People don't understand...English is a second language for Pogba so words don't always have the same exact meaning. it seems he was just trying to take responsibility as captain.
Paul Pogba: My attitude wasn't right
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Reading far to much into a player attempting to take responsibility as captain for a poor team performance.
I suppose instead he should have criticised the team instead and blamed his teammates
(which he kind of did since he said our attitude, before backtracking and saying he himself first)The fall out from his comments is pretty silly. Maybe everyone would have been happy if he lied instead and said the team were unlucky and put in a good shift, and hes upset for his teammates?
I read it that way too, didn't see it as him saying he couldn't be arsed. He was saying we have to do better essentially, I believe he does want to be the captain that united need, he cares about the club. This whole thing needs to be put behind us, hanging on every word he says in interviews.. it's time to focus on the football which wasn't good enough from PP or the rest of the team.
All he's guilty of being self aware in public. He realised he approached the game wrong and was man enough to admit it. Hindsight allows that.
For his own sake he should have just hid and kept quiet like all the others. Then he could have wrote a lovely blog post the next day saying "we need to bounce back" or some shite.
For his own sake he should have just hid and kept quiet like all the others. Then he could have wrote a lovely blog post the next day saying "we need to bounce back" or some shite.
Agreed. Knives are out though so don't expect common sense on here.
Yeah, that’s my take on it too. I’m not seeing anything to get outraged about.
Other than his actual performance, anyway!
Another ‘easy’ game where he went in unfocused again. That’s what’s separating him from being a truly great player. Ronaldo and Messi loves the easy games where they feast on the opponents and rack up goals and assists, Pogba takes it like a training session and racks up terrible performances.
He seriously needs a kick up his ass, he’s supposed to be approaching his prime but he’s playing like it’s his first season out of the academy.
He seriously needs a kick up his ass, he’s supposed to be approaching his prime but he’s playing like it’s his first season out of the academy.
I mentioned this point before and got shot down for it, but I'm going to have another go: when a player is first bought, especially on or near to transfer deadline day I know they are often installed in a Manchester hotel until, after a few weeks, they can move into a rented or purchased mansion out near Alderley Edge or Knutsford! Yet our manager has stayed in the Hotel and I believe is still there.....
What sort of message does this send out, to the team, regarding his commitment, long-term?
Furthermore, if he did have a proper home out in Cheshire, after a result like Sundays he could have the senior players over (away from the glare of the press) to talk out the issues and maybe build up team spirit. (A bit like how Theresa May has away-days at Chequers to pull people together).
P.S. I think Pogba and a couple of others were also at the Marriot Hotel, does anyone know if that is still the case? bearing mind my comment above. But if they are, my comment remains the same - but extends to those players. Come to Manchester and play for Utd. but put down some roots to show you wanna stay, through thick and thin. Pogba was great at the World Cup, he wears his heart on his sleeve playing for his country and quite right too. But if he is just a mercenary playing for Utd. with no affinity for the club (in fact negative history cos of what happened 1st time around) and no willingness to establish a home locally, he will always have a problem with his 'attitude' and he will never perform for us, as he does for his country.
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This issue has been discussed, Mourinho also commented on the issue. I don’t know how it’s still an issue to the CAF
I agree with you and, if I was a neutral, I'd be laughing at the silliness Pogba has brought with him to United.
Everyone we buy is to 'unlock' Pogba. We drop a number 10 and move to a three man midfield to 'unlock' Pogba. People are saying we should fire the manager to 'unlock' Pogba. At what point do we pull back the curtain on the wizard of Oz, take a long, hard look and say 'actually he's not what we thought he was'? That actually there isn't that much more to 'unlock' than what we're already getting.
Nobody mentions Pjanic in the same breath as the best players in the world but he replaced Pogba seemlessly at Juve. Maybe Pogba's not quite as good as he or we believe?
I must have missed that Dembeza, could you roughly say what he said?
I just think he has lost his mojo and looks such a miserable so-and-so and I can't help but think that going 'home' to a hotel (albeit a lovely one, no doubt) contributes to this, when he could easily afford a lovely place out of the City. He might then get back to how he was when he first managed Chelsea - enthusiastic for the game, with a smile on his face and most importantly, success on the pitch.
https://www.google.co.za/amp/s/www....news/man-utd-news-mourinho-lowry-14113432.amp
It’s a very short read.
Mourinho about Pogba's World Cup:
Pogba on Mourinho's comment:
****Pogba plays shit****
Pogba again:
Pogba on Mourinho's comment:
****Pogba plays shit****
Pogba again:
Not so clever now, are you Paul?
Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. People go on and on about wanting more honesty from players, and when they get it, they don't like it.
Come on, you have to laugh.
"I always give my best for the fans" then a week later "my attitude wasn't right"
Pogba was being hypocritical in the first place.
He complained about Mourinho questioning his attitude, then went on to play a game where his attitude was crap.
In fairness to Pogba, he's admitted he was wrong. So props to him for that. It needed to be said.
I agree with her, despicable.
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"I've never been more embarrassed in my life" She must've lived a very sheltered life.
Thanks I looked at it, in it he says "so if they (fans) are worried about me being comfortable, happy..." they should not worry about the hotel thing.
Yeh & he really comes across as a happy chap!
Funny - he always speaks with perfect etiquette in English in previous interviews.
He clearly understand the language and is able to communicate.
Seems a very defensive viewpoint, he said what he said
Shameful defence for a player not worthy of the armband.Reading far to much into a player attempting to take responsibility as captain for a poor team performance.
