Jadon Sancho (loan)

[TelfordVilla]

Well if he can't be arsed to play for £200k per week, he certainly won't be giving his all for a measly £100k per week

[jwarry]

Unai was quite cagey about signing him in yesterday's interview. Said he's beginning to step up and thinks he has huge potential. Will not be surprised if he becomes a key player for us on the run in and we end up signing him

[andyh]

I am sure Unai has worked him out now.
Use these ‘improving performances’ for the last few months of the season and then bomb him out.
Emery is ruthless and will let very good players go in order to improve the team. We have seen him allow far more influential players than Sancho leave the club.

If there is one thing we all know more than anything, it is that Emery demands consistency.
Sancho has only been consistent in the fact he is very, very disappointing and not worthy of the reputation his name seems to carry.

[PaulWinch again]

I think you hit the nail on the head, albeit I don’t think you mean it in the same way. He is judged against reputation rather than his performance. He has culpability there - he’s earning what he earns because of how he had performed a long while back. Is he worth £200k + a week now? No chance. But is he playing quite well, and contributing to the team? Yes.

[TonyD]

£200k a week.
Almost £6m a year after tax. 
The mind boggles. 

[ChicagoLion]

I think you hit the nail on the head, albeit I don’t think you mean it in the same way. He is judged against reputation rather than his performance. He has culpability there - he’s earning what he earns because of how he had performed a long while back. Is he worth £200k + a week now? No chance. But is he playing quite well, and contributing to the team? Yes.

Manure as they often do, massively overpaid him and for him. I think it was €85mil.
A reputation built on doing well in an inferior league where the speed and physicality is no where near PL levels.

[brontebilly]

I think you hit the nail on the head, albeit I don’t think you mean it in the same way. He is judged against reputation rather than his performance. He has culpability there - he’s earning what he earns because of how he had performed a long while back. Is he worth £200k + a week now? No chance. But is he playing quite well, and contributing to the team? Yes.

Manure as they often do, massively overpaid him and for him. I think it was €85mil.
A reputation built on doing well in an inferior league where the speed and physicality is no where near PL levels.

Likes of Haaland might say different, or Son.

Sancho for me lacks the physical strength to thrive in the PL - Rogers, Grealish, even watching Bowen last night - you can't get the ball off these guys too easily. Sancho has all the technical skills but it speaks to his lack of application off the pitch that he couldn't have got stronger in the gym

[Rigadon]

Agreed Billy.  He’s too lightweight for the PL and doesn’t have mega pace to offset it. Same as Bailey.

[Pete3206]

Over rated, inconsistent and expensive.

Fills a shirt for now but farewell in May.

[eye digress]

Sancho has only been consistent in the fact he is very, very disappointing and not worthy of the reputation his name seems to carry.

But what is the point of judging him based on his reputation?

Why not judge him on is contribution (too soft, not enough goals; nice passing and movement, gradually getting better)?

Edit: apologies, I see my point was made earlier by PaulWinch_again.

[PeterWithe]

One of the slowest players we have, not something you want in a winger. He did ok, but he needs speed around him, which we dont have.

[brontebilly]

I'm done with him after last night. I didn't see the Bournemouth game but plenty here were saying the saying about Bailey. Somehow have to limp through with the pair of them until McGinn returns.

[andyh]

For him, in comparison to most of his games for us, I thought he looked quite good for the first 20 minutes.
He actually got stuck into a tackle, although he think he stumbled into it rather than committed to it.
I actually said at the time, ‘well in Sancho’. A combination of words that have probably never been uttered by a person since the dawn of time.

Then he just disappeared and reverted to doing fuck all until he was hoiked.

[PaulWinch again]

Thought he was one of the best players in the first half.

[LeeB]

I'd be saying thanks but no thanks on signing him, all things considered.