Paul Pogba | Undergoing Medical | Helping out the Laundry Ladies
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
God forbid ..what happens if a player bought for an exorbitant price of more than 100mil gets injured ? Money down the drain..? thats why it is sometimes better to spend it on 3 or 4 solid players..
Kroos is an attacking midfielder?
How often have you actually seen him play?
Kroos isn't an attacking midfielder what so ever.
The reports are at the dreaded 'all but done' stage, and that Manchester United are 'relaxed', but yeah, I think we'll get some sort of official announcement from us (or more likely Juventus) sometime within this week. Or hope so, at least.
Honestly, not much. Only in the big Madrid games and the national team. However from what I've seen he's much more closer to be an attacking midfielder than box to box.
What happens if you go out tomorrow morning and get run over by a bus?
We tried that, it doesn't work. You need to buy the special players or else you end up with a lot of average players.
Wouldn't be bad tbh - while Pogba has bigger potential Kroos is a better player than Pogba currently.
Yeah I wonder how many of those posts repeat the same things over and over again.Wow, that makes for depressing reading. Sad thing is they probably feel they've achieved something!
Wonder how many of those posts repeat the same thing over and over? Thankfully the end is in sight.
Its always the case. In any transfer saga the higher price is the one that is always quoted. When we signed BS last summer everyone was quoting the figure as £14m, even though it was believed to be a lot less (which was confirmed later at £6m).
He started every sentence there with "I think".
Someone get RedPed some aloe vera.
Wow, RedPed hates this thread more than Rory
I am all for signing Pogba, but I can't help but wonder where he will play.
Let's be totally realistic, Rooney won't be benched, if we then use Mourinhos preferred 4-2-3-1 we will likely like up as follows:
back four
Carrick Pogba
mkhi rooney martial
zlatan
That is not Pogba's best position, and he will be exposed in a midfield two in the PL, we don't currently have a DM that can cover him in a two. Ideally we should bench rooney and make it:
back four
carric schneid
mkhi pogba martial
zlatan
But that likely won't happen, atleast not until Rooney stink it up properly as the #10.
Pogba will be a huge transfer, and a great player. But he is not the missing piece in the puzzle. Then again if we go to 4-3-3 it all changes though, but that again leaves us with the dilemma of Rooney.
Fecking Rooney.
Let's be totally realistic, Rooney won't be benched, if we then use Mourinhos preferred 4-2-3-1 we will likely like up as follows:
back four
Carrick Pogba
mkhi rooney martial
zlatan
That is not Pogba's best position, and he will be exposed in a midfield two in the PL, we don't currently have a DM that can cover him in a two. Ideally we should bench rooney and make it:
back four
carric schneid
mkhi pogba martial
zlatan
But that likely won't happen, atleast not until Rooney stink it up properly as the #10.
Pogba will be a huge transfer, and a great player. But he is not the missing piece in the puzzle. Then again if we go to 4-3-3 it all changes though, but that again leaves us with the dilemma of Rooney.
Fecking Rooney.
Brilliant
I truly believe that Mourinho will do what he thinks is best for the club result wise and not give a damn about pleasing Rooney.
. Thankfully I'm not the worst!So he won't turn out like Mata, BFS, Cavani, ADM, Depay etc. then?The reports are at the dreaded 'all but done' stage, and that Manchester United are 'relaxed', but yeah, I think we'll get some sort of official announcement from us (or more likely Juventus) sometime within this week. Or hope so, at least.
I hope this is officially announced on Wednesday 3rd August - that would be an awesome Birthday present.
I've already had an early present today - the birth of my niece.
I'm so excited for this season to start.
C'mon United!!!
I've already had an early present today - the birth of my niece.
I'm so excited for this season to start.
C'mon United!!!
I don't think your post was that far off, he isn't a defensive midfield and his passing is more associated with a attacking midfielder. He is just one of those players who picks passes's 'dictates tempo' which fair better in a possession based teams. I don't think he is what we need or that Real would sell so wouldn't be cheaper. Not sure why he would a certain person would name drop him because he is certainly not a box to box and certainly no Roy Keane.
Mate, at least you're posting your opinion about whether Pogba would be worth the fee, what we need etc.
That guy literally comes in and say OMG is this thread still alive, worst transfer Eva, boring, close the thread or I'll hang myself!
If Rooney gets dropped, itl be mkhitaryan at number 10. Mk is a very very good number 10, and Id have him there over Wayne and Pogba tbh.
Wrt Pogba, he's such a complete athelete that it's almost a waste to have him just as a number 10. I'd rather see him fully utilised in a box to box role.
Kroos was more of an attacking midfielder at Bayern, from what I've seen of him. At Madrid his job is somewhat less advanced - definitely seems to play a tad deeper, with his main job to build play in order to service the world class attackers playing ahead of him. Carries a goal threat, too, but that's definitely not his main function in that Madrid side.
He's such a likable player but he has been crap thus far. Will wait to see if Jose utilizes him differently than LVG did before writing him off. Mata too.
Hopefully not like Cavani. It felt like he was never even here.
He is used to playing in a midfield 3, or effectively a 5 with Juventus 3-5-2 though. And that is in a league with less pressing and intensity as opposed to the PL.
He didn't exactly convince in a midfield 2 for France during the EC.
I think that the best way to get the most out of Pogba is a midfield 3, and hopefully we will switch to a 4-3-3. Perhaps Pogba, Zlatan, Martial and Rashfords presence in this United side is finally enough to get rid of Rooney as a guaranteed starter and poster boy. Surely Zlatan and Pogba is already more marketable, and Martial and Rashford will become more marketable in a season or two.
Definitely agree with that.
Let's get this one done by Tuesday and then we camp out in the Bonucci thread!
At least you are signing players.
Oh snap!
I don't agree with what you're saying. I can also understand people not enjoying (to a certain extent at least) what they perceive as repetitive negativity. However, I think you're probably sincere in your views and not just saying it to annoy others. You're obviously not convinced by the guy which is entirely fair. My father is another person who doesn't think Pogba is all that either.
I think at the very least he'll bring back some much needed excitement and entertainment to our style of play. Hell, how long have we been missing that for? Some might even say as far back as the last couple of years of Fergie's reign.
And possibly even better than that he could play a huge part in leading us to the league title this season. I don't think it's a stretch to consider this a good possibility and if he does it'll be an excellent first steep towards him justifying his fee.
And this is exactly why I don't think you're out to piss people off. If you were you certainly wouldn't be saying this but rather talking some guff about 'Real Madrid coming back in for him'. Dealing with these types is hard enough but the sheer credulity of those that defend them is arguably even worse as I discovered the other day. In contrast those talk about his ability and relative value are (for my mind at least) contributing to the overall discussion.
Apart from the stock Rooney put-down (too tiresome to bother with), you raise an interesting q: how might PP be used. I think Mou will build not one, but two United teams; injuries permitting, he will rotate between these to compete in a fixture congested Prem and in multiple competitions. All designed for the Everest assault on CL 2018.