I suppose instead he should have criticised the team instead and blamed his teammates
The fall out from his comments is pretty silly. Maybe everyone would have been happy if he lied instead and said the team were unlucky and put in a good shift, and hes upset for his teammates?
How can any Manchester united player go into a game with the wrong attitude, play atrociously then admit to the media his attitude was wrong.
Baffles me how Pogba can be defended honestly
Agreed.
What's next, "we need to sell DDG and replace him with a GK with better feet....it'll get the best out of Pogba."
Paul Pogba is,at the end of the day,a midfielder. I don't care about these trendy modern names for different types of midfielders. He's a midfielder.
We've tried everything at our disposal to unlock this supposedly elite player....We've had him play in every position in that section of the park,bought specific players to compliment his strengths.
And this is what we have.
and you know what? hes contracted here for like 3 more years. in real life can you just quit your job just like that with no repurcussions and work somewhere else even if you're contracted somewhere/Exactly.
People think that Raiola has hypnotised Pogba or something.
Look Pogba wants to leave. People act like, cos he was in our academy, he loves the club. We stole him from Le Harve and he left for Juventus a few years later. He's not Rashford or Lingard. He didn't grow up in the North West adoring Manchester United. Expecting him to act like the local lads is mad.
Barcelona have indicated they want Pogba. Pogba's probably thinking 'Ronaldo's gone, Barca finished 17 points ahead last season, if I go there I get sunshine and trophies. Why stay at United?'
People are looking at this as United fans, they need to get away from it and look at it like Pogba, as an employee: He's got a good job but he's seen a better job opportunity and he wants it. Its that simple.
All these controversies that he and Raiola are cooking up are just attempts to get the move Pogba wants.
The world cup showed us that Pogba takes playing for France more seriously than playing for United. eg. His hairstyle.
Pogba showed more effort to defend and track back for France than he does for United. Not that hes very good defensively anyway.
Drama queen comes to mindPlay bad enough keep mking wierd quotes to the press and that 3 year contract goes away. Maybe thats the thinking?
4 more years. He signed a 5+1 contract.
Like I’ve mentioned earlier, we probably shouldn’t put too much into it. His English isn’t that great, he probably just meant the team wasn’t quite there in terms of energy and focus. It happens every round, and if it didn’t every great team would beat the lesser team every round. When Brighton beats United, it means they were 100% and we weren’t on the day. The interview was not with Lingard, Jones or someone fluent in English, it was with a foreigner after all. Cut him some slack - if Mourinho and Pogba really had a huge beef, Pogba wouldn’t be playing as captain.
Seems obvious that Pogba was simply trying to take responsibility for the team's performance because he was captain. Senseless to be getting the knives out.
Exactly.
I felt Jose's comments about the World Cup were as accurate an assessment as you can muster and reminds me that Jose is a very smart man (although moany, stubborn, plays shite football). Anyone and his dog could see that Paul's attitude was different for France in this tournament and he freed himself of any self indulgent and just stuck to his managers instruction where as I remember him getting taken off for United due to not listening. maybe he respects Deschamps more (world cup winner, ex Juve, multiple CL finalist), he was more afraid of the ramifications of playing for his country, plus the prestige of the competition and being isolated from distractions and focused purely on football. This is what Jose alluded to and it seemed Pogba objected to questions of his attitude and what he gives to United, then admitted it after his next poor performance.
I don't think that it was the point. I'm pretty sure that Pogba was talking about the way they reacted when they faced adversity, in my opinion that's the attitude he is talking about.
She's never been more embarrassed in her life?
What a drama queen.
EDIT: Just seen other posters above have basically said the same thing already.
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I disagree, Pogba's English is more than good enough for him to express himself clearly.
Pogba is not happy
Pogba is not being well used
Pogba needs the right players for his potential to be unlocked
Pogba needs the right manager for his potential to be unlocked
Buy Matic for Pogba
Buy Fred for Pogba
The formation does not fit Pogba
Play 4-3-3 for Pogba
Play 4-4-2 for Pogba
Ex Players criticize Pogba
Mourinho defends Pogba
Mourinho criticizes Pogba
Mourinho praises Pogba
Pogba talks about being fined
Pogba talks about his head not being right
Agent defends Pogba
Pogba wants a new deal
Pogba wants to go to Barca
Pogba this, Pogba that!
You know what? Let's just change the club's name from Manchester United to Paul Pogba United.
Pogba is not being well used
Pogba needs the right players for his potential to be unlocked
Pogba needs the right manager for his potential to be unlocked
Buy Matic for Pogba
Buy Fred for Pogba
The formation does not fit Pogba
Play 4-3-3 for Pogba
Play 4-4-2 for Pogba
Ex Players criticize Pogba
Mourinho defends Pogba
Mourinho criticizes Pogba
Mourinho praises Pogba
Pogba talks about being fined
Pogba talks about his head not being right
Agent defends Pogba
Pogba wants a new deal
Pogba wants to go to Barca
Pogba this, Pogba that!
You know what? Let's just change the club's name from Manchester United to Paul Pogba United.
He wants out, as long as he keeps his agent he will get out.
I will wait to see the outcome of this, but I think that Mourinho goes before Pogba.
That is more likely due to Mourinho going really quickly if things carry on, & not being able to sell Pogba. Both need to leave the club.
Zidane might bring out the best in Pogba. He would allow him more freedom and play more attacking football.