Leroy Sane - 2018/2019 performances

[Tevez City]

Sane > Sterling

& I prefer to see both of them start like last season with Sane on the left & Sterling on the right.

 

[BosnianBlue]

But David Silva is certainly droppable and Bernando can play his role. Sane should not have such a big periods on the bench. Period.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Why does Pep waste such talent on the bench so often? Far far too good to be so often on the bench.

Amazing player. Hopefully he extends his contract as this guy will have suitors from everywhere.

Currently, our central midfielders are not performing at a high enough level, to justify dropping Sane. Pep is trying to shoehorn as many CMs as he can into the team but their performances simply don’t merit it. It should be Sane and Sterling wide. Fernandinho at the base of a three, that on current form arguably contains Bernardo and either KDB or Merlin. Dropping our best midfielder to centre back and our best centre back to left back to accommodate a below par Silva, a still recovering KDB and a more miss than hit Gundogan, while also benching Sane is fucking crazy in my opinion.

 

[OB1]

You can't wish to see a better free kick from that position and in those circumstances.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Sane > Sterling

& I prefer to see both of them start like last season with Sane on the left & Sterling on the right.

Piss off

 

[Fame Monster]

Piss off

Unnecessary

 

[SebastianBlue]

Enjoy before it gets taken down...

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Absolute worldy that free kick, 2 keepers wouldn't have saved that. Looked very lively, and deserves to start vs Chelsea in the League Cup final.

 

[bondsman]

He goes on the bench because Sterling and Bernardo are basically undroppable, and much more consistent. That's it.

Yes he's amazing, so are the players he's competing against.

I don’t think Bernardo is more consistent to be fair. Look at Leroy’s stats, his impact in games is incredible. He’s more of a goal threat for sure. I think he is a future Balon d’or winner. Even wobble gob was waxing lyrical about him. I think Bernardo’s best position is in the middle though and currently El Mago still starts there.

 

[City_Sean]

One of the best free kicks I've seen. The technique is incredible.

 

[Withnail]

Beautiful goal from a very talented footballer. Leroy has all the attributes to be a future Ballon D'or winner, but needs to show it on a consistent basis.

 

[schfc6]

You'd think this was self evident.

Yes but to accommodate not playing him we’re playing Fernandinho, Laporte & Bernardo out of their best positions.

 

[domalino]

I don’t think Bernardo is more consistent to be fair. Look at Leroy’s stats, his impact in games is incredible. He’s more of a goal threat for sure. I think he is a future Balon d’or winner. Even wobble gob was waxing lyrical about him. I think Bernardo’s best position is in the middle though and currently El Mago still starts there.

Pep thinks Bernardo is out best player currently "The team is Bernardo and 10 others..." and one of the 3 best players in the country.

So that's why Sané is on the bench.

 

[Mon Autre]

Pep thinks Bernardo is out best player currently "The team is Bernardo and 10 others..." and one of the 3 best players in the country.

So that's why Sané is on the bench.

But why can't we play both? Bernardo put in the performance of the season in central midfield against Liverpool. Silva and KDB are both looking a little off the pace. Bernardo would be more of an asset at CM than either of those two at the moment.

 

[domalino]

But why can't we play both? Bernardo put in the performance of the season in central midfield against Liverpool. Silva and KDB are both looking a little off the pace. Bernardo would be more of an asset at CM than either of those two at the moment.

Well if you want to demand Pep drops David Silva or Kevin De Bruyne to get Leroy in the side then go for it. Fact is that's Leroy's competiton. KDB is our best player last season/since he arrived; David Silva might well be our best player ever; and Bernardo is Pep's favourite player right now.

It's a bit unfair he doesn't start, but in 6 months time if he's starting every week over Bernardo or Merlin or Sterling that will be unfair as well.

 

[Dax777]

Pep thinks Bernardo is out best player currently "The team is Bernardo and 10 others..." and one of the 3 best players in the country.

So that's why Sané is on the bench.

Pep doesn't just think this, he in fact is!!!

 

[Afterthefact]

Everyone on post match seems obsessed with just blaming the refs. That’s all we’ll and good but pep’s lineup was flawed and it started with having sane on the bench.

 

[Mon Autre]

Well if you want to demand Pep drops David Silva or Kevin De Bruyne to get Leroy in the side then go for it. Fact is that's Leroy's competiton. KDB is our best player last season/since he arrived; David Silva might well be our best player ever; and Bernardo is Pep's favourite player right now.

It's a bit unfair he doesn't start, but in 6 months time if he's starting every week over Bernardo or Merlin or Sterling that will be unfair as well.

I'm not demanding anything, I'm just saying Sané can play as well Bernardo rather than instead of. I agree KDB was probs our best player last season and Silva might be our best player ever. Neither of them is our best player right now though and I don't think it would be unfair to rest/drop either of them. I fully expect KDB to come back into form eventually though. Personally I think Silva has struggled in some of the higher intensity games this season and I wouldn't start him in those kinds of games in future. He was our only player that was below par against Liverpool at home (though the result meant that was soon forgotten) and I also thought he struggled in the arsenal game when it got a bit hectic in the first half. Could be age catching up with him but I probably wouldn't start him in the handful of games that demand us to play at breakneck speed. He remains an inspirational figure though and will still be an important player between now and the end of next season. Think we should only be playing one of those two at the moment and we'd be more dangerous with Sané in the team.

 

[Clercqs]

Everyone on post match seems obsessed with just blaming the refs. That’s all we’ll and good but pep’s lineup was flawed and it started with having sane on the bench.

It wasn't flawed when we beat Arsenal 3-0 and Chelsea 6-0. And tbh we didn't get much better when he got on, but he scored an amazing free kick and and then we scored from a long Ederson kick.

 

[Afterthefact]

It wasn't flawed when we beat Arsenal 3-0 and Chelsea 6-0. And tbh we didn't get much better when he got on, but he scored an amazing free kick and and then we scored from a long Ederson kick.

Zinc should have been lb. Laporte cb. Fern where fern goes. Gundo dropped. D Silva dropped. Bernardo alongside kdb. Sane, aguero, Sterling. I think that’s a better lineup and we’re going to be playing a lot better teams than arsenal and Chelsea, lol.