I think Sancho has been playing it a tad too safe but that's not surprising in a side that has struggled for confidence recently. I'm certain once he gets an assist/goal then it'll come. He's looked good on the ball I think and would probably play quite well with Mata. VDB, Martial, Lingard etc.
He's looking sharper each game. Thought he was dangerous in the first half against Leicester.
I'm quite sure the original plan was Rashford on the left, Sancho on the right, and then Greenwood & Martial in rotation with Cavani at 9 and Rashford on the left.
With Ronaldo now coming in and essentially guaranteeing the central role, and therefore meaning Greenwood will have to play mostly from the right, Sancho will probably be a victim of rotation for a while. He's also adjusting to his new team, new league and no preseason.
He'll be fine in the long run. He just needs some time and ideally a goal to get him up and running.
He needs a run on the right now that Rashford is back. I love Greenwood and think he’ll be a star but quite often if he’s not scoring he’s not offering that much from the right.
Time will tell whether he's good enough and worth that money... Currently he looks a tad overpriced, grealish certainly does
comment by Martial Law (U13506)
posted 1 minute ago
So he needs more time?
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Well, yes.
Not every single player lands straight on their feet in the PL. He's shown plenty of glimpes, he'll be fine.
Just plain ridiculous to blame Ole for this after a handful of games.
comment by FC Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 59 seconds ago
Time will tell whether he's good enough and worth that money... Currently he looks a tad overpriced, grealish certainly does
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how else would you price him considering he is a 21 year old english attacker?
you club bought Timo Werner for 50 million in the last year of his contract and spent 89 million on Havertz to
An article about Sancho that mentions Ole four times
Just admit that you want another stick to beat Ole with and move on. You guys and your creative ways to say the same thing!
The fact of the matter is, we have an absolute glut of attacking talent, so getting into the team is gonna be hard, even for the likes of Sancho, Cavani, Pogba and Martial.
If Ole was playing Sancho instead of an in form Greenwood, you'd be choking on your saltys about that
Of course he’s learning on the job, like any manager who has never experienced managing a club the size of Utd.
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 24 minutes ago
He needs a run on the right now that Rashford is back. I love Greenwood and think he’ll be a star but quite often if he’s not scoring he’s not offering that much from the right.
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Greenwood would benefit from playing up front, in team who create chances.
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I assume the OP knows that United had been tracking Sancho since he was at Watford and first actively tried to sign him in the summer of 2017, before he joined Dortmund and before Solksjaer took the reins?
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A new manager could need
CB, RB, DM, CM, CF
Crazy
comment by Don (U22703)
posted 2 minutes ago
A new manager could need
CB, RB, DM, CM, CF
Crazy
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I was told that a new manager would come in and get this squad playing amazing football and winning leagues.
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - It's Beekers! (U2958)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Don (U22703)
posted 2 minutes ago
A new manager could need
CB, RB, DM, CM, CF
Crazy
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I was told that a new manager would come in and get this squad playing amazing football and winning leagues.
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Depends who the manager is i suppose.
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 26 minutes ago
Late 40s sorry but still. SimilAr age to poch etc
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ah poch... the winner of oh so many trophies who couldnt even win a one team league last season.... that poch?
Sancho will be just fine based on his skill set.
Some mutterings about his attitude and application since being at Utd though and also that his team mates are so far none too impressed.
comment by Sky-blue (U22529)
posted 43 minutes ago
comment by FC Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 59 seconds ago
Time will tell whether he's good enough and worth that money... Currently he looks a tad overpriced, grealish certainly does
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how else would you price him considering he is a 21 year old english attacker?
you club bought Timo Werner for 50 million in the last year of his contract and spent 89 million on Havertz to
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I'm well aware... I'm still wondering about 97 million Lukaku too
I know some posters really can't talk about anything beyond "Solskjaer is bad" but there's a legitimate point to be made about the club signing players without having really rigorous plans about how to make the most of them. Sancho was remarkably productive at Dortmund when playing as part of a more structured attack than United's, for one thing, and as part of a team that pressed much more aggressively and in a much more organised way than United, for another. Of course there's an element of adaptation to a new club and league, and we can expect Sancho to improve as he acclimatises. But we shouldn't make him 100% responsible if he doesn't excel the way he did at Dortmund if he hasn't been placed in a set-up that makes the most of his attributes. In this context, the signing of Ronaldo underscores the sense of a lack of strategic context to the Sancho transfer.
You can look at DVDB through the same lens: maybe he isn't the greatest player we've signed, but I still think that's less a story about a player flopping, and more one of a strategically incoherent transfer. We didn't have a system that his proven skills could slot into. We operated in a formation where a player like him doesn't quite fit into the double pivot, and where he interprets the number 10 role totally differently to Bruno.
I don’t think it’s fair to blame Ole. Some players can take time to settle.
He's effectively been reduced to a bench warmer, the unplanned signing of Ronaldo was bad for him but the system and the lack of identity is more of an issue.
comment by plain old dunc (U11713)
posted 47 minutes ago
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 26 minutes ago
Late 40s sorry but still. SimilAr age to poch etc
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ah poch... the winner of oh so many trophies who couldnt even win a one team league last season.... that poch?
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And Ole couldn't beat a midtable side in last season's final, so best not to mock other manages.
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posted on 21/10/21
I think Sancho has been playing it a tad too safe but that's not surprising in a side that has struggled for confidence recently. I'm certain once he gets an assist/goal then it'll come. He's looked good on the ball I think and would probably play quite well with Mata. VDB, Martial, Lingard etc.
posted on 21/10/21
He's looking sharper each game. Thought he was dangerous in the first half against Leicester.
