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Yeah he did. If it wasn’t an injury then he needs dropping. Which is bad news for us when McTominay is one of our options to replace him.
Not productive enough as 10 compared to the best in that role. Once you define him as a one position player then he has to excel in that one position. He does not, his great worth was his ability/potential to be a box to box force.
Yeah could be that. I just have a hard time believing that a normally excellent player who went off early in the warmup and spent 60 minutes walking round the pitch, consistently mistiming every single pass, header, tackle and run was completely fit.
JM was questioned yesterday about this, and said that box-to-box is a term he doesn’t really understand. For him, Pogba is a midfielder, and that’s it, and he clearly expects his midfielders to do defensive duties, as he expects everyone in the team to do.
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So he limped and he posted a video where it doesn't show he limped.
Pogba always walks like that though, don't see him limping at all.
I think Pogba is the better player but KDB is performing better with a defined role that Pep has given him. He isn't as talented as Pogba.
The Journalist Simon Peach posted the video and if you read his tweet carefully, he does state that "eventhough it's not clear in the video" Pogba was in fact limping.So he limped and he posted a video where it doesn't show he limped.
He shouldn't play as a 10 in terms of just behind the striker, but he is an attacker in a 3 man midfield, preferably with a holding midfielder like Carrick and a box-to-box beside him like Vidal/Nainggolan.
Yeah, and it makes Mourinho look a bit stupid imo. Of course i shouldn't sit here and pretend that i know more than Mourinho, but we all know how Pogba is best used, so why does he insist on not doing it.
I really can't argue with any of that.
That is an incredible leap of faith you're taking there. I hope you're right, but I really suspect that you are not.
De Bruyne is a much more intelligent player then Pogba, is great technically with both feet, makes the right decisions consistently, great at driving forward with the ball at his feet and picking the right option and timing, he's also a brilliant passer and a better passer then Pogba is.
He actually is not injured!? Wow. Yup, disgraceful. There is no intensity or desire in his play atm. We may as well have been down a man
I disagree. People are letting a few poor games cloud their judgement on Pogba. I mentioned a few weeks ago that Mourinho has no clue how to use him and he's proving me right with every passing game. He is not a DM. It's like putting KDB at DM. I can't judge Pogba until he is played in the right set up in the right position. He is just as good a passer as KDB if not better due to the range he has, the difference is KDB has runners and options everytime he touches the ball and the overall attacking set up at City is much more cohesive than United.
Well exactly. You’d be laughed at if you suggested signing Shelvey but today he did exactly what Pogba could and should be doing. No matter what formation he’s played in. It’s not a big ask ffs. We’re not expecting him to be a Mascherano or Kante ffs. Just do for us what that hook nosed gimp did for Newcastle today. When you’re being shown up by Jonjo Shelvey then there really aren’t any excuses left to make.
Yes, i believe it's essential to our further success that Pogba is playing in his best position. Alexis can still drift around like he wants, he doesn't slack the defensive work anyways. It's not like Pogba doesn't help in defence, he is just not that good at it. I think Pogba playing in his current role is making him second-guess everything and overall frustrated. Call it bad mentality or whatever.
And Diamé too. Shearer said one thing that struck me, a player should never even get praised for working hard. Well with Pogba, it's so much worse than that.
And his fellow pros were the ones who voted him into the world team of the year because they saw him as one of the very best players in midfield that year, not good or very good but absolutely elite. I know Balaks thinks footballers don't know much about football but it as good a measure as any of player quality given that every pro player in the world votes.
