Can we do a poll on where we think he should be played?
Genuinely think if playing on the right he could single-handedly solve our attacking issues if he recaptures the form he displayed there for Udinese/Barcelona/Chile.
The problem is there's far less fluidity in our attacking system than Arsenal's which makes Sanchez's gamestyle of constantly cutting in from the left seem predictable. Whereas previously he'd be able to either cut inside and keep going till he got into dangerous space for himself, or pass the ball directly in front of him into the box to a runner like Ramsey, or play off another creative drifter on the edge of the area like Ozil, or swing it to the waiting centre-forward like Giroud, at Manchester United the only thing he can do is cut inside (Lukaku is being marked out of the game because Ramsey and Ozil aren't occupying the other defenders), and he is crowded out every time. He's someone who will find space whenever there is space, but Manchester United don't create space, so he's finding himself trapped.
We need more intelligence in our foward line, seems obvious the solution is playing Sanchez from the right which will increase both our width and his unpredictability, and giving Pogba his preferred advanced role in a midfield three. Martial and Rashford are far less Walcotty on the left.
Genuinely think if playing on the right he could single-handedly solve our attacking issues if he recaptures the form he displayed there for Udinese/Barcelona/Chile.
The problem is there's far less fluidity in our attacking system than Arsenal's which makes Sanchez's gamestyle of constantly cutting in from the left seem predictable. Whereas previously he'd be able to either cut inside and keep going till he got into dangerous space for himself, or pass the ball directly in front of him into the box to a runner like Ramsey, or play off another creative drifter on the edge of the area like Ozil, or swing it to the waiting centre-forward like Giroud, at Manchester United the only thing he can do is cut inside (Lukaku is being marked out of the game because Ramsey and Ozil aren't occupying the other defenders), and he is crowded out every time. He's someone who will find space whenever there is space, but Manchester United don't create space, so he's finding himself trapped.
We need more intelligence in our foward line, seems obvious the solution is playing Sanchez from the right which will increase both our width and his unpredictability, and giving Pogba his preferred advanced role in a midfield three. Martial and Rashford are far less Walcotty on the left.
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