Leroy Sane - 2017/18 performances

[BLUEMATT23]

I think the fact that nothing much has been on our players Twittter accounts and the fact that at least he walked off at half time suggests it hopefully won't be too bad.
Cardiff were a disgrace and I hope they don't get promoted.

 

[Healdplace]

Pep clearly said at half time to kill the game dead and not to engage their players which was the right thing to do and we did it very well in my opinion

That was very obvious and several of us said this on the post match thread if you look. Yet no media source had anyone intelligent enough or unbiased enough not to report it as Cardiff fighting back and City just 'preserving energy'. He knew how bad that tackle was on Sane and was livid and his response was (rightly) to kill the game as a spectacle and basically just win.

The BBC should have realised that and debated why the game changed so drastically as if Cardiff had played it fair it could have been a treat in the second half for people watching. We did not stop playing lightly. It was necessary for the preservation of our season.

As for not giving that player a big ban because he was booked and the referee saw it. Um, if they try that one someone needs to explain that they refereed things that the referee saw in other cup games - where, for instance, Liverpool got a penalty they at first didn't because someone off the pitch saw it and allowed a goal after initially denying it elsewhere.

So that principle is toast and we HAVE to press for this guy to get a lengthy ban.

Not just for Sane but the good of the game. Someone has to take a stand here and this has gone too far because our players are so good other teams struggle to tackle them fairly and get frustrated. The FA has to stamp that out for the sake of attractive football by any team now and in the future.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

Gutted for Sané as he’s been in great form this month and he’s got s decent scoring record against WBA and Burnley so he’ll be badly missed.

He’s also my 6 year olds favourite player, he got his jersey for Christmas and I’m bringing him over for the Leicester match which Leroy is now going to miss which is very disappointing.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Let's hope he's back for the cup final (carabo)

 

[Oils]

Gutted for Sané as he’s been in great form this month and he’s got s decent scoring record against WBA and Burnley so he’ll be badly missed.

He’s also my 6 year olds favourite player, he got his jersey for Christmas and I’m bringing him over for the Leicester match which Leroy is now going to miss which is very disappointing.

We don’t know what he’s going to miss yet...I’m hopeful it won’t be much

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

He needs to put some dock leaves on it and wrap it up in a bandage.
This one is for our older viewers.

For really old viewers I can remember when Nipper Lawrence of Tiger & Scorcher comic book fame did his ligaments a week before the cup final, he visited a back street ‘wise woman’ who put a poultice on it, and hey presto he defied the odds to make the big game!

 

[Saddleworth2]

For really old viewers I can remember when Nipper Lawrence of Tiger & Scorcher comic book fame did his ligaments a week before the cup final, he visited a back street ‘wise woman’ who put a poultice on it, and hey presto he defied the odds to make the big game!

That sounds pre Roy of the Rovers. Or was Nipper part of that squad?

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

That sounds pre Roy of the Rovers. Or was Nipper part of that squad?

Same comic that Roy of the Rovers was in, but Nipper had his own storyline. Back street kid made good. Could only afford one shin pad, that sort of thing

 

[goalmole]

Karma has it's own way of sorting things out. What it will take is a leg break on one of the players of the FA's favoured teams before the situation is deemed bad enough for action to be taken. I know they aren't targeted like we are, but it will happen sooner rather than later.

 

[Healdplace]

I don't think it is so much that they are targeted. It is just that Pep has our players using their speed, flair and skill in ways that create massive frustration in the opposition. So they get reckless out of desperation.

It is a price you sometimes pay for being good.

What is necessary is for the performance of referees to improve as the standard in the supposed best league in the world is awful.

The only way to stop that is for the FA to import referees of high standard from foreign leagues. That's where the best refs are these days. Not here.

If we even threaten to do that things will change.