mrmojorisin75 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Definitely shouldn't be selling Mbemba. absolutely agree, loan him out by all means but i see no reason whatsoever to sell unless rafa has judged him already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I wouldn't loan him either, he's back in with one injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Shouldn't loan or sell Mbemba at this point - we shouldn't be getting rid of any players unless we're upgrading them drastically to get us out of this division. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Shouldn't loan or sell Mbemba at this point - we shouldn't be getting rid of any players unless we're upgrading them drastically to get us out of this division. Completely agree. We've seriously weakened our squad if Hanley becomes our first backup CB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Would love to see Robbie Brady join us too by the way, I think he's got a fantastic delivery from crosses and set pieces that Gayle would really thrive on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Like a lot of Irish players Brady does seem to play better for us than at club level though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 When Mbemba came here it was mentioned he could also play RB and defensive mid. So to have someone who can be utilised why get rid? Its the first time in years we have had 3 good CBs everyone goes on about Rafa rotating, seems he doesn't do it enough and i can understand these players getting fed up now. Losing Mbemba is a bad move. A loan i could understand. But if we get an injury at CB he would be needed. Id play him at defensive mid just to see if hes any good. We are struggling atm for bodies in the middle or is he also off to ACN? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 His first game for us was at right back off the bench IIRC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Like a lot of Irish players Brady does seem to play better for us than at club level though Norwich fans think he's very inconsistent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The last few prem games before we got relegated. Rafa had Lacelles & Mbemba form a great partnership. They looked like they were well suited. Now he gives him no time at all. Same with Mitro and others. We have bodies for this league but don't really use them. But Colback still gets a game??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Agree with all those who would be happy with Brady and don't want Mbemba to leave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 His first game for us was at right back off the bench IIRC Was third game against Man Utd I think. Commentators were wanking themselves silly when Depay nutmegged him but Mbemba played fine that game. That was the game Man Utd annihilated us 0-0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Like a lot of Irish players Brady does seem to play better for us than at club level though Norwich fans think he's very inconsistent Wonder if Rafa + our coaching team could improve him (ala Clark) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 His first game for us was at right back off the bench IIRC That was pre season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The last few prem games before we got relegated. Rafa had Lacelles & Mbemba form a great partnership. They looked like they were well suited. Now he gives him no time at all. Same with Mitro and others. We have bodies for this league but don't really use them. But Colback still gets a game??? You don't really change centre half partnerships if they're playing well and winning games. You also don't drop strikers that score more often than not in games. Colback only plays because our options at centre mid are dire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The last few prem games before we got relegated. Rafa had Lacelles & Mbemba form a great partnership. They looked like they were well suited. Now he gives him no time at all. Same with Mitro and others. We have bodies for this league but don't really use them. But Colback still gets a game??? CB is probably the position you want to rotate the least, particularly when you're on the cusp of having a settled partnership as Clark and Lascelles seem to have. Also think the fact that Clark is left-footed is a massive boon in Rafa's eyes and Lascelles, as the club captain, is likely to play more often than not. Similar with Mitro really. I'm a big fan and I wish he'd featured more by this stage but Gayle's form has simply been too good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 His first game for us was at right back off the bench IIRC Was third game against Man Utd I think. Commentators were wanking themselves silly when Depay nutmegged him but Mbemba played fine that game. That was the game Man Utd annihilated us 0-0 Aye, and we nearly won it at the end with Thauvin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 My memory of that game was we were pretty comfortable (as comfortable as you can be at OT anyway) and could have won (Mitro hitting the bar, Thauvin going close) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The last few prem games before we got relegated. Rafa had Lacelles & Mbemba form a great partnership. They looked like they were well suited. Now he gives him no time at all. Same with Mitro and others. We have bodies for this league but don't really use them. But Colback still gets a game??? You don't really change centre half partnerships if they're playing well and winning games. You also don't drop strikers that score more often than not in games. Colback only plays because our options at centre mid are dire They built a decent partnership at the end of last season before any new CBs came in. Started together this season,then Mbemba got exiled. Anyway if players are getting sold theres naff all we can do about it. I just rate Mbemba CB with pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The last few prem games before we got relegated. Rafa had Lacelles & Mbemba form a great partnership. They looked like they were well suited. Now he gives him no time at all. Same with Mitro and others. We have bodies for this league but don't really use them. But Colback still gets a game??? You don't really change centre half partnerships if they're playing well and winning games. You also don't drop strikers that score more often than not in games. Colback only plays because our options at centre mid are dire They built a decent partnership at the end of last season before any new CBs came in. Started together this season,then Mbemba got exiled. Yes, because Mbemba had a few bad games and Clark came in and has hardly put a foot wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Lascelles on the other hand has looked shaky to me last 3 games. If we were to come back up it'd be interested to see those in this 3-4-3 system that seems to be all the rage now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The last few prem games before we got relegated. Rafa had Lacelles & Mbemba form a great partnership. They looked like they were well suited. Now he gives him no time at all. Same with Mitro and others. We have bodies for this league but don't really use them. But Colback still gets a game??? You don't really change centre half partnerships if they're playing well and winning games. You also don't drop strikers that score more often than not in games. Colback only plays because our options at centre mid are dire They built a decent partnership at the end of last season before any new CBs came in. Started together this season,then Mbemba got exiled. Yes, because Mbemba had one bad game and Clark came in and has hardly put a foot wrong FTFY. I have no issue with it because Clark has been very good since replacing him, but he had one bad performance against Wolves it wasn't consistent bad performances at all. I'd argue Lascelles had just as many bad performances in the lead up to Clark getting into the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Lascelles on the other hand has looked shaky to me last 3 games. Agreed. He has been treading a fine line. He hasn't been bad, but a couple of lapses, just like Mbembe. If Mbemba is turning up in training then he might get another bite. If he can come in and perform,then we may have 3 good CBs going forward. I wouldn't want to loan him out, but he's gonna need to play matches. I don't think we need to drop Lascelles, but maybe the added responsibility, as captain, and still young, a rest could be justified. Man management and all that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Really hope we don't lose Mbemba. Can't see us getting anyone better than him whilst we're playing championship football so we'd be weakening our squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Really hope we don't lose Mbemba. Can't see us getting anyone better than him whilst we're playing championship football so we'd be weakening our squad. Totally. He seems like he has a touch of class about him, even if he is still a little unpolished, I think he's on a par at least with Lascelles and both could become big players for us. I understand the benefit of having Clarke as a left footer, he's also the most experienced, and has been pretty consistent. I'd like to see Mbemba given the chance to compete with Lascelles. Both players should benefit from the competition, and if one of them doesn't, we get better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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