Mehmeti

[BLRed]

Is his career with us done before it’s even started?

seemingly can’t get a game, 17YO’s being selected over him. Is it that he’s not performing in training? Does he simply not suit the way we play nor fit in to the formation we play? 
genuinely would love to see him get a regular chance but is he simply another szmodics who was signed on a good deal but immediately not liked by the manager so ends up leaving quickly due to lack of opportunity?

would be a shame given he is so highly rated. Would definitely do well at other championship clubs given the chance.

[Lew-T]

To be fair apart from the couple games at the start of his time here, he has looked miles off it.

Not too many complaints from me.

[Out of his pie crust]

Looked full of confidence when he arrived first couple of games, then realised the level and hasn’t performed since. Not yet ready to write off

[Mr Popodopolous]

Is a shame, had higher hopes for him.

Time is on his side, has he regressed, stagnated. He looked sharp, lively, a threat early on in his time here.

[Shuffle]

He started superbly so clearly there is a talented player in there. However, he does make wrong decisions by either taking a touch too many and losing the ball or not picking the right pass. How can he go from the player we saw at Sunderland away to now as wish I knew ? That said how do you play a player back into form if you don’t play him.  His confidence must be broken as seems Pearson prefers anyone over him currently.  Currently looking like a £1m wasted & cannot see how it changes for him here as Pearson not having him.

Edited October 25, 2023 by Shuffle

[Big C]

11 minutes ago, BLRed said:

Is his career with us done before it’s even started?

seemingly can’t get a game, 17YO’s being selected over him. Is it that he’s not performing in training? Does he simply not suit the way we play nor fit in to the formation we play? 
genuinely would love to see him get a regular chance but is he simply another szmodics who was signed on a good deal but immediately not liked by the manager so ends up leaving quickly due to lack of opportunity?

would be a shame given he is so highly rated. Would definitely do well at other championship clubs given the chance.

17 year old plays a different position

[sh1t_ref_again]

Thought he could have come on tonight and offered something different, Bell or Conway were getting nowhere with pace against the lively full backs

[mozo]

9 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

To be fair apart from the couple games at the start of his time here, he has looked miles off it.

Not too many complaints from me.

Yeboah has looked miles off it too unfortunately. 

[pongo88]

16 minutes ago, mozo said:

Yeboah has looked miles off it too unfortunately. 

I agree with this, and it shows how light the squad is. At his age and experience he shouldn’t be getting as much game time but, due to injuries and NP having to work within a tight budget, there’s not much choice 

[W-S-M Seagull]

19 minutes ago, mozo said:

Yeboah has looked miles off it too unfortunately. 

Did we watch different games?

[MarcusX]

He couldn’t have been any less effective than Bell tonight, was worth a go IMO

[mozo]

7 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Did we watch different games?

Must have buddy. His stats would be interesting. Lost the ball with nearly every touch?

[Loosey Boy]

Was saying tonight that I was surprised not to see him come on, on Saturday and to then see him overlooked again tonight  is a little surprising and disappointing……I’m convinced that there’s a good player in there but can’t be impressing on the training ground perhaps?

[McNasty Filth]

7 minutes ago, mozo said:

Must have buddy. His stats would be interesting. Lost the ball with nearly every touch?

Sure you're not getting confused with Saturday when he was abysmal. Not as bad today with a good strike at goal to boot. Agree, Mehmeti wouldn't be any worse, not as though he is lazy at closing the ball down either.

[Bar BS3]

I reckon I've got more chance of getting minutes in Bristol City league match than Mehmeti has.

 

[Baba Yaga]

From what I saw at the beginning of the season he looked off it and his crossing was not that accurate to put it mildly. In fact pushing Roberts further up looked a better option at the time. I would hope Mehmeti has been working hard and would like to see him get some minutes but also I could understand why Nige might choose not to play him if he hasn't been seeing the improvements day to day, the fact that Yeboah who hasn't always played great is the preferred option tells it all.

Rooting for Mehmeti to come back strong at some point, hoping he has the character to keep fighting for his place despite the current setbacks.

