The only difference I'd say is that Bellingham is a CM and not a wide/attacking player and he did have a season at Birmingham albeit not in the PL. He seems like a fighter and a player with lots of intensity and character. Sancho has seemed off and very disconnected from many games.
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Keep him away from the likes of rashford. Lingard and pogba are already leaving so thats a plus.
I doubt he will become a very good player. He has no standout physical attributes which isn’t something you can get away with as a wide player in this league.
Quite concerning to read this.
Obviously the sample size is very small but Kulusevki at Spurs shows you can play well without being particularly strong or fast.
Kulusevski is strong as a bull, and he might not be pacy but he has a bit of burst to work a yard of space for a shot which Sancho doesn’t.
Bernardo Silva is hardly a physical player, so was David Silva. You need a system where players help each other and balance on the ball.
I didnt rate Sancho as high as the hype was getting in the Bundesliga.
Yet the one major thing this season was how all wide attackers turned to shit - when arguably every other season they were our main attackers in the first place.
There is plenty of reasons why our wider players turned to shit - but luckily for Sancho; you cant isolate him as the odd one out.
Yet the one major thing this season was how all wide attackers turned to shit - when arguably every other season they were our main attackers in the first place.
There is plenty of reasons why our wider players turned to shit - but luckily for Sancho; you cant isolate him as the odd one out.
Fair enough I guess, although they were unbelievable technicians to compensate for it. I don’t see that with Sancho but hopefully I’m wrong.
You're a bit too harsh IMHO, Sancho has showed pace and agility on numerous occasions but obviously not consistently enough over the course the season.
A bit concercing reading about his trips after ruling himself out matches. Still remember seeing Pogba at the Manchester airport smiling with his buddies just an hour after we effectively lost the title after 4-4 against Everton at home.
Where have you seen he was on a flight to NYC? Had a search on twitter and couldn't find anything. If true, I'd have to agree with the sentiment though, not necessarily about being there but I'm sure the players would have an opportunity to meet ETH either yesterday or today.
That title race was as fake as it could get. There was no race that early into the season
Piss take.
He was practically in the reserves back then.It happened in late April?
I got my seasons confusedIt happened in late April?
Pogba was an irrelevant player back then so I don't get the criticismWas Rashford ill as well?
Amazing how much illness there’s been in the squad this given its a bunch of young, extremely healthy guys.
At the beginning of the season I questioned Sancho taking his sweet time to join up with us and wondered about his fitness.
He never looks fit to me. Even before this latest illness I noticed him training with both thighs strapped.
If we want to get the best out of him ETH needs to have him running up mountains in pre season.
My fiance was on his flight out of Manchester airport to NYC. She sent me a picture - it's 100% him
That might be the most ridiculous criticism of Pogba I’ve ever read.
Looks like we've found our dressing room leak, it's...
@Lentwood girlfriend
I think his skillset is very much suited to what ten Hag will want.
I'm not too worried.
I'm not too worried.
I got my seasons confused
It wasn't massive criticism, it was just a throwback for me to witness a player seemingly not bothered at all about the club. I probably made too much of it, but the mood around OT and in Manchester was that we had lost the title that day, so probably expected the players involved with the club to atleast pretend that they cared, atleast in the sudden aftermath of that match. He wasn't a star player by any means, but he made a few cameos prior IIRC and we still had hopes that he would sign a contract and feature more for the first team.
Which, if the reports are true, could be said about Jadon's actions aswell. I'm hoping that it's not the case of course because I still believe he will come good.
Ok, fair enough. I just made the comparison because it didn't feel right back then, but then again I probably made too much of it and can't expect any of the players involved with the first team to care as much as we supporters do. In hindsight I don't blame him though,because he probably already knew by then that he was leaving the club anyway.
This kid must be thinking what the hell did I walk into. 21 year old walking into a changing room with this lot. Got to feel for him. Hopefully his next season will be more enjoyable and professional.
Funnily enough....she has a really close mutual friend with a current prominent United player and they regularly chat on social media/facetime/phone...I get a lot of general nonsense, gossip and rubbish but nothing mega interesting or unusual for a football team.
The Athletic reported that he had an ear infection at the start of the season which apparently was quite bad and was initially training with cotton bud in one of his ears. His recent illness was tonsillitis so he may just be a bit of a one off as they are quite specific problems rather than him just not feeling well.
It wasn't reported at the time but you can see it in his ear in the video below.
what does this mean?
agreed. Whenever I did manage to see him play I saw the current version. In Dortmund highlights the defences looked a shambles.
If he doesn't make a pass its his teammates fault.
Anyways, he gets a chance at a new coach so he gets a pass this season.
It's an interesting comparison, but ultimately you can't really draw many conclusions from that, especially regarding Sancho himself.
Different coaches with different approaches across some of those seasons, different players performing at different levels across those seasons, and some other factors. There are too many variables to relate those stats and results to Sancho and his departure individually.
Why?
Thought he was ill for the last month?
Thought he was ill for the last month?
Another one of our player got Neymar-lized in terms of style and demeanor.
Previous victims are Rashford, Pogba and Lingard.
He was back in training and in contention for the Palace game and Rangnick said he had an issue in training the day before (no indication what it was), hence he was a doubt and missed the Palace. Have to remember there was a 2 week gap between our final 2 league games too.
I don't think it was reported that he was near death. He wasn't capable of playing football, but that doesn't exclude him from smiling in Jamaica. Do folks want him locked up in Manchester?
Agree but it's crazy to see the difference in reaction between this and the Rashford engagement photo, honestly you would have thought he posted a pic of him doing the "take the L" on a burning orphanage with some of the responses he got in his thread.
Confused, don't we want our players to get in an early break, get refreshed then get back in just a month to start 'the hardest pre-season of their lives'?
Also the mountains in Jamaica are absolutely beautiful, nice to see them getting some love.
Also the mountains in Jamaica are absolutely beautiful, nice to see them getting some love.
350 k is insane.
Surely he didn’t need that much at the age of 20.
Surely he didn’t need that much at the age of 20.
This old school mentality is toxic, players are allowed to enjoy their time off, it doesn't in any way affect his work on the training ground or the pitch.
Are people paid according to exact work done or work done/ organization wealth.350 k is insane.
Surely he didn’t need that much at the age of 20.
I assume he beat the illness as the human immune system tends to do.
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