Shkodran Mustafi: Cack On Top

[Mark Tobias]

Just to add.. I've read plenty players saying they get scared. They are human beings after all. Not robots.

 

[Garrincha]

Fear is a psychological aspect of the game, no?

Yep, I would say its a natural part of sport & can often be channeled in a positive way.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Yep, I would say its a natural part of sport & can often be channeled in a positive way.

There it is. The difference between sportsmen with 'elite' mentality and a sportsman who has only talent to go by.

 

[WilshereGone]

Sorry, I'm obviously living in the past. Thought he was 24

Well he's still not old, so if there is a top defender in him there's still time. I personally don't see it, but would love to be proved wrong.

 

[El Duderino]

Maybe he's just not good enough? Novel idea, I know.

When is Lolo back? Depending on how and when Kos comes back I'd sign someone in January.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Well he's still not old, so if there is a top defender in him there's still time. I personally don't see it, but would love to be proved wrong.

It's an odd one for me now.. if it doesn't happen soon

 

[Toby]

@Emeryates

@Mark Tobias already laid it out for you, but just so you get a few words from me:

There's a different quality to saying a player seems to have lapses in concentration and of that maybe should look into seeing a sports therapist than outright stating something is not right in his head.

And it all gets a bit of a taste when said poster - you - go about in other threads making a big fuzz about online bullying. Just makes you look like a hypocrite biased towards certain players. Can't go round saying this player should be lauded for calling out online bullying and highlight psychological consequences and then go in another thread and talk about another guy not being right in the head. That's sour.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Hard to praise our center backs until they start collecting those clean sheets!

 

[Token Yank]

Where does the ‘get juked out by Championship player so badly you fall on your back, resulting in said Championship player pushing ball past and hurdling your sprawled out body, thus resulting in an opposition goal scoring opportunity’ rank on the Shkodran Mustafi’s Comedic Defensive Blunder top 10 list? Surely it has to approaching #1

 

[MaraDon]

he had a good game today.
Solid and trying to create when passing forward.
he can be a bit messy when interceptions but he covers the RB´s like a boss.

 

[Beksl]

He can produce periods, within a game, of a very solid defensive display but what irks me the most is he's got at least one big error in him in almost every game. This is just not acceptable for a club aspiring to be top4 and winning trophies.

I'm sure Emery will address this issue in the Summer.

 

[samshere]

Both Mustafi and Xhaka can look world class and sunday league class in the same match.

 

[tap-in]

That error could have been costly, those awkward falls he manages to conjure up happen too often and largely undo the good parts of his game. I'd like to see Holding Sokratis together when the latter is fit.

 

[idan]

Where does the ‘get juked out by Championship player so badly you fall on your back, resulting in said Championship player pushing ball past and hurdling your sprawled out body, thus resulting in an opposition goal scoring opportunity’ rank on the Shkodran Mustafi’s Comedic Defensive Blunder top 10 list? Surely it has to approaching #1

another shocking moment from Mustafi

 

[El Duderino]

Both Mustafi and Xhaka can look world class and sunday league class in the same match.

schrodinger shkodran?

shkodinger mustafi?

He is both falling over or "slide tackling" an opponent until he loses the ball.

 

[El Duderino]

Apparently his stats largely speak to a better defender than he actually is, suprised more people don't use him to point out that "stats aren't the full story" argument on the Özil thread.

 

[CJJ]

 

[scytheavatar]

Spends more time waving his hands in the air than defending.....

 

[celestis]

Apparently his stats largely speak to a better defender than he actually is, suprised more people don't use him to point out that "stats aren't the full story" argument on the Özil thread.

He had a very good patch in 2017. He's even lost his confidence on the ball .

 

[Wryer]

I'll be fair to myself and say I have a fair amount of patience for most players .

But I'm losing patience with Mustafi. Becoming a liability to whoever he is partnered with. Time to spend time on the bench and recollect himself.