[GrahamC]

2 hours ago, Shuffle said:

He started superbly so clearly there is a talented player in there. However, he does make wrong decisions by either taking a touch too many and losing the ball or not picking the right pass. How can he go from the player we saw at Sunderland away to now as wish I knew ? That said how do you play a player back into form if you don’t play him.  His confidence must be broken as seems Pearson prefers anyone over him currently.  Currently looking like a £1m wasted & cannot see how it changes for him here as Pearson not having him.

Agree with 99% of this.

Certainly don’t see a way back for him under Pearson but personally thought he was worth a go tonight (would have been my first sub) because Bell was having so little impact, obvious though that NP prefers Yeboah.

As for whether the money was “wasted” that all depends on what happens next, as I can see him moving on in January.

However the club I would have good money being most interested in him (QPR) might well not have the same manager by then.

Not your post but the comments elsewhere on Yeboah are OTIB at his worst, unsurprisingly for a raw 17 year old he’s had some good games & poor ones so far, so to describe him as “abysmal” & “losing the ball with every touch” is embarrassing.

[REDOXO]

I don’t know if he’s miles off it or not. What I do know he’s not being picked 

when I’ve seen him I’ve thought he was not that tricky and not that quick, but I know how highly he was thought of at Wycombe from a personal conversation with some associated with the club at the highest level. 
 

Form is temporary, but class is permanent. I’m hoping we can see some form soon. 

[TV Tom]

Pearson has his reasons for not picking him which is fair enough but I don’t think he deserves criticism from fans saying “he hasn’t done enough” he’s barely had a chance and as others have said could he really do any worse than some of our strikers performance recently? You just know he’s going to pull up trees when he goes to another club, wouldn’t surprise me if he ends up back with Ainsworth at QPR in January!!!!

[Bris Red]

He looked good initially but for whatever reason he isn’t showing Pearson enough to warrant being picked.

I think as a fanbase we have to just accept the current market we are shopping in, not every lower league/punt is going to work out.

Not saying Mehmeti is going to be another one of these as it is still early days but we have to be realistic and patient IMO.

[extonsred]

I'd like to see him being given time playing more in the centre. He's the type of player good opposition can close down and out wide he's left with no space to express his skills.

Up front we are woefully weak and players are too far apart so we become very predictable...think with his skils where in the middle he can turn to go in to more space could see him flourish and bring more players into attacking positions..

My thinking behind NP not picking him is he has not shown strength and speed to get back and forth quick enough as necessary for the type of game we are currently playing. Hi press requires all players committed and able. Has he not been able to up his game enough in these aspects...?

[TV Tom]

24 minutes ago, extonsred said:

I'd like to see him being given time playing more in the centre. He's the type of player good opposition can close down and out wide he's left with no space to express his skills.

Up front we are woefully weak and players are too far apart so we become very predictable...think with his skils where in the middle he can turn to go in to more space could see him flourish and bring more players into attacking positions..

My thinking behind NP not picking him is he has not shown strength and speed to get back and forth quick enough as necessary for the type of game we are currently playing. Hi press requires all players committed and able. Has he not been able to up his game enough in these aspects...?

To be honest in my many years of following City we've never been the sort of club to accommodate players like him, even Jacki only lasted about 18 months

[ExiledAjax]

My opinion on Mehmeti is that he came in and played as a talented individual in a team. He ran at defenders, jinked and dodged and took speculative shots. It was easy in the eye, got you out of your seat, but is ultimately out of place in a league where moving the ball, playing as a team, and engineering goals is more important than it is in League 1.

So he changed, probably through coaching, teammate pressure, and through the force of the opposition he integrated. Where he would have run or shot he now passes, stops, or looks for a player. His game became less about direct running and more about trying to read his teammates and build with them.

He's not as good at this new style. It feels like it's not how he would naturally play the game if he had his wish.

He's not quite a "luxury player", but I think he's a player who flourishes when the rest of the team is already well drilled, well coached, and well settled. Basically he's a "win more" addition to an already winning team...but he won't turn an ok team into a winning team, not at our level.

