Sylar
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Very surprised that was made as a point as ive seen him in Europe do so. I think it's apprehension or nerves maybe? He doesn't want to make mistakes so is playing it safe for now? I'm guessing it might change if we get 1 or 2 goal leads and he can then be more confident about trying and if he loses the ball so what?There was someone posting about how anyone who watched him at Dortmund knew he pretty much never took people on from a standstill. "Great dribbler, but not from a standstill," was his/her point.
I think we will see more of this with more training and getting used to our team and players. I think right now he's just trying to recycle the ballI hope "Sancho can't take on players from stand still position" myth isn't taken as some factual statement.
His performance vs Sevilla, in a single game he took on players from stand still position at least 5 times and that's against a good team.
00:22 - He slows down to 0 and then takes on players
00:28 - taking on players from stand still
00:36 - takes on player from stand still
01:28 - takes on player from stand still
01:32 - takes on player from stand still
He does seem to be on the left a lot more than the right in these clips so will be interesting to see where we use him once Rashford is available