Jadon Sancho (loan)

[brontebilly]

Big game for him tomorrow night. Seeing some improvement lately but a lot more needed if he wants a long term contract with us. First half of the season pretty much a write off with him.

[TheToffnar]

I meant retrospectively based on any sustained form for the next few months. He's obviously not shown enough as it stands.

[Smithy]

Emery on signing Jadon Sancho permanently: “Not yet (not decided). But he’s a fantastic player.

"He will need another contract and maybe it could be here. In case he’s playing his best football, we will want him. Maybe other teams could be involved in the interest for him."

Suggests that at the very least we've discussed it with him and his people.

My guess is he's learned his lesson with Harvey Elliott and knows there is literally no advantage to telling a player you don't want them.  He needs Sancho fit, firing and fully motivated until the end of the season.  His response is about as positive as he can be without it later looking like he's reneging on a promise.

As others have said, if you think of him as a £20-30m signing, and sign him for 4 years, then someone will justify giving him £200k a week on that basis, ahead of spending £20m on a player and then giving THAT player £100k a week. 

I doubt it will be us who pays him that money, but someone will.  If his upward trajectory in form continues, then I'll have no problem with the club signing him permanently.  Though if we do sign him, it wouldn't surprise me to see us then move him on mid-contract to try and make a few quid.

[oldhill_avfc]

We don't score enough goals as a team.

He may be improving, but I don't think he delivers enough on the the most basic requirement of an attacking player.

[Mister E]

We don't score enough goals as a team.
He may be improving, but I don't think he delivers enough on the the most basic requirement of an attacking player.

Yep, that's where I am.

[Rigadon]

He needs to dominate a few games to convince me.  More end product.  He’s getting better though, so hopefully we haven’t yet seen peak Sancho.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

If he’s peaked he can fuck off.

[Percy McCarthy]

If he’s peaked he can fuck off.

I’m hopeful, but I agree. It’s the trajectory of his performances that give me hope.

I think he’s been decent since he came on v Arsenal at home. Was he any good v Man City at home? I went, but I can’t remember.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

He’s clearly on an upward form trajectory, that needs to continue and the curve steepen for us to want him permanently, I’d have thought.

A few goals wouldn’t go amiss, as a team they’ve really dried up for us.

[Dave]

If he’s peaked he can fuck off.

I’m hopeful, but I agree. It’s the trajectory of his performances that give me hope.

I think he’s been decent since he came on v Arsenal at home. Was he any good v Man City at home? I went, but I can’t remember.

Fine.

Sliding doors moment when he went round two of their players, Donnarumma saved, Sancho shot from a yard out and he smothered it.

Would have made it 2-0 and I reckon he might have stepped up from there.

[TonyD]

He has improved a bit recently. 
But overall he ain’t worth signing.
He defensive play is woeful and not what you need in a player if you are chasing trophies. 

[eamonn]

Wussed-out of a few 5050s that afternoon I think, unlike Guessand, the legend.

[eye digress]

Yes, the City game was the one where he massively bottled a challenge, if I recall as we were clinging on at the death. The memory of this is, I think, what causes the pavlovian response on here each game (sort of understandable, I turned the air blue too on that occasion).

Other than that, he was fine!