That's not to write him off at all. If we get better as a whole then there will be a place for him. He needs to be patient, keep grinding, nick the odd goal and assist when he can. Be a squad player (and with a thin squad we really need squad players) and bide his time.

[Negan]

Certainly should have come on over yeboah, who hasn’t really done anything in the minutes he has got, he’s just lucky he’s got age/academy on his side. As for Mehmeti though he’s not exactly helped himself, every time he gets on the pitch you forget he’s there but quickly remember when he gets on the ball and loses it. Wouldn’t say his career here is over, personally think he needs to go on loan in January to a team in league 1 fighting at the right end, should help him being in a positive/attacking environment where the opposition isn’t the same level as he’s currently coming up against. The talent is there, the confidence however is not. 

[johnheadbcfc]

Don't know how he can be worse than bell at the minute, yet to see this frightening pace everyone bangs on about. Also thought Weimann had a stinker last night 

Edited October 26, 2023 by johnheadbcfc

[EmersonsKev]

He hasn't shown me anything to warrant game time to date, yes he's direct but little to no product to show for it. 

 

The one thing a lot of people seem to forget or maybe ignore.  Is the work rate and attitude on and at the training ground, his demeanour in interviews on Robins TV has been a little dour, I don't think I've seen an image of him smiling,  I anticipate the lack of game time isn't going to have changed that.

 

For me, he's miles off the pace but hopefully he'll have a light bulb moment and something will change for him.

[HoldenBall]

23 minutes ago, johnheadbcfc said:

Don't know how he can be worse than bell at the minute, yet to be this frightening pace everyone bangs on about. Also thought Weimann had a stinker last night 

Think we lack a lot of quality in the wide areas which hinders our attacking outlet overall 

[TheReds]

8 hours ago, mozo said:

Yeboah has looked miles off it too unfortunately. 

I mean when Semenyo came in and around the first team he looked Premiership class instantly..... I swear I read he couldn't trap a bag of cement, he would never score goals and basically he wasn't up to it...probably by the same posters having a pop at Yeboah.

He will be erratic, he will be a bit headless, he will try too hard at times, he won't have the composure of senior players, he may also never make it, but FFS he is 17.

[Super]

8 hours ago, mozo said:

Must have buddy. His stats would be interesting. Lost the ball with nearly every touch?

I love his enthusiasm but the constant giving away free kicks is bloody annoying he is very naive but hardly a surprise given his age. 

[grifty]

So we buy a player for roughly £1m was it? played him in a couple of games, but hit or miss, has a whole pre-season for Pearson to get him integrated in the team and the way he wants him to play and can’t?

So it’s either the recruitment of the wrong mentality player or Pearson isn’t coaching him well enough?

If that’s the case I’m not surprised SL is reticent in giving NP £20m to spend.

[ExiledAjax]

16 minutes ago, grifty said:

So it’s either the recruitment of the wrong mentality player or Pearson isn’t coaching him well enough?

Or it's either an underestimation of the amount of coaching and time it would take to turn an individually talented player into a player suited to our team and squad, or an overestimation of Mehmeti's ability to respond to that.

You can reduce that to "wrong mentality" or "wrong coaching", but I think it can be more subtle than just being "wrong". It's more that we got something we didn't quite expect. Mehmeti is human, and humans are subtle, hard to read, and can surprise us all.

I think there's a talented individual there who needs to be given the support and time to find his place. It's a shame we've got a thin squad and thin first XI right now as that's forcing him to be played and so is exposing him in roles that he's probably still studying and working on. 

I suppose my view would be that we're almost certainly going to be in the Championship next season (ie it's pretty unlikely that we get either promoted or relegated), so we've got a few months and 30 or so games to prepare for the 24/25 season. We can work with players like Mehmeti in that time and try and find their role.

Edit: I'd look at a player like Sammie Szmodics who looked like a talented individual struggling to find his place in the squad. He's now flourishing in this division.

