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Woeful today. At least Sanchez tries.
Mkhitaryan didn’t produce a single “wonderful pass” today, never mind 1 every 10 attempts.Defensively maybe aka he works harder. Neither have done much in attack with wonderful passes every 1 in 10 attempts.
With him it's clearly a mental thing.I don't understand how a player who has so many tools to his game can be consistently bad.
He's great with both feet, can find a pass, decent dribbler, good pace etc. He should be a much better player than he often is.
I liked it when SAF called Tevez a "trier".Woeful today. At least Sanchez tries.
I was.It's always easy to judge and say stuff in hindsight, I'd doubt any of us were against signing him back then
I did. A few great chances came his way and he wasn't fast enough to sort his feet out. Maybe EPL is too fast for him especially when playing against top teams.He was really lucky that both Özil and Xhaka were both worse than him. Didnt notice him all game.
He was voted Bundesliga Players' Player of the season before joining United, you certainly have the required skillset of becoming a professional scout as you can clearly see things that no one saw even Jose himself.I was.
I was a bit of a Dortmund follower back then (chiefly due to a friend of the family living in Germany at the time raving about them). Got on to their twitter, Facebook and all, watched about 30 of their games a season (most CL matches + high profile league + DFB Pokal match). My reasoning is that he doesn’t have any stand out physical or technical quality that he can rely on when things go wrong, and being extremely mentally fragile to boot, despite the stats in that Tuchel season. Was a big fish in a small pond, the perfect environment for him, and I predicted that he’d end up like Ashley Young who seemed like a quality attacker at Villa due to his stats but couldn’t make the step up at a high pressure cauldron like United. In fact, that argument lead to me being granted my first tag line ‘Caf Ashley Young’ for a few days before it got changed. Look who has the last laugh now.He was voted Bundesliga Players' Player of the season before joining United, you certainly have the required skillset of becoming a professional scout as you can clearly see things that no one saw even Jose himself.
Were your reasonings being that he is light weight, potential Kagawa mk2, or Jose doesn't trust players with attacking flairs?
Haha as harsh as this is, it's on the buttonHe's always been an absolute coward of a player.
I'm quite critical of Sanchez' overall performance but he wasn't a coward and really should have had an assist against Leiccester barring a horrible miss by Lukaku.Defensively maybe aka he works harder. Neither have done much in attack with wonderful passes every 1 in 10 attempts.
Yeah after runing the beginning.Will make a lot on here look silly be the end of this season.
Running the end of the first half for arsenal.
Klopp said he's a really intelligent person but always needs an arm around his shoulders. He can shocked mentally if he's having a poor match or form. But when he's on form he can devastating.He has a fantastic football brain, but messy technique, inaccurate passing, and poor work ethic.
If you put him in a situation which emphasises the first point and minimises the final three (as at Dortmund), he can look very good.
I don't even think it's about form. The problems run deeper than that.Klopp said he's a really intelligent person but always needs an arm around his shoulders. He can shocked mentally if he's having a poor match or form. But when he's on form he can devastating.
This is what I've thought for ages. Funnily enough it was Tuchel that got the best out of him and not Klopp though.Klopp said he's a really intelligent person but always needs an arm around his shoulders. He can shocked mentally if he's having a poor match or form. But when he's on form he can devastating.
Yep it was car crash TVRunning the show.
Yea, he was horrid under Klopp. Mhiki though still rates him very highly and appreciates how he was able to help him settle at Dortmund.This is what I've thought for ages. Funnily enough it was Tuchel that got the best out of him and not Klopp though.
Yea, sure, the Bundesliga and shit and EPL is great? He isn't great technically with his first touch but his movement off the ball is fantastic, along with being able to dribble the ball with pace, and that's his greatest strength in the final third. He was crap in the Bundesliga for 2 seasons as well and only looked great in the third, give him some time to settle into the team.I don't even think it's about form. The problems run deeper than that.
He's simply not good when put under physical pressure and when his space is limited - because of his average touch and lack of strength.
His passing is also prone to being about 10 degrees off in any direction. That's fine in a counterattacking setup against disorganised defences. But in the Premier League, it rarely happens. This Chelsea game was an exception.
However, give him a bit of space and face him up against a stretched defence - as is often the case in the Bundesliga or the Europa League - and he's devastating. Even Mkhitaryan's 'good' form for United at the start of last season was the in the same circumstances.