I called him overrated while he was in germany. He had the stats but didn't pass the eye test.
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Dont think we have any other option but to persist with him and hopefully ETH can influence his game positively over another season.
I think he'll be better when we sign a number 9, I think all our wingers have suffered without one...
I think he'll be better when we sign a number 9, I think all our wingers have suffered without one...
Ten Hag knows what he is doing, its why we have Antony, he maybe raw but you just trust him in possession and against his man, he will improve.
Sancho has the technical skills but not the mentality,
Mctominay, Fred, Martial, Sancho, Maguire, VDB. Get them out, £150 million should be easily doable maybe even 2 if we ask chelsea. Selling this many players hardly ever works, I dont know who takes Sancho either on his wages we will probably be stuck with him.
Sancho has the technical skills but not the mentality,
Mctominay, Fred, Martial, Sancho, Maguire, VDB. Get them out, £150 million should be easily doable maybe even 2 if we ask chelsea. Selling this many players hardly ever works, I dont know who takes Sancho either on his wages we will probably be stuck with him.
Still think our best/only way to shift Sancho would be a part ex and swallow £10m of his wages, paid out as some sort of bonus, or deducted from the part ex valuation.
He used to have a low bottom level, but I don't agree he didn't pass the eye test. He was brilliant in many matches for Dortmund. Now, we see nothing of those wonderful details he did at Dortmund. He simply looks to have lost his touch. Maybe he needs a change. And United too.
Sometimes managers take chances on players that used to be good, but are struggling at the moment. Sancho is young, struggling to live up to the hype, but still already proven to have great potential, and worth a risk. Changing club has made a difference for many players.
Mkhitaryan, Kagawa & Sancho. All flourished at Dortmund and didn’t manage to take the step up/away from Dortmund (to be fair to Mkhi, he’s still seemingly doing alright in Serie A). How much did we give Dortmund for those 3?
Neither are good enough and I predict in two seasons both will no longer be here.
That's not a big prediction for Sancho as the only thing not putting him on the chopping block is his insane wages.
As much as he's disliked, Southgate sussed him out very early. The writing should have been on the wall then because all the talents were competing against each other; Saka, Grealish, Foden, Mount, Rashford and Sancho. He is miles behind them and I can only imagine how obvious it would have been at England training camps.
Sabbaticals, time off through 'sicknesses", lateness, everything has been there to let us know this guy is not up for it. Pulling out of 50/50s and playing at timid only further highlights that.
They’re both rubbish. Rubbish for different reasons, granted, but still rubbish. Neither will be here in a couple of years.
I can't believe how poor he's been. How have we ended up paying almost £200m on two wingers who can't beat a man
105m - of which Sancho cost 70. For me Sancho is by far the biggest disappointment. Not just because of the money but because he really looked like one of the best players in the world and he was a teenager. We’d chased him for years and the hype was insane. How he became such a nothing player should be studied by the great minds of our time, because it’s baffling.
This. He looked completely different at Dortmund. Confident and dynamic. Where the hell is that Sancho?
That’s the issue, right there. He has absolutely no confidence and seems incapable of building any. Despite the manager bending over backwards to try and help him.
The crazy thing is he came into the game yesterday with the best possible preparation in terms of having his head in the best possible place. Some good performances - and goals - against accommodating opposition. The sort of ideal preparation for a big game he will only get very rarely in his career.
My ''hope' in Sancho for next season is almost based entirely on his Dortmund production, the very small sample sizes of technical excellence and decision making shown here, blind faith and ETH!
I don't disagree with your doubt and it's very worrying. In fact I'm pretty sure I've quoted you or vice versa regarding this very same thing. I'm also quite sure I'm repeating the same things I said last season with the hope that a summer, pre-season and a new manager would help him! Unless something drastic happens, he'll probably be here next year for now, so I can only remain optimistic because I don't really want to think of the disappointment again.
Not too bad for the other 2 then, overall. Yeah Sancho came with some sort of marquee type hype. It’s been really disappointing to say the least
Yeah, the deja vu is real, albeit more reinforced than last season as this really will be last chance saloon for him.
Just hope he's not fundamentally broken; I won't be beating the same drum next campaign, fully aware he's on borrowed time.
I’d really like it if we could just leave him on the RW as well. It’s blindingly obvious he is far better that side at premier league level. Quite why ETH decided to play him LW in the cup final after he’d played (relatively) well RW against Chelsea and Fulham only he will know, but it was clearly the wrong decision.
