Deal agreed with Bayern Munich for Leroy Sane - €60m (including add-ons)

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blueparrot said:
I think thats true, but teams had set us a puzzle we were stumbling to work out by sitting around the a packed area we were finding it difficult to play through and the refusal to come out meant they didn’t tire as much. While we had extra space on the wings the make up of our team ,short, left if difficult to cross.
It’s so long since I saw us play now I have a memory of later games with Mendy and giving KDB more freedom and an improved Mahrez we had worked it out but it’s all a bit hazy now, but have no doubt Pep will have come up with a plan for the games left and next season Sane or no Sane, like for like replacement or not.
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Personally I think we were struggling to work it out because of the lack of width, we were too slow in the build-up due to Laporte's injury but the main issue was because we were too narrow with Sterling cutting in from the left and Mahrez doing the same in the right, in my opinion. Sane, I think would have made the difference, even just as a different option, he creates fear in opponents that make them change tactics just to counter him.

Liverpool manage to create the width with their fullbacks but I don't think it'll be long before someone works out a plan. A few have managed it this season but old United style first goal assistance (e.g. fortunate decision or fortunate goalkeeping errors) have given them a helping hand on most of those occasions, that fortune can't last forever.

I hope you're right with the last bit, pretty confident you will be. We're lucky to have him.
 
Chi-town blues said:
Wrong! Sterling works harder and cares about the team .
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I never said Sterling doesn't work hard.
But during a lot of attacks he tries to dribble past players and loses it after the team has passed it and kept possession for circa 10 minutes.
It seemed to be happening even more this season when he has been out of form.
I always think if de bruyne is playing Sane is very effective.
I also think Sane has more confidence in front of goal and if he gets chance will usually score.
I do agree however that's Sterling works harder but for me is more frustrating.
 
nimrod said:
I never said Sterling doesn't work hard.
But during a lot of attacks he tries to dribble past players and loses it after the team has passed it and kept possession for circa 10 minutes.
It seemed to be happening even more this season when he has been out of form.
I always think if de bruyne is playing Sane is very effective.
I also think Sane has more confidence in front of goal and if he gets chance will usually score.
I do agree however that's Sterling works harder but for me is more frustrating.
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I agree that Leroy seems to have more confidence but Raheem scores a lot of goals. I think he is a better overall player, despite the uneasy feeling I get with him.

There is something missing with Leroy. Likely the fact he doesn’t want to be here.
 
ctid1894 said:
Personally I think we were struggling to work it out because of the lack of width, we were too slow in the build-up due to Laporte's injury but the main issue was because we were too narrow with Sterling cutting in from the left and Mahrez doing the same in the right, in my opinion. Sane, I think would have made the difference, even just as a different option, he creates fear in opponents that make them change tactics just to counter him.

Liverpool manage to create the width with their fullbacks but I don't think it'll be long before someone works out a plan. A few have managed it this season but old United style first goal assistance (e.g. fortunate decision or fortunate goalkeeping errors) have given them a helping hand on most of those occasions, that fortune can't last forever.

I hope you're right with the last bit, pretty confident you will be. We're lucky to have him.
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Somewhat true for Sterling, but not quite for Mahrez. Mahrez holds his width on the touchline until he gets the ball. Even when he gets the ball initially, the space opens up on the inside for Kev to make an underlapping run into where Mahrez can pass to him and he can make a cross. That's the width and if timed correctly it has the same effect of a winger getting around the outside and putting in a cross. When Mahrez goes inside with the ball, Kev holds wide to be an outlet to make a cross from a wider area.
 
Larry Stranger said:
Somewhat true for Sterling, but not quite for Mahrez. Mahrez holds his width on the touchline until he gets the ball. Even when he gets the ball initially, the space opens up on the inside for Kev to make an underlapping run into where Mahrez can pass to him and he can make a cross. That's the width and if timed correctly it has the same effect of a winger getting around the outside and putting in a cross. When Mahrez goes inside with the ball, Kev holds wide to be an outlet to make a cross from a wider area.
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See I tend to disagree somewhat; he does stay wide to receive the ball sometimes but there's plenty of occasions where you really can say "FFS Mahrez" because he's drifted inside. It's probably me not articulating it well enough, I meant more when he's actually in possession, you know 9/10 he's going inside onto his left foot because he doesn't trust his right foot down the outside. That's what kills us in terms of width, there's no threat to the defender of Mahrez doing him down the line and crossing it, so the defender can stay compact and not worry about blocking the crosses because they happen so infrequently.

He's so predictable it's untrue, as long as a defender is athletic, even as a none league player, Mahrez is easy to play against tactically. If he gets space and gets you 1v1 you're fucked because technically he's got the all the tricks but in a team game, you can just show him down the line in full knowledge 9/10 he'll try to pass backwards or inside because he's out of ideas.

De Bruyne helps him massively but still he can't make that underlapping run all the time or that becomes predictable too.
 
edinburgh123 said:
Even when he plays away at Anfield....?!?!
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Funny isn‘t it. Sané always turns up against top teams and now he is mentally not tough enough while the guy who basically always sucks against top teams is mentally tougher. Imo Pep has a problem with Sané. He literally gets criticized for every losing ball. What did Sané change from the 17/18 season. Nothing. And somehow he is not good enough anymore. Let‘s go for Ferran Torres so we don‘t have any pacey wingers beside Sterling anymore who never wins a 1on1
 
King Jay said:
Funny isn‘t it. Sané always turns up against top teams and now he is mentally not tough enough while the guy who basically always sucks against top teams is mentally tougher. Imo Pep has a problem with Sané. He literally gets criticized for every losing ball. What did Sané change from the 17/18 season. Nothing. And somehow he is not good enough anymore. Let‘s go for Ferran Torres so we don‘t have any pacey wingers beside Sterling anymore who never wins a 1on1
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Why do you have to hate on one of our own players to support another?

The only two teams Sterling regularly struggles against are United and Liverpool. That’s hardly always sucking against the top teams. He ran Spurs ragged hours after being racially assaulted ffs.

Also, is there anyone even suggesting that Sane isn’t good enough for us? Him on the left and Sterling on the right is our best combination by a mile.

I believe that Sterling is the better player due to the goals he guarantees. He’s a 20 goal a season player and is a leader in the team whereas Sane isn’t. That doesn’t mean that Leroy isn’t a top player though. He just needs that breakout season where he goes from being a very good player to an elite player.

Raz has that season in our centurion campaign.
 
daztrueblue91 said:
Why do you have to hate on one of our own players to support another?

The only two teams Sterling regularly struggles against are United and Liverpool. That’s hardly always sucking against the top teams. He ran Spurs ragged hours after being racially assaulted ffs.

Also, is there anyone even suggesting that Sane isn’t good enough for us? Him on the left and Sterling on the right is our best combination by a mile.

I believe that Sterling is the better player due to the goals he guarantees. He’s a 20 goal a season player and is a leader in the team whereas Sane isn’t. That doesn’t mean that Leroy isn’t a top player though. He just needs that breakout season where he goes from being a very good player to an elite player.

Raz has that season in our centurion campaign.
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Liverpool away that would be. look at our home game last season and Raheem's contribution to Sane's winner
 
Gutted he’s on his way one of the most exciting players I’ve seen at City when he’s on form. Does seem to rely heavily on confidence though as when his heads down he looks a different player.
 
Sane, when in form, is devastating. Arguably better on the ball than sterling but as another poster highlighteD there’s really only one winner off the ball.

can’t help but feel if his mentality and work ethic matched his natural talent he’d be a world class player
 
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