I'm quite sure the original plan was Rashford on the left, Sancho on the right, and then Greenwood & Martial in rotation with Cavani at 9 and Rashford on the left.
With Ronaldo now coming in and essentially guaranteeing the central role, and therefore meaning Greenwood will have to play mostly from the right, Sancho will probably be a victim of rotation for a while. He's also adjusting to his new team, new league and no preseason.
He'll be fine in the long run. He just needs some time and ideally a goal to get him up and running.
posted on 21/10/21
He needs a run on the right now that Rashford is back. I love Greenwood and think he’ll be a star but quite often if he’s not scoring he’s not offering that much from the right.
posted on 21/10/21
So he needs more time?
posted on 21/10/21
Time will tell whether he's good enough and worth that money... Currently he looks a tad overpriced, grealish certainly does
posted on 21/10/21
comment by Martial Law (U13506)
posted 1 minute ago
So he needs more time?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Well, yes.
Not every single player lands straight on their feet in the PL. He's shown plenty of glimpes, he'll be fine.
Just plain ridiculous to blame Ole for this after a handful of games.
posted on 21/10/21
comment by FC Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 59 seconds ago
Time will tell whether he's good enough and worth that money... Currently he looks a tad overpriced, grealish certainly does
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how else would you price him considering he is a 21 year old english attacker?
you club bought Timo Werner for 50 million in the last year of his contract and spent 89 million on Havertz to
posted on 21/10/21
An article about Sancho that mentions Ole four times
Just admit that you want another stick to beat Ole with and move on. You guys and your creative ways to say the same thing!
posted on 21/10/21
The fact of the matter is, we have an absolute glut of attacking talent, so getting into the team is gonna be hard, even for the likes of Sancho, Cavani, Pogba and Martial.
If Ole was playing Sancho instead of an in form Greenwood, you'd be choking on your saltys about that
posted on 21/10/21
Of course he’s learning on the job, like any manager who has never experienced managing a club the size of Utd.
posted on 21/10/21
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 24 minutes ago
He needs a run on the right now that Rashford is back. I love Greenwood and think he’ll be a star but quite often if he’s not scoring he’s not offering that much from the right.
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Greenwood would benefit from playing up front, in team who create chances.
posted on 21/10/21
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posted on 21/10/21
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posted on 21/10/21
I assume the OP knows that United had been tracking Sancho since he was at Watford and first actively tried to sign him in the summer of 2017, before he joined Dortmund and before Solksjaer took the reins?
posted on 21/10/21
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posted on 21/10/21
A new manager could need
CB, RB, DM, CM, CF
Crazy
posted on 21/10/21
comment by Don (U22703)
posted 2 minutes ago
A new manager could need
CB, RB, DM, CM, CF
Crazy
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I was told that a new manager would come in and get this squad playing amazing football and winning leagues.
posted on 21/10/21
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - It's Beekers! (U2958)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Don (U22703)
posted 2 minutes ago
A new manager could need
CB, RB, DM, CM, CF
Crazy
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I was told that a new manager would come in and get this squad playing amazing football and winning leagues.
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Depends who the manager is i suppose.
posted on 21/10/21
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 26 minutes ago
Late 40s sorry but still. SimilAr age to poch etc
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ah poch... the winner of oh so many trophies who couldnt even win a one team league last season.... that poch?
posted on 21/10/21
Sancho will be just fine based on his skill set.
Some mutterings about his attitude and application since being at Utd though and also that his team mates are so far none too impressed.
posted on 21/10/21
comment by Sky-blue (U22529)
posted 43 minutes ago
comment by FC Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 59 seconds ago
Time will tell whether he's good enough and worth that money... Currently he looks a tad overpriced, grealish certainly does
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how else would you price him considering he is a 21 year old english attacker?
you club bought Timo Werner for 50 million in the last year of his contract and spent 89 million on Havertz to
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I'm well aware... I'm still wondering about 97 million Lukaku too
posted on 21/10/21
I know some posters really can't talk about anything beyond "Solskjaer is bad" but there's a legitimate point to be made about the club signing players without having really rigorous plans about how to make the most of them. Sancho was remarkably productive at Dortmund when playing as part of a more structured attack than United's, for one thing, and as part of a team that pressed much more aggressively and in a much more organised way than United, for another. Of course there's an element of adaptation to a new club and league, and we can expect Sancho to improve as he acclimatises. But we shouldn't make him 100% responsible if he doesn't excel the way he did at Dortmund if he hasn't been placed in a set-up that makes the most of his attributes. In this context, the signing of Ronaldo underscores the sense of a lack of strategic context to the Sancho transfer.
You can look at DVDB through the same lens: maybe he isn't the greatest player we've signed, but I still think that's less a story about a player flopping, and more one of a strategically incoherent transfer. We didn't have a system that his proven skills could slot into. We operated in a formation where a player like him doesn't quite fit into the double pivot, and where he interprets the number 10 role totally differently to Bruno.
posted on 21/10/21
I don’t think it’s fair to blame Ole. Some players can take time to settle.
posted on 21/10/21
He's effectively been reduced to a bench warmer, the unplanned signing of Ronaldo was bad for him but the system and the lack of identity is more of an issue.
posted on 21/10/21
comment by plain old dunc (U11713)
posted 47 minutes ago
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 26 minutes ago
Late 40s sorry but still. SimilAr age to poch etc
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ah poch... the winner of oh so many trophies who couldnt even win a one team league last season.... that poch?
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And Ole couldn't beat a midtable side in last season's final, so best not to mock other manages.
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