Edited October 26, 2023 by ExiledAjax

[Bris Red]

20 minutes ago, grifty said:

So we buy a player for roughly £1m was it? played him in a couple of games, but hit or miss, has a whole pre-season for Pearson to get him integrated in the team and the way he wants him to play and can’t?

So it’s either the recruitment of the wrong mentality player or Pearson isn’t coaching him well enough?

If that’s the case I’m not surprised SL is reticent in giving NP £20m to spend.

You must be on a wind up? How many of Pearsons signings have worked out? More have then haven’t lets be honest, add to that the academy players he has blooded and i would say his recruitment and eye for a player has been on the whole very good.

Lansdown was more than happy to give LJ and MA almost unlimited funds to take huge financial gambles on players and plenty of them didn’t make the grade here. If he is holding funds back because 1 or 2 signings are looking a bit suspect then again that just confirms the suspicion that Lansdown has some sort of personal vendetta against Pearson and is looking for any excuse to get rid.

As @petehinton alluded to on another post, if our fans believe every single player we sign is going to be a star and or great value for money then they are very much delusional. No club in the world gets EVERY single signing right, let alone Bristol City..!

Edited October 26, 2023 by Bris Red

[Charlie BCFC]

Mehmeti has been awful when he’s played this season, I’d have given him a go and think the Yeboah sub was good so would’ve still done that. Conway didn’t deserve to play the full 90 for me, personally would’ve brought him on and moved Cornick central

[Baldyman]

I think his only hope is for either a change of Manager or a move away in January .  When teenagers with zero league experience at ANY level get picked ahead of you , either your days , or the Managers days , are numbered and right now it looks more like the latter . 

[brad blit]

I think the main attribute Mehmeti misses (and the others possess in the same position) is real pace and the ability to get past a player. That seems quite obvious, whether it’s enough to give a seemingly very talented player very limited minutes when we have a small injury ravaged squad and very little attacking options is another question only NP knows the answer to

[grifty]

1 minute ago, Bris Red said:

You must be on a wind up? How many of Pearsons signings have worked out? More have then haven’t lets be honest, add to that the academy players he has blooded and i would say his recruitment and eye for a player has been on the whole very good.

Lansdown was more than happy to give LJ and MA almost unlimited funds to take huge financial gambles on players and plenty of them didn’t make the grade here.

So SL 'went for it' with LJ and MA because he believed in the fairytale of ex manager son/ex player taking the club to the Premier League. Nothing wrong with that. It didn't work out, we spent far too much money on players and also on players we didn't need + COVID kicking in meant we caught caught out and had to cut our cloth accordingly with a number of years of free signings and Pearson doing a great job with developing young players.

We sell the best of them for £25m 2 weeks (?) before the end of the transfer window. The consensus on here is that SL should have allowed the majority of that money to be spent in those 2 weeks, seemingly disregarding buying the right players for the club who may not have been available in those 2 weeks.

I see it more that we are going to be wiser with the money, get the right players in when they are available. It's an injury crisis that is screwing us at the moment, not a lack of investment since Scott left. Your last sentence is my point. He's made the mistake of backing the wrong horse before, he doesn't want to do it again without the safety net of selling a Scott to bail us out of financial trouble.

[Puckle_red]

I think Nige has just taken him out of the firing line like he has before with Atkinson and Pring. Everyone thought Atkinson was off at one stage, don't forget, only to return a better player.

I'm sure Anis will gradually be re-exposed to first team action in time and return a better player. Nige is clever like that.

Yeboah clearly has talent and currently has the wind in his sails due to unexpected first team action, so I really dont think there is a big issue here.

[ExiledAjax]

Just now, Puckle_red said:

I think Nige has just taken him out of the firing line like he has before with Atkinson and Pring. Everyone thought Atkinson was off at one stage, don't forget, only to return a better player.

I'm sure Anis will gradually be re-exposed to first team action in time and return a better player. Nige is clever like that.

Which is the point I made above about him being forcibly exposed due to the current injuries. It's a shame as it shows him up, or means he's being asked to do things that might even be different to what he's really trying to focus on in training.

