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Longshanks

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He has started 4 games in the league this season, we have lost 3 of them and should of lost the 4th. Its not all pogbas fault but there is a recurring theme.

He's not as good as bruno at no10 and he's a liability In the pivot, we need to stop trying to shoehorn him into side and use him as an impact sub.

At the end of the day, for all his talent when does he actually produce a quality performance?
 

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Both United and Pogba would be happy to break up if it happens. Sell Paul for decent amount and get a proper Matic replacement. Pogba goes to a new team and proves that he is still capable of winning major trophies. However, what I am really afraid of is Pogba stays put, signs a new 4-year deal and continues to be inconsistent.
 

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One thing that annoys me about his critics is the character assassination saying he's a diva, he's full of ego, and acts like his shit don't stink. I have no problems with Pogba being criticized for his performances, because they're simply not good enough and at times are actually holding United back, it's unacceptable for anybody, but especially for the most expensive player in the squad (fair or not). What I hate reading is people who project their own bias and agenda onto his personality and try to pass it off as fact. Pogba is not a diva, he's not unprofessional, and he's not this massive ego who thinks he's flawless and just wants attention, he's actually the opposite of all those things. You don't need to go into character assassination to get your point across that Pogba is not contributing the way he should, that's more pathetic than any of his performances have been.
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I agree. It's not working out in terms of football but some go way OTT with the criticism. It's ok to not rate him as a footballer and want him gone but it needs to stop at that, things don't need to get personal. Some of the "criticism" are simple and stupid insults now.
 

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The critisism comes from the way he plays. There was a moment against Arsenal when he was passed the ball he could have got it but he was lazy to make that effort and the ball was given back to Arsenal. He tries to do hold the ball and be clever and then he loses possession. It is not once but many times it happens with him. Individually he may be a brilliant player but he does not play he wants to play as a team player at United. We saw that with Jose he was acting up and now with Ole he is not delivering. It shows the problem is with him as he plays the same way with Jose and now Ole. I will sell him as soon as possible.
 

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Water Melon said:
Both United and Pogba would be happy to break up if it happens. Sell Paul for decent amount and get a proper Matic replacement. Pogba goes to a new team and proves that he is still capable of winning major trophies. However, what I am really afraid of is Pogba stays put, signs a new 4-year deal and continues to be inconsistent.
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With the economy getting shutdown in France and Spain while England is being kept alive by TV deals, I don't see anyone outside of England able to afford even 60 million pounds for him this year and next year. We would be very lucky if someone like Chelsea comes for him like how they went for Torres and bought him for 50 million pounds, but I don't see this happening with the form that he is in. Like you said, he is gonna stay, but I have to add that we have to manage him out of his inconsistencies.
 

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What hurts the most is that hé is the only player tonight who showed some glimpse of having some quality buried down deep in him. Pretty much the only player that did tonight.

But this guy is is hopeless in huis form or determination. If it his own fault? Is it his manager that cant motivate him?
 

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TheForgottenOne said:
What hurts the most is that hé is the only player tonight who showed some glimpse of having some quality buried down deep in him. Pretty much the only player that did tonight.

But this guy is is hopeless in huis form or determination. If it his own fault? Is it his manager that cant motivate him?
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We're surely past the point of blaming managers for motivating him. He simply turns up when he feels like.
 

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Cost us on the weekend and should have had something to prove and he comes out with that. Laughable performance.
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Biased Adnan? Everyone was shit. Bruno might have been even worse and cost a goal with his pass but sure, first performance reply after the game is about Pogba and how bad he was. :lol:
 

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He used to be able to skip past players with a lot more ease than he's doing now. He just gets himself tackled every time he tries. It's quite a dip in form and it's not helping our cause, really.
 

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Can't blame him at all today. There was no structure whatsover to our team.
 

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Team looked basically the same with or without him to me. He is not the problem.
 

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Hard to defend him but when the majority of the team were poor then it just feels unfair to criticise pogba again with such ferocity.
 

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Saying they where all poor is no excuse for him. He was equally poor if not worse and yet again a player of his reputation should be coming on to grip the game and influence it and raise the standards of those around him. Really poor
 

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He did feck all when he came on, partly because the rest of the team was shit and the other part because he went into hiding instead of stepping up.
 

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People can say what they want, but he was never as bad as he's showed this season. No idea what happened to him this season.
 

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Never seen a supposedly world class player being so terrible so often. Can't wait for him to feck off from the club.
 

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Eddy_JukeZ said:
People can say what they want, but he was never as bad as he's showed this season. No idea what happened to him this season.
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Yup no idea what's happening to him, he's struggling like Lingard ffs.

