Ramfan1958 Posted Sunday at 19:12 Share Posted Sunday at 19:12 Last season no defenders could get near him for pace he would burn them up . This year either the defenders are faster or Mendez as lost a yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoooMarkWright Posted Sunday at 19:42 Share Posted Sunday at 19:42 He’s 32 so bound to lose half a yard sooner or later. It was noticeable on Saturday how easy Leonard coped with him. CBT looked sharp on the other hand. I imagine this will be Mendez Laings last season at this level as a first teamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman Posted Sunday at 20:45 Share Posted Sunday at 20:45 (edited) A bit of both and probably also feeling the effects of being back in the country for 36 hours after flying across the Atlantic he has been poor generally this season. Looked sluggish and on his heels a lot. Edited Sunday at 20:46 by tinman Ram-a-lama fa fa fa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europia Posted Sunday at 20:54 Share Posted Sunday at 20:54 He's not been the same player this season..... just seems generally not quite with it. CBT will gradually up his performance levels and be pushing for a regular start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted Sunday at 20:57 Share Posted Sunday at 20:57 Defenders are quicker but they haven’t been to South America every few weeks either and not many fullbacks get asked to be captain in addition Premier ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted Sunday at 21:28 Share Posted Sunday at 21:28 He’s a bit of a weird player. He has one spell of amazing form a season but either side of it he’s average. Cardiff’s promotion, he’d got 5 goals and 5 assists in the first 17 games. He only scored two more and set up another after that. Eight goals and nine assists in his first season with us but only one goal and one assists coming in the last 16 games of that season. Even last season, slow start, unbelievable mid-season, tailed off at the end. It’s like it takes him so many games to get going but then he knackers himself out. So you get one golden-patch a season where you make the most of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trappatoni Posted Monday at 15:22 Share Posted Monday at 15:22 I rate him - still think he's worth a starting place. RoyMac5 and Premier ram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted yesterday at 12:22 Share Posted yesterday at 12:22 Selfishly, we could do with him retiring from international duty. Does seem a bizarre time to start your international career round the other side of the world at 31, when much of your game relies on pace, something which declines past 30. International breaks would be a great time to rest, but no, he’s over in South America and not getting back until late Thursday night before a Saturday game. I can imagine Warne must be frustrated somewhat by it all, with all due respect to Guatemala, they are not a nation that will compete for major trophies yet there’s a real opportunity here to finish on a huge promotion. (Not this season). angieram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted yesterday at 12:54 Share Posted yesterday at 12:54 29 minutes ago, Day said: Selfishly, we could do with him retiring from international duty. Does seem a bizarre time to start your international career round the other side of the world at 31, when much of your game relies on pace, something which declines past 30. International breaks would be a great time to rest, but no, he’s over in South America and not getting back until late Thursday night before a Saturday game. I can imagine Warne must be frustrated somewhat by it all, with all due respect to Guatemala, they are not a nation that will compete for major trophies yet there’s a real opportunity here to finish on a huge promotion. (Not this season). Although, I'm sure Mendez-Laing will just want to play as much football as he can, while he can. Especially as he probably didn't make the most of his opportunities in the game when he was younger. And we sell a lot of shirts to Guatemalans, I've heard! Day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago I've been surprised by how much pace against the opposition defences he has had this season compared to last. He drifted in and out of individual games and could be inconsistent over numbers of games in league one so his inconsistency this season is consistent with last but I've been pleasantly surprised that he's still got the ability to worry defences and individual players with his pace, strength on the ball and direct play, and he's still an important part of our free kick/corner capabilities. angieram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago It also sounded like we missed his defensive contributions on Saturday, too. That side of his game is under-rated and you certainly don't get it from CBT. Carl Sagan and ilkleyram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago (edited) I think you just have to compare and contrast the positions & situations he's receiving the ball in this season vs last rather than look for changes in his own game. He's hardly ever received the ball wide on the right with space to run into / a single man to beat since we came up, or been the one coming onto the ball as it breaks into the middle. When he has had the ball centrally he's been generally collected it in his own half and having to carry it 40-50 yards to get into a position to produce something- that's never been his game as his decision making gets worse the more touches he has. The only player we ever seem to see receive the ball 20 yards out and facing goal in the middle of the pitch is Goudmijn nowadays, but that's where NML was usually picking up his goals from. Edited 21 hours ago by May Contain Nuts RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsdubs Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago He seems to been a bit heavier this season, not carrying body fat but just packed on some mass and looks a bit slower to me. Still though he scored and if it wasn't for a top block from their defender probably would have scored a second. Think the internationals are killing his form for us which is a shame. angieram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WystonRam Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 18 hours ago, angieram said: It also sounded like we missed his defensive contributions on Saturday, too. That side of his game is under-rated and you certainly don't get it from CBT. We missed it too last night for Oxford’s goal ☹️ angieram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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