VP89
Pogba's biggest fan
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I've thought against making this thread a few times because I misread Pogba as a player, but after giving 24 hours to digest yesterdays performance I still find myself questioning the true quality of our attack and want hear your thoughts?
Whilst Rashford and Martial could become great stars the fact remains they aren't there yet. They aren't able to lead a club like United week in week out because they are guilty of too many anonymous performances. Sure they are young so there's every chance they can get to a world class level - but comparing them to peers of a similar age I still find them falling short.
Yesterday was a good example - Martial seems to follow 3 habits when he attacks:
1) jog when he has the ball down the flank, taking too long to run at a man, thereby allowing himself to be doubled up upon. This leaves him no choice but to pass back to Shaw to whip it in or pass horizontally to Matic or Pogba.
2) Beat a man, but then pass back anyway when he sees a second.
3) Beat a man, run towards goal and cut it back or shoot (this is relatively rare, but when he does it we're all Martial FC again).
He also doesn't make enough runs in behind. Jose/Ole have said this and we've seen it. It makes life incredibly difficult for Pogba if he has to play it to his feet every time.
Moving to Rashford, I see him doing simple things wrong. Be it a cross field bizzare pass to go out for throw ins vs Paris, or failing to control a pass before being dispossessed against Wolves. He himself sees his position as a winger - he mentioned it in a SkySports exclusive that he prefers to operate from the left, but I find pace is his strongest suit. He can shoot well enough but again, I'm not sure his quality is there for us to rely on him week in week out.
Next we have Lingard, Sanchez, Mata - 2 of whom aren't here long term and the other has reached his cap in potential.
I just feel the quality when compared to the cutting edge Liverpool and City display just isn't there.
Does anyone else here question the actual quality level of our attack? Or have I misjudged these guys like I misjudged Pogba, and they have it in them to lead us week in week out.
Whilst Rashford and Martial could become great stars the fact remains they aren't there yet. They aren't able to lead a club like United week in week out because they are guilty of too many anonymous performances. Sure they are young so there's every chance they can get to a world class level - but comparing them to peers of a similar age I still find them falling short.
Yesterday was a good example - Martial seems to follow 3 habits when he attacks:
1) jog when he has the ball down the flank, taking too long to run at a man, thereby allowing himself to be doubled up upon. This leaves him no choice but to pass back to Shaw to whip it in or pass horizontally to Matic or Pogba.
2) Beat a man, but then pass back anyway when he sees a second.
3) Beat a man, run towards goal and cut it back or shoot (this is relatively rare, but when he does it we're all Martial FC again).
He also doesn't make enough runs in behind. Jose/Ole have said this and we've seen it. It makes life incredibly difficult for Pogba if he has to play it to his feet every time.
Moving to Rashford, I see him doing simple things wrong. Be it a cross field bizzare pass to go out for throw ins vs Paris, or failing to control a pass before being dispossessed against Wolves. He himself sees his position as a winger - he mentioned it in a SkySports exclusive that he prefers to operate from the left, but I find pace is his strongest suit. He can shoot well enough but again, I'm not sure his quality is there for us to rely on him week in week out.
Next we have Lingard, Sanchez, Mata - 2 of whom aren't here long term and the other has reached his cap in potential.
I just feel the quality when compared to the cutting edge Liverpool and City display just isn't there.
Does anyone else here question the actual quality level of our attack? Or have I misjudged these guys like I misjudged Pogba, and they have it in them to lead us week in week out.