by DonnyFan » Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:38 pm
Hey, Doncaster fan in peace. Mandeville is a frustrating player. So much talent, can play striker or Number 10, decent finisher and quality technique which ended up winning him EFL Young Player of the Month a couple year back as he spent a month or so destroying teams. The downside is he only puts in the performances when he can be arsed and some weekday nights he's out getting pissed, too much of a student mentality. When he plays he looks like he's knackered after about 15 mins, not sure if the lifestyle contributes. He fell out with Fergie last season, Fergie says it was because he wasn't banging down his door wanting to get in the team, so he dropped him completely but some people reckon Mandeville's attitude caused it. He ended up out on loan for the second half of last season at Colchester but only played about twice. Fergie put him on the transfer list at the end of the season, along with Mitchell Lund and since Fergie's gone and McCann's come in, McCann has evaluated the players on the transfer list and deemed him surplus to requirements but surprisingly Lund's been taken off the transfer list despite rarely featuring for you guys!
So overall, if you can get him to grow the f*ck up then you have someone who can easily play at a higher level and Championship/lower Premier League teams had a brief look at. If you get the other Mandeville then he's pointless and wont be playing professionally in a few years.