Sancho needs our support

There is no doubt on his abilities. He was world class in Dortmund. Like Rashford, once he build up his fitness, confidence, believe and fighting spirit he will be back to his best.

He will contributes to lots of assists and goals in ETH's fluid attacking play. The team is starting to click and play fast fluid attacking football and I can see Sancho play a major roles. He will be as important as Rashford to us.

Next, we also need Antony to find his form. If everything go as per plan, we will have one of the best attack in EPL
 
If we had to nurse every millionaire player we had through shite performances we'd truly have a clinic full.
 
I find this such a strange situation. So recently he floored Liverpool and looked very good
 
Will be shining for us as soon as we become a good side and start controlling games, like City and Arsenal currently. Won't be able to reach the stats he had in the Bundesliga, though. He's still a class player, though.
 
He’s still very young and obviously sensitive to the wave of criticism he received regarding his performances.
I’d be inclined to cut him some slack given that he’s likely suffering from some form of fatigue and depression.
He’s a talented player and has demonstrated that he’s able to compete at the highest level. Let’s just give him time to adjust.
 
People aren’t robots, everyone will go through stuff eventually. When you are in the spotlights performing at the highest level, it is more apparent.

Hopefully he comes out of this even stronger.
 
If he scores or plays well against City or Arsenal that would be amazing and vindication of how ETH managed the situation.
 
Without any concrete info I think the mental thing is perhaps being overstated

I think it's just a case of him understanding he needs to pull his weight defensively and especially in the offensive press and then he needs to get his fitness up to the required level to facilitate this

ETH picked him earlier in the season and he produced at times for him so I'm sure he'll get his chances. Just needs to pull his socks up a bit. I've every faith he'll be a player for us going forward
 
Why does Sancho need our support? He is a pro footballer who isnt doing very good at the moment. After all the abuse Rashford got here there is a whole thread about poor ol Sancho needing our support? I hope he does well in all honesty but making threads like this baffles the mind
 
norm87cro said:
Why does Sancho need our support? He is a pro footballer who isnt doing very good at the moment. After all the abuse Rashford got here there is a whole thread about poor ol Sancho needing our support? I hope he does well in all honesty but making threads like this baffles the mind
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What trash logic. Rashford got abused so let Sancho get the same? And Rashford got plenty of threads defending him too. If you bother to read the thread you'll find plenty of reasons why circumstances for Sancho require some patience. If he doesn't perform or isn't good enough according to ETH then he'll be moved on but while he is here we want him to perform at his best.
 
Desert Eagle said:
What trash logic. Rashford got abused so let Sancho get the same? And Rashford got plenty of threads defending him too. If you bother to read the thread you'll find plenty of reasons why circumstances for Sancho require some patience. If he doesn't perform or isn't good enough according to ETH then he'll be moved on but while he is here we want him to perform at his best.
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Well in all honesty I think he has had plenty of time and I don't think fans should trash him either. I just dont know what Sacho actually did to earn the blind support of us fans while guys like Maguire, Rashford, Martial and even Bruno get a lot of abuse.
 
Assuming Sancho comes back lean, fit, hungry and ready for action - do you think Ten Hag will give him some time in his hole now that Donny is injured?
 
If reports about him being overweight and unfit is true he shouldnt get more than one more chance. Might be the flop of the decade this guy
 
He needed some time away from the limelight to get back into the groove of being at his best. Nothing wrong with that. He's had alot of big changes in the last 18 months so was probably needed tbh.

Think of it along the lines of SAF giving Rooney/Ronaldo a few weeks off late in the year to recharge their batteries. It's another way of doing the same thing, except Sancho came from a different starting point to the same end point - to get back his form.
 
Gee Male said:
Well intentioned thread, agree with the sentiment.

He will have loads of people telling him what he needs to do right now, all telling him slightly different. Hopefully he listens to ETH and someone he trusts, and the rest of us give him some space to get back to what he can be.
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I think that's critical, especially if it's a case of uncertainty about how to adapt his game to Utd or a style of play he's not naturally confident with.

It should be that if he takes his orders precisely from ETH and meets all his demands then it's nothing to do with Jadon then, it's the boss's problem and he needs to deal with it.

It's a universal tactic in management whatever industry you're in and AFAIK, it works.

Both sides need to be brutally honest with each other and accurate in describing their objectives and how to achieve them.

I can't see Erik being anything but precise and steely to be honest!
 
Messier1994 said:
Honestly, I have a hard time coming up with a statement that should be less controversy than that SAF demanded very high standards from his players — and if you didn’t meet them, he sold you. And he acted fast. Would SAF have sold Sancho? I don’t know if Sancho would have lived up to those standards.
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Generally echoing the sentiment that we as a club have gone from being ruthless with players to being run by bean counters who want nothing more than to protect their investments.

He should be given a chance under the new manager and we need to sell in the summer if he doesn't perform the whole season.

I hope it'll be a Lukaku type exit if it happens but I predict that this will drag on like it did with guys on big wages like Sanchez.
 
