Edouard Mendy

[Tomo 21,751]

6 minutes ago, Jason said:

Didn't Cech also use to be bad at saving penalties (Munich excluded)? One would assume or hope that Mendy is improving at this aspect in training and will do his homework before the big cup games.

Yep, but with Cech there were some he got close too and the odd save was there and therefore the hope that if we go to a shootout he'd get to one, Mendy genuinely isn't giving any hope he'll dive the right way for one let alone actually save it. 

He also let in 22/23 before us, don't know if the other was saved or missed.

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

32 minutes ago, Jason said:

Didn't Cech also use to be bad at saving penalties (Munich excluded)? One would assume or hope that Mendy is improving at this aspect in training and will do his homework before the big cup games.

Correct. Cech has saved only 2 penalties in his first 5 years at Chelsea. And how many PK shootouts he won for us before Munich? There may be some but I don't remember any.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,180]

Its like hes been saving all those saves for munich lol.. munich was magical

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Good backup keeper. Maybe enough for a top 4 team

Not good enough to start every match for a title winning side.

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

So we need another keeper in the summer? Let's try with Gigi. 

[communicate 2,703]

Should have saved foden and especially gundogan shot but who cares

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

such a confidence player. Has not been the same after that needless error vs Everton. Channelled his inner Kepa since.

[Jase 43,479]

Had a few dodgy moments yesterday when being pressed by Atletico but that aside, it's another clean sheet in the bag...

 

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

Mendys clean sheets under Tuchel:

Wolves 0 shots on target

Burnley 0 

Atletico 0

And Spurs had 2 but nothing dangerous.

Nothing he could do for Rudiger own goal and Minamino goal. Overall he was not tested at all in those 6 games. This is great for us ofc.

Defenders are probably more confident with him. Kepa made some great saves in his 2 games under Tuchel, he will play FA Cup games I guess.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

It also has to do with how well a keeper is communicating with the defenders. Players have said Mendy is very vocal in goal.

[Tomo 21,751]

3 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Mendys clean sheets under Tuchel:

Wolves 0 shots on target

Burnley 0 

Atletico 0

And Spurs had 2 but nothing dangerous.

Nothing he could do for Rudiger own goal and Minamino goal. Overall he was not tested at all in those 6 games. This is great for us ofc.

Defenders are probably more confident with him. Kepa made some great saves in his 2 games under Tuchel, he will play FA Cup games I guess.

There's a reason teams keep having no shots on target when Mendy is between the sticks (happened under Lampard pre slump aswell). When teams are that solid defensively the keeper is always a big part of that.

[Jase 43,479]

Haven't noticed this but...

 

[milka 3,390]

17 clean sheets out of 29 games for Chelsea .

Numbers#Numbers#Numbers# .

 

[King Kante 1,643]

On 05/03/2021 at 14:32, milka said:

17 clean sheets out of 29 games for Chelsea .

Numbers#Numbers#Numbers# .

 

Yeah, breath of fresh air after Kepa. However, with the ball at his feet he gives me a panic attack virtually every time. 

[Beigl 1,387]

Great keeper, made a very important save today. He might not the best sweeper, but he is a very good shot stopper which is enough for me.