Aye. Need to stop fooling ourselves as United fans about this mythical “first season bedding in” period. Top level attackers come to the prem and light the place up in season one and if they don’t we need to be ruthless and feck em off. Even at a loss.
Like Salah, right?
Guessing this is meant in reference to Salahs first season at Chelsea when he started 2.5 games. Think it makes more sense to look at his first season at Liverpool…
If we get a half decent no.9 Sancho will instantly become third choice on the left wing after Rashford and Garnacho. And fighting it out to be backup on the right wing with Amad.
He’s not going to outcompete Rashford, Garnacho or Antony at this point so his career here is all but over
He’s not going to outcompete Rashford, Garnacho or Antony at this point so his career here is all but over
I'd qualify that to say the team looks better when he's playing off the right. I think that probably also has to do with how he's complemented by a very direct attacker on the opposite side (either Rashford or Garnacho), whereas when he's playing off the left, it's Antony on the other wing (who's at best a little bit of everything, and at worst a wide array of nothing).
We are far better with Sancho in the team.
No idea why he is constantly getting attacked. Players like Antony and Rashford should be getting attacked more!
No idea why he is constantly getting attacked. Players like Antony and Rashford should be getting attacked more!
Surely you're on the wind up here? If not would love to know how you came to that conclusion?
Edit: Just read your post about Donny being the 2nd best midfielder in are team
clear to me now you watch football on a different spectrum to most so crack on with your barmy takes.Surely you're on the wind up here? If not would love to know how you came to that conclusion?
Edit: Just read your post about Donny being the 2nd best midfielder in are team
So the likes of McTominay and Fred are better Donny?
Strictly talking United, then yes both have had games where they have at least looked like semi decent players. Whereas Donny has done the square root of feck all for us.
Also assuming Casemiro is #1 Bruno is by far and away better than Donny so god knows how a player that barely plays, and when he does is normally non existent is some how better.
Kids....don't do drugs.
Marcus Rashford with his 41 attacking returns is apparently worse than someone who didn't reach double figures yet again.
Take up another hobby. Football is beyond you clearly.
That's what makes him stand out. He does his business silently, where as, Bruno you constantly see him being erratic on the ball, rolling on the floor and moaning.
To me he's not doing anything different to what he was doing in Germany. When I watch those highlight videos people post, I see the same movements, the same intensity its just that the defenders in England are that much faster, stronger, and overall better. He's a lot like Depay in that he looked better in Europe than he did in the league, because the (mostly physical) standard is lower. He's never passed the eye test for me, although I do think he's very good at slipping those passes through the backline. When we were signing an English left winger Grealish was the one to sign.
Numbers is not everything my friend!
Brains aren't either clearly.
What is Sancho actually good at? He is slow, can't beat a fullback, not particularly good at crossing and doesn't score many goals.
Rashford, even with his flaws in his game, is clearly ahead of Sancho that it's actually scary you don't see it. Sancho has just as many flaws in his game if not more.
What? Fair play if you're not a WUM and actually believe that. Look forward to next season where Donny does his best Houdini impression #silentdomination league isn't ready.
Agree on this at least but what is it specifically that Sancho offers that Antony or Rashford doesn't? Again will add strictly for United not talking about Dortmund just like i wasn't talking about Ajax for Donny.
I'm confused, not once did I say Sancho is better than Rashford. Just saying that Rashford should be getting attacked more than he has been because in a lot of games he has been invisible but because he contributed with a goal, everything else he has done for the rest of the game is forgotten! I am a huge Rashford fan and believe he can still take his game up another level or 2! If he does, he would be so frightening.
I just have high standards in terms of what I expect from Rashford.
I never said that Sancho is better than Antony or Rashford. I just said that we play better when Sancho plays on the RW rather than on the LW.
I think most people would’ve wanted him to stand out in the attacking phases more before accept such statements.
He has been nothing short of rubbish all season and also had a 3 month lay off when we were struggling to keep players fit while still collecting 350k. He was shocking in the fa Cup, any of us here would have put more heart into that fame than he did and not be paid either.
Well you didn't but fair enough if you believe that i suppose.......
Does his business silently leaping out of 80/20s in his favour. Or getting run off the ball by a stiff breeze.
Hopefully we can get some sort of loan sorted for him next season where at least some of his wages are covered. He offers next to nothing.
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