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Offline PeterWithe

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #45 on: January 23, 2021, 02:13:21 PM »
Can't say I've ever heard of him but it's good to see they're not settled with what they've already got. It'll be interesting to see where he fits in

Well judging by this I think he's being lined up for the Barkley role, long term. I doubt we'll sign Barkley, Chelsea will want far too much, which is a shame.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/football/no-bruno-no-problem-why-marseille-s-morgan-sanson-could-be-the-answer-to-manchester-united-s-midfield-woes

At some point we are going to have to pay the inflated fees demanded for the type of player needed to improve us, I could see Barkley being the first.

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #46 on: January 23, 2021, 02:13:57 PM »
Head Mod = Percy surely?

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #47 on: January 23, 2021, 02:14:42 PM »
Well I feel embarrassed and humiliated that my thread was deleted initially.  Either that or I didn’t give it that much thought in the scheme of things....
I am sorry but with these contrite character traits you are totally unsuitable for any position of responsibility within the current Government. Please feel free to apply again in the future when you have removed such obvious strengths.

Offline Matt C

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #48 on: January 23, 2021, 02:33:23 PM »
Very much enjoying this improving from a position of strength lark. Compare and contrast to last January when we were frantically rummaging through the bargain bin.

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #49 on: January 23, 2021, 02:41:04 PM »
Very much enjoying this improving from a position of strength lark.

I genuinely struggling to remember the last time we actually did that. O'Neill adding Downing to Young and Milner?

Offline Matt C

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #50 on: January 23, 2021, 02:44:14 PM »
Very much enjoying this improving from a position of strength lark.

I genuinely struggling to remember the last time we actually did that. O'Neill adding Downing to Young and Milner?

I think you’re right, struggling to remember another more recent one which tells its own story.  Long may it continue.

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #51 on: January 23, 2021, 02:44:18 PM »
Downing played in the middle for us, to start with, didn't he? So could have been seen as a Barry replacement rather than adding from a position of strength. I may have got my years mixed up, though.

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #52 on: January 23, 2021, 02:46:26 PM »
Vaguely remember we signed him injured and when he came in (Burnley away?) we had Young & Barry in the team but then I could very well be wrong.

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #53 on: January 23, 2021, 02:53:33 PM »
I like the look of him. I can see us going back to the 2 8's thing again at times and if we do him and McGinn just ahead of Luiz would give us loads of energy in midfield and, being a genuine 3 in there, would mean they could offer more support to the fullbacks so we could keep the wingers higher up the pitch which I think Smith wants to do. I don't see him as a replacement for anyone but more an option that gives us a viable alternative to change our shape. These are the sort of players we should be looking for now, keep the work ethic that is so important to our style but give us versatility.

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #54 on: January 23, 2021, 02:54:44 PM »
Very much enjoying this improving from a position of strength lark.

I genuinely struggling to remember the last time we actually did that. O'Neill adding Downing to Young and Milner?

It's a good point. We started that this summer with acquisition of Cash, despite the more than adequate Guilbert. Now we're spending the thick end of £20m on a player who's not guaranteed a starting spot, a bit like we did with Traore. Still a bit worried that we're very weak at left back and up front in terms of back up.

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #55 on: January 23, 2021, 03:00:52 PM »
Vaguely remember we signed him injured and when he came in (Burnley away?) we had Young & Barry in the team but then I could very well be wrong.

I think Downing had a broken foot/toe received from a certain Mr Petrov in a match up at the Riverside a few weeks earlier.  He was certainly injured when we signed him.

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #56 on: January 23, 2021, 03:01:57 PM »
Downing played in the middle for us, to start with, didn't he? So could have been seen as a Barry replacement rather than adding from a position of strength. I may have got my years mixed up, though.

Wasn't it that we'd been playing Milner and Young wide, and adding Downing was the thing that allowed Milner to move into the middle?

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #57 on: January 23, 2021, 03:13:52 PM »
Summer 2001 probably. We already had Vassell, Dublin and JPA and signed Balaban. Endless midfield players who could play wide and signed Kachoul and Hadji.

Those three worked out well!

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #58 on: January 23, 2021, 03:24:02 PM »
January 2020 we added Danny Drinkwater.

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Re: Morgan Sanson
« Reply #59 on: January 23, 2021, 03:49:58 PM »
who was the other guy we got from Swansea on loan in January and played about three minutes?

 


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