I hate being asked to do stuff at work that I'm not expert in, familiar with, or have no interest in doing in the future. I'm also generally not as good at it.

[Mattredrobin]

I heard 2 fans talking on the way out of the ground last night that Pearson had tried to get rid of Mehmeti in the summer QPR wanted him (Ainsworth obviously had him at Wycombe) but the deal fell through at the last minute

I didn't hear why and obviously this is just 2 people chatting so could be utter rubbish.

[Engvall’s Splinter]

57 minutes ago, grifty said:

So we buy a player for roughly £1m was it? played him in a couple of games, but hit or miss, has a whole pre-season for Pearson to get him integrated in the team and the way he wants him to play and can’t?

So it’s either the recruitment of the wrong mentality player or Pearson isn’t coaching him well enough?

If that’s the case I’m not surprised SL is reticent in giving NP £20m to spend.

20m ?

[Barrs Court Red]

6 minutes ago, Mattredrobin said:

I heard 2 fans talking on the way out of the ground last night that Pearson had tried to get rid of Mehmeti in the summer QPR wanted him (Ainsworth obviously had him at Wycombe) but the deal fell through at the last minute

I didn't hear why and obviously this is just 2 people chatting so could be utter rubbish.

I think that was indeed doing the rounds at one point. And had a grain of truth to it. 
 

 

[Northern Red]

Given that he had half an hour only 3 games ago, I'm not sure how anyone can say that he's got no chance of playing.

If he was that far out of favour then he wouldn't even be making the bench, regardless of how many injuries we've got.

[Bris Red]

32 minutes ago, grifty said:

 

I see it more that we are going to be wiser with the money, get the right players in when they are available. It's an injury crisis that is screwing us at the moment, not a lack of investment since Scott left. Your last sentence is my point. He's made the mistake of backing the wrong horse before, he doesn't want to do it again without the safety net of selling a Scott to bail us out of financial trouble.

Yeah i hear what you are saying. For me though it didn’t take a rocket scientist to realise that backing LJ and MA to the extent he did was indeed backing the wrong horse, no experience between them at getting promotion out of this division and it was clear by mid way through 2019 IMO that the recruitment was scattergun at best and things weren’t working.

We have now IMO a much ‘better’ horse to take a gamble on yet Lansdown isn’t interested. It’s frustrating to say the least but there you go.

[TheReds]

1 hour ago, grifty said:

So we buy a player for roughly £1m was it? played him in a couple of games, but hit or miss, has a whole pre-season for Pearson to get him integrated in the team and the way he wants him to play and can’t?

So it’s either the recruitment of the wrong mentality player or Pearson isn’t coaching him well enough?

If that’s the case I’m not surprised SL is reticent in giving NP £20m to spend.

Mehmeti hasn't worked out for us yet (and may never do), so that's a great reason to not give Pearson another penny to spend. He's shopping in the lower leagues because he hasn't been given the money to spend on proven players.

I am really lost on what some think Pearson should be achieving with what he has been given.

[Bristol Rob]

1 hour ago, TheReds said:

I mean when Semenyo came in and around the first team he looked Premiership class instantly..... 

Must remember a different player to me.

Debut would have been around 2017, soon followed up with a red card. And about 2 seasons later he scored his first goal.

Like Yeboah, he was raw with loads to learn. 

In no way would I describe him as instantly Premier League material.

My worry at the moment is that Yeboah isn't having a positive impact on games when he comes on, and whilst we are short of attacking players he is one of the few options, I don't want to see a young player get destroyed because they aren't currently up to the task, but in 18 months could possibly be outstanding.

[Northern Red]

37 minutes ago, grifty said:

So SL 'went for it' with LJ and MA because he believed in the fairytale of ex manager son/ex player taking the club to the Premier League. Nothing wrong with that. It didn't work out, we spent far too much money on players and also on players we didn't need + COVID kicking in meant we caught caught out and had to cut our cloth accordingly with a number of years of free signings and Pearson doing a great job with developing young players.

