Sancho is now available again

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 seconds ago
comment by Vengeance of Kungfu Bao Bun (U23079)
posted 1 minute ago
SE85,

Hell would have to freeze over for this to be true. I think the relationship is broken beyond repair. Eth is stubborn and Sancho is a man-child who will regret throwing it all away or will he? If he had any intelligence he would be focused on footy. The issue he has will follow him everywhere and those who recognize immense talent will lament what he is throwing away.

He hasn't done anything consistently at Utd to suggest he deserves a chance, we can harp on about his Dortmund form but he's now the 3rd player to arrive from the Bundesliga (and Dortmund in fact!) and fail miserably, the other two were Mhikitsryan and Kagawa.
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Mkhitaryan has had a good career since leaving England. Wasn't it widely considered that Kagawa's United career was messed up by the opportunistic signing of RVP?

You can look at these three signings as evidence that the jump in quality from Bundesliga to PL is great and many players can't translate their form to the higher level. And that's fair to an extent. But I think another common denominator is that all three came to a club in United that didn't have absolute clarity in its thinking. We consistently mis-profile players and use them in roles where we're asking them to do something they're not that good at, instead of the things they are great at. Sancho was never explosive, but he had a great sense of space and eye for a pass. So do we surround him with runners? No, we put him positions where he defenders can double up on him and we lack centre forwards with outstanding movement in the box. And we buy Ronaldo, who loves to drop deep to collect the ball. Mkhitaryan joins a team which is transitioning from LVG players and tactics to Mourinho players and tactics and soon transitions to Solskjaer tactics.

Players tend to succeed if they are really good, or if their profile is a really good fit for the job they are asked to do. Ideally they are both. I'm not arguing that any of the above have been really, really good, but United, a club in chaos, has been extraordinarily bad at thinking about profile over the last decade.
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It's a fair point about Mkhitaryan, Red. He did have a good career post Utd but alas "post Utd". His scorpion goal will always live long as one of his memorable contributions for Utd.

And agree with your sentiment around profiling the right player. Not a surprise a scatter gun approach to recruitment leads to more misses that hits!

comment by Vengeance of Kungfu Bao Bun (U23079)
posted 53 minutes ago
SE85,

Hell would have to freeze over for this to be true. I think the relationship is broken beyond repair. Eth is stubborn and Sancho is a man-child who will regret throwing it all away or will he? If he had any intelligence he would be focused on footy. The issue he has will follow him everywhere and those who recognize immense talent will lament what he is throwing away.

He hasn't done anything consistently at Utd to suggest he deserves a chance, we can harp on about his Dortmund form but he's now the 3rd player to arrive from the Bundesliga (and Dortmund in fact!) and fail miserably, the other two were Mhikitsryan and Kagawa.
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Sky tweeted he was back. Then deleted the tweet.

In turns out Erik said Sergio but some of the journalists though he said Sancho. 😂

comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 9 seconds ago
comment by Vengeance of Kungfu Bao Bun (U23079)
posted 53 minutes ago
SE85,

Hell would have to freeze over for this to be true. I think the relationship is broken beyond repair. Eth is stubborn and Sancho is a man-child who will regret throwing it all away or will he? If he had any intelligence he would be focused on footy. The issue he has will follow him everywhere and those who recognize immense talent will lament what he is throwing away.

He hasn't done anything consistently at Utd to suggest he deserves a chance, we can harp on about his Dortmund form but he's now the 3rd player to arrive from the Bundesliga (and Dortmund in fact!) and fail miserably, the other two were Mhikitsryan and Kagawa.
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Sky tweeted he was back. Then deleted the tweet.

In turns out Erik said Sergio but some of the journalists though he said Sancho. 😂
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Brilliant! Not even lost in translation 🤣

I'm trying my best Steve McClaren Dutch accented English and can't fathom how Sergio is mistaken for Sancho (other than both end in o!, Then again quite plausible "Shershio", "Shansho". Possible if I was a mischievous sky reporter looking for headlines 😉

comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 3 hours, 30 minutes ago
Till Christmas when the next Call of duty lands
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If pro footy is not his bag he needs to consider esports. WC 24 is around the corner in SA.

https://esportsinsider.com/2023/10/esports-world-cup-saudi-arabia

comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
comment by Robb - Under Neon Loneliness (U22716)
posted 2 minutes ago
He hasn’t been as good as we hoped but he has scored some very important goals for us so hopefully we get him back in the action as we need someone like him in the team.

Probably just BS but I read the players are very tight with him and would have rebelled against Ten Hag if he was left out of the side.
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Rebellion incoming
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They said that about Ronaldo too

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
comment by Robb - Under Neon Loneliness (U22716)
posted 2 minutes ago
He hasn’t been as good as we hoped but he has scored some very important goals for us so hopefully we get him back in the action as we need someone like him in the team.

Probably just BS but I read the players are very tight with him and would have rebelled against Ten Hag if he was left out of the side.
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Rebellion incoming
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They said that about Ronaldo too
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Rebellion or not CR had (still has) the right attitude, dedication and application to the game. He has devoted his life to make his body the best conditioned and as age catches up he has adapted his routine and game to improve his longevity.

No comparison.

Even a rebellious CR contributed far more, Sancho is a rebellion without a cause!

comment by Clever - son son son - 'Ten Haaaagendas please' of the year Runner Up 2021 (U18599)
posted 3 hours, 44 minutes ago
comment by Martial Law (U13506)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Clever - son son son - 'Ten Haaaagendas please'of the year Runner Up 2021 (U18599)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 52 minutes ago
comment by Bobby Dazzler (U1449)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 4 seconds ago
Needs to be an investigation into some of our transfer dealings.

Maguire, AWB, Antony, Sancho etc. There's not a single other club in the world who would have paid what we did for any of them.

Hopefully Mitchell is the start of a complete and utter rethink when it comes to transfers.
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Add mount to that list
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And a few others too.
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Unpopular opinion but still think Mount will come good!
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I believe so myself.
He is willing to improve and seems like he has the right mentality. Just needs to settle in a role. Still doesn't explain why we spent so much on him
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Agree
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I said all along someone at United must be taking kickbacks from these deals. Too insane.

Reguilon is more important right now anyway.

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1716422439406596592?s=20

He said Sergio, not Sancho. The BBC also wrote Sancho on the live press updates and then changed it 2 minutes later. Threw me off for a moment until the page auto refreshed and it changed to Sergio.

so hopefully we get him back in the action as we need someone like him in the team.
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No we dont