21 Feb 2025 12:07:31
Question for everyone:
Do we think Meslier has turned a corner on his generally poor (and occasionally wretched form) of the last 2.5 years?
My reasoning is he's only got another 18 months on his contract and were we to go up and him play well back in the Prem he could leave for free at the end of next season. Basically, do we reckon he needs a new contract this summer?
21 Feb 2025 12:48:35
A newly promoted Leeds in EPL would naturally be facing far, far more shots on goal than they have this season
A better keeper than Mes is a must.
21 Feb 2025 13:06:37
Without doubt mels has saved us more points than he has lost.
21 Feb 2025 13:26:04
Sell now. For bag of chips. No new contract just give away. Promoted or not. He is not a goalkeeper. He even spilled a sitter of a catch in one of his better games.
I didn’t bring him up whiteman. Don’t have a go at me. Everybody has opinions. Right or wrong.
21 Feb 2025 13:54:51
Wexxy . which gamez has Mes specifucally won us points?
Sheff Utd away 20/ 21. Liverpool away 22/ 23. Leicester away 23/ 24
Err .
Whereas there is a very long list of matches Mes has lost Leeds points.
21 Feb 2025 14:00:14
I offered the Question, I'll add my view. I think everything is contingent on promotion, and how he does til the end of the season, because I'd be very happy with him if he stays in current form. Taking and giving the banter back to the Sunderland fans felt like a indication his confidence, is returning. I think the very best keepers need confidence bordering on arrogance, think Martinez, Neuer and Illan needs that. He has another 10-12 games and if he can stay solid and secure in that spell I'd offer him a three year extension to 2029 on his current terms.
I think a backup or even more direct challenger is required though. Darlow doesn't do that.
I don't know if it means he's our No.1 for that time I just think he needs a new deal IF those parameters of promotion and relative consistency til the end of the season are met.
21 Feb 2025 14:30:50
Ealing I believe he has turned a corner but imo it's insufficient to be considered EPL class. Upon recent performances, he's probably elevated himself to a mid-table Championship GK.
As for what we do, I'd offer a 1 year extension only in the summer to protect value and actively look to sell him based on his misleading clean sheet stats (which is a team stat) .
Think he'll return to France ?? or hopefully be part of an unsuccessful promotion push from the Championship by Ambrosia in the 26/ 27 campaign.
21 Feb 2025 14:31:57
Definitely keep, madness to sell him this summer.
I think his goalkeeping has always been on a upward trajectory and still is.
21 Feb 2025 15:10:43
Question for OP
As you know in past 2 seasons LUFC have firstly been relagated then failed to achieve Champo promotion back to EPL
So OP, apart from yoir criticism by LUFC of the recruitment of getting Jessie March
have you OP EVER criticised any other decision from LUFC hierarchy or indeed anything else at all LUFC related in past 2 or 3 seasons?
Dont think you have ?.
21 Feb 2025 16:41:40
Baz,
Firstly, this is Ealing's thread with regards Meslier so keep on point or have some respect and start your own thread
Secondly, duh, the username has Optimist in it and you asked about critiquing! Give your head a shake.
Now, Ealing, apologies for the detour but here is my opinion.
With regards to Meslier, I am in the same boat as most posters so far in that I would not feel confident in having Meslier as my number 1. I think it has been shown that a very good keeper is needed in the Premier league, should we get there!
However, I would rather we sold Darlow and Cairns. Promoted Mahady to 3rd keeper for experience, and demoted Meslier to 2nd keeper as he is a more capable backup than either Darlow or Cairns.
21 Feb 2025 16:47:19
Depends on who else is available and at what price. There are definitely better keepers out there but Mes isn't a bad option. Gets way too much hate but its the way of some Leeds fans to always look for scapegoats. Easy to pinpoint errors but not so easy to count excellent saves. I agree he has certainly been responsible for saving more points than losing.
21 Feb 2025 17:44:41
Cuppa
Can you name me even eight matches out of his 200 matches that meslier was man of match ie Mes had match winning performance.
21 Feb 2025 17:47:28
Axe . Mes has stated he would not accept being number 2 . gawd knows why so adamant given his meh performances.
21 Feb 2025 18:49:24
Agree with OP. I don’t believe he was ever a bad keeper he made some mistake also defensive mistake did help. And as been said he has saved us more point then he has lost us,
21 Feb 2025 20:14:01
At least he will have a defense in front of him if promoted to the premiership.
21 Feb 2025 19:43:21
Too much focus on his occasional errors when even the top keepers make them also. As Alf pointed out, he’s an easy scapegoat when we don’t win a game.
He does receive way over the top hate which in no reasonable way can be justified.
The fact that he is still our number one tells me all I need to know, the rest is just background noise which means very little.
21 Feb 2025 20:21:48
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Has Mes helped with those clean sheets? We've no idea if an unknown and new keeper would Mess with the back four, or disrupt our balance.
We are working well. We don't need to beat Man City or Chelsea, we just need to survive the first year and our squad is better than Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton.
21 Feb 2025 20:33:44
Oh god don’t mention the m word. Yes it was a very vaild question and point/ post but it’s trying to debate with the insane.
Mentioning meslier on this site is akin to debating if we should burn witches in the 1700s in Salem.
21 Feb 2025 21:07:57
Very funny Berm, there’s criticism and there’s a witch-hunt ? never known a player for Leeds that has been flogged more than Meslier.
21 Feb 2025 21:21:56
Well flogged by me Phillips but rest of the fan base yeah poor mes gets it! You have to go some ti make me feel sorry for a French man but I do feel sorry for mes … sorry le gash.
21 Feb 2025 21:27:30
It’s also worth considering that Meslier is a part of the that model and rythme that we play to and being top of the league he is an important part of a system that works very well.
Don’t underestimate the value of Meslier in this successful team, he is a intrinsical part of it.
21 Feb 2025 21:27:53
James Trafford having a great match for Burnley who are winning 2 nil
a great match winning keeper
a 3 horse race for top 2 places.
21 Feb 2025 22:32:29
Not sure whether you’re tetchy about the Wendies losing or Burnley winning?