Leroy Sane - 2017/18 performances

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Can’t believe he tried to set Kun up v Wolves. Well I can but it was a bit daft.
 
Neville Kneville said:
There is no guarantee Sanchez would score those chances either. If it's 'one of those nights' it usually just happens that way, irrespective & Sane only came on later.

I'm gutted about Sancho going, but Foden is now stepping up to the same or better level. It's just unfortunate timing, that he's currently with England, where imo, he's head & shoulders the best player I've seen in any side, (although I haven't watched Spain much so far) & unfortunately, Sancho was probably the second best.

The striker will probably get all the credit for England, but Foden is their KDB, he's on another level entirely. He probably would have got on, v Wolves.

Re Sane, I think he's made his mark now, so if we did sign Sanchez in Jan, he would be more of a problem re gametime, for Bernardo Silva & Gundogan,rather than Sane/Sterling, as they are now established as being too good to leave out for any length of time.
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Foden actually getting a lot of credit for his u17 performances, surprisingly, as I thought Brewster would get it all.

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If Sané started on Tuesday I think we win in 90mins comfortably. We had no width, with Zinchenko+Jesus on the left. If GJ is going to play there against a parked bus we need someone bombing down the touchline and Zinchenko was too happy to hover around the edge of the box.

Sanchez wouldn't have given us that width on the left, so outside of maybe winning the game with a bit of solo magic, I doubt he'd have made a difference.
 
ADegenerate said:
That picture of Foden surrounded by four Brazilians brought a smile to my face. How sweet was the timing of Brahims injury and the WC to ruin a perfect shot for both of them btw? Fingers crossed for drawing Bristol City at home.

That’s a good shout on Sanchez competing with Gundo/Silva which would take away some of the worry with Raz/Sane. The issue there is that people were agaitated with KDB at times last year for losing the ball and it’ll pop up here too. But hey strengths and weaknesses and all that. Peps problem.

The only serious argument that’d I’d press on for signing Sanchez is from a worry of a catastrophic injury to GJ or Sane.. or god forbid a combo of both GJ/Kun or Sane/Raz at the same time. Remember KDB’s first season where everything ran through him and he missed 8 or so games and we almost finished 5th because of it and couldn’t score a goal?

Obviously that’s a different squad and planning things with a scared mindset is a horrible mistake but it could be a factor to tip it the decision.

It’s a fascinating debate and if the decision is as marginal as it looks then probably doesn’t matter all too much either way in the long run.

My head is saying pass but my gut is saying picking him up is the right play. I’m not big on gut decisions but on the rare occasion that it pops up I trust it.

Anyway, I think we could go on and on at playing devils advocate here so I’ll let you get the last word in if you’d like because the off topic moaners will be here shortly :)
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I think Foden & (if fit) Brahim will play the 1/4 final no matter the opposition.
 
domalino said:
Foden actually getting a lot of credit for his u17 performances, surprisingly, as I thought Brewster would get it all.

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If Sané started on Tuesday I think we win in 90mins comfortably. We had no width, with Zinchenko+Jesus on the left. If GJ is going to play there against a parked bus we need someone bombing down the touchline and Zinchenko was too happy to hover around the edge of the box.

Sanchez wouldn't have given us that width on the left, so outside of maybe winning the game with a bit of solo magic, I doubt he'd have made a difference.
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I agree Sane would have opened them up. Zinchenko has a lot more to his game than he showed, but was reluctant to try stuff. He has a real KDB style pass on him but we didn't see any of it. Probably due to him being terrified playing as a defender & trying to follow Pep's instructions as how he likes the fullbacks to operate. Just shows how well Delph has done to adapt from midfield.

Glad Foden is getting some recognition. The commentators managed to ignore his part in that goal on about 4 replays.
 
Phenomenal talent. Needs to learn his trade. Pass selection, shot selection and defensive positioning all need work. Has the very rare ability to ghost passed defenders. Terrifying to mark. Could do with toughening up a bit. Shirks almost all physical contact. Will be a world beater with a few more years playing in this setup
 
ADegenerate said:
I’ve gone back and forth with Sanchez a 100 times. I don’t really want him but it’s necessary I think. The man management is going extremely well as of now but like you said Sane isn’t content on the bench and Raz needs to be playing regularly. If we don’t sign Sanchez we’re putting a lot of stock in staying injury free. I know you thought Brahim and Bernardo could handle that 5th forward spot but I’m not sure we’ll go that route.

We’re banging them in now but how many chances did Leroy, Kun, and Raz miss vs wolves? Even if say Raz + Sane are fine taking a bit of a backseat for half a season then we’re right back to square one next season if Kun leaves.

I’d love another young, fast attacking forward that’s content getting 5th most minutes instead of Sanchez. Somebody like say Sancho ffs.
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The Brazilian Kid in France. The dribbler.
 
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