak debate, he was desperate for a move. His form this year looks as phenomenal as it always is. 

38 minutes ago, Term_X said:

Another worrying thing is his penalty technique, it’s non-existent. If we’re competing for trophies, it’s another factor along with his decision making that’s going to cost us. We should have just gone mad and activated Oblack’s release clause and be done with it because the reality now is we’re still essentially in the goalkeeper market with Mendy, the position isn’t sorted.

It could be the case, but I wouldn't write Mendy off so quick. 

I think it's obvious that we can't use Kepa for a metric for how good Mendy is, otherwise, we've set out standards incredibly low haven't we. I don't think we had the resources to go out and get Oblak at the time so we just got Mendy for the cheaper option. I think if we had Kepa in goal, we would likely be a couple of points from the relegation area, he's just that much of a liability. 

Just now, Slojo said:

It could be the case, but I wouldn't write Mendy off so quick. 

I think it's obvious that we can't use Kepa for a metric for how good Mendy is, otherwise, we've set out standards incredibly low haven't we. I don't think we had the resources to go out and get Oblak at the time so we just got Mendy for the cheaper option. I think if we had Kepa in goal, we would likely be a couple of points from the relegation area, he's just that much of a liability. 

Yea, agreed. The scouting and identification of Kepa and the executive decision to pay the £72m should be treated internally as a ‘scandal’, even worse than the time Mourinho (according to Jody Morris) came into the board room and pitched an idea to ditch the youth setup totally and focus all resources on first team spend. Difference is, whoever pitched Kepa, was listened to... and that is worrying, as it’s a flop on a catastrophic level, this would destroy a medium sized club to the core 😄 with us it’s written off, swept under the carpet. The Athletic (beyond their pay wall) have apparently done an article with ‘insider’ info on the origins of the Kepa deal, if anyone can shed light on that....

4 minutes ago, Term_X said:

Yea, agreed. The scouting and identification of Kepa and the executive decision to pay the £72m should be treated internally as a ‘scandal’, even worse than the time Mourinho (according to Jody Morris) came into the board room and pitched an idea to ditch the youth setup totally and focus all resources on first team spend. Difference is, whoever pitched Kepa, was listened to... and that is worrying, as it’s a flop on a catastrophic level, this would destroy a medium sized club to the core 😄 with us it’s written off, swept under the carpet. The Athletic (beyond their pay wall) have apparently done an article with ‘insider’ info on the origins of the Kepa deal, if anyone can shed light on that....

Do I need a tinfoil hat to read it ?

 

4 minutes ago, Stim said:

Do I need a tinfoil hat to read it ?

 

😄 Direct from the horses mouth, Jody Morris’ instagram, then he deleted it, mentioned everything I just said (minus Mourinho’s name) but it was during that spat with Mourinho if you recall.

And in regards to the Athletic, apparently they do have insider sources. Apparently.

Just now, Term_X said:

And in regards to the Athletic, apparently they do have insider sources. Apparently.

Was referring specifically to this

Would be a real first for this to be true.

There isnt much to the Kepa story, TBO left us desperate and we decided to activate the release clause on the one keeper we were monitoring and who had a release clause in his contract. Kepa was actually a highly rated keeper and was most likely the alternative to TBO if Real failed to land him.

Still think we could do with buying a top class goalkeeper, ship Kepa out and make Mendy our no.2

17 minutes ago, Imran_CFC said:

There isnt much to the Kepa story, TBO left us desperate and we decided to activate the release clause on the one keeper we were monitoring and who had a release clause in his contract. Kepa was actually a highly rated keeper and was most likely the alternative to TBO if Real failed to land him.

It’s an abysmal failure on all fronts, highly rated but nobody was ‘seriously’ moving for this little midget, no re-sale value on the fee, 7 year contract, and he really wasn’t making waves at the time, just a decent shot-stopper in a nothing side. Very concerning for our scouting infrastructure and decision makers at the club. I get the angle of ‘smoothing out the edges’ and potential but this really isn’t a club for developing and if they were to play that card... a top scout could have sniffed out a better option.

2 hours ago, Imran_CFC said:

There isnt much to the Kepa story, TBO left us desperate and we decided to activate the release clause on the one keeper we were monitoring and who had a release clause in his contract. Kepa was actually a highly rated keeper and was most likely the alternative to TBO if Real failed to land him.

I have 0 love for Courtois but I don't think he was just to blame, the club left it in that pitiful position and we had no choice but to panic buy. 

It was highly rumoured Courtois was never going to sign a new contract and wanted to leave a year before we sold him, nobody else really cared either, he was a very overrated keeper. It's just a shame we downgraded massively, but I like Mendy, I think people are being too critical. 

7 minutes ago, Slojo said:

I have 0 love for Courtois but I don't think he was just to blame, the club left it in that pitiful position and we had no choice but to panic buy. 

It was highly rumoured Courtois was never going to sign a new contract and wanted to leave a year before we sold him, nobody else really cared either, he was a very overrated keeper. It's just a shame we downgraded massively, but I like Mendy, I think people are being too critical. 

I don't blame our board at all for the mess created by Courtois and the reasons for that is if the Management felt they could afford to run Courtois's contract whilst identifying the right target they had the right to do that. Courtois not returning to training and making it obvious that he wants to make a move to Real is the wrong way to go about things, he doesn't get the benefit of doubt either because he did a similar thing at Genk.

The reality is that we were in advanced talks with Allison and these talks were halted because the management team felt that Courtois will sign a new contract. My assumption is that Courtois agreed a deal with us and went back on it hence he was not willing to return and face the music. 

"Sell him not good enough"

36 minutes ago, Brutos said:

"Sell him not good enough"

Bit harsh that Brutos. I would keep him as number 2 for sure if we can get a top level goalkeeper.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Bit harsh that Brutos. I would keep him as number 2 for sure if we can get a top level goalkeeper.

Sorry should have mentioned I was being sarcastic lol lol 

I'd like to take a second to appreciate this man's performances. I think when he arrived even the optimists were worried about his ability with the ball (because of his pass success rate at Rennes) but his passing is actually GREAT. Tuchel sounded very happy with him last night

6 minutes ago, Luiz4Chelsea said:

I'd like to take a second to appreciate this man's performances. I think when he arrived even the optimists were worried about his ability with the ball (because of his pass success rate at Rennes) but his passing is actually GREAT. Tuchel sounded very happy with him last night

I dunno if it was just me, so apologies, but everytime he got the ball and tried to play out under pressure my heart was in my mouth. Im sure he had a few missed place passes as well, but youre right tuchel was very very happy with him after the game for his passing, so maybe hes been instructed to do this more, which is good. I just wasent sure he quite ederson with his feet, yet. 

22 minutes ago, Oli said:

I dunno if it was just me, so apologies, but everytime he got the ball and tried to play out under pressure my heart was in my mouth. Im sure he had a few missed place passes as well, but youre right tuchel was very very happy with him after the game for his passing, so maybe hes been instructed to do this more, which is good. I just wasent sure he quite ederson with his feet, yet. 

Well I get the nervousness part, I felt the same way simply because the game generally made me nervous towards the end, but he did and does usually deal pretty well with the pressure. I mean I expect him to find the CBs with his passes, but his chips to the full backs (now wing backs) actually have an impressive accuracy and success rate in my perception

1 minute ago, Luiz4Chelsea said:

Well I get the nervousness part, I felt the same way simply because the game generally made me nervous towards the end, but he did and does usually deal pretty well with the pressure. I mean I expect him to find the CBs with his passes, but his chips to the full backs (now wing backs) actually have an impressive accuracy and success rate in my perception

Yes and he will only get better the more he is doing it. I noticed also Christensen coming forward a lot more, so it looks like a clear instruction from the manager.