Not going to be like Bruno, will need time to settle instead of making an instant impact.
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I have zero worries. We were completely outplayed in midfield. Yeah he wasn't great even considering that.
But it will take him time to gel with the others. And he will show his worth with time, esp against packed defenses.
But it will take him time to gel with the others. And he will show his worth with time, esp against packed defenses.
Absolutely must play Pogba on the left and today clearly shows that we suffered massively and struggled to get anybody into the game with him sitting so deep. He also links up well with Shaw and there was none of that today.
One of the worst debuts I've seen. Totally off the pace.
Bit of a shit house in his play, slows it down and passes sideways / backwards.
I always think I will never take BL seriously, and even less so after watching Werner, Havertz and Sancho disappointing display in PL (so far). The gap is huge between the 2 leagues.
But still hope Sancho will get better after settling.
This guy cried in Grealish thread when few posted negative posts on Grealish and he does same thing relentlessly in many threads on Sancho
He did nothing the whole game and showed no backbone. Got bullied off the ball constantly. The fact that Martial had a better game should be concerning. But it is only his first start so let's hope he does well in later games.
I'm now convinced there's a massive difference in pace and quality of the Premier League. Every Dortmund player we've had just looks a couple of secs off the pace at the start of their career.
Sancho is still young though so I'm confident he can adapt.
Sancho is still young though so I'm confident he can adapt.
Calm down Grealish Watch.
Game to forget for him, but I am not worried, he just needs time..
Embarassing how off the pace he is. I think further down his career he might be an attacking midfielder. The main thing we need from him which is taking on his man he refuses to do. He wont make it here ahead of Martial and Rashford if he wont force the issue consistently.
He needs to beat the bumdesliga allegations.
He needs to beat the bumdesliga allegations.
He’s quality, you can see it in his touch on the ball. No problem here, feed Ronaldo all day.
Can forgive young players playing badly but he looked really lazy and reminded me of Rashford in bad games where he thinks he doesn't have to track back.
Anyone who thought he'd come here and enjoy the acres of space he got in the Bundesliga must be deluded. Watch one of his highlights videos and be amazed at the amount of time he got there over and over again.
Anyone who thought he'd come here and enjoy the acres of space he got in the Bundesliga must be deluded. Watch one of his highlights videos and be amazed at the amount of time he got there over and over again.
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I just think it's a completely different situation he's coming into.
Dortmund play front foot football, he's getting the ball moving forwards, facing somebody up, closer to goal, team mates running off him. He's more of a creator isn't he, not an explosive pace merchant.
Compare and contrast to today. He had extremely slow ball, balls that had been passed deliberately across the backline for 30 seconds. He was 40 yards from goal. It was generally played to him as he was moving away from goal due to our slow tempo, allowing Wolves to press.
He'll have better days. He will have to do more himself. We have to get the best from him but he'll probably have to meet us half way. Passivity, safeness etc won't cut it.
Dortmund play front foot football, he's getting the ball moving forwards, facing somebody up, closer to goal, team mates running off him. He's more of a creator isn't he, not an explosive pace merchant.
Compare and contrast to today. He had extremely slow ball, balls that had been passed deliberately across the backline for 30 seconds. He was 40 yards from goal. It was generally played to him as he was moving away from goal due to our slow tempo, allowing Wolves to press.
He'll have better days. He will have to do more himself. We have to get the best from him but he'll probably have to meet us half way. Passivity, safeness etc won't cut it.
I'm confident he will. The style of football is much more intense so you have to be much more assertive and direct if you aren't a physically dominant player.
Not just us, other teams have also brought in players from the bundesliga and the list of flops certainly outweighed the success stories.
As a right or left winger, if we play as a team and get some sort of system going, then I'd guess that Sancho will step up and dominate and be a perfect fit. Pogba works there occasionally but he also had a decent chunk of games where he was ineffective there last season too. I just don't think there is any way we can get him and Bruno together properly, because they are best playing in the exact same position.
Sancho is a wide playmaker who also has an incredible scoring record. That's why he's rated so highly. At Dortmund he would drop deep and progress play into attacking areas through his passing. And he's also score a boatload of goals. It's extremely rare to have both those qualities in a player, especially one so young.
