bigblue wrote:Mikhail Chigorin wrote:nottsblue wrote:john@staustell wrote:That Lindelof is that real shocker, deserves his own laughing thread. Not sure the miserable one will let him play again though
£32m as well. Defenders to come from Portugal in recent years, Mangala, Lindelof, Luiz. All for big money who have failed to consistently impress. Think there is a lesson to be learned here.
Agree that his rag stay could be a very short one. Shame, looked to me like he was settling in just fine
I think Mangala has it in him to be a lot better than his two compatriots NB.
If he was to be given a decent run in the side, I'd like to think he could do a 'Delph' and be impressive. However, that might only be at left back, or in a back three.
Perhaps he's just got to bide his time.
He's crap on the ball. Delph is a natural midfielder, so he's comfortable receiving the ball and playing in all different situations. Mangala just doesn't have it in him to play our style.
You're probably right but it just seems a sad and expensive waste of what should have been a useful player for us.
I suppose Otamendi starting to win over his critics, imparts the same hope for Mangala. After all, he's not bad in the air and he's no slouch in the pace department.
However, as you say, he's too deficient on the ball for a Pep side.
It's still sad though.