Sadio Mane

[Trumo]

In his last season at Southampton, he scored against us in the first minute of a League Cup tie that we went on to win 6-1, and apparently he didn't score again until Southampton played us in the league a few months later. That was the game where we were 2-0 up at half time and brought on Skrtel in the second half. Skrtel had an absolute shocker and Mane scored twice to win the game for them. Mane is a player who has purple patches and spells where he's out of form. Last season, he was in form for us pretty much every time he played.

[Ranxerox]

Lots of effort just seem to lack confidence

[ZonkoVille77]

He worked his socks off yesterday. All forwards have bad patches and we honestly can't afford to drop him regardless.

[lifetime fan]

It’s not quite coming off for him but he worked his bollocks off yesterday.

 

All you can ask of someone out of form is effort and he gave that in spades.

[Lee909]

It’s not quite coming off for him but he worked his bollocks off yesterday.

 

All you can ask of someone out of form is effort and he gave that in spades.

 

Spot on said the same in the match thread.

Some of the comments on him need fucking off

[Russ Atmosphere]

Get burgled, play shit.

[aRdja]

Spot on said the same in the match thread.

Some of the comments on him need fucking off

Please elaborate. Even Dave has been vocal about his form on his columns.. and he’s one of the more optimistic posters around here with threads like “we ain’t got no shit players left”.

[The Guest]

He doesn’t go hiding. He’s incessant with pressing and giving options when we’ve got the ball. Obviously his decision making and shooting/final ball has been off for a while. I wouldn’t dream of taking him out of the side though.

[The Guest]

He’s such a nice fella. No wonder Naby was desperate to get here.

[Guest]

Great goals today, all of them scored by someone desperate to bang them in. His third goal was a thing of beauty.

[Anubis]

Big night for him. He started tentatively but by the time he finished it looked like his confidence was back.

[Pidge]

He's back baby.

 

...and I'm not talking about the goals, I'm talking about the copying Bobby's celebration.

[Oh Buoy]

[karl1987]

 

Mane seriously needs to work on those Karate kicks.  

[aRdja]

Hope we’ll see the Mane of last season for the remainder of the season. Not quite there yet, but trajectory is looking promising.

[s(k)aturation]

Is back.

[billypilgrimnz]

Yeah, yeah, great hattrick, yadda yadda. Question is though, to put him in my Fantasy team or not?

[A_S]

He's back

[Yerse]

I said to my mate tonight lash a hat trick on Mane and he didn't, now he won't answer my messages hahaha

 

I did. 

[3 Stacks]

Hope we’ll see the Mane of last season for the remainder of the season. Not quite there yet, but trajectory is looking promising.

 

He only has one less assist and goal than he did last season in pretty much the same amount of appearances thus far this season (12 and 7 in 28 this vs. 13 and 8 in 29 last). 

 

His performances aren't always as brilliant, but he's contributing pretty much the same. 

[aRdja]

He only has one less assist and goal than he did last season in pretty much the same amount of appearances thus far this season (12 and 7 in 28 this vs. 13 and 8 in 29 last). 

 

His performances aren't always as brilliant, but he's contributing pretty much the same.

 

He was skinning defenders left right and centre in the process though. He genuinely looked world class at one point last season.

[3 Stacks]

He was skinning defenders left right and centre in the process though. He genuinely looked world class at one point last season.

 

Yeah, but he's not a world class player. He's just as likely to produce genius than trip over his own feet. That's been the story of his career and the nature of his style. He can be braindead and has technical limitations but he's also electric and instinctive. 

 

I've just grown to appreciate the genius when it comes rather than expect him to grow into a world beater. I also think Firmino and Salah having world-class seasons have made him look worse than he's been. 

[Guest]

[Einch]

His first touch was good on Saturday. Been a while.

[Tony Moanero]

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