That said, with and without him barely has any difference; both equally poor. That never used to be the case.
 

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He is the scapegoat of the team and has been let down at his time at United. But boy his passing at times is infuriating and very poor, we all know he has more than this in his locker.
 

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He was poor, but i expected nothing else. But the whole team is not coached at all.

I still think we should look to offload along with Mata and Lingard.
 

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People say cash in, can he even demand a decent fee this summer? Will have one year left on his contract and when was the last time he was outstanding?
 

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No matter what happens with Ole and the coaching team, he needs to be sold ASAP. He's the player version of Ole. Under no circumstances should we keep him if he suddenly decides to turn up and play a few good games in succession under a new manager.
 

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lilcurt said:
People say cash in, can he even demand a decent fee this summer? Will have one year left on his contract and when was the last time he was outstanding?
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We have to take a hit i feel. If the next manager persists with him, he will be gone himself in two years.

Him and Mata have to go i feel. Other too.
 

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Hate the way he plays.

Always looking for contact, trying to "muscle out", shielding the ball without actually doing anything.

Plays like the big guy at your monday night 6v6, showing he's the real deal.

While in fact, he's doing shit on a stick.

He has a wonderful long ball. And that's about it.

Needs to be the FIRST player OUT of the team!
 

James Peril

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With a proper manager backing him, he’ll return to his best and people will start with the excuses again. «I knew he had it in him». Some should be ashamed with a lot of the words spoken about Pogba, he’s no Lingard or Cleverley ffs.

Pogba is unfit and lacking motivation - alarmingly so. One can always say he should find motivation even at the most difficult times, perhaps he’s not that player, which of course isn’t good - but he’s still our best player by far. At the best of times after Sir Alex, and granted it hasn’t been often, he’s been our best player. He was basically MotM every other game for two seasons.

He is a luxury player, sure, but he also won the World Cup as such. He is a player that needs protection and active runs, now we has none of it. Cut the runs and his passes look idiotic, it also leads to lost possession. Make the runs and he’ll find the space just like de Bruyne does. If the movement isn’t there, he struggles to do the «underdog» thing. Play him in wrong positions and with the wrong responsibility and he’ll be trash. Even KdB would look lost on the pitch playing in this team, and Pogba would look magnificent in Man City’s team. Manager is the problem, Pogba isn’t (as big as he’s made out to be). Telling an important player to feck off, really? Intelligent stuff....
 

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James Peril said:
With a proper manager backing him, he’ll return to his best and people will start with the excuses again. «I knew he had it in him». Some should be ashamed with a lot of the words spoken about Pogba, he’s no Lingard or Cleverley ffs.

Pogba is unfit and lacking motivation - alarmingly so. One can always say he should find motivation even at the most difficult times, perhaps he’s not that player, which of course isn’t good - but he’s still our best player by far. At the best of times after Sir Alex, and granted it hasn’t been often, he’s been our best player. He was basically MotM every other game for two seasons.

He is a luxury player, sure, but he also won the World Cup as such. He is a player that needs protection and active runs, now we has none of it. Cut the runs and his passes look idiotic, it also leads to lost possession. Make the runs and he’ll find the space just like de Bruyne does. If the movement isn’t there, he struggles to do the «underdog» thing. Play him in wrong positions and with the wrong responsibility and he’ll be trash. Even KdB would look lost on the pitch playing in this team, and Pogba would look magnificent in Man City’s team. Manager is the problem, Pogba isn’t (as big as he’s made out to be). Telling an important player to feck off, really? Intelligent stuff....
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Untrue, he won the WC playing against type, knuckling down and and doing the simple things well, like a serious midfielder.

There is no zip in his game, everything is done at a snails pace, maybe some more intensity will come as his fitness picks up but he looks more limited than I have ever seen him.
 

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He looks really sluggish. I'm not sure whether its covid, lack of preseason or perhaps he's not managing himself behind the scenes.
 

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Bobski said:
Untrue, he won the WC playing against type, knuckling down and and doing the simple things well, like a serious midfielder.

There is no zip in his game, everything is done at a snails pace, maybe some more intensity will come as his fitness picks up but he looks more limited than I have ever seen him.
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Sure, I am not saying he was prancing about shielding balls needlessly like he does now, but we are talking about the same player. We know what he can do. Different kind of motivation, better appliance. Like I said, it’s a problem he seems so out of character, but the endgame must be that we fix it instead of selling him to Real Madrid. I am sure Roy Keane bashes him on the tv right about now, but this isn’t 1997 when he was on top, football has changed a lot and so have the players. For good and bad.
 
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