But I think a period of adaptation may have to occur now. Not just for Sancho, but for United as well. To get the best out of him we need to be so much more tactically astute. Currently our plan is to just have a load of really good forwards on the pitch and tell them to pluck something from their arse. A player like Sancho has been drilled for years about where to stand to receive the next and where his teammates will be to pass to when he gets the ball. It's not a rote, robotic sort of thing, but rather a template the players can use to build their attacks from. He going to struggle initially when thrown into a side that has none of that.
But I think a period of adaptation may have to occur now. Not just for Sancho, but for United as well. To get the best out of him we need to be so much more tactically astute. Currently our plan is to just have a load of really good forwards on the pitch and tell them to pluck something from their arse. A player like Sancho has been drilled for years about where to stand to receive the next and where his teammates will be to pass to when he gets the ball. It's not a rote, robotic sort of thing, but rather a template the players can use to build their attacks from. He going to struggle initially when thrown into a side that has none of that.
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This guy cried in Grealish thread when few posted negative posts on Grealish and he does same thing relentlessly in many threads on Sancho
I laid my stall out a long time ago, beyond last summers transfer window. I watched a lot of Dortmund specifically to see Sancho, I like him but I never thought he'd do well here against tight defences. He just doesn't have the pace to drive past players. It is what it is.
Wasn’t at it today; could be a player to grow into the league like Havertz. Will come good for sure.
Not worried about Sancho just needs to get up to speed, he has way too much technical ability not to come good.
Obviously going to give him time but boy he was bad today. Reminded me of Rashford on one of his bad days. Doesn’t want to take anyone on, no movement and just spent the game passing it backwards. Weird.
That money should have gone to a midfielder if he came here to play as a LW
Come Christmas his performances will have turned this thread into a bloodbath.
He is a different kind of attacker than we have featured recently and clearly needs time to get on the same wavelength as his team mates. He had an extended break and then was sick for the first couple of weeks he was in training so he is bound to be lacking match fitness. He is one for the next ten years not just the first 3 games of this season and I have no doubt he will get much stronger as the season goes on, even today he still had some very nice touches and showed he has the skill to beat a man in a tight space just lacked the end product.
I think this sums it up. He's a technical player. His game relies on a lot of interplay with others and he wont develop that immediately so he may take a while to start ticking over. There are two obvious hurdles for him though, he wont have the luxury of not doing his share of defensive work at United, his team mates and Ole wont wear that and he's going to have to get used to having a lot less space and time. You could see he was struggling with being pressed so quickly today.
So Sancho can't dribble, he also doesn't have pace. Ok.
I will be honest here,, you sound like one of those posters who make a post and just stand by it no matter what, twisting everything to fit the narrative set by the first post. More like a e-ego or whatever that is.
Not a good game but in not concerned.
We need to be controlling games better to get the best out of all of our attackers.
Should be started again next game no questions.
Sancho Ronaldo Greenwood versus Newacastle.
We need to be controlling games better to get the best out of all of our attackers.
Should be started again next game no questions.
Sancho Ronaldo Greenwood versus Newacastle.
Havertz is a very good player and Sancho was miles better in the Bundesliga than him
Is he a left or a right winger?
Not concerned at all we saw how long it took for Havertz to get up to speed. The transition from Bundesliga to premier league is huge
The worst bit was near the end where he lost the ball carelessly and made no effort to win it back. That really boiled my piss. Fine to have one of those days where nothing comes off but at least work hard ffs.
Needs to adapt and will get better. Still better than Neymar at the same age
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Did he not play poor? I'd love to be proven wrong because I hate watching us struggle and wasting money. But until he does that well yeah, he'll be called out when he is poor. I don't know why you're taking it so personally, it's a football forum.
Last thing we need is another lazy footballer.
Personally? I don't know about that, I thought ManUtd fan crying about negative posts on ManCity player, that was taking it personally. Wish you knew it was football forum back then.
How has Grealish been thus far?
Early concerns, something I was a bit worried before he came here. This is EPL, the intensity is way higher, some gamse are not as stretched and you might not get that many balls to shine in our (non) system. He looked like a youngster from our u23 trying not to make mistake than a player who cost us 72 mil. But hopefully he will come good, it's just I have a bad feeling he might not be the best fit for us. He needs to press much better and never make runs in behind and when you play the ball to his feet, he's like Martial without strength but again, hopefully just a shy start and after being sit, he needs to get sharp. Wolves pressed well and our midfield didn't help. It's just that you expect from players who cost so much to make an impact not to be carried by other players..
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