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Exactly this. Add in the many close assists he should have had, I can think of 2 Zlatan SHOULD have scored off the top of my head.
Yeah, came here to post the same. The transformation in his game after that penalty went in was incredible. Up until that point he'd been fairly anonymous but for the last hour of the game he was an absolute monster. Long may it last. Brilliant timing with Chelsea coming up at the weekend too.
Not all to the same extent, evidently.
At this point I just want Mhiki to be able to play 5 games in a row.
Fair enough RE Liverpool players. I haven't watched Lallana but I know people been raving about him. Sterling too. #Pogback! Stats can also be misleading because Barkley has been bad but productive in his creation. In fact he is being lambasted by Koeman
Also worth remembering his job is not exclusively to creat chances. Most on your list are forward players, or proper #10s.
Also, through balls hinge on many factors. It's not like you put a good passer in a team and suddenly he plays through balls just like that. It's no coincidence that two teams that lean towards free-floating offensive football dominate this ranking. All players from other teams are clearly offensive specialists, bar Pogba.
He is very young and often tries to indulge into style of play he really shouldn't. Sometimes, it looks as if he intentionally lets players close him down and then tries to do a half turn, a little flick pass or something "cool" to get away from the marker. It is so obvious that he will get better with age but right now he looks like he just wants to do something that stands out and that is no what, I guess, many fans wanted to see in the midfield this season. They wanted a player who could be rated a 6.5-7 every game rather than someone who could be a 9 for 35 minutes and then fall down to 4. I am not one of these fans by the way. I wanted to see someone with a bit of flair and invention in the United team.
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I wonder how Juventuz will take that...
Or some opposition fans who were hell bent that it was only because of money he signed for ManUtd.
I've always had a soft spot for Conte
Got the same antics as Klopp on the sidelines, but it feels more genuine. Also he got cool wolf eyes, while Klopp is a four eyed cnut.
Yaya won City titles. He was a lazy bugger. I pray Pogba becomes Yaya but one that gets stuck in and doesn't cry about birthday cakes. One that doesn't flirt with and praise other clubs across Europe. One who doesn't allow his agent to talk trash about the gaffer.
He's still a level below. Toure could run the midfield and was direct threat on goal. Both of them can disappear in big games, especially Toure, but he destroyed the lesser teams for fun. Pogba has the stronger mentality and the extra bit of magic about him. If you ask me, Pogba has the higher ceiling in his game.
I'm not gonna bother to look up the thread again but in May, there weren't exactly many sticking their neck out saying, 'Herrera would be putting world class performances under another manager'. I think we looked better against Leicester and Stoke, both without Rooney. More front foot pressure, whilst against Fenerbahce we played at a very medium tempo (not a slight on Rooney but just my thoughts on the game in general). Anyways the point is, the exclusion of Rooney got us to this stage where we've found some (but still have plenty more to find) form, playing style and potential. If Rooney is happy to play the bench and odd games, stick to playing as a no.9, doing the fundamentals right, he can contribute. That wouldn't have happened had he still been in the first team a month back. So my point stands, he was sh|te and was massively affecting our game. Let me bring up some old posts where I've said this...
I've just watched a chilling episode of black mirror, this is the last thing on my mind and none of it is even about pogba any more? we appear to have gone on a tangent, and I'm only cool with that happening if its to talk about Blind or Ander.
Agree with that. Toure was the master at driving the ball forward, something Pogba is still perfecting, but Pogba is better technically and can play quick football in congested spaces better than Toure. He also has an ability to pull out the spectacular beyond anything Toure could do.
Not sure what point you're making but wouldn't a video of Pogba himself shooting make it a lot better? You could go with a clip of him hitting the bar from earlier in the season.
When Pogba scored from distance some said players don't get time on the ball to shoot.
And you think that video you posted is brand new evidence that sometimes PL goals are scored from outside the box?
I doubt that the Yaya Touré of five years ago would be as effective in today's Premier League. The secret of Touré's success was having enough space for his game due to the general subpar midfield compactness in the PL. That has started to change by now with the improved defensive tactics of English teams. Spurs, Pool, Utd, City as obvious examples, but even though I don't watch lower table league games, I wouldn't be surprised if the overall level of team compactness had risen.
