Agreed - his patience with Sancho was peculiar. I know he wanted to give him a proper chance after giving him half a season off to get his head right - but still, the man seemed undroppable.Its crazy how ten hag shoved maguire & mctominnay out the squad but used sancho so regularly
Maguire can jump up and head a ball away in his own box and otherwise is a total fecking liability who will lose matches completely on his own.Its crazy how ten hag shoved maguire & mctominnay out the squad but used sancho so regularly
You need to chill a bit and calm down there, bud. I don't think it's an outlandish suggestion to consider selling Sancho if a good offer had to arrive. He's on mega wages, we spent a fortune on him and he's had 2 years to now to find some sort of form, but he hasn't. In the past we've actually held on to underperforming players for so long - mostly in the hope of preserving value or that they will come good, that they end up costing us/curtailing our plans.These types of FIFA/Football Manager attitudes are mad, just mad...We can't even buy Mason F***** Mount for a decent fee, but people are suggesting we jettison a 23 year old Sancho....for who? Why don't we just sell every player that isn't consistent and play with 6 players next season. I mean why not? I guess I forgot Mbappe would take his place on the squad...silly me. Yes, we need to sell him so we can give the spot to Mbappe!
He's 23 years old. Is he as good as we hoped? Nope. Is he bad? Nope. Is he salvageable to be a very productive player for us for years to come? Maybe. You don't sell players that have potential upside, unless you are getting back a sure thing. Maybe I'm mad, but I haven't felt he's been this disaster of a player many seem to see...hes been fine. Hes been good enough that you should try and see if he can turn a corner to great. This idea that we just sell everyone that isn't great and we can just fill their spot no problem with a great player is just delusional.
Literally nobody has said thatThese types of FIFA/Football Manager attitudes are mad, just mad...We can't even buy Mason F***** Mount for a decent fee, but people are suggesting we jettison a 23 year old Sancho....for who? Why don't we just sell every player that isn't consistent and play with 6 players next season. I mean why not? I guess I forgot Mbappe would take his place on the squad...silly me. Yes, we need to sell him so we can give the spot to Mbappe!
It’s not. Even though Sancho has offered little (at times literally nothing) he still has good close control of the ball. When playing against pressing teams, which is everyone these days, the turnover of possession from the likes of McT and Maguire is so high even just from their first touch as they really require space to operate. It’s quite obvious ETH wants a technically competent team.Its crazy how ten hag shoved maguire & mctominnay out the squad but used sancho so regularly
that might have to do with the fact that Sancho is twice the player those two combinedIts crazy how ten hag shoved maguire & mctominnay out the squad but used sancho so regularly
I mean I'd rather he hits the ground running. I don't think we have the capacity for another £50m+ player being a work in progress.I'm hoping it could turn out like Andy Cole's story. He didn't look like he was going to make it for the first couple of seasons but then something clicked and he was great until the day he left.
In SAF's day, he'd have been sold last Summer.We’ve gone too soft. In the days of SAF his time would be up now.
Agreed on all points.Anyone putting faith in this lad for next season will be disappointed even more than previous seasons.
He's shown in the clearest ways he's a flop. It's incredibly rare to reverse flop status and if anyone was going to do it, Sancho sure as shit ain't the person, doesn't have the heart or fight to turn it around.
But SAF did not have to worry about FFP.In SAF's day, he'd have been sold last Summer.
A young player, who cost a lot, who has turned out to be next to useless.
Why the hell are fans so attached to players who are not enough to play for a top 6 team?
I realise that I sound ruthless, but when you are a player playing for the first XI of a top team in EU, you should be expected to be treated in a ruthless fashion. If you don't perform, you should expect to be replaced.
Yeah, it’s true in so many areas.We’ve gone too soft. In the days of SAF his time would be up now.
What do we do when they politely decline?Yeah, it’s true in so many areas.
I’d really hoped that ETH would explain to Sancho - you will need to move to play football, and you’ll need to lower your wages to do so.
And then offer Sancho, Martial and 50m for Kane.
Of course they would. He's got a lot more potential and talent than Mount, who was bought for £55m with a year to go on his contract.No one will buy him at £45 mill and I dont think he will leave as he wont get 375k a week elsewhere, so basically TH has come out with another chance line. Were basically fecked
I don’t think they would.What do we do when they politely decline?
The issue we have is that Sancho is a proven "failure" in the EPL.Of course they would. He's got a lot more potential and talent than Mount, who was bought for £55m with a year to go on his contract.
People are making it out like he is a 33 year old who is past it.
SAF would have NEVER given his ok to give him the insane wages he is on. So it would have been much easier for us to get rid / find a buyer.But SAF did not have to worry about FFP.
It has been explained before in this thread but unless we sell him for a bigger fee than anyone is likely to give us for him then selling him actually reduces what we will have available to spend. Right now the balance of his fee is amoritized over the length of his contract, if we sell him the remaining balance which is circa 50M hits the accounts for this season and so if we sell him for less than that it shows as a net loss and cuts into what we can spend. He finsihed the season well and his age and obvious talent mean it is worth giving him one more year to prove himself.
