SteveW
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Watched some highlights from the City game. They really struggled with him. He looked a bit raw but the pace was enough to cause havoc.
I think he was a LB prospect for Southampton. But I'm sure he didn't play their much at Spurs - outside of being Assou-Ekotto's back up. @SquishyMcSquish @balaks probably know more
Yep. Caused them more trouble than many other bigger named players.Watched some highlights from the City game. They really struggled with him. He looked a bit raw but the pace was enough to cause havoc.
Yep. Caused them more trouble than many other bigger named players.
Pace kills. The guy seems hungry and I’m sure giggs has given them a great idea of his
Mentality. People are just being silly as they expected sancho.
He clearly has more about him than traore.Pace isn't all that matters. There's a reason Adama can't get into Wolve's first XI.
He clearly has more about him than traore.
Traore is a track and field athlete.
Our Wide options right now really aren’t pulling up many trees, if I was a defender I know who I’d rather play against. Lingard, Mata or James?
Pace isn't all that matters. There's a reason Adama can't get into Wolve's first XI.
He can shoot, cross, pass and move, tracks back and helps his defender, isn’t gassed after 1 big run.What is it that you like about him over Traore?
He can shoot, cross, pass and move, tracks back and helps his defender, isn’t gassed after 1 big run.
Traore is dangerous in carrying the ball but he hasn’t scored in a long time.
I agree he’s not the answer to all our problems, but he’s certainly capable of being a good squad player.I'm sure United and the other top clubs have done their due diligence so I'm not going to argue it's inconclusive between him and Adama. But I'm still concerned that the view pace is overweighted in our evaluation of targets. If he can shoot he'd have a better goal return than 4 in 33 games. He may well be creative, but 9 assists isn't setting the league on fire.
He's 100% worth a punt at £15m, but I don't expect us to be suddenly cutting the gap by buying a Championship left winger and converting him to a right winger. Our issues going forward is the lack of creativity and the lack of chance conversion. If he's a squad player, great. But if Ole thinks James is a 2nd choice behind Sancho then, it's quite the gulf in quality.
And probably why we aren't signing Traore
Many wingers have made a career of being faster than their fullback and putting in crosses.
His dribbling looks fine especially for the speed he runs at. I don’t expect him to be an immediate starter either, probably an impact sub / rotation at first.
We don't have problems with pace though. We have problems breaking teams down and creating and this guy isn't going to fix that. Just look at Rashford. He's fast, he loves to kick and run and bank on his pace being enough but it rarely is.Watched some highlights from the City game. They really struggled with him. He looked a bit raw but the pace was enough to cause havoc.
His crossing doesn't look much cop and that is such a dated way of playing, none of the best sides use that kind of basic winger, plus we don't even have a striker to cross it to unlesss Lumpkaku is staying and most sources point to him thankfully being off. The fact is this kid has done nothing, he's not even the star of the second rate league he plays in, his goals and assists stats are crap, there's nothing to suggest he's ready to be a PL player and we don't have the luxury of taking punts right now.
And probably why we aren't signing Traore
People have actually seen Traore play so probably not.If we were actually linked with Traore there would be people defending it like they are doing with James right now.
Just a question - is this dimension, which I think we do have as is in Rashford, any less barbaric than throwing on Fellaini ever was?
Always thought it a little odd to say one was wrong or better versus the other.
You can live in false hope that he'll come to us.Have you ever known a team that openly state they're selling one of their top talents, whilst in a title race? Of course they'll say he's not for sale, it doesn't mean he's not though, money talks.
I bet Giggs and Kanchelskis are glad you weren’t our manager back in the day.Very unconvinced about pacey wingers. All it takes one ACL injury. Drops to 75%.. One more fracture and then you'll have him playing on wingback roles.
Better just buy slow players to be safe thenVery unconvinced about pacey wingers. All it takes one ACL injury. Drops to 75%.. One more fracture and then you'll have him playing on wingback roles.
That's easy to say after what's been reported. If he cant move to us at our worst then he shouldn't come when we're at our best, we want players who'll fight for the badge on the shirt.You can live in false hope that he'll come to us.
In his position, I wouldn't touch us with a 10 foot barge pole
Fake news. The graft they take from the hamstring in a standard procedure is stronger than your current ACL, the procedure has improved masses in the last decade.Very unconvinced about pacey wingers. All it takes one ACL injury. Drops to 75%.. One more fracture and then you'll have him playing on wingback roles.
That's easy to say after what's been reported. If he cant move to us at our worst then he shouldn't come when we're at our best, we want players who'll fight for the badge on the shirt.
I wouldn't disagree with any of that! Another reason not to pin my hopes on Sancho. Utd have been a club that players want to come to and that's what we should be looking at
Fake news. The graft they take from the hamstring in a standard procedure is stronger than your current ACL, the procedure has improved masses in the last decade.
The ligament provides more than just strength and structural integrity. It has many sensors in it as well which cannot be replaced with grafts. I do lots of neurorehabilitation of such patients on fairly regular basis. In fact, nearly daily.That's easy to say after what's been reported. If he cant move to us at our worst then he shouldn't come when we're at our best, we want players who'll fight for the badge on the shirt.
Fake news. The graft they take from the hamstring in a standard procedure is stronger than your current ACL, the procedure has improved masses in the last decade.
Nothing to get excited. Just like Gabriel Obertan or Jonathan Greening etc.. a squad member at most. Would rather put more faith on our homegrown Tahith Chong next season.
What makes you imagine both can't push for a starting role at the sane time? Yet we lack both a natural right and left winger?Thank you. All this talk about youth and we are going to waste 15m whilst we have Chong just there. If James came in and I was Chong. I’d go back to Holland.
We have problems with a dead right flankWe don't have problems with pace though. We have problems breaking teams down and creating and this guy isn't going to fix that. Just look at Rashford. He's fast, he loves to kick and run and bank on his pace being enough but it rarely is.
What makes you imagine both can't push for a starting role at the sane time? Yet we lack both a natural right and left winger?
He just about push for a starting role now that plus another first team winger puts him down in the pecking order.
Why do you believe he won’t think like this?!