Since signing Mundle, it’s grow to be clear that he’s a really proficient younger man.
He has all the talents you’d need from a winger: tempo, directness, dynamism, energy, with the dribbling and ending means to prime it off. Objectives in opposition to Preston, Luton and Burnley highlighted his explosive and spectacular wing play, however that mentioned, he’s not at all the completed product. He nonetheless has a solution to go and many potential to fulfil.
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He’s had just a few knocks since becoming a member of, however that is his first main setback.
It’s been 131 days for the reason that harm and it was bittersweet that it got here throughout pre-season — the sweetness being that he’s missed much less soccer than he would’ve accomplished had this harm occurred through the season, however the bitterness being that he didn’t get a correct pre-season below his belt.
He performed twenty instances final season, scoring 5 objectives and aiding twice, so Régis Le Bris clearly took a liking to him and this season may’ve been his for the taking.
If he hadn’t picked up this harm through the summer season window, maybe we would not have signed the attacking choices we did.
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In fact, Mundle was simply as unproven a Premier League footballer as the remainder of the squad final 12 months, which we took steps to handle. I’m not saying that we wouldn’t have signed the likes of Chemsdine Talbi, Simon Adingra or Bertrand Traoré and positioned our religion in Mundle, however it will’ve been attention-grabbing to see if our incomings would possibly’ve been totally different if Mundle was raring to go in the beginning of the season.
For my part, he isn’t a beginning Premier League winger, however there are positively worse choices to have on the bench and I can completely see him inflicting defenders some severe issues — particularly in opposition to drained legs.
That mentioned, it isn’t a simple harm to get better from and for all we all know, it may have affected his talent set and magnificence of play. Actually, Sunderland posted a video on their YouTube channel just a few weeks in the past during which Jermain Defoe returned to the Academy and was seen speaking to Mundle concerning the surgical procedure and the troublesome penalties of this kind of harm.
I feel it’s additionally truthful to take note of that our wingers have been taking part in nicely up to now this season, however in comparison with our signings in different elements of the pitch, they may not have been as spectacular.
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For instance, Adingra was firmly positioned within the canine home after his lack of monitoring again in opposition to Manchester United, getting hooked within the thirty seventh minute. Le Bris has seemingly taken a shine to Traoré, giving him a safe spot within the beginning line up, however real affect on the sport has but to be seen from him, so may Mundle power his manner into the image and provides Le Bris a great drawback to have? I feel he has the flexibility to take action.
One other factor to contemplate are Mundle’s defensive capabilities. Particularly away from dwelling, he could be anticipated to be extra defensive than attacking. He would wish to prioritise serving to his left again over working at their proper again — however this might be new for Mundle and be troublesome for him to adapt to; a doable barrier for him to get into the staff?
I really like Mundle and I’ve a real perception that he’s finally able to making the step up. Till then, I hope he recovers nicely from this harm and is a viable possibility off the bench — or within the beginning eleven for the rest of the season.