14 minutes ago, yaz said:

If we add Jackson and Guiu, that's 9 players for 4 attacking positions. Not too bad considering that you need two players per position. Only one surplus. Probably going to be Mudryk 

We could - we probably should - forget about defence and play 3-2-4-1.  Two wingers and Mr.Felix and Palmer in the middle.

We apparently paid no loan fee for Sancho. Sancho has also taken a wage cut. He is a lad from Camberwell and grew up a Chelsea fan.

47 minutes ago, Zeta said:

So for LW, RW, CAM we have:

Mudryk, Sancho, Felix, Palmer, Madueke, Nkuku, Neto

That's a lot of players. No idea how he's going to keep them all happy.

Kellyman, Angelo Gabriel.

Mr.Felix as a false no.9 - likewise Nkunku.

i think we will be utilising our 5 subs in every game.  'openers' and 'closers'
and

against so called easier teams - why not play 3-2-4-1 - play to our strengths

Didn't like the idea of this signing at all when I saw the name lurking around, found him very overrated. But that's because I thought we were going to spunk about 50 odd million for him, a loan deal with a cheap option to buy if it all works out (which is what I've heard) sounds like a very good deal on our end. Who knows, it might work out for us, maybe he comes into his own here. 

I think this is good business on our part. 

37 minutes ago, yaz said:

If we add Jackson and Guiu, that's 9 players for 4 attacking positions. Not too bad considering that you need two players per position. Only one surplus. Probably going to be Mudryk 

We simply play a 1-9 formation. We’re sh*t at defending anyone so we may as well do away with those c**ts. 

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Edited August 31, 20241 yr by Sexyfootball

In a way it kinda makes sense. We need cover for when Mudryk is injured or suspended.

The younger Sancho was preferred to Pulisic at Dortmund and Sancho had a vastly superior record to Christian back then.
Sancho had 104 games for Dortmund and 38 goals
Pulisic had 81 games and 10 goals

I think that Pulisic was fairly decent tbh - and he is having a lot of success at Milan - i know a lot of folks around here do not rate Christian

True Sancho had a sh*tty time at United - 58 games and 9 goals [a record still better than Pulisic's 10 goals in 81 games for Dortmund].
. . . and Sancho only scored 2 goals in 14 when back at Dortmund on loan.

But Sancho grew up a Chelsea fan. So lets see what he can do now. Man United was not the place for Sancho. Hopefully Chelsea will be.

this is from 2018 - Sancho V. Pulisic
"Improvement is not linear. . .Sancho has a higher ceiling than Pulisic".
https://statsbomb.com/articles/socc...y-good-its-just-that-jadon-sancho-is-amazing/

 

 

A attacking midfielder United signed for a huge amount, flopped, and we then sign from them thinking we can do better with him.

Veron vibes for me.

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

A attacking midfielder United signed for a huge amount, flopped, and we then sign from them thinking we can do better with him.

Veron vibes for me.

& we are paying a large chunk of his £250k/w wages.

1 hour ago, ducavis said:

& we are paying a large chunk of his £250k/w wages.

He took a pay cut to play for us, so I doubt that.

9 hours ago, just said:

In a way it kinda makes sense. We need cover for when Mudryk is injured or suspended.

But who is going to cover for Mudryk when he is on the pitch?

On 31/08/2024 at 20:26, TheCeleryKing said:

The younger Sancho was preferred to Pulisic at Dortmund and Sancho had a vastly superior record to Christian back then.
Sancho had 104 games for Dortmund and 38 goals
Pulisic had 81 games and 10 goals

I think that Pulisic was fairly decent tbh - and he is having a lot of success at Milan - i know a lot of folks around here do not rate Christian

True Sancho had a sh*tty time at United - 58 games and 9 goals [a record still better than Pulisic's 10 goals in 81 games for Dortmund].
. . . and Sancho only scored 2 goals in 14 when back at Dortmund on loan.

