Carlos Sanchez

[LeeB]

I know fuck all about most things but I reckon he'll turn out to be a very good player.

I'd probably be inclined to agree if he wasn't turning 30 just after Christmas.

[supertom]

I think he's a good player for 65 minutes of a game and then makes terrible errors thereafter. It's pretty obvious from that, that either his fitness needs to be worked on or he needs to be subbed around that time each game.

If he has to be told to conserve his energy better, then so be it. I'd keep him guarding ahead of the center-backs  and let Delph and Cleverley be the ones who press a little wider, and further forward.

He'll be better next season with a full pre-season under his belt.

He's just got to cut out the errors, particularly as they tend to happen in areas they can hurt us. I also wish he'd be more careful whenever he's on a yellow card. It's constant heart in mouth stuff. There is a good player there though, as he showed in that middle third of the season. He's just got to quicken up. If I were Sherwood I'd be getting people to press Carlos very quickly in training, to sharpen his reactions and decision making.

[PeterWithesShin]

He's basically a much cheaper NRC so far. Good at a certain job, but makes that job harder for himself with the amount of time he does a careless pass or gives away a stupid freekick.

[UK Redsox]

He's basically a much cheaper NRC so far. Good at a certain job, but makes that job harder for himself with the amount of time he does a careless pass or gives away a stupid freekick.

Ah, NRC.... now there was a Villa legend

[supertom]

He's basically a much cheaper NRC so far. Good at a certain job, but makes that job harder for himself with the amount of time he does a careless pass or gives away a stupid freekick.

Ah, NRC.... now there was a Villa legend

We should re-sign him.

(ha ha)

[PeterWithesShin]

He's basically a much cheaper NRC so far. Good at a certain job, but makes that job harder for himself with the amount of time he does a careless pass or gives away a stupid freekick.

Ah, NRC.... now there was a Villa legend

We should re-sign him.

(ha ha)

Why would he leave Real Madrid to play for us? Or is it Barcelona he's at now? I think he plays for Brazil as well these days.

[Toronto Villa]

Sanchez is a solid horses for courses player. I wouldn't play him every game because won't always need to employ a defensive or holding midfielder. But I thought he was absolutely fine vs Man City. His main thing is he tires by around 60min and starts to give the ball away too much. A bit of rest in the summer and he'll be a very solid player next season.

[eamonn]

He's got great hair and a nice smile so I hope he stays. Seriously though, it is a bit strange that he looked really impressive with his give and go's earlier in the season, full of energy and confidence, (the odd clanger notwithstanding) whereas more recently he's been more careless than previous in possession. The game at Arsenal was the nadir and he's looked better since but I'd hope Sherwood would know how to handle him right. Maybe it is the effects of not having too much of a rest last summer because of Colombia's fine World Cup.

[Mister E]

Sanchez is a solid horses for courses player. I wouldn't play him every game because won't always need to employ a defensive or holding midfielder. But I thought he was absolutely fine vs Man City. His main thing is he tires by around 60min and starts to give the ball away too much. A bit of rest in the summer and he'll be a very solid player next season.

for me, it's not the giving-the-ball-away bit but the edge-of-the-box lunges that do my head in. Last Saturday and the Spuds home game are two examples where his recklessness cost us in points.
There's a decent player there, I think, but he needs some serious coaching. KMac is the man to sort him out since he was a defensive MF in his time.

[supertom]

He's got great hair and a nice smile so I hope he stays. Seriously though, it is a bit strange that he looked really impressive with his give and go's earlier in the season, full of energy and confidence, (the odd clanger notwithstanding) whereas more recently he's been more careless than previous in possession. The game at Arsenal was the nadir and he's looked better since but I'd hope Sherwood would know how to handle him right. Maybe it is the effects of not having too much of a rest last summer because of Colombia's fine World Cup.

Mate of mine regularly asks me "How is young Michael Jackson playing?"

[john e]

I'm going to stick my neck out here whilst resurrecting an old thread

I reckon Sanchez will grow into his role this season and adapt to the premiership and become undropable to the extent that he will be in with a shout of player of the season come May

so there you go I'm mystic meg

[edgysatsuma89]

I'm going to stick my neck out here whilst resurrecting an old thread

I reckon Sanchez will grow into his role this season and adapt to the premiership and become undropable to the extent that he will be in with a shout of player of the season come May

so there you go I'm mystic meg

I agree with that. Although CB isn't his position I was at the Notts game and I thought he was decent. The best of that back 4 by quite a bit. I was sitting lower trinity and it was scary just how shit Hutton was. It was also the polar opposite seeing Grealish up close, I've held off raving about him but he makes it look so fucking easy.

[Karl Bridges]

I always think South Americans take a season to settle in the Prem, you could see he had class last season. I'm certain he's going to prove it this year.

If you don't love Carlos Sanchez you don't love football.

[john e]

I think it was his giving the ball away too cheaply last season that let him down, maybe that was the pace of the prem I don't know, but he is obviously a class player as he proves at international level

I have high hopes from him this season

[Rudy Can't Fail]

If you don't love Carlos Sanchez you don't love football.

Damn right!

As for him approaching 30, I still think we'll get at least a couple of great seasons out of him. Now that Delph's gone, Carlos has somebody to share the workload with and won't burn out after 60 minutes, plus despite having two busy summers with Colombia, Sherwood this summer gave him a full 4 weeks to rest. I'm really looking forward to see how his partnership with Gueye develops as I expect are our defence.