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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #495 on: April 05, 2021, 04:17:41 AM »
Maybe expecations are a bit high? £15.5million for a French player in his mid-twenties suggests we bought a squad player. We need those too.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #496 on: April 05, 2021, 05:49:59 AM »
He needs time to adjust to this intense League. No pre-season withus at all. Still early days. Time to judge will be next season.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #497 on: April 05, 2021, 06:11:21 AM »
Maybe expecations are a bit high? £15.5million for a French player in his mid-twenties suggests we bought a squad player. We need those too.
Don't forget this is around half the price it should have been if not for the French League problems.
Once he adjusts to the speed of this league I believe he will be a good addition.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #498 on: April 05, 2021, 08:43:27 AM »
I've seen enough from him to know he's got the ability to play - comfortably - in the Premier League. Yes, he's looked a bit off the pace at times, but that all feels to me like getting up to speed, especially considering he seems the sort of player who often moves WITH the ball in midfield, rather than just moving the ball itself.

I'm not sure he's going to become an automatic first-choice, a la Jack, Ollie, Ezri and Emi, but I'm very confident he'll be better next season and our squad will be stronger as a result.

Add in a top-quality CM marquee -igning over the summer and we'll have very healthy competition in that position.  I thought that signing was going to be Barkley, but it's not worked out that way.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #499 on: April 05, 2021, 08:50:28 AM »
I've seen enough from him to know he's got the ability to play - comfortably - in the Premier League. Yes, he's looked a bit off the pace at times, but that all feels to me like getting up to speed, especially considering he seems the sort of player who often moves WITH the ball in midfield, rather than just moving the ball itself.

I'm not sure he's going to become an automatic first-choice, a la Jack, Ollie, Ezri and Emi, but I'm very confident he'll be better next season and our squad will be stronger as a result.

Add in a top-quality CM marquee -igning over the summer and we'll have very healthy competition in that position.  I thought that signing was going to be Barkley, but it's not worked out that way.

Smith said something yesterday about Barkley still getting back to full fitness.  We've played more than half a season since he came back from his hamstring injury.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #500 on: April 05, 2021, 08:51:25 AM »
Agree with that, he's tidy, in a new country, in a pandemic and plying his trade in the toughest league in the world.

I'm hopeful and think it was a bargain price.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #501 on: April 05, 2021, 08:58:58 AM »
I think Sanson has shown he can run and pass the ball well, he just isn't up to intensity/pace of the league yet. He did admit as much in a French newspaper article a few weeks back i seem to recall someone quoting? 

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #502 on: April 05, 2021, 09:04:23 AM »
Yes, he said he was surprised at the intensity of training and the amount of work you have to put in. He thought they worked hard at OM but is finding the PL to be on another level.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #503 on: April 05, 2021, 09:06:03 AM »
Thanks BE, knew i hadn't imagined it.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #504 on: April 05, 2021, 09:27:21 AM »
Like a few others, I'd assumed he was a signing for next season. He's looked decent enough from what I've seen if him to think that, given a full preseason plus 6 months of getting used to the pace, he'll be a bit of a bargain.

Offline Daley’s dreads

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #505 on: April 05, 2021, 10:19:52 AM »
Thought he looked better yesterday. Few speedy bursts with the ball which showed what he could do next season.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #506 on: April 05, 2021, 12:43:37 PM »
I like him, never scared to receive the ball and is always looking up and seeing what's around him. He gets caught out sometimes because he's not used to how quickly the space disappears but I've seen enough to suggest he's learning and will be a good part of the squad next year.

I'd still like to see someone a bit more physical in there though to be a bit o an enforcer when the likes of Sanson are being bullied.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #507 on: April 05, 2021, 12:46:26 PM »
I like him, never scared to receive the ball and is always looking up and seeing what's around him. He gets caught out sometimes because he's not used to how quickly the space disappears but I've seen enough to suggest he's learning and will be a good part of the squad next year.

I'd still like to see someone a bit more physical in there though to be a bit o an enforcer when the likes of Sanson are being bullied.

Yeah, we need a Jedinak that can play.

I like the lad Bissouma at Brighton.

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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #508 on: April 05, 2021, 12:49:07 PM »
I like him, never scared to receive the ball and is always looking up and seeing what's around him. He gets caught out sometimes because he's not used to how quickly the space disappears but I've seen enough to suggest he's learning and will be a good part of the squad next year.

I'd still like to see someone a bit more physical in there though to be a bit o an enforcer when the likes of Sanson are being bullied.

Yeah, we need a Jedinak that can play.

I like the lad Bissouma at Brighton.


Yes he does stand out , but don’t we have a lad in the under 23s who is near the first team ?  Chukwuemeka?
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Re: Morgan Sanson - signed
« Reply #509 on: April 05, 2021, 01:03:47 PM »
I like him, never scared to receive the ball and is always looking up and seeing what's around him. He gets caught out sometimes because he's not used to how quickly the space disappears but I've seen enough to suggest he's learning and will be a good part of the squad next year.

I'd still like to see someone a bit more physical in there though to be a bit o an enforcer when the likes of Sanson are being bullied.

Yeah, we need a Jedinak that can play.

I like the lad Bissouma at Brighton.


Yes he does stand out , but don’t we have a lad in the under 23s who is near the first team ?  Chukwuemeka?

He needs a couple of seasons to get there, a year out on loan to the championship and then a season as an understudy getting minutes off the bench, he's only just turned 18 so it'd be a big step up for him to come in and do that job. I do think he's going to be a top player though.

 


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