[Member 109952]

Yep. I wonder if our scouts are completely shite or if their reports are just ignored by the management? Our hit rate is so low that either the scouts need to go or the management. Shambles.

Sack both. Our strategy largely is sign well known players that no one else wants for large money. AWB £50m because he's a young english RB. Maguire £80m. Van De Beek £40m. Sancho £70m. Never actually considering what kind of player we're signing, what their attributes our, how they'll fit into the team.

Ole's at fault but blame goes to the scouts, the board and the glazers, for not implementing a proper footballing analyst team that actually analyses the players we sign. Nothing's changed either, Murtough and Fletch are now our footballing experts. Compared to how some other teams do things we're light years away.

 

[Bubz27]

People say he would fit in at City but watching them today with the energy and eagerness to press of Foden, Silva, Sterling, even bloody Grealish, I just don't see it. He plays like the luxury player everyone else has to work for, and we have too many of them in our squad.

Really no point comparing City to us. Any signing they make is going into a well oiled machine with one of the greatest managers of all time coaching him.

 

[ForeverRed1]

I wanted us to sign him so bad, he’s still only 21 so there’s time.. but I do feel like he’s being exposed at the moment in a league as fast and physical as this one.

he probably is better suited to other leagues.. but let’s see, time will tell.

 

[flameinthesun]

People say he would fit in at City but watching them today with the energy and eagerness to press of Foden, Silva, Sterling, even bloody Grealish, I just don't see it. He plays like the luxury player everyone else has to work for, and we have too many of them in our squad.

Yeah this is something that I thought that hed fit in at city, I still think he would as they spend so much of their time with the ball and camped in the oppositions half but you are right, their wingers do all have a bit of pace. He could possibly play for them in the 8 position.

He's very talented, but I fear hes just not that guy for united.

 

[Problem-free Philosophy]

So far he's looking like the worst signing we've managed for a while, which considering his competition is particularly damning.

 

[Frank White]

People need to calm the feck down. He's 21, under immense pressure and in a much more aggressive league than the German farmers division, hardly a surprise that it takes time getting used to it. Expect more from him next season

What's the minimum we should be expecting of him this season? because as it stands he rarely takes anyone, has nearly 0 work ethic and apparently can't pass to save his life.

 

[yamo123x]

Came on trotted about, 74million

 

[Jev]

Five league goals from nine starts. Easily better than Sancho.

 

[AndySmith1990]

Sick and tired of it tbh. Almost every player we sign turns out to be a dud. I bet we could unearth the next Messi and somehow manage to sap all of the creativity, skill, and joy out of them. United is where players go to stagnate or at worst ruin their career. No wonder ambitious players like Haland and Bellingham had zero interest in coming here.

 

[RepardReece]

Sancho will never match James record of goals and assists for United. He is that bad.

Take your blinkers off buddy because at least James could do a job for Utd whereas Sancho is fecking useless in a Utd shirt.

State of you two.

Name one player other than De Gea that has played well this season

 

[Born2Lose]

Another game closer to hipster flop of the year 2021/22. When will we learn with the Bundesliga players, even Klopp and Tuchel rarely go back there.

Guardiola steered well clear of a return for a reason.

 

[V.O.]

Sancho will never match James record of goals and assists for United. He is that bad.

I know people talk some shite after a bad result, but come on.

 

[UncleBob]

What's the minimum we should be expecting of him this season? because as it stands he rarely takes anyone, has nearly 0 work ethic and apparently can't pass to save his life.

This is below the minimum I expect of a question I'll answer.

 

[spiriticon]

He might be better for City where life is cushy but we are not City.

He needs to figure out how to be good for United.

 

[Frank White]

This is below the minimum I expect of a question I'll answer.

Gonna hit you with a Unclebob classic

 

[Cathy Ferguson]

A very expensive backup to Bruno. Lacks the pace and stamina to play on the wing.

 

[El-Manos]

Take your blinkers off buddy because at least James could do a job for Utd whereas Sancho is fecking useless in a Utd shirt.

James was shocking.

 

[Posh Red]

Another game closer to hipster flop of the year 2021/22. When will we learn with the Bundesliga players, even Klopp and Tuchel rarely go back there.

Guardiola steered well clear of a return for a reason.

City’s best player came from the Budesliga. And Gundogan was arguably their best player last season. Strange comment.

 

[RedRonaldo]

2 goals 0 assist in 23 games.

Have to admit, I didm't expect him to be that bad.

Perhaps he will need another 1 or 2 years to settle in.

 

[TheRedHearted]

Yep. I wonder if our scouts are completely shite or if their reports are just ignored by the management? Our hit rate is so low that either the scouts need to go or the management. Shambles.

Na. These young players come into teams that are completely unbalanced and don’t have proper management to make them better. That’s why we go look at teams with a strong system (like Leicester when we bought Harry) and go oh look! He will fix all of our problems at the back! But then we realize he looked great in a well drilled team.
Same for Donny, Pogba for France. Some players will look great once we are cohesive and managed right

 

[thegregster]

I know people talk some shite after a bad result, but come on.

Sancho is just a total fraud. People are fooling themselves. Even Elanga offers more. A kid who has only played a couple of games at this level.

 

[El Jefe]

He looks like a 14 year old out there. Possibly the most lightweight player I've ever seen play for us. Dan James was weak as piss but he at least had pace to burn and was aggressive, Sancho is as physically imposing as a ply of wet tissue.

The coaching staff need to put him on an intense programme over the next couple of years or he'll be a guaranteed flop.

 

[Bondi77]

State of you two.

