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Alexandre Mendy (transfer rumour)


Di Canios Knees said:
He wasn’t and he didn’t, people are being hyper critical of him because of the striker situation and I understand why, but for a teenage striker making his first start he played alright.

People need to lower their expectations around him, he should be playing around 20 games and most of them coming from the bench but has been thrown in at the deep end due to the club’s shortcomings in the transfer market.

If we already had an established striker and yesterday was a cup game people would be looking at the performance differently and agreeing that he’s a good young player with good potential who just needs time, but because of the above mentioned shortcomings and him being apparently our best option people are rightfully worried and I understand that, because I am too, but I feel people are being unfairly critical on Mayenda himself.
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Don’t feel many are criticising him, they are simply appraising him based on a performance, it’s that simple. You don’t get extra marks because you’re young, nor does not being able to hold the ball up not matter because it’s his first start. You’ve even stated yourself what most are saying, he should be playing 15 mins off the bench to gain experience. I didn’t see or hear anyone giving him grief or having a go, he just isn’t ready yet.
 
Walmo said:
Don’t feel many are criticising him, they are simply appraising him based on a performance, it’s that simple. You don’t get extra marks because you’re young, nor does not being able to hold the ball up not matter because it’s his first start. You’ve even stated yourself what most are saying, he should be playing 15 mins off the bench to gain experience. I didn’t see or hear anyone giving him grief or having a go, he just isn’t ready yet.
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I’ve seen people on Twatter saying how useless he is and “send him back to France” so there definitely are people who are slating him.

We all agree that he shouldn’t be our starter, but naturally the situation and the frustration at not signing a striker makes people point out negatives with the players we have in that position, rather than positives.
 
Whitburnmakem said:
Speakmans fault mbappe bought a football club like :) :) :) And then hiked the price up
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Speakman’s fault that he appears to have identified ONE striker, then failed to deliver him so we have started the season without an established, fit for purpose striker.

And if he did have a plan B or C, they would have been signed in the 3 weeks between Caen being sold and now.
sick said:
Did that even happen ? I'm yet to see any evidence that we agreed a fee with the previous owner either. If I had to bet on it, I'd say we didn't.
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We did tbf, but that’s the old owner so makes absolutely fuck all difference.

It’s no different to your landlord selling your house and the new one putting your rent up.
 
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Issue is with Mayenda and whoever else we sign to play there, pointless anyone being there if we don't play to their strengths. For Mayenda, hes clearly the fastest in the squad (the lads all said him on that video) but yet we still insisted of play the ball into his feet and he got bullied by Chambers every time and then the one time he did get a through ball played him, he fluffed it. Good save or not, went with the wrong foot and was almost falling as he shot, I REALLY want him to do well, but much like Hemir & Rusyn - not good enough
 
Di Canios Knees said:
Speakman’s fault that he appears to have identified ONE striker, then failed to deliver him so we have started the season without an established, fit for purpose striker.

And if he did have a plan B or C, they would have been signed in the 3 weeks between Caen being sold and now.

We did tbf, but that’s the old owner so makes absolutely fuck all difference.

It’s no different to your landlord selling your house and the new one putting your rent up.
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Why did we not sign him then ? Sorry I'm sure you've already answered this a few times but I haven't seen it and can't think of a reason.
 
We still have no strikers worthy of the shirt, 19 days and counting before the window closes. If that's still the case on 31 August then the blame is squarely on the shoulders of Duffus and Speakman. It's starting to look like they've made a complete arse of this negotiation just as they did with their number one head coach target and the following 3 or 4 they tried for.
 
Di Canios Knees said:
I’ve seen people on Twatter saying how useless he is and “send him back to France” so there definitely are people who are slating him.

We all agree that he shouldn’t be our starter, but naturally the situation and the frustration at not signing a striker makes people point out negatives with the players we have in that position, rather than positives.
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Mate you can’t use Twitter as any kind of argument for anything, it’s just a cesspool of nothingness where literally anything and everything will be criticised by someone.

People on here will then just state what they saw from the game, which was negative. They aren’t under an obligation that every negative comment must be balanced with a positive one, that just isn’t how it works. Can’t just pretend they didn’t see it, it just is what it is.
 
sick said:
Why did we not sign him then ? Sorry I'm sure you've already answered this a few times but I haven't seen it and can't think of a reason.
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Because like with all other things we have done recently, we dilly dallied. Agreed a fee and agreed wages but can only assume (and I don’t know the nitty gritty) no contracts were signed between us, the club, or the player.

Imagine if you bought a business and someone approached you and said they agreed to buy one of your best assets with the prior owner, you’d say “where’s the paperwork?”
 
Di Canios Knees said:
Speakman’s fault that he appears to have identified ONE striker, then failed to deliver him so we have started the season without an established, fit for purpose striker.

And if he did have a plan B or C, they would have been signed in the 3 weeks between Caen being sold and now.

We did tbf, but that’s the old owner so makes absolutely fuck all difference.

It’s no different to your landlord selling your house and the new one putting your rent up.
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And how do you know this :):):)
 
We should sue them! If there is paperwork saying a fee was agreed. They are still the same organisation regardless of the current owner, it's like how debt isn't wiped out from owner to owner. We might not win but it could worry them enough to come to an agreement over him.
 
Di Canios Knees said:
Because like with all other things we have done recently, we dilly dallied. Agreed a fee and agreed wages but can only assume (and I don’t know the nitty gritty) no contracts were signed between us, the club, or the player.

Imagine if you bought a business and someone approached you and said they agreed to buy one of your best assets with the prior owner, you’d say “where’s the paperwork?”
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So how have we managed to sign all these other players ok without any problems . Can you not just face it the problems may be on the other side
 
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