It just makes you look like a cocky dick when you miss is all. I don’t know if it actually makes him more likely to miss, but I feel like it does. He went from putting them in the roof of the net out of the keepers reach, to hitting an under-powered shot at a perfect height for the keeper. You’re just making it harder for yourself.
Pogba's run up | Pogba mocks it on social media
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We may as well as close the whole forum right .... His run-up is fecking shit, we don't need to be pros to say it. I don't even understand the point of it other than it being a statement of "hey look how cool I actually am"
He's a character.
what is the trick supposed to be?
at least he stepped up to take the penalty in the first place, after missing one earlier in the season and after all the drama surrounding him and Mourinho he still finds the confidence to take a penalty in the manner that he wants. I think its all for him wanting to be different and to have a penalty technique named after him, I hope it continues, even though its infuriating, it makes him the player he is and it shouldnt be suppressed.
He didn't explain but I assume he meant keepers moving/committing too early.
Hasn't anyone told him it's rubbish? Just take the bloody thing and score. He was lucky pickford parried it back to him.
He’s just drawing even more attention to himself. If he had a 100% success rate with it then no one would question it. If I was a goalkeeper I would just stand rooted to the spot and wait till he reached the point of no return before reacting?
Thing is, just before he strikes the ball he takes the regular two to three step run-up. The only difference is he's not doing that short run up from a stationary position. His method of having a two phase run up is just his way of setting himself up. Just because it is unusual doesn't mean it's silly. It's like some players do not stuttered run-up, some only as little as 2 steps, some prefer to run it from distance at speed.
I don't believe for a second that the run up was devised to seek attention, although it's not a bad thing at all, for it to be his trademark.
It’s ridiculous, just trying to be different from everyone else hopefully the Pickford save will make him realise Just how much it could have cost us
He'd achieve the same thing by standing directly over the ball and not doing a run up. No goalkeeper is going to move until the last second anyway.
Maybe I underestimate his vanity then. I don't think so though, at least not in the pitch. Mourinho would not allow him to do that if he felt it was merely a 'stunt:. I mean, these guys are professional sportsman, not just playing in the local park trying to impress the girl watching pitchside. He could be afforded the benefit of the doubt occasonally. And as I said before he's done that run up, or slight variations thereof since 2014 or even earlier.
I hate it.
Can't stand that run-up.
Can't stand that run-up.
I remember Pogba got sent off (second yellow) for a stuttered penalty v Liverpool in a youth game. Ridiculous ref decision but you think it might have taught a Pogba to just take a normal penalty
It's not like anyone can tell he would have got the ball past the keeper first time had he taken it in the ''conventional' way.
It's the nature of penalties that some just don't end up right in the corner or where you intend. Doesn't matter if it goes in.
There is absolutely no way that shite gives him a better chance of scoring that a normal run up.
Agreed, I'd be more pissed if he attempted to float the ball a la Zidane/Pirlo and others right down the middle. Even them, it's only an issue if he misses. Zidane did it in the WC final against Italy! ( I know he's not Zidane
)They have & it's infuriating. Whenever I take a penalty with Pogba I immediately regret it as I have to wait half an hour for the animation to run though.
Slight variations do not change what I think. He had always been like that. He is a flashy player. There is nothing that make sense about this run up when more conventional ones can be done. The best ever pen takers don't do that
I was in stitches but it looked like he put himself off, which is obviously not very good.
A major problem with it is he's going to make himself and us look stupid, because however good at penalties you are you're going to miss one, and if you miss it doing this at an important moment it's not gonna look good.
Imagine if he hadn't scored the rebound and they equalised.
A major problem with it is he's going to make himself and us look stupid, because however good at penalties you are you're going to miss one, and if you miss it doing this at an important moment it's not gonna look good.
Imagine if he hadn't scored the rebound and they equalised.
I think it's all about attention to be absolutely honest.
I mean, imagine taking a whole 10 seconds to complete a 5-yard journey. I'm surprised he hasn't included a dab or two inbetween steps (let's hope he doesn't think of that).
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I love that tbf
He just looks like an absurdly narcissistic knob with that run up. Half way through his run up I am half hoping he misses, ridiculous as that is. The penalty technique for the social media age.
Yeah I agree. He wants kids trying to imitate it on the playground and all that kind of bollocks. I remember when Rooney got sent off vs Villarreal ~2005 for sarcastically clapping in a refs face, a lad on my school team got sent off for the exact same thing a couple of days later
Actions speak louder than words. When I see no conviction, I can call it, as can most people. If he puts everyone of those penalties in a corner with pace, I don't care about his run-up. Until then I can criticize it.
It's fine if he tried something which didn't come off. But to keep trying it and expecting a different result is just stubbornness.
Before you accuse me of having an agenda against Pogba, you should note that he is my highest rated player in life and on caf. You can love a player and still be critical of them. These are not mutually exclusive.
Someone tries that in a Sunday League match and the next time they get the ball could be tasty.
It is arguably the greatest thing I have ever seen
The last thing he needs is this sort of extra attention. If he misses he looks like a pillock. In truth, if he scores he looks like a pillock.
He’s a good striker of the ball and he should stick to hitting it like he would any other ball. I think he quite enjoys the criticism often directed his way but there’s nothing to be achieved here. Just leather it, Paul.
He’s a good striker of the ball and he should stick to hitting it like he would any other ball. I think he quite enjoys the criticism often directed his way but there’s nothing to be achieved here. Just leather it, Paul.
I still don't see a reason to criticize the run up after what you deem a bad penalty. There's a lot of things to criticize then, bad placement, weak shot, etc. Heck you can even make an argument for indecision. Going for the run up as the reason for any of those or by its own I just don't see it as one of them.
There's only one way to take a penalty, and the late Agostino Di Bartolomei perfected it, one step, bang, stop that Mister
As for Pogba, trademark or not, he looks a bloody idiot
As for Pogba, trademark or not, he looks a bloody idiot
That run-up, for one, is the reason he can generate next to no power in his shot. The indecision during the run-up is the reason for poor placement of the ball.
What about those that wait for the keeper to move, before sliding the ball in the other direction. No one calls the player indecisive should he manage to score. Cantona did this, and he was the best penalty taker I've ever seen. Whichever way Pogba feels gives him the best chance to score, is the right way.
I would worry about the placement rather than the run up tbh
The ones against Leicester and Young boys were hit with aplomb and power.
Clearly that’s not a skill Pogba possesses. Sending keeper the wrong way is something only a few in world do with any regularity and Pogba isn’t one of them. In our squad, only Pereira and maybe Martial have any success with the stop and start run-up. If Pogba could do that then I’d not just be okay with his run-up, I’d celebrate it. But as it stands, he should take a few steps and slot the ball in a corner. Penalty taking isn’t a rocket science.
If it unsettles you it just means you’re fragile mentally. Pogba knows that. Mourinho knows that. Mourinho loves it. He had to hold himself back from saying it shows the balls that Pogba has to step up and ridicule people’s anxiety. Now only if Pogba was actually good at putting the ball in the net he would be the best penalty taker ever.
All he is doing is creating tension for himself. Someone of his ability and strike of the ball should be just be taking a few steps and blasting it in the corner everytime, ala Shearer
It's annoying. Make him look stupider when he misses, which is 40% of the time.