Desert Eagle said:
If he scores or plays well against City or Arsenal that would be amazing and vindication of how ETH managed the situation.
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I have every faith in ten Hag but don’t expect anything from Sancho at this point.
 
norm87cro said:
Why does Sancho need our support? He is a pro footballer who isnt doing very good at the moment. After all the abuse Rashford got here there is a whole thread about poor ol Sancho needing our support? I hope he does well in all honesty but making threads like this baffles the mind
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And here I thought fans were usually referred to as "supporters".
 
Santoryo said:
And here I thought fans were usually referred to as "supporters".
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Yeah. When he plays. On the pitch. But it looks like he isnt able to toughen up and is even losing his place in the starting front 3 even to Martial. We should support him (on the pitch) because he needs to impose himself on his own like Rashford and Garancho did recently. I understand all players go trough rough patches but I really cant understand why his own is going on for so long
 
Its up to him how the rest of his career goes. He's very talented. Just needs to exert a bit more energy and play with fire in his belly. Its very cutthroat at the top and he needs to be ready to fight.

For his career's sake I hope he recovers from whatever he's going through and comes out of it much stronger.
 
Whatever it is, we need him to be back as dortmund Sancho soon. It’s imperative that we get into the CL spots.
 
None of us can know what Sancho is going through, physically or mentally. It's good to see the speculation has slowed to a halt, but I think at this point just focusing on the players who are fit to play is the best course for all of us to take.
 
I don't know why we are surprised at his performances, he didn't looked that great for England and was merely a squad player and there is history of attacking Bundesliga players failing to impress in stronger leagues.
 
Lee565 said:
I don't know why we are surprised at his performances, he didn't looked that great for England and was merely a squad player and there is history of attacking Bundesliga players failing to impress in stronger leagues.
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He's here so we have to back him to overcome, achieve, even lead us to a title, but yeah I'd be lying if it never crossed my mind people who rabidly hyped this thing for two years weren't just the full of shite fifa ultimate teamers. It's just unfortunate he can't even establish himself without Greenwood in the picture.

I do think it isn't coincidence his form fell off a cliff after Ronaldo returned to the starting lineup. Sancho like Antony need team fluidity to really show their quality. They aren't going to outrun or take players on for fun. Let him come back and let's see how he looks.
 
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Lee565 said:
I don't know why we are surprised at his performances, he didn't looked that great for England and was merely a squad player and there is history of attacking Bundesliga players failing to impress in stronger leagues.
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Sure there have been a few flops from Bundesliga but plenty of hits too, Haaland isn't struggling. He also came through the Man City system, won the youth World Cup and was considered one of the best English prospects as a teenager even before Dortmund. He also performed well enough in the Champions League.
 
Greck said:
He's here so we have to back him to overcome, achieve, even lead us to a title, but yeah I'd be lying if it never crossed my mind people who rabidly hyped this thing for two years weren't just the full of shite fifa ultimate teamers. It's just unfortunate he can't even establish himself without Greenwood in the picture.

I do think it isn't coincidence his form fell off a cliff after Ronaldo returned to the starting lineup. Sancho like Antony need team fluidity to really show their quality. They aren't going to outrun or take players on for fun. Let him come back and let's see how he looks.
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But did he fall off a cliff ? he has been below average for us since he signed , the odd good game or good half here and there but since he signed he has generally been noting above mediocre and very underwhelming for us.
 
RopersReturn said:
He’s still very young and obviously sensitive to the wave of criticism he received regarding his performances.
I’d be inclined to cut him some slack given that he’s likely suffering from some form of fatigue and depression.
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Agree. It's normal for young players to fluctuate. If he was an academy graduate and not a megabucks signing, we would be framing the same situation very differently.
 
Some honestly brain dead logic in this thread. Only support Sancho “on the pitch” is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve read in some time. The quality of your players off the pitch impacts those on the field but even ignoring that, why would you not want to support him? Criticise him sure. Believe he’s done and should be sold, sure. But to no support and hope he comes good makes no sense. All of us should want Sancho to improve and perform, regardless of whether you think he will or not. ETH is the one who has to decide when that hope becomes sufficiently small that it’s time to move him on.
 
rpitroda said:
Some honestly brain dead logic in this thread. Only support Sancho “on the pitch” is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve read in some time. The quality of your players off the pitch impacts those on the field but even ignoring that, why would you not want to support him? Criticise him sure. Believe he’s done and should be sold, sure. But to no support and hope he comes good makes no sense. All of us should want Sancho to improve and perform, regardless of whether you think he will or not. ETH is the one who has to decide when that hope becomes sufficiently small that it’s time to move him on.
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The same people who would love to see Rashford leave as well. Footballers are only human as we all are. We go through life with hopefully a lot of happiness, but also with sadness and despair. It’s good to know that most of us know this and helps each other out.

Best of luck to Jadon. He got the perfect manager to help him feel happy and thrive again.
 
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