Name one player other than De Gea that has played well this season

What has that got to do with James having more effect for us in a game than Sancho has?
Stay on point buddy!

 

[TheMitz]

Waste of space today, patience is now wearing out with him.

 

[Lentwood]

The knee jerk reactions from the usual suspects who are braying for a new scapegoat.

Sancho didn't play well and hasn't played well for the most part this season. But he came with 15 minutes left into a side that was struggling massively. I'm not surprised he didn't impact the game. Very few players did for most of the second half and especially after we conceded our second.

I expect better from him and I think we'll eventually see it. But I think you're a fool of you write him off after one poor season. He's 21, coming into a new league of which he's never played before and into a team that's struggling immensely.

I would normally agree with you with a young lad coming into a new league but what massively worries me is that he doesnt look up for the fight. Even his first-touch of the game today, just waved the white flag under the simplest physical pressure. It's shocking how slow and weak he is. I don't know if anything can be done about that now at 21?

We've been guilty so many times of kidding ourselves on and holding onto to players too long. Personally, I am not saying he wont come good for someone somewhere, but if we could get £50m for him in Summer I'd be massively tempted because he just doesn't look cut out for it physically.

 

[Godfather]

He's so slow. Looked more tired coming on than the Villa players after 70 mins

 

[izec]

Told you he is overrated and not needed. We should have spend the money on a CM/DM. But Ole wanted Sancho

 

[Superunknown]

I still think that with the right manager and right set-up, he can really flourish.

However, I have to say that I have been nothing of disappointed, so far. Very, very underwhelming. This signing has been all hype. He just hasn't come even close to delivering yet. But, he's let off the hook a little by how shit the whole side have been. He's just another underperforming player and we already have more than a dozen of those.

 

[Lewnited]

Another game closer to hipster flop of the year 2021/22. When will we learn with the Bundesliga players, even Klopp and Tuchel rarely go back there.

Guardiola steered well clear of a return for a reason.

Yep, glad we steered clear of the likes of Mane, Son, De Bruyne, Aubameyang, Gundogan etc

 

[Ronaldo's ego]

It’s very hard to judge players when the whole club is in shambles. Not the player yet we thought we were signing but he’s still very young and things can change very quickly in the right setup. I keep saying that but it is what it is.

 

[Frank White]

Yep, glad we steered clear of the likes of Mane, Son, De Bruyne, Aubameyang, Gundogan etc

Mane?

 

[Born2Lose]

City’s best player came from the Budesliga. And Gundogan was arguably their best player last season. Strange comment.

And a broken clock is right twice a day.

 

[spiriticon]

He's so slow. Looked more tired coming on than the Villa players after 70 mins

I fear for him in his late twenties. If he loses even a half yard of pace, it's game over.

 

[Lentwood]

The fourth horseman of Ole's apocalypse after AWB, Maguire and VdB.

£250m spunked on four atrocious signings.

How is it 2022 and we still have posters who talk about managers signing players?

Id love to think the problems with our recruitment started and ended with one man, but unfortunately we have an entire rotten team of scouts, analysts and SMT members involved in our transfers.

 

[Saddy]

Elanga already looks better than this lad - my god what a waste of money ?
No pace and can't beat a man

 

[Sanchez7]

Sack both. Our strategy largely is sign well known players that no one else wants for large money. AWB £50m because he's a young english RB. Maguire £80m. Van De Beek £40m. Sancho £70m. Never actually considering what kind of player we're signing, what their attributes our, how they'll fit into the team.

Ole's at fault but blame goes to the scouts, the board and the glazers, for not implementing a proper footballing analyst team that actually analyses the players we sign. Nothing's changed either, Murtough and Fletch are now our footballing experts. Compared to how some other teams do things we're light years away.

Na. These young players come into teams that are completely unbalanced and don’t have proper management to make them better. That’s why we go look at teams with a strong system (like Leicester when we bought Harry) and go oh look! He will fix all of our problems at the back! But then we realize he looked great in a well drilled team.
Same for Donny, Pogba for France. Some players will look great once we are cohesive and managed right

I agree.


The club's management is rotten to the core - there is no accountability, standards have dropped and nepotism is rampant. Unless we have a complete reboot from the top or get lucky with a world class manager, nothing is going to change.

 

[Lewnited]

Mane?

Ah, wrong Bundesliga

 

[Leftback99]

Never trust the Bundesliga (or Caf experts who wanted to spend £100m+ on this lad).

Needs to spend the summer getting physically ready for the PL because he's way off it.

 

[hobbers]

How is it 2022 and we still have posters who talk about managers signing players?

Id love to think the problems with our recruitment started and ended with one man, but unfortunately we have an entire rotten team of scouts, analysts and SMT members involved in our transfers.

I'm not just blaming Ole for them. Our scouts and analysis departments are literally the worst in the league, AWB is proof of that.

Although he clearly really wanted to sign Jadon given we chased him for 2 years. The "cultural reboot" to our signings that everyone lauded Ole for is just as dead a concept as all the other bullshit.

 

[RepardReece]

Na. These young players come into teams that are completely unbalanced and don’t have proper management to make them better. That’s why we go look at teams with a strong system (like Leicester when we bought Harry) and go oh look! He will fix all of our problems at the back! But then we realize he looked great in a well drilled team. Same for Donny, Pogba for France. Some players will look great once we are cohesive and managed right

Spot on.

What has that got to do with James having more effect for us in a game than Sancho has? Stay on point buddy!

James only had an effect on the game due to his pace, couldn't do anything other than that. Look at the quoted post above yours. How do you expect players to perform in such an unbalanced and messy team? The only player that's been effective is Bruno.