Where would it leave Werner and the rest? Feels too forward heavy to me.
Edouard Mendy | Chelsea player
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If Giroud leaves and Tammy gets replaced, that leaves us with only Werner as a CF.
It won't happen though, not in a million years. Haaland is nailed on to follow in his dad's footsteps at Man City.
I think City is a good shout especially with Aguero going. I think we'll be in for him too as could coincide with Cavani finishing up.
I can't see you guys going for him, not with your three young forwards, unless Martial is sold/dropped.
Also he'd never join you lot, not after Keane broke both his dad's knees and killed the family cat.
Yeah City looks the most likely. There have been recent murmurings about Chelsea but like I said I'll believe it when I see it.
I think his connection to Leeds may end up working against both of us.
I think we'll be definitely in for him given the level of talent he is and the connection with Ole.
To be honest what club in Europe won't want to have a go?
Wasn't he supposed to be way better than Kepa? I mean that's a pretty low bar but atm it doesn't look like he is that much better either.
You are joking?
Mate just admit you don't watch our matches.
He's better than Kepa by a distance. That said in my opinion he's just a stop gap keeper and not truly WC.
But yeah he's a definite improvement on what they had!
I'm fine with that. In fact it's what I predicted back when we were being linked with him.
He has been way, way, way better.
This is the Mendy thread , off to the Chelsea thread with you
Of course he's better then Kepa
The inflatable floppy men you get at used car dealerships would be better then Kepa
The inflatable floppy men you get at used car dealerships would be better then Kepa
I think having Kepa has probably clouded your judgment a little. Mendy looks average so far. Especially last few games. A number of prem keepers would be a better option than him so far.
Id be better than Kepa
Nonsense. He's made errors against Leeds and Everton and apart from that he's been excellent this entire season. He's been absolutely blameless for our recent form and if anything has prevented things being worse.
He’s better than Kepa yes which wouldn’t be very difficult but I remain sceptical whether he’ll be a top keeper in PL.
Mendy isn't world class yet better than Kepa. Makes you wonder how disastrous the Kepa deal was, Chelsea broke a GK transfer record for him. I remember reading an article (in my local newspaper) about how he was worth every penny and will be the best GK in PL. 
I’d have to say that’s nonsense. But it’s a game of opinions I guess.
It's amazing that keepers in essence is being judged on how well they pass the ball. Mendy has been average, yet some fans perceive him as better than De Gea probably. Remarkable.
Nobody knew Mandy before Chelsea bought him, I don't think he's performed to a level we can say he's better than Donnaruma.
He's an above average keeper at best, I mean nobody expected more from him I think he's performing according to what was paid for him.
Keepers are so hard to judge, I mean look at Liverpool's bad luck over the years. Karius and Mingolet looked good for periods, but the mistakes kept mounting.
Mendy looks like he has a howler in him almost every game I see of him (not that many admittedly). He's a strange one, cause he pulled off two top saves against us in the 0-0 draw, but almost passed the ball into his own net that day.
There's just something about him that doesn't fill you with confidence. That being said, even if he keeps Kepa out of the team then that's huge. Hard to pick between Kepa and Pepe in terms of the bigger flop.
Mendy looks like he has a howler in him almost every game I see of him (not that many admittedly). He's a strange one, cause he pulled off two top saves against us in the 0-0 draw, but almost passed the ball into his own net that day.
There's just something about him that doesn't fill you with confidence. That being said, even if he keeps Kepa out of the team then that's huge. Hard to pick between Kepa and Pepe in terms of the bigger flop.
People really must be watching a different game to me when it comes to this guy. He's been good and objectively the numbers back that up.
Also, "I'd never heard of him, he can't have been any good" is a particularly arrogant & dumb thing to say.
Also, "I'd never heard of him, he can't have been any good" is a particularly arrogant & dumb thing to say.
He's been good. Slightly above average keeper which puts him miles ahead of Kepa who lest we forget was the worst keeper in the league. Predictably Chelsea's most important transfer by far.
'He's done it again there, the religion, he's done it again the fecking dirty little bastard'
That cracked me up
Karius and Mignolet have always been shit, flappy shot stoppers. Mendy is much better than them. I would agree though that he seems to lose control of his body and think he's playing basketball or something occasionally which looks very clumsy. But, particularly when he first arrived there, he's performed superbly. If the wibblywobblyman mistakes continue though, maybe you'd have to look at Chelsea's GK coaches? Mendy looked absolutely imperious when he first joined.
How much of that was due to the new club bounce though? Some players do start off great and gradually get worse
My take on Mendy is that he's obviously a stop gap signing, more solid than Kepa but won't be good enough long term but then Chelsea knew that when they signed him. I can't imagine they bought him thinking he'll be the answer for the next 5 years
As Chelsea's performances have dipped he's obviously not being as well protected as he was to start off so he's being called into action more, having more to do and so his weaknesses are being exposed more
For the improvement he's made to Chelsea though he could still be considered one of the better keepers so far this season
Mendy did not look imperious, people just looked at his performances very generously because he was a relative unknown and the contrast to a truly rubbish keeper was so stark. He was doing the basics well and you could put his few questionable moves down to bedding in at a new club, while overlooking the so-so moments.
Chelsea spunked £70 million on Kepa!! 70 bloody million. And now he's been discarde (granted he's shite). Such a waste of money, I feel this should be talked about more and I'm surprised the media don't bring it up
Unless Mendy totally changed he isn't known for his passing abilities, so I would be very surprised if that's why Chelsea fans rate him. The Mendy I remember is an excellent shot stopper who was below average when it comes to controlling his area and passing the ball but improved on the former to an acceptable level.
As the old saying goes, "everyone likes a know all".
His passing has been excellent. Against Villa in particular he bypassed their press regularly with low driven diagonals into our fullbacks. Apparently that's been a point of focus for him since joining, especially as the French league doesn't feature pressing to as high a level as others.
I swear this guy looks really dodgy every time I see him play.
Would be interested to see his stats in the last month or so compared to when he arrived. I remember Jonathan Wilson saying something about every goalkeeper Lampard has coached taking a massive nosedive in their stats.
Would be interested to see his stats in the last month or so compared to when he arrived. I remember Jonathan Wilson saying something about every goalkeeper Lampard has coached taking a massive nosedive in their stats.
£72m
Transfermarkt now has his value at £13m too. At 26 that's a astronomical drop in value.