Carlos Sanchez

[Villafirst]

I could see him being sold to besiktas and give funds to strengthen. Gardner is in this season and perhaps a move for Mikel at Chelsea would be good if pogba goes . Dominos in full effect

No chance of Sanchez leaving - crazy suggestion

[Matt Collins]

Yeah Sanchez and Gana looked like they could be a good pair and allow us to play 4231 at last

[LeeB]

The best I've seen from him today, commanding, skilful, and lasted 90 minutes.

[olaftab]

I could see him being sold to besiktas and give funds to strengthen. Gardner is in this season and perhaps a move for Mikel at Chelsea would be good if pogba goes . Dominos in full effect

Crazy idea.

[Dante Lavelli]

Yeah Sanchez and Gana looked like they could be a good pair and allow us to play 4231 at last

Completely agree.  Westwood is a pretty decent 1st reserve too.  The attacking players can then fight over the remaining 3 spots in midfield.

[Ian.]

It could be a big season for Carlos. Looked good today.

[KRS]

Looking excellent with a few games under his belt now and he deserves plaudits for turning this around. Its almost as if we've got a new signing on our hands now...he's a completely different player and I'm sure he'll develop a great partnership with Gueye. When Veretout gets fully fit then I suspect that Westwood will have to make way.

[Matt Collins]

Isn't he just playing like he played around last Christmas time? He was very good then

[aj2k77]

Just want to bump this thread to ask if anyone has a clue why he is blowing out of his arse in the second half of every game. They really need to look in to the causes because for 45 minutes he's really capable, then loses his legs and his brain.

[KRS]

Yeah I spotted him blowing just before they scored their first...the tell tale signs are there for all to see as he starts making mistakes, slow to track back, caught out of position and making fouls to amend for his initial mistake. He hasn't had much of a break this summer and came back late from International duty so he's probably a few weeks behind in terms of fitness, but if he can't hack the pace then he needs to change his game or improve his fitness...with Gueye and Veretout available, then TS should have that as ap pretty much automatic sub on on the hour to keep our engine ticking over in midfield.

[ozzjim]

Spot on KRS. Sanchez is clearly needing to be changed around 60-65 minutes each week. In my opinion we could do with changing 2 in the midfield at that point, simply due to the tempo and high pressing game we are playing. Gueye is perfect for it, but we need to be more savy about in game fitness through the 90 minutes.

[robbo1874]

Maybe they are trying to get his fitness up to scratch by leaving him on? For me, he's one of our better players and ideally you'd want him lasting the 90 if possible. Not much use to us if he's panting after an hour though. Maybe the fitness will come if he pushes through it?

[KRS]

Running, recovery, running, recovery, running, recovery. Repeat until he's ready.

[David_Nab]

He did tire but they completely refreshed the middle and out numbered us.He is was the only defensive player ahead of the defence its no wonder he tired against the onslaught we were facing ..

[Gregorys Boy]

Thought he had a better game yesterday than he has for awhile. He needs to improve, but could be an important player if we are going to become tougher to beat.