gza the genius
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What about Sanchez as the striker and Lukaku on the right focused on running the channel?
This is what most people started doing with Rooney towards the end too...
What about Sanchez as the striker and Lukaku on the right focused on running the channel?
I don't buy that argument or comparison. On 28 December he put up a fantastic, MOTM performance in his final Arsenal match against Palace, then once he moved to OT in January he was distinctly different and his woeful form kicked in. Torres often turned up and put in decent shifts. He had a number of very good performances for Chelsea and played a key role in their CL win. Besides, Torres wasn't the highest paid player in the league or even at Chelsea. Players who were fatigued from Russia are playing better than Sanchez. He was even rested midweek to get him ready for Wolves, but was still awful. Apart from the 3-2 win at City, it's hard to remember any memorable games he has had for Man Utd since joining.Sanchez was on the decline in the last season at Arsenal just like Torres before he switched to Chelsea. Arsenal got the better deal. They got to start over fresh without their fading star who didn't exactly spread joy around the dressingroom.
No European clubs with these insane wages we're giving him.
We really are stumped here aren't we. He's nowhere near good enough to start at present but then its unthinkable to imagine paying a substitute/squad player 400k a week or whatever...….we're kind of forced to play him simply because of his wages, its a ridiculous situation to be in.
I agree it seems silly to pay someone that amount to be a sub/rotation option, but the fact is he costs us the same whether he's playing or not, so if he's not playing well enough then I see no problem leaving him out.We really are stumped here aren't we. He's nowhere near good enough to start at present but then its unthinkable to imagine paying a substitute/squad player 400k a week or whatever...….we're kind of forced to play him simply because of his wages, its a ridiculous situation to be in.
"What you have to know about Alexis is that he is a hard worker, explained Pogba. "He trains very well, he always tries to help the team, talks with the team and everything.
"He will get used to it. When you play a long time with another team and you play different football in that other team, you have some kind of adaptation that you have to have.
"It's not that he is playing bad. We know that Alexis Sanchez can bring a lot and I'm sure he will.
"But he's not playing bad and he keeps being positive, you know, so that's the good thing we have to think about."
Pogba's take on Sanhcez
I think under a different manager Sanchez can prosper still. I could see him working well under Sarri for example where gameplay involves quick 1-2 passing. It was a bad career move interms of how we're setup. Maybe under a new manager he will be back to looking good.
He'll come good soon enough, we need to keep playing him until he hits his former form.
Important to remember that his form in the last year or so at Arsenal was poor despite the fact that Arsen Wenger knew the best position and style of football he previously thrived on.
It is clearly a complex issue and he is not happy but something needs to be done urgently. Maybe he needs a good sports phsycologist to sort out possible mental problems.
Alexis Sanchez has not scored a Premier League goal since finding the net against Swansea on the last day of March. Since that day, there have been 347 goals scored in the competition with no fewer than 164 different scorers. The Manchester United forward, the Premier League's highest-paid player, has somehow contrived not to be among them.
In 63 minutes in the game against Wolves on Saturday, Sanchez mustered only one shot and gave the ball away 16 times without winning possession back once.
https://www.skysports.com/football/...er-united-form-is-a-concern-for-jose-mourinho
Agree with that. By far his best career stats were at Arsenal. Moving to a completely different set-up, different manager and different style was ill-advised. Now some media (and Ian Wright) are reporting that he is likely to be sold next summer, which at this rate is not far-fetched and perhaps the best for Man Utd.Think he might have shot himself in the foot to move clubs at a time when he should maybe thinking about changing/moving position as a lot of players do at his age.
Agree with that. By far his best career stats were at Arsenal. Moving to a completely different set-up, different manager and different style was ill-advised. Now some media (and Ian Wright) are reporting that he is likely to be sold next summer, which at this rate is not far-fetched and perhaps the best for Man Utd.
How long is his contract with us?From SkySports:
Total minutes played for United (League + UCL): 1546
Goals Scored: 2 (goal every 773 mins)
Assists: 4 (assist every 386.5 mins)
Times he Lost Possession: 390 (once every 4 minutes)
This is the point though, this form hasn't just been with us. He was poor for Arsenal those last few months and everybody assumed he just wasn't trying.It maybe something to do with him wanting to leave. I can't see a player suddenly dropping standards unless he had a severe injury.
This is the point though, this form hasn't just been with us. He was poor for Arsenal those last few months and everybody assumed he just wasn't trying.
Clearly though he's just lost that yard of pace which his style relies on. He's struggling to adapt and still playing the old way, but the genius isn't there right now only his pitfalls.
Come on, what else is Pogba supposed to say in that situation? That Alexis is finished and the club might have made a mistake in signing him?Ah so he keeps being positive. We as Utd fans should be on our knees fecking greatful that a player on 400k p/w is positive. Feck off both of them
His best performance 9 months on is still from the video of his unveiling. Mind you I did like that.
This is the final solution left. Last throw of the dice. Play him centrally like he did in pre season either with Lukaku/Martial/Rashford in 3-5-2 or false 9 like you're saying with Lukaku as right sided forward (not winger) and Martial on the left. If he doesn't change after this it's fair to say he's finished.Id like to see him in a false 9 position. Maybe have lukaku playing off him on the right and have either Rashford/ Martial to the left. Think bit of freedom for him to pick the ball up in more central positions could see him to his best. In the Huddersfield game at home last season he got in to alot of central positions and he was brilliant. Huddersfield just kept kicking him and fouling him but he was going past players in central positions. He played upfront in pre season and was good.
Four-and-a-half years, so it ends summer 2022. And according to the Telegraph he is paid £14m a year after tax - just under £27m a year (or around £500,000 per week) before tax - on top of his £20m signing-on fee, and an agents’ fee worth more than £10m. I can see why he won't quit easily or cheaply. Absolutely shocking.How long is his contract with us?
I liked this from Pogba, to be honest, Alexis needs his teammates if he is to come good. Also in the last game, after that horrible first free kick didn't Pogba try and encourage him to take another or am I wrong? Someone with better memory maybe recalls the situation?Pogba's take on Sanhcez