Bravo.
You can tell because their posts contain sensible points and avoid relentless bickering over meaningless stats.
Oh I agree they’ve both been crap, I just hate the fact that Sancho is blaming everyone but himself for his dismal form and poor attitude.
Could be lots of reasons if he does do well again from being disillusioned or mismanaged by United. Bringing in Antony at 85m kills off his likely position here as he wasn't ousting Rashford. Does he favour the left going forward and we've not really established that with the player. Different type of football system, he was isolated for England and I said he'd be like that here unless we change or both adapt. If he does knuckle down over there, does he have more distractions back in the UK? He might just have the odd friend over like last time if I recall, perhaps he can concentrate on football with help from the club.
I think ETH deserves equal blame tbh.
I do believe this. It just so often happened that the reports about trouble in Dortmund came around/shortly after international breaks etc - so after he spend a few days back in the UK. There might be a reason for this, and if true, he would be under this influence full time in Manchester.[/QUOTE]
That’s only one more goal than I’ve scored.Antonys stats in 2023 are horrific. He's managed 1 goal and 2 assists in 2077mins in the PL.
Didnt realise it was that bad.
Indefensible. A total disaster of a player and a signing. I’ll be fascinated to see where he ends up after he’s shipped off from here.Antonys stats in 2023 are horrific. He's managed 1 goal and 2 assists in 2077mins in the PL.
Didnt realise it was that bad.
New coach or not I hope we are done with him. And if not, hope the fans give him pelters.
The man was taking the piss long before Ten Hag took charge.
If that happens, it says a lot about the strength of the German league.
You could almost understand why Sancho said he's trained well and there are other reasons why he doesn't get to play.Antonys stats in 2023 are horrific. He's managed 1 goal and 2 assists in 2077mins in the PL.
Didnt realise it was that bad.
I don't think anyone doubts that SAF would have quickly gotten rid of him if he publicy went against SAF. I guess the question is more: Would it have escalated to this point, or would SAF have found a way to make it work with Sancho? Don't forget that SAF had amazing people skills, just because it didn't work under Ole and EtH doesn't mean that SAF would have been unable to get Sancho to perform well regularly.
What sparks? Everyone expects him to do better there. The league suits him more, and they’re clearly going to pander to him. It’ll be the ideal environment for him.
or the player's suitability.
Here's a radical idea. What about playing the boy being paid 350k and not painting yourself into a corner by demanding a "public apology" and destroying his transfer value by exclaiming to the world that he's the worst professional in football?
Apologising to your team mates is not a public apology.
Where is this stated? Where is this demand? I must have missed it.
It amazes me people want players with his sort of attitude still at the club. Nearly as bad as someone a few weeks ago saying they'd have Di Maria back. It's as if we never learn...
Because it costs half as much than to have him not play anyway for United.
Per the Atletic
The response to which has been:
There are disputed accounts of how the meetings between Sancho and the club have been, but there are two basic stories. One - the club hierarchy's - claiming that Sancho refuses to apologise at all, and that Sancho believes he has apologised by removing the social media post. The second is that Sancho had no problem apologising for making his issues public in social media, but that he doesn't believe he should apologise to the manager for questioning his professionalism and selection policy, and for any such apology to made into a public "humilation".
The vast majority of bust ups between players and managers are handled internally where they communicate "we've spoken and worked things out between us" to the press. There is a absolutely no need for an "apology" to be made into a public announcement. Especially not when the player is 22 and all he's done wrong is post a stupid social media post.
The little problem is, that Sancho claimed there are other reasons than performance why he was left out of the squad. That makes it somewhat difficult to deal with it that easily. If he had just disagreed on his performance, than it would be easy and most managers would say something like "Well I think he is wrong, that's why he wasn't in the squad, but I like his confidence" or whatever and be done with that issue.
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I don't see why. It could easily be solved by brushing it off as insignificant and being down to insufficent communication between them. The classic line "We've sat down and had a chat" would work wonders. That doesn't mean it solves anything long term, but it allows you time to fix the relationship and find a buyer for the player. The way this is handled you're crashing the value, destroying the relationship and likely causing unecessary disharmony within the squad.
Would be a terrible way to handle player power. The only thing I'm upset about is Sancho wasn't booted earlier.
How? Publicly defusing a situation, managing the squad and selling the player at the first opportunity for the best possible price isn't bending to player power - it's being a football manager.
On 300k a week he'll just buy a new PS5 in Germany. Sancho came out with some outlandish accusations, kept them up for a prolonged period of time and never released any follow up statement to clarify or apologise from his end.
