Leroy Sané

[daztrueblue91]

Despite us witnessing a period of great football and success since Mancini took over, the one thing we have been lacking is genuine pace, skill and width.

Both Mancini and Pellegrini (in his first season) relied on width from the full backs and allowed the wide midfielders in Nasri and Silva to cut inside.

IMO, their set up is part of the reason why the likes of Johnson, Navas and Sterling have not been as effective as they should have been here.

In Pep though we have a gaffa who utilises pacy wide players to their maximum.

One of the great sights in football is watching a winger leave the full back for dead and score a goal or assist.

It certainly is an exciting time for Sterling, Sane, Noltio and Moreno, Jesus and Roberts in the not to distant future.

With the likes of KDB, Silva, Gundogan and Toure feeding them through, they should all be reaching double figure in goals and assists.

 

[TonyM]

Couldn't Sané be a replacement for Bony (if he goes)? And maybe Moreno or Roberts replace Navas next year?

 

[dw7]

Who's he going out on loan to

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Couldn't Sané be a replacement for Bony (if he goes)? And maybe Moreno or Roberts replace Navas next year?

He can play that position but at a guess, I would think its more likely that Jesus is a Bony replacement, when he arrives in Dec?

 

[oakiecokie]

Who's he going out on loan to

Rochdale.

 

[MarsLlama]

Who's he going out on loan to

Newport, apparently (I'm ITK).

 

[CTID1988]

Rochdale.

Hope they are going to pay half his wages

 

[ADegenerate]

Couldn't Sané be a replacement for Bony (if he goes)? And maybe Moreno or Roberts replace Navas next year?

Seems likely to me, with Jesus added in January. There has been some talk in the other thread about a striker but that seems kind of bizarre to me. Kun, Kelechi, New Striker, Jesus, and Sane?

 

[Chi-town blues]

Imminent

 

[BlueMedic]

No, sorry I phrased it slightly wrong. The stats show 92 successful take ons, but of all his take-ons only 46% were succesful - so he attempted 200.

Navas was succesful in 48/70 attempts.

Which I think is what a lot of people have been crying for with Sterling, those stats show that he only attempted 80 when we know that's one of his biggest strengths. Hopefully Pep gives them both the freedom to keep running at people. If they're both willing to take people on numerous times in the game & are getting past 50% of the time, then that should be causing a lot of problems for opposition defences.