I havent commented in a while but we need to talk about Sancho.
First of, shout out to the recruitment team for chasing a right winger for 3 years to play him on the left. Stellar job, guys.
Second point, because we want him to do well, some goes to extreme lenghts to justify his performances.
"He needs this, he needs that"
"He needs another fullback"
"He needs another coach"
I'm sorry but the lack of intensity of his game is solely due to him and that's his main problem. He looks half asleep every game.
Every single pass he makes is underhit and he's spent after 70 minutes.
He looks like a mix of Lingard, Mata and Sanchez right now and that mix is not a recipe for success.
The solutions because they exist of course, he needs to start playing on the right, he does not have the pace to play on the left.
He has to release the ball much quicker because he's a flair player, he thinks he has to show some tekkers it every time he gets the ball. You don't.
No one is writing him off now, no need to blind ourselves just because we paid a lot of money for him, we're just calling what we see currently. A luxury player. Can he turn it around ?
Absolutely and when he does, I'll be the first to say it.