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The same players were there last season. Why was he bought if not to give us something different? This is all with Rashford not yet back in the team. Are we really saying its acceptable to give a player with his credentials a few games and decide he's not good enough and is now a bench option?The players starting ahead of him aren't exactly nobodies.
I'm saying a 75M pricetag means nothing, players like Ronaldo,Bruno,Pogba,Rashford are all more established than he is.The same players were there last season. Why was he bought if not to give us something different? This is all with Rashford not yet back in the team. Are we really saying its acceptable to give a player with his credentials a few games and decide he's not good enough and is now a bench option?
I actually thought he played well v West Ham in the 2nd half last week( after a poor 1st half).
It's common for new signings, even big ones, to be inducted slowly.He has barely played. Needs time on the pitch to get up to speed. Benching him is a sure fire way of keeping him off form.
I'd play Sancho over an out of position Pogba any day of the week.I' d play Pogba in the middle and bench the useless Mctominay.I'm saying a 75M pricetag means nothing, players like Ronaldo,Bruno,Pogba,Rashford are all more established than he is.
And Greenwood would be well worth that price in today's market too
I do agree it's way too early to say he's not up to par though. He's barely even played.
Yep. Someone here was spot one when they said Adama Traore is more of an Ole type winger - just quick and direct.Technical Players like him and van der beek are going to suffer under a manager like ole as they are the type of players that excel within a good set up system (ajax, dortmund) but ole has no system
He's been played out on the left most of the time, so that's one issue. I know he played there for Dortmund occasionally, but he was most effective on the right and I was under the belief that's where we wanted him to play.After crying for proper RW for years we get one...for 70m. And then he is "unable to adapt".
I just hope he will not go VdB route.
Greenwood was pretty bad last season and only picked up form towards the end of the season. Even if we expected him to do as well as he's doing on the right, I think the expectation for this season was to rotate him between CF / RW as needed giving space for Sancho both RW / LW.The same players were there last season. Why was he bought if not to give us something different? This is all with Rashford not yet back in the team. Are we really saying its acceptable to give a player with his credentials a few games and decide he's not good enough and is now a bench option?
I actually thought he played well v West Ham in the 2nd half last week( after a poor 1st half).
Greenwood started in good form on the right and Pogba also on the left so Sancho has to earn his spot, it's not purely down to Ole's tactics.He's been played out on the left most of the time, so that's one issue. I know he played there for Dortmund occasionally, but he was most effective on the right and I was under the belief that's where we wanted him to play.
But that's purely down to Ole and his tactics
Statistically, it's the opposite.He's been played out on the left most of the time, so that's one issue. I know he played there for Dortmund occasionally, but he was most effective on the right and I was under the belief that's where we wanted him to play.
But that's purely down to Ole and his tactics
For example, in the last two Bundesliga seasons the winger spent most of his time playing on the left wing but then spent the 2018/19 season playing on the right flank.
For example, when we look at the goals he scored on either wing we find that Sancho averaged 0.41 goals per 90 minutes on the right wing and 0.58 per 90 on the left wing. Which suggests he’s notably more comfortable taking shots on goal when he cuts in from the left.
Intriguingly, while the difference is far smaller, the Man Utd signing also performed better on the left flank for assists too, with 0.67 per 90 compared to 0.62 per 90 when he was played on the right wing.
In total, that means Sancho averaged 1.03 goals and assists per 90 on the right wing for Dortmund and 1.25 per 90 on the left wing. And while that may not seem like a whole lot, that extra 0.22 per 90 could mean an extra seven or eight goals or assists across a league campaign.
Wow, so we signed yet another LW, who can sort of play RW. That's great.Statistically, it's the opposite.
But pogba isn't a left winger.Greenwood started in good form on the right and Pogba also on the left so Sancho has to earn his spot, it's not purely down to Ole's tactics.
I agree. He's our solution to our inability to attack from the right.We have to bite the bullet and play this guy, even if he’s not in the best of form now. You can’t keep waiting and waiting for some perfect moment. It’s the VDB situation all over again, we try to ease him but all of a sudden it’s Xmas, every game is high pressure and the stakes are too high to go with a player with no first team fitness or form. So he sits on the bench all season. If we want him available as an option he needs game time to get up to speed.
We are literally only 6 games into the league. And he has appeared in 5 of them. Give it some time ffs.Bought him for 73m after Chasing him for three seasons, but now he can't even get in the side.
Yeah. It'll at least make this thread entertaining.Hope he starts tonight.
This is what I fear too. But regardless, at least he will be here long after Ole. VDB, I'm not so sure.Technical Players like him and van der beek are going to suffer under a manager like ole as they are the type of players that excel within a good set up system (ajax, dortmund) but ole has no system
You keep banging on about Sancho. 6 games in, get a grip for feck sake.Bought him for 73m after Chasing him for three seasons, but now he can't even get in the side.
Hes barely played for us from the right.Told ye he was better on the left! Has looked lost on the right so far and a fair bit better on the left.
Wolves and Young Boys on the right. Awful in both. West Ham x 2 (I think?) and Newcastle on the left and a fair bit better.Hes barely played for us from the right.
He was hooked off after the red vs Young Boys and was not awful whatsoever. He was still bedding in vs Wolves and no, he did not start in the league vs West Ham. Carbao cup was with a bunch of second string fodders so its very difficult to make an impact. Plus im quite sure i saw him work the left channel a lot in that game.Wolves and Young Boys on the right. Awful in both. West Ham x 2 (I think?) and Newcastle on the left and a fair bit better.
