Jadon Sancho (loan)

[FailsworthVillan]

Cowardly in the tackle and in possession. I’d rather see Alysson start tomorrow night.

Hope he doesn’t, he’ll be knackered by kick off.

[Mister E]

I didn't agree with us taking him, as I saw him as 'Bailey-lite' (not a compliment); partly also because with such limited spending power he seemed far too expensive for expected benefits.
I haven't seen anything to change my mind.

[Drummond]

He's getting better and adapting to Emery's methods . I think he's technically very good and way better with the ball than most of our squad.

I'd like to see more end product but assume Emery doesn't want that from him.

He reminds me of Asensio, without that end product.

[eye digress]

The end product is where it's falling down for me.

The lack of bite, to put it mildly, in 50-50s is annoying, but I can see past that.

Conversely, I think he is genuinely focused and committed, and it also looks to me like he is enjoying his football with us (not just a nice to have; think of how painful it is to see Bailey suffering every game).

If he could add a burst of assists and goals...

[aj2k77]

Why would Emery not want any end product from him? We're not scoring goals or creating much but you think the manager wants one of our attacking wider players to offer no threat at all?

I think he's shite, especially for the money he's on. He offers so little he's just getting a soft ride because of how bad firstly Guessand was and secondly Bailey's return has reminded us how bad he is.

Sancho is crap, he's just not as crap as the other two so needs must but he's definitely not playing a role where Emery wants him to offer no threat.

[Dave]

The end product is where it's falling down for me.

The lack of bite, to put it mildly, in 50-50s is annoying, but I can see past that.

Conversely, I think he is genuinely focused and committed, and it also looks to me like he is enjoying his football with us (not just a nice to have; think of how painful it is to see Bailey suffering every game).

If he could add a burst of assists and goals...

Yup, that's pretty much it. He's very neat, tidy, skilful, good football brain.

And will probably have a very decent next five years of his career at the top end of the Bundesliga or Serie A where he'll be given the space and time to use the attributes that he has.