We sell the best of them for £25m 2 weeks (?) before the end of the transfer window. The consensus on here is that SL should have allowed the majority of that money to be spent in those 2 weeks, seemingly disregarding buying the right players for the club who may not have been available in those 2 weeks.

I see it more that we are going to be wiser with the money, get the right players in when they are available. It's an injury crisis that is screwing us at the moment, not a lack of investment since Scott left. Your last sentence is my point. He's made the mistake of backing the wrong horse before, he doesn't want to do it again without the safety net of selling a Scott to bail us out of financial trouble.

No it isn't, certainly not the majority of it anyway. Spending some of it would have been nice though.

[Bristol Rob]

2 minutes ago, Bris Red said:

Yeah i hear what you are saying. For me though it didn’t take a rocket scientist to realise that backing LJ and MA to the extent he did was indeed backing the wrong horse, no experience between them at getting promotion out of this division and it was clear by mid way through 2019 IMO that the recruitment was scattergun at best and things weren’t working.

We have now IMO a much ‘better’ horse to take a gamble on yet Lansdown isn’t interested. It’s frustrating to say the least but there you go.

Sammie Szmodics springs to mind as a player bought, looked great in pre season, then LJ decides he isn't the type of player he wants. Okay, got out of jail by selling him but is scoring Championship goals for fun now.

[Cityboy1954]

10 hours ago, BLRed said:

Is his career with us done before it’s even started?

seemingly can’t get a game, 17YO’s being selected over him. Is it that he’s not performing in training? Does he simply not suit the way we play nor fit in to the formation we play? 
genuinely would love to see him get a regular chance but is he simply another szmodics who was signed on a good deal but immediately not liked by the manager so ends up leaving quickly due to lack of opportunity?

would be a shame given he is so highly rated. Would definitely do well at other championship clubs given the chance.

Yes if he cant get a game now i fear for him Bells gone off the boil should be getting game time now.

[Bob Turnip]

7 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Certainly don’t see a way back for him under Pearson

 

Not sure I agree with this. Weren't some saying the same about Pring when he was having no involvement? Just think it's the way NP deals with certain situations, whether it be attitude, commitment or whatever. Hopefully he'll rise to whatever challenges he's been set and he'll come back a more effective player.

 

Edited October 26, 2023 by Bob Turnip

[Offside]

I have no idea what’s been going on behind the scenes with Mehmeti, but I always find it odd when a player gets signed and then months later can’t get game time. Mehmeti blew hot and cold last season, but I’m surprised he hasn’t had more game time this season from the beach, especially when we are chasing games. 

Presumably one reason is that Yeboah, alongside his attacking threat (raw though he is), offers more defensively. 

[Cityboy1954]

2 hours ago, johnheadbcfc said:

Don't know how he can be worse than bell at the minute, yet to see this frightening pace everyone bangs on about. Also thought Weimann had a stinker last night 

Spot on weinman is gone not the same player 

[grifty]

8 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

No it isn't, certainly not the majority of it anyway. Spending some of it would have been nice though.

On who?

What if Pearson, Tinnion and whoever else is involved in talent acquisition went to SL, etc and said we've identified these 5 players we'd like to buy with some of the money made by Scott. SL and Alexander went to those clubs and 3 of those 5 were completely unavailable from their clubs. the remaining 2 were but at a vastly increased price due to the knowledge of the money involved in the Scott deal and being right at the end of the window.

So what do we do? Over pay on these two players or go and find 5 more who aren't quite as good but are just signings to keep fans/NP happy? (or clubs in the bag?)

Or do we consolidate with the squad we have (not knowing 3/4 of them would be injured after 10-12 games) and look again in January at the player market situation? Players previously unavailable are now available, players not on our radar now on our radar, players previously thought too expensive scouted for a further 4 months and thought worth the money.

[Selred]

Personally think he could do with a league one loan in Jan, build his confidence up. 

[Supersonic Robin]

I think Mehmeti has been rather unfortunate.

