Icemav
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Michael Owen is being his usual pathetic self but I think everything Hargreaves says is spot on. Whatever you think about Pogba's individual performances there is no doubt forcing this AM to sit in a 2 does not bloody work, unless the opposition is super weak and doesnt press. He talks about the England situation with Lampard-Gerrard asking two incredible AM who liked breaking forwards to sit and hold in a 2. It never worked but they kept trying and trying to shoehorn. You wonder why some of these managers are paid so much money.
At the moment we are essentially playing with one holding mid, Pogba who is in no mans land performing no discernable role especially defensively and building play from deep, and with no box2box attacking mid or regista, with a scattering of random talented attackers. Our midfield/defensive build is terrible compounded by Smalling starting as if this hasnt been obvious for weeks and weeks. Jose is also overcomplicating the Sanchez signing by putting him in Martial and Rashford's position.
I have been very unwilling to criticise the manager but Jose is not looking very impressive at the moment and the worrying thing is he has looked very reactive as opposed to proactive since coming here. We certainly do not have the most balanced squad but we seem to be compoundong the problem. Opposing teams have figured us out..... press press press, especially Smalling. We will hoof it.
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