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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mendy is a head case and his days were numbered long before he broke his foot. He was also a non-factor in the Man City Championship last year. They had to scramble to find him the minimum 5 games for him to qualify as a team member.[/quote]

You spelled world-Cup winning, world class leftback, wrong.[/quote]

Ok. You are right. Mendy of the best left back in EPL. World class. A major factor for Man City. One would think that losing him for all but a handful of games last year would have devastated the team.

But no! They used other players, including a mid fielder to fill the role and broke records! Won the Championship in historic fashion.

So answer this. Which is it? Is finding someone to play left back easy to do? Or is the position not important?

Thanks for proving my point.[/quote]

Your point was not proven. You ramble incoherently and are essentially just agreeing with yourself. Finding someone to play any position is easy to do. Finding someone who will maximize what you can get out of the position is something else entirely. Your point about Delph and Zinchenko filling in at leftback is cute, but you must not have seen City’s run of games against Liverpool, in which Salah went to town starting his moves out wide on that same wing. Furthermore, the attack was limited because, as someone else pointed out, Pep had Delph/Zinchenko tucking into the midfield (they’re natural mids) which meant all the width that was generated on the left side was dictated by Sane. City broke records because they are City and they have great depth and versatile players. Furthermore, they signed Laporte from Bilbao in the January window, specifically because he’s a left footed centerback who could shift out wide and fill in if needed (they were light on options as well at centerback due to Stones and Kompany’s injury troubles). Danilo filled in at leftback at first, and at no point were they able to overload the left side like they have when Mendy was available. Also, Bielsa rates Mendy highly. Pep rates Mendy highly. Leonardo Jardim rates Mendy highly, and he played a starring role in their run to the semifinals of the Champions League (ever heard of it?) while knocking out Man City along the way (wonder why they bought him). Lastly, Didier Deschamps held a spot on the 23 for Mendy and you better believe he would’ve started at the World Cup over Hernandez if he hadn’t torn his ACL (you didn’t even get the injury right). So no, your point wasn’t proven, but your ignorance sure was. So again, I think you spelled ‘world-class leftback and World Cup winner’ wrong. I don’t have an interest in your response because it’s quite clear you don’t really know what you’re talking about. Enjoy your life, Mendy will keep on winning titles in the meantime.[/quote]

You are so old school. Thanks for the essay to describe the inverted back position. Tucking Delph into mid does not limit the attack. It allows the mids to play higher and improves attack, at the expense of the wide field. It’s a tactic. Man City could attack more, their record scoring proves it. It was discussed earlier. All this does not take away the fact that many teams are using mids for left backs. My point was never that Mendy is not World class. But if you think Man Coty did not succeed with others playing the role last year, then you have blinders on for the position. My guess is because your DS or DD plays the position given your sensitivity.[/quote]

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