Firstly, it's worth saying that Mehmeti is clearly a very talented player. Remember that he was included in the EFL 21 under 21 last season - that alone gives you an indication of his potential.

What I find strange is the lack of patience he's been shown. 6 months ago he was on par with (or arguably ahead of) Bell and Cornick. All 3 were struggling to have any positive impact on games, with Mehmeti probably looking the best of the 3 at the back end of last season.

However, Bell and Cornick's consistently poor performances were met with patience, and as a result they have now improved and assimilated into the team. For whatever reason, Mehmeti hasn't been awarded the same patience when he's struggled. Now Yeboah appears to be ahead of him in the pecking order - and Yeboah is also being shown patience for poor performances.

[italian dave]

10 hours ago, Lew-T said:

To be fair apart from the couple games at the start of his time here, he has looked miles off it.

Not too many complaints from me.

I’ve got complaints!

Not that I disagree with your first statement, but that if he’s so far off the standard required and/or so far removed from our style of play then why the **** did we spend more than £1m (plus wages) to bring him here. 

[Bristol Rob]

Just now, Supersonic Robin said:

I think Mehmeti has been rather unfortunate.

Firstly, it's worth saying that Mehmeti is clearly a very talented player. Remember that he was included in the EFL 21 under 21 last season - that alone gives you an indication of his potential.

Mehmeti has struck me to be similar to one of those 'cage footballers' that get found from scouts watching people play on inner city housing estates.

LOADS of ability, just needs the right environment to get it applied in the right area. 

Slightly baffled how he was so important to Wycombe. He can obviously play 11-a-side, but so far the best bits I've seen were more showman than Championship team man.

[Red-Robbo]

10 hours ago, mozo said:

Yeboah has looked miles off it too unfortunately. 

I thought Yeboah looked an improvement on (an admittedly tired) Sam Bell.  

[Chivs]

1 hour ago, Mattredrobin said:

I heard 2 fans talking on the way out of the ground last night that Pearson had tried to get rid of Mehmeti in the summer QPR wanted him (Ainsworth obviously had him at Wycombe) but the deal fell through at the last minute

I didn't hear why and obviously this is just 2 people chatting so could be utter rubbish.

Did one of them have a pack of crayons? This would completely change the dynamic of this.

[Marina's Rolls Royce]

Jan 2023

Mehmeti on his move to BCFC : “This is a club with Premier League stature and I want to impose my mentality and work ethic and have an influence straight away. I’m a creative player, I like to make things happen, score goals and most importantly I want to win.”

Sky Sports top 20 football league young players in 2022/3  included Conway, Scott and WW's Anis Mehmeti.

Bucks Live said 'The 22-year-old joined the Robins on Transfer Deadline Day [January 31], for a club-record fee for the Chairboys.

The figure is undisclosed, but it is expected to be between £1m and £5m, which will include performance-based add-ons.'

The Athletic wrote "Anis Mehmeti makes things happen.

Mazy runs, goals and assists are the forward’s bread and butter, so it is little surprise that he is considered one of the EFL’s most exciting attacking talents. It is why, amid plenty of interest, Bristol City moved so quickly to bring the 22-year-old to the Championship by reportedly matching his £1million release clause from Wycombe Wanderers in January after a stellar start to the 2022-23 season saw him net nine goals."

 “Anis is a very talented footballer,” said Pearson to the official club website’s channel Robins TV. “He has a hunger, which is very evident when you speak to him.

“He wants to be successful and wants to go to the top. So it’s important that we try and harness that type of ambition in players."

 

 

[Mattredrobin]

46 minutes ago, Chivs said:

Did one of them have a pack of crayons? This would completely change the dynamic of this.

No crayons were seen. 

[PHILINFRANCE]

4 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

Must remember a different player to me.

Debut would have been around 2017, soon followed up with a red card. And about 2 seasons later he scored his first goal.

Like Yeboah, he was raw with loads to learn. 

In no way would I describe him as instantly Premier League material.

My worry at the moment is that Yeboah isn't having a positive impact on games when he comes on, and whilst we are short of attacking players he is one of the few options, I don't want to see a young player get destroyed because they aren't currently up to the task, but in 18 months could possibly be outstanding.