But Sancho grew up a Chelsea fan. So lets see what he can do now. Man United was not the place for Sancho. Hopefully Chelsea will be.

this is from 2018 - Sancho V. Pulisic
"Improvement is not linear. . .Sancho has a higher ceiling than Pulisic".
https://statsbomb.com/articles/socc...y-good-its-just-that-jadon-sancho-is-amazing/

 

 

 

 

 

So most people seem to think that we should have re-signed Pulisic instead?  

I hope I’m wrong but this has Diet Sterling written all over it.

1 hour ago, 19seventyone said:

I hope I’m wrong but this has Diet Sterling written all over it.

I heard this sterling diet is more successful than the Lukaku diet.....

7 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

So most people seem to think that we should have re-signed Pulisic instead?  

Oh dear god, no, we don't need the American fan boys back. Or Pulisic himself for that matter 

On 27/08/2024 at 20:10, BordeauxBlue said:

Felix isn't a project, he's a baller. 

ha ha ha

7 hours ago, Valerie said:

Oh dear god, no, we don't need the American fan boys back. Or Pulisic himself for that matter 

I know i was just chatting with some American Chelsea fans. . . .Their dedication to Pulisic is relentless. 

American Chelsea fan:  "Pulisic is now playing for a Champions League side. Sancho is going to be battling for field time with misfit toys and panic buys in the Conference League".

 

Obviously i have soft spot for Milan, so many Chelsea old boys. 

1 hour ago, TheCeleryKing said:

I know i was just chatting with some American Chelsea fans. . . .Their dedication to Pulisic is relentless. 

American Chelsea fan:  "Pulisic is now playing for a Champions League side. Sancho is going to be battling for field time with misfit toys and panic buys in the Conference League".

 

Obviously i have soft spot for Milan, so many Chelsea old boys. 

Pulisic's happiness and finding his....let's charitably call it his niche, is all that counts, right! And clearly no bitterness towards Sancho, that's so sportsmanlike!

On 01/09/2024 at 01:26, TheCeleryKing said:

The younger Sancho was preferred to Pulisic at Dortmund and Sancho had a vastly superior record to Christian back then.
Sancho had 104 games for Dortmund and 38 goals
Pulisic had 81 games and 10 goals

I think that Pulisic was fairly decent tbh - and he is having a lot of success at Milan - i know a lot of folks around here do not rate Christian

True Sancho had a sh*tty time at United - 58 games and 9 goals [a record still better than Pulisic's 10 goals in 81 games for Dortmund].
. . . and Sancho only scored 2 goals in 14 when back at Dortmund on loan.

But Sancho grew up a Chelsea fan. So lets see what he can do now. Man United was not the place for Sancho. Hopefully Chelsea will be.

this is from 2018 - Sancho V. Pulisic
"Improvement is not linear. . .Sancho has a higher ceiling than Pulisic".
https://statsbomb.com/articles/socc...y-good-its-just-that-jadon-sancho-is-amazing/

 

 

 

 

 

That purple patch by Pulisic, he was fooking brilliant. Genuinely was one of the world’s best attackers at that time.

Typical he got that injury and never really recovered. Shame.

8 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

That purple patch by Pulisic, he was fooking brilliant. Genuinely was one of the world’s best attackers at that time.

Typical he got that injury and never really recovered. Shame.

Puli had purple patch every season - where he would go on a run of genuinely looking like a match winner….

…..but it only ever lasted 3-5 games, and then it was done.

He was too inconsistent, and fragile for the EPL. 

Going to be interesting to see how Maresca uses Sancho, seeing as there is already a lot of competition on his preferred left wing, albeit nobody yet firmly established.

There has been a lot of hoopla surrounding his acquisition (e.g. multiple articles on website) so it seems the club clearly regard him as a significant arrival ... 

Edited September 4, 20241 yr by Sexyfootball

7 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Going to be interesting to see how Maresca uses Sancho, seeing as there is already a lot of competition on his preferred left wing, albeit nobody yet firmly established.

There has been a lot of hoopla surrounding his acquisition (e.g. multiple articles on website) so it seems the club clearly regard him as a significant arrival ... 

He is not your typical explosive lw, his game is actually closer to Nkunku. 

Have to factor in one of his drawbacks: lack of speed. He doesn't often run past people, putting pressure on his close control. (Cue something about Mudryk etc etc)