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Very good today. This role in a 4-3-3 is no doubt his best. Just shame it doesn't suit a lot of our other players though. Need this in the big games though.
Will he be given the money though?Magic today, bin the midfield 2 off. If Mourinho doesn't think he has the players to play the 3 week in week out, bloody sign one in January.
If midfield 3 with point back is better then midfield 2 with number 10, then even if you put a traffic cone, he should stick to it. Midfield 2 is just killing not only Pogba but Matic too, just so we can have a number 10 doing feck all, imagine suffering for 90 min because he must have someone like Mkhi in current form as number 10Magic today, bin the midfield 2 off. If Mourinho doesn't think he has the players to play the 3 week in week out, bloody sign one in January.
Ask the Arsenal fans what they thought about Pogba.Average first half but very dominant and classy in the 2nd half. Felt like he decided he would control the game and the team followed his lead.
Only praise for today's performance but he has shown he can effect against lower level teams several times before. Am still waiting for him to be the difference is difficult situations or genuine box office games.
Did you miss the Arsenal match completely? Isn't that the only big match he has played this season in PL?Average first half but very dominant and classy in the 2nd half. Felt like he decided he would control the game and the team followed his lead.
Only praise for today's performance but he has shown he can effect against lower level teams several times before. Am still waiting for him to be the difference is difficult situations or genuine box office games.
A few weeks ago when second looked something of a formality, he probably wouldn't have done. After the last few weeks and the complete reversal of fortunes today, if he's not given the money to get someone he identifies in, heads should roll.Will he be given the money though?
That's an issue.
Also excellent in the games against West Ham, Swansea, Newcastle (the "4 goal games"), Arsenal and others this season, where he played in a midfield two behind a #10.He’s sensational. And he was good in the first half too ffs.
Arsenal?Average first half but very dominant and classy in the 2nd half. Felt like he decided he would control the game and the team followed his lead.
Only praise for today's performance but he has shown he can effect against lower level teams several times before. Am still waiting for him to be the difference in difficult situations or genuine box office games.
Yep, and that's where his age comes in imo. Needs to learn to be brilliant and influence games like he can constantly like how De Bruynes been this season. Sure it'll come, but I think that's the one thing that separates him from the very best mids, because the talent is all there along with the random performances.Simply has to learn to play in top gear more often.
I hope so.A few weeks ago when second looked something of a formality, he probably wouldn't have done. After the last few weeks and the complete reversal of fortunes today, if he's not given the money to get someone he identifies in, heads should roll.
Of course he was, but 'good' shouldn't be good enough from Pogba.He’s sensational. And he was good in the first half too ffs.
MartialNot sure about him as a 'midfield general' but he's like a shark in the water when he moves around the left side. It's amazing how he bosses that zone of the field.
Good shouldn’t come with criticism. The performance in the first half was more positive than negative, whereas the comments were the opposite.Of course he was, but 'good' shouldn't be good enough from Pogba.
He's an incredibly player, and with that comes incredible expectations.
Couldn't agree more. The agenda posters were out in the first half despite the fact that he was having a good game.Good shouldn’t come with criticism. The performance in the first half was more positive than negative, whereas the comments were the opposite.
Scholes never said that, in fact whe we did today is exactly what Scholes said we should be doing with him.Paul Scholes still thinks he shite...
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I couldn't disagree any more strongly.Good shouldn’t come with criticism. The performance in the first half was more positive than negative, whereas the comments were the opposite.
Yes, I agree with this.Martial
Pogba - Lingard - Mata
Matic - Herrara
Looks like our best front 6 at this moment in time.
Herrera needs to do ALOT more to get constant games. He had a decent game today fair enough, but all season he has been terrible.Martial
Pogba - Lingard - Mata
Matic - Herrara
Looks like our best front 6 at this moment in time.
None of that is wrong. In the context of a first half though, it still isn’t reason to be laying into him. As it stands, he had a great game today, and it isn’t even as if he had a terrible first half and great second one. He should come out of the game with nothing but praise, there is no need to be making any particular reference of his first half. Doing so at half time was unfair and lacking in any patience at all. He was already the best player on the pitch in the first half.I couldn't disagree any more strongly.
'Good' isn't good enough from Pogba. He's that good that he can singly handedly win games regularly.
To put it in terms of a different sport, if a player averages 70 in cricket they've done exceptionally. If Don Bradman averaged 70 in a series he underperformed.
Pogba's not that far ahead of his peers, but he's clearly miles ahead of all our other players and expecting the sublime from him is hardly unfair on him.
He's an absolutely outrageous talent, easily the best player I've seen play for us since Ronaldo and expectations should reflect that.
Put it this way, if Pogba goes on just to be a 'good' player for Manchester United something has gone horribly wrong.
First half was nothing special. Was all right. Second half he was great. Being disinterested has nothing to do with manager.So you are happy with his first-half performance then?
As i've said in the post above, he's had a mixed game, moments of brilliance and then some awful touches, decisions. He was nowhere to be seen for around the half of the game.
Sure his assists and some other moments in the second half showed his talent. But in order to be a really class player you need to produce them not sporadically, but constantly.
This game is actually a great reflection of his season in general. Sometimes he is brilliant, sometimes he is lazy as he was when Everton nearly scored a couple from our left after 0-1. Sometimes he looks just lost and disinterested like he was in the first half.