Well it's not because Schneiderlin isn't a #6. Assuming everyone was fit and in form, Schneiderlin would play where Pogba is, Pogba would play in Herrera's position (as he's plays primarily as an LCM) and Schweinsteiger would play behind them.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
He played in a double pivot with Wanyama IIRC. Wanyama was the more defensive of the two while, while Schneiderlin was more adventurous. I don't think playing him would be the best use or his qualities. Especially when it would only be to accommodate Herrera.
Yeah makes sense.
I couldn't care less if we are 1st or 10the on any Forbes list. What in the end is important is that we are in most seasons competing for titles.
I never said any thing was a big deal....
In what world is Schweinsteiger more of a #6 than Schneiderlin?!
Is that all?
Still reads as a wider comment to me.
Nice.
For me Pogba is an attacking 8. The talent is there for sure but the knowledge and work rate as you've said is a bit missing. A few months training under Mourinho and I imagine he'll be moulded into that position perfectly
In case it hasn't been posted yet(stolen from Reddit):
In fairness neither of them we're very adventurous. I'd describe schneiderlin as a number six. Davis did most of the attacking/creative side. I'd add the caveat that wanyama was there specifically to defend whereas schneiderlin was more of a carrick role. We wouldn't typically use an anchorman like they did so there wouldn't be a wanyama equivalent in our side.
Yeah Madrid doesnt need him. 
Some salty stuff from Madrid fans here.
Some salty stuff from Madrid fans here.Perhaps you should read what you actually write..
was posted already, but great to look at non the lessIn case it hasn't been posted yet(stolen from Reddit):
? He is not worth 100 mil to a team which has Kroos and Modric, maybe around half of that.Yeah Madrid doesnt need him.
To be fair they really dont need himYeah Madrid doesnt need him.
Seems like gaucho is just going by what his manager said. But in reality, Pogba walks into any team, end of story. Zidane would have loved to manage his own successor.
We have Modric, Kroos, Isco, James and Kovacic competing to fill two places in our starting 11, and you say; feck that, you guys need a 23 year old serie A over hyped central midfielder to transform your midfield into what exactly, a champions league winning midfield..?funny how you're not spunking money on every player and his dog now that that cash cow has dried up.As for not needing Pogba well,pull the other one mate.
We lost out, on Krychowiak, or Kante or some other payer who can compete with casemiro for DM role, but Pogba, how do you even come to this conclusion it's beyond me.
No, it isn't actually. It's just years of frustration that completely distort your perspective. You finally have your galactico, and now that he's here (well not yet, but should be), he's everything everyone else has been crying for. Sad really...
If Perez really wanted Pogba and didn't have the funds, he would just sell you James and finance the deal with your money. You should know how it works by now.
They might need him, but they aren't willing to spend all that money on him considering that they have Modric and Kroos in midfield. I am sure that they would have loved to sign him if he was cheaper, but you don't spend 120m euros on a player who plays in midfield, if you already have two world class midfielders.Yeah Madrid doesnt need him.
For example, if some top CB became available when we had Vidic and Rio, we would have liked to sign him, but not if the price was ridiculous. Some other club with the same finances however would have signed him even for a very large price if they didn't have any top CB.
However, it is good to see for once getting a player that Madrid were very interested on and have been planning for years to sign him.
In the way that he could act as a deep-lying playmaker, while Schneiderlin breaks up the play and Pogba does his magic moving into the final third. He played in the position against France if I'm not mistaken, with Kroos and Ozil ahead and he had a pretty good game apart from the penalty.
I've always thought of him as a defensive #8 if anything. Small difference, but when you compare him to someone like William Carvalho, it's more apparent.
You are just trying pin hole things, not last window, or the window 5 year ago, this window, we could have signed Sanches and Kante and still go onto sign Mahrez for the same money, we will pay for Pogba. Its a pretty simple contruct
Yeah, I'd rather be winning than making bank as it's not my money. It's easy to brag about how much money we have but it's the glazers money nowadays so it's not really relevant.
They've just won 2 UCLs without him. So no they don't really need him, not for 120m euro ...Yeah Madrid doesnt need him.
They don't but that's never stopped them before. James wasn't needed yet they still brought him in... Madristas just mad they won't have a new toy this summer and making excuses.
If i wanted to bang Margot robbie i would, but you know what? I just dont NEED to bang her.
Every reported mentions that James is on sale list providing that some club is idiotic enough to give 80m euros or so. But it seems that this time, that isn't going to happen.
I think that if Pogba cost 80m instead of 120m, you would have definitely gone for him. Looking for Gomez at Valencia quite proves that. But for that price (120m) you sign a player only if it is a big upgrade, and why he is better than Kroos, the difference isn't that big. In addition, Kroos and Modric play well together.
Madrid is well known for buying players they dont need but who are the latest flavor of the month.
You said average players were bought, what thats got to do with Sanches, Kante or Mahrez?
Last sentence is the key.
They didnt need James for instance, yet they bought him.
Unfortunately though they're the ones sitting with 2 extra champions league trophies whereas we've struggled to even qualify for it recently.
Im not convinced teams at the top end of a league nead a holding midfielder as defensive as carvalho or wanyama. We've never used a player like that. Jose might disagree mind.
Real madrid do not buy players they need, they buy shiny new toys. This is one toy they wanted but was too pricy for them hence the "we dont really need him" line comes out. They dint need bekham but needed makelele, they dint needdi maria, they dint need jamez, they dint need to sack ancelotti or mourinho.
They don't need Andre Gomes to sit on the bench for 60+ either.
If i wanted to bang Margot robbie i would, but you know what? I just dont NEED to bang her.
yeh but the movie aint over yet. we will be going for it next year !
Statement signing gone wrong there. Overestimated his quality I think. He's a good player but goal scoring number 10s aren't a rarity.
So, this Pogba lad. Any good?
I guess he could be one for the future, still being young. Odds of him being loaned to Peterborough for a year or two?
Probably better in the U21's to start with I guess, give him a few cup games.
I guess he could be one for the future, still being young. Odds of him being loaned to Peterborough for a year or two?
Probably better in the U21's to start with I guess, give him a few cup games.
This.
Sanches signed for Bayern Munich in May, with our old manager. And everything seemed to suggest the main reason behind