Phil Osophy
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We were warned about Sancho by the Dortmund coach. The poor man said the year before we signed him that Sancho staying at Dortmund was good and fine but "he has to run more than 20 minutes in games". The man looked depressed while talking about him. The signals were all there and we didn' see it (I include myself).
I'm not against any measures by Ineos but the key here is learning to identify players more than doing things to punish them. Signing someone who's already failing in terms of discipline and hardwork is playing the roulette. If we want a team with drive, energy and quality we have to identify a lot of players with drive, energy and quality.
Sir Alex did it in the era of VHS, and nowadays with all the technology and resources available we seem to miss every transfer. If Ineos want to fix the club they could start from there.
I'm not against any measures by Ineos but the key here is learning to identify players more than doing things to punish them. Signing someone who's already failing in terms of discipline and hardwork is playing the roulette. If we want a team with drive, energy and quality we have to identify a lot of players with drive, energy and quality.
Sir Alex did it in the era of VHS, and nowadays with all the technology and resources available we seem to miss every transfer. If Ineos want to fix the club they could start from there.