I may be wrong, but I think you will find that @TheReds’ description of Semenyo’s early days was sarcastic, and was used simply to demonstrate that, just as we hope will be the case with Yeboah, he grew from a young, naive, inexperienced and somewhat ungainly ugly duckling in to swan.

Edited October 26, 2023 by PHILINFRANCE

[red84]

Mehmeti needs a good run in the team, he reminds me of a Ryan Kent type player who can turn things on when you need a goal.

I did observe against WBA in the warm up that he didn't look happy and had a bit of a grump when he had to go in the middle. Wonder if it is attitude holding him back.

[Mr Popodopolous]

4 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

Must remember a different player to me.

Debut would have been around 2017, soon followed up with a red card. And about 2 seasons later he scored his first goal.

Like Yeboah, he was raw with loads to learn. 

In no way would I describe him as instantly Premier League material.

My worry at the moment is that Yeboah isn't having a positive impact on games when he comes on, and whilst we are short of attacking players he is one of the few options, I don't want to see a young player get destroyed because they aren't currently up to the task, but in 18 months could possibly be outstanding.

2018 debut, final game of the 2017-18. Just checked.

First properish go 2018-19, red card v Derby.

Edited October 26, 2023 by Mr Popodopolous

[TheReds]

4 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

Must remember a different player to me.

Debut would have been around 2017, soon followed up with a red card. And about 2 seasons later he scored his first goal.

Like Yeboah, he was raw with loads to learn. 

In no way would I describe him as instantly Premier League material.

My worry at the moment is that Yeboah isn't having a positive impact on games when he comes on, and whilst we are short of attacking players he is one of the few options, I don't want to see a young player get destroyed because they aren't currently up to the task, but in 18 months could possibly be outstanding.

I can only assume you missed my attempted sarcasm. The point is plenty said he would never make it due to everything I described, but given time he did. Will Yeboah be the next Semenyo, probably doubtful but nobody knows that yet.

Yeboah needs to be given some time, and he still may not make it, but if management thinks he can make it with us then my faith would be with them rather than a few on here who has wrote him off.

[Bernard Lerring]

13 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

I reckon I've got more chance of getting minutes in Bristol City league match than Mehmeti has.

 

Another injury or 2 and you're in there mate. Bring your boots on Saturday eh 

[BCFC Rich]

He did play a 1/4 of the game against Leeds. He'll get more chances, but he's got to find a way to have more of an impact when he does. I agree a run of games may help, but we can't necessarily give him that if he isn't having an impact - particularly NP can't if for some reason the rumors about his position being under pressure are true. 

[A Darkwood Red]

From what I've seen it looked like Mehmeti was a skillful jinky player capable of beating his man and getting a shot off but it turned into that's all he was, a one trick pony who wants to come inside and shoot. That soon got spotted and dealt with by championship managers and defenders. When he's played this season nothings changed and he's easy to deal with at this level. He looked like his confidence had gone. He needs to learn some other tricks or options or he'll be nothing more than an side note in our history. Given our injury list and squad size it must be concerning to him that he can't get any playing time.

[Shuffle]

Well he’s coming out fighting with a picture of himself in a City shirt on insta saying “hungrier than ever” …… if I wasn’t such an old bastard with limited technical knowledge, I’d post it.   Good to see that response 

 

Edited October 26, 2023 by Shuffle

[Roger Red Hat]

Currently Yeboah has the physicality, speed and commitment, but doesn't seem to have the ball control or decision making to go with it. Hopefully he'll acquire the decision making with experience, but I'm not sure about the ball control. At the moment he seems to suffer from what was called 'clumsy baby syndrome' when my kids were very young!

[Topper 123]

It’s now or never for these bit players after all if you cannot demand a shirt when club has 11 or more injured then there’s something wrong with either you attitude or you ain’t good enough , so pull your socks up battle for that shirt and show us what you got for 90 minutes plus 

Edited October 26, 2023 by Topper 123
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