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Pogba is an attacking midfielder. I think we need to stop kidding ourselves that playing him in a defensive role is best suited for him.
 
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He played decently the game before this. McTominay, Rashford, Shaw, Maguire, Matic. Nobody did anything neither, I'll give Pogba a break. This is the way he plays when the chips are stacked against him, it's just a fact and he'll never change. That doesn't mean he is useless, you just can't rely on him in tough games. Luxury player.
 

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But but we still don’t know what would have happened if only he had played in that one game against Blackburn ...
I have not disliked a player as much as him since Fellaini. And even Fellaini at least cared and tried to do well, but in Pogba’s case despite the talent he manages to look really bad year after year.
 

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Trash. Complete trash. He's stealing a place in the team from someone who actually wants to play.
 

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For where he plays, there's about 15 Premier League midfielders I would have ahead of him. Such a luxury player.
 

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For where he plays, there's about 15 Premier League midfielders I would have ahead of him. Such a luxury player.
Not much of a luxury having such a shit, overrated player stinking up that position week in week out is it ? Drop him for van den beek.
 

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He was awful, but so was everyone else so..

But we are wasting him playing him so deep, it's not working and the fact we keep trying to make it work is madness. He either needs benching for a spell or the formation shuffling to push him further forward if we cant drop him.

Either way I think hes gone after this season.
 

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But but we still don’t know what would have happened if only he had played in that one game against Blackburn ...
I have not disliked a player as much as him since Fellaini. And even Fellaini at least cared and tried to do well, but in Pogba’s case despite the talent he manages to look really bad year after year.
I wish we would of kept fellaini over him


Three post rant over on to the de gea thread.
 

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Carried him all season, it was like being down to 9 men once Martial got sent off.
 

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What on Earth has happened to him? He looks like he’s not even a central midfielder anymore?
 

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The biggest joke to have ever played for this football club. Massively overrated by his fan boys on here
 

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It’s just not working out, cut our losses and get rid. We have Bruno or VDB for attacking mid. The manner in which he gave away that penalty was embarrassing, what the hell was he trying to do? He scores a deflected free kick that was going 10 yards wide in 0-3 win, his best highlight in two seasons for us.
 

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He played decently the game before this. McTominay, Rashford, Shaw, Maguire, Matic. Nobody did anything neither, I'll give Pogba a break. This is the way he plays when the chips are stacked against him, it's just a fact and he'll never change. That doesn't mean he is useless, you just can't rely on him in tough games. Luxury player.
I cringe as a utd fan when I read stuff like this
 

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He is a liability and all the opposition have to do is harass him when he is on the ball and he turns over posession as he is either slow between the ears or he simply has no spatial awareness, he is also a turnstile in defence.
 

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I cringe as a utd fan when I read stuff like this
On what end? Do you cringe because I gave him a break and didn't want to criticise him after such a game or do you cringe because you're a fan of Pogba and disagree with my assessment of him as a player?
 

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He played decently the game before this. McTominay, Rashford, Shaw, Maguire, Matic. Nobody did anything neither, I'll give Pogba a break. This is the way he plays when the chips are stacked against him, it's just a fact and he'll never change. That doesn't mean he is useless, you just can't rely on him in tough games. Luxury player.
You can’t rely on him against Crystal Palace or Brighton either. Hardly tough games.
 

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Sad now tetchy United fans get about this complete clown. Reason is because a couple of years ago he was definitely our best player despite still delivering too many shit performances, so current younger fans have nobody else as their poster boy. I think he has also been harshly singled out in the past but there’s no excuses now for these absolutely disgraceful performances.

4 years and he’s still making the same ridiculous errors dwelling on the ball and letting his head drop. He’s one of the most brainless players I can ever remember us having.
 

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You can’t rely on him against Crystal Palace or Brighton either. Hardly tough games.
Well, they were. If the team is not playing well, or the team have difficulties facing a tough opponent I wouldn't play him. I think this is a sad reality, but we can't change the player.
 

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I somehow missed him giving away the penalty. What the feck was he doing?
Just casually going to ground and chopping Davies down in the box. Cracked a nice big smiled afterwards though. Don’t worry about it, as he certainly won’t be.
 

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Both Ole and Jose played him as DM which is not his position. When would we ever learn? When did we last play him with an actual support ?
 

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Both Ole and Jose played him as DM which is not his position. When would we ever learn? When did we last play him with an actual support ?
Regardless hes been utter shite for a while now. He played the same position at the world cup too, not having that excuse
 

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Joke of a footballer.

Even through our resurgence after acquiring Bruno last season, Pogba still didn't look anything special.

Dwells on the ball for an age and loses the ball consistently. We should have done it sooner, but we need to cash in before it's too late. A new 5-year deal on his wage will be yet another nail in the Man Utd coffin.
 

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He is a good player but not a team player. He doesn't contribute offensively enough to be given leeway in defending. We should have got a player like Grealish instead of him. Grealish may not be as talented as Pogba but he works his socks off. That helps his team mates and he is quicker than Pogba and has the passing range and also can dribble too.
That said a midfield of Pogba, Matic and Bruno is normally not going to work against decent opposition most of the time without a good plan. We never have a good plan under Ole. He should be sold but it is too late this season to do it now.
 

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Regardless hes been utter shite for a while now. He played the same position at the world cup too, not having that excuse
And he has Kante / Matuidi doing the leg work.
We are starting Matic
 

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He is a liability and all the opposition have to do is harass him when he is on the ball and he turns over posession as he is either slow between the ears or he simply has no spatial awareness, he is also a turnstile in defence.
 

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And he has Kante / Matuidi doing the leg work.
We are starting Matic
Doesn't change the fact hes been shite, and nothing to do with leg work. His passing this season has been seriously alarming. One thing you could usually rely on him for
 

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Doesn't change the fact hes been shite, and nothing to do with leg work. His passing this season has been seriously alarming. One thing you could usually rely on him for
Well, you could make a case for the whole team this season. Fan favorites like Bruno and Martial has been Diabolical.

Ultimately it's on Ole. Midfield wasn't balanced to go against a tireless midfield of Sissoko and Hojberg. You get 4 guys pressing Matic and Pogba, we are done and that's exactly what happened. Its an easy tactic to use against us.
 

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Well, you could make a case for the whole team this season. Fan favorites like Bruno and Martial has been Diabolical.

Ultimately it's on Ole. Midfield wasn't balanced to go against a tireless midfield of Sissoko and Hojberg. You get 4 guys pressing Matic and Pogba, we are done and that's exactly what happened. Its an easy tactic to use against us.
This is the Pogba thread.
 

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He needs to come out of the starting 11. Get Fred in there and add a bit of dynamism to the midfield.
 
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