Criticism is over the top imo. He’s had a relatively poor (not terrible) few months after an excellent season and a half. His weakness is with the ball at his feet but I think he can get back to not getting exposed by it. 

6 hours ago, Argo said:

That's a little bit extreme based on a poorish run of form is it not?

Could well prove to be and happy to eat humble pie if I am wrong. However I just have that feeling Mendy had a purple patch and qe are seeing his true level now.

Should have saved two penalties. He got enough of his hand to them, he just couldn't keep them out.

6 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Should have saved two penalties. He got enough of his hand to them, he just couldn't keep them out.

The difference a truly world class keeper can make.

I thought he did brilliantly with the penalty save at a crucial moment. Unfortunately he was let down by azpi and Mount with very poorly taken pens. In my eyes he is a world class and we lucky to have him. 

25 minutes ago, Gentian said:

I thought he did brilliantly with the penalty save at a crucial moment. Unfortunately he was let down by azpi and Mount with very poorly taken pens. In my eyes he is a world class and we lucky to have him. 

And it was against his fellow countryman, the ruthless Mané.

Just now, Gol15 said:

And it was against his fellow countryman, the ruthless Mané.

That was a little odd wasn't it...

Yep he should have saved the two pens, wasn't in the corner and got a hand on them.

3 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

That was a little odd wasn't it...

If he was only familiar with more players like he's with Mané he would have saved more. 

28 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

If he was only familiar with more players like he's with Mané he would have saved more. 

How familiar was Cech with the Bayern players? Don't think he played with any of them before. How many hours did he spend going through their players previous penalties?

Did Mendy? Am guessing likely not.

Hard work pays off.

If we had Allison in goal for the two pens that Mendy got a hand to (but let in), we would have won the cup.

Has to save them.

9 hours ago, axman2526 said:

How familiar was Cech with the Bayern players? Don't think he played with any of them before. How many hours did he spend going through their players previous penalties?

Did Mendy? Am guessing likely not.

Hard work pays off.

He did go the right way a few times. Personally I feel he’d be very difficult to replace, he’s still a top class keeper for me.

He does have weaknesses but he makes up for that with a lot of good saves. I’d like us to replace Kepa though, he’s shocking.

3 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

He did go the right way a few times. Personally I feel he’d be very difficult to replace, he’s still a top class keeper for me.

He does have weaknesses but he makes up for that with a lot of good saves. I’d like us to replace Kepa though, he’s shocking.

His wages are also way too high to have for a backup GK.

I seem to remember another shootout, may the afcon final? where he got a few hands to balls but failed to get a strong hand on them. He could improve on that aspect, also distribution needs work as we know.

What a shot of adrenaline and excitement he gave me when he stopped Mane though.

5 hours ago, sonic90 said:

I seem to remember another shootout, may the afcon final? where he got a few hands to balls but failed to get a strong hand on them. He could improve on that aspect, also distribution needs work as we know.

What a shot of adrenaline and excitement he gave me when he stopped Mane though.

It's good to see him finally starting to save some and get close to others though (even if he should do better).

He's clearly been working hard at it as he use to be an absolute shambles with pens. He'll likely never be an expert at it but atleast now I'll have some hope when he's facing one.

1 hour ago, Argo said:

It's good to see him finally starting to save some and get close to others though (even if he should do better).

He's clearly been working hard at it as he use to be an absolute shambles with pens. He'll likely never be an expert at it but atleast now I'll have some hope when he's facing one.

Personally I'd just like to win the next couple of finals before penalties 😂

At the end of the day, you have to trust Cech's judgement on his choice of Mendy ... and that's good enough for me !

9 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

At the end of the day, you have to trust Cech's judgement on his choice of Mendy ... and that's good enough for me !

Lots of far better keepers out there

14 hours ago, bisright1 said:

Personally I'd just like to win the next couple of finals before penalties 😂

Agreed! But that also means he should work very hard on his ball distribution and decision making when under pressure. Didn't cost us the final obviously but when he's receiving the ball under a wee bit of pressure (or at times even without any as well) it feels like a 50/50 if we end up in a worse situation than before passing to him.

I'm worried about Mendy this coming season. Has been poor for a while and that is putting it politely. The fact that he came in and could catch the ball from a cross ( I had a heart attack every time the ball was crossed with Kepa!) has masked his limitations. 

On 29/07/2022 at 20:51, DannyVblue said:

I'm worried about Mendy this coming season. Has been poor for a while and that is putting it politely. The fact that he came in and could catch the ball from a cross ( I had a heart attack every time the ball was crossed with Kepa!) has masked his limitations. 

Couldn’t catch a cross first game of the season! 
Same as you I’m worried also.

Kepa is arguably a better shot stopper and definitely better with his feet, tough to say but I’d prefer Kepa in goal at the moment.

And in typical Chelsea fashion when a player starts to lose form we start negotiating a longer contract lol. 

11 minutes ago, turnyitb said:

Couldn’t catch a cross first game of the season! 
Same as you I’m worried also.

Kepa is arguably a better shot stopper and definitely better with his feet, tough to say but I’d prefer Kepa in goal at the moment.

And in typical Chelsea fashion when a player starts to lose form we start negotiating a longer contract lol. 

No way. Kepa is leagues below even a so so Mendy.

I disagree, but we've been here before. No point going over old ground.

36 minutes ago, Argo said:

No way. Kepa is leagues below even a so so Mendy.

Have to agree with you on kepa being no were near Mendy,but I don't feel Mendy is good enough as our number one goalie,I understand other positions are to be sorted first bit I would definitely look for a better goalie eventually. 

53 minutes ago, turnyitb said:

Kepa is arguably a better shot stopper

Kepa is literally the worst shot stopper in premier league history.