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Victor90 said:
The Sancho situation isn't spoken about enough, many said he was the next ballon d'Or superstar, even I fell for a lot of the hype. I thought Southgate not selecting was very suspicious but given how sh*te of a manager he is I could well believe Southgate was just incompetent. 

No, it turns out Sancho was just ridiculously overrated. I agree, be careful signing superstars from that league. With that said, Dortmund are extremely good at developing players, there could be something to this loan. 
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Also see Havertz as another example!

 
Victor90 said:
The Sancho situation isn't spoken about enough, many said he was the next ballon d'Or superstar, even I fell for a lot of the hype. I thought Southgate not selecting was very suspicious but given how sh*te of a manager he is I could well believe Southgate was just incompetent. 

No, it turns out Sancho was just ridiculously overrated. I agree, be careful signing superstars from that league. With that said, Dortmund are extremely good at developing players, there could be something to this loan. 
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It all comes down to good scouting. De Bruyne, Lewandowski, Haaland, Ballack, they all did fine once they left Germany. The scrawny types always struggle though. I remember when I wanted Reus at his peak, but looking at how others turned out, I doubt he would have been a success in the Premier League. Even Christensen would go through periods where he struggled after looking brilliant in Germany. Schurrle was another one.

 
Who would have thought, playing a LB at LB instead or RW teams he plays well, what a Nov idea picking a player in his best position. Wonder if that will catch on...

 
Did anyone see Fulham targeting Colwill again with long kicks Maatsen is not build for FB in this League it would be a slaughter from opposition teams targeting him.

 
Sexyfootball said:
Good start, albeit they were playing the club that is bottom of the Bundesliga.

Sancho came on as sub, and had an assist. for one of the goals.
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I don’t really think we are in the position to be passing judgement on the quality of the opposition when can’t even beat a mid table championship team with half  their players injured. They are still infinitely better than Middlesbrough. 

 
El regreso said:
Did anyone see Fulham targeting Colwill again with long kicks Maatsen is not build for FB in this League it would be a slaughter from opposition teams targeting him.
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Based on what I learn in this forum, this does not matter. Just play player in their position and it just magically works. 

 
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Scott Harris said:
You can guarantee that if Alexander-Arnold was a Chelsea player, Pochettino would play him RW because he's not a good full back when defending.
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More likely left wing just for sh*ts and giggles...

 
dkw said:
Who would have thought, playing a LB at LB instead or RW teams he plays well, what a Nov idea picking a player in his best position. Wonder if that will catch on...
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It's too simple.

Managers have to show how clever and forward thinking they are.

 
Maatsen was at least second and more often third choice in any of the positions he plays in Poch’s thinking.

Makes absolute sense to move him on.

 
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