Freak
Born a freak always a freak.
I love myself a feisty Jose.
Alright, I get this now.3:38
More on Pogba's form
Mourinho adds:
“He had a big injury in the season, big injury, he had a big injury, he almost went to surgery like Dembele in Barcelona with a similar injury, the decision was not to do it and go to a conservative treatment, everyone really happy, he was playing phenomenal after that and before that, he had a red card against Arsenal probably in his best match and the team’s best moment, he was out for a long long time and in this moment he is not playing well, period, and the team needs him at a good level, when he is not a good level the team is not as good.
“It happens with every team when the most crucial players are not performing. You don’t need to come with we want to sell him, you don’t need that, some people go in that direction, some of them I know for many many years and I know their surname is Liar, and that’s not nice. He plays tomorrow.”
But both doesn't have the needed discipline to play the role?Lingard on the right side of Matic and Pogba on the left side
Unfortunately Lingard was gash and Pogba off form as well, so basically ended up with a one man midfield.Exaclty what a lot of people were saying after the game but don't let the Pogba apologists hear that - they will go berserk.
It's pretty confusing.Right. I have read it 4 times now and still can't make sense of it.
Yep. Its been happening too much for poor old Matic. Left in the breach.Unfortunately Lingard was gash and Pogba off form as well, so basically ended up with a one man midfield.
Strolling around and not giving a 100% is not off-form, I'm afraid.Unfortunately Lingard was gash and Pogba off form as well, so basically ended up with a one man midfield.
Yeah, I wish all the fans would overreact after a bad performance. Let's not give one of our best players the benefit of the doubt, eh?Exaclty what a lot of people were saying after the game but don't let the Pogba apologists hear that - they will go berserk.
I watched it. Basically he is calling the press a bunch of liars, both on the stories of Pogba wanting to leave and a rift between the two. Also on the issue of Pogbas position on the pitch. He was basically saying he is playing Pogba in his preferred position Matic 6 and Pogba and Lingard both 8's so the stories about Pogba wanting a formation change is a lie.Again, wtf is he trying to say here?
Who could we play there? Herrera? Who has looked a shadow of himself? Or McTominay? We lack options in the middle.But both doesn't have the needed discipline to play the role?
Why not just play a proper CM there instead? Are our options that bad that we have to play Lingard there?
I have a feeling Mourinho will probably bench Lingard next season when we get a better CM.
He's saying we played 433 against newcastle and yet people are still moaning we need to shift top 433. That's how I'm reading it.Again, wtf is he trying to say here?
Isn't that the position everyone is crying out for Pogba to play? Agree on Lingard though, he isn't a number 8.But both doesn't have the needed discipline to play the role?
I guess my idea of Lingard as a 8 was a dud then.He is saying we played 433 and Pogba was on the left of midfield.
The only other option was McTominayBut both doesn't have the needed discipline to play the role?
Why not just play a proper CM there instead? Are our options that bad that we have to play Lingard there?
I have a feeling Mourinho will probably bench Lingard next season when we get a better CM.
Well he did say that.Everything mou has said about pogba is great but it's still adding fuel to the fire. SAF would've just said 'that's absolute bollox that' and it would be done with
Lingard can only play no.10 in my opinion. He doesn't possess the natural qualities you would want in a winger. He can't cross and beat a man one on one. He is much better running with the ball from deep positions, finding space and making good runs. I don't see him as an option on the wing. His best work comes from just outside or inside the box. You don't want him in wide areas. Playing no.10 is where he can get the goals.Isn't that the position everyone is crying out for Pogba to play? Agree on Lingard though, he isn't a number 8.
How can you know he wasn't giving 100%? Don't mean to pick on you, but it's such a meaningless phrase.Strolling around and not giving a 100% is not off-form, I'm afraid.
It was the same against Spurs. Jose sees Lingard as a midfielder, he never mentioned him as a attacking player. You can see why we get overrun in the midfieldWait so the midfield vs Newcastle was suppose to be:
Pogba--Lingard
-----Matic
If so then I really feel for Matic. May as well have been a 1 man midfield with Pogba jogging around and Lingard playing like a forward.
How can I know? Well, watching us play with my own eyes this season, I can safely say Pogba can do a lot more in terms of work-rate. I can excuse bad performances or form, when things just aren't going well, but bad application on the pitch is unforgivable for me.How can you know he wasn't giving 100%? Don't mean to pick on you, but it's such a meaningless phrase.
Any player's '100%' will vary wildly match to match over the course of the season, for myriad reasons. None of us know whether he was simply below par the last few games, or if he has perhaps downed tools a little. Until we do know the actual facts of the matter, wouldn't it be better to give our players the benefit of the doubt and our support, especially when we're going through a rough patch?
That's worrisome. Lingard is clearly not a midfielder.It was the same against Spurs. Jose sees Lingard as a midfielder, he never mentioned him as a attacking player. You can see why we get overrun in the midfield
Herrera and fellaini were both injured (and still are). Plus neither have played too well most of the season, though Herrera has picked up in his last few starts.But both doesn't have the needed discipline to play the role?
Why not just play a proper CM there instead? Are our options that bad that we have to play Lingard there?
I have a feeling Mourinho will probably bench Lingard next season when we get a better CM.
Yeah it's a mess the more I think about it. The balance is all wrong.It was the same against Spurs. Jose sees Lingard as a midfielder, he never mentioned him as a attacking player. You can see why we get overrun in the midfield
Pretty muchThat's worrisome. Lingard is clearly not a midfielder.
We really need 2 new midfielders in the summer.
I think SAF could also ban some of them from anything Manchester United related.Everything mou has said about pogba is great but it's still adding fuel to the fire. SAF would've just said 'that's absolute bollox that' and it would be done with
It's about time someone did it.Calling the media a bunch of liars in their face, I love it.
It's more to do with tactics. Mourinho wouldn't be able to play a midfield of those 3, nor could anyone else really. Just Guardiolas style.Yeah it's a mess the more I think about it. The balance is all wrong.
Especially when we're a team that doesn't specialize in possesion. We lose the ball and our midfield is exposed. City can play Fernandinho-KDB-Silva because they keep the ball so well and have CB's who can pass really well.
I’d like us to be feisty on the pitch too.I love myself a feisty Jose.
Well there is the fact he at times bullshits just as much as the media. I don't buy his argument that was a three man midfield.It's about time someone did it.
and against SpursWait so the midfield vs Newcastle was suppose to be:
Pogba--Lingard
-----Matic
If so then I really feel for Matic. May as well have been a 1 man midfield with Pogba jogging around and Lingard playing like a forward.
Well we don’t exactly have Vidal at our disposal. If people think playing McTominay instead of Lingard would have made a difference to Pogba’s performance against Newcastle they’re deluding themselves.Well there is the fact he at times bullshits just as much as the media. I don't buy his argument that was a three man midfield.
Jesse Lingard is not a central midfielder.
Pogba has gone from having someone like Vidal as his fellow B2B midfielder to having an attacking mid/10 like Lingard and Jose is painting it like he was giving Pogba the platform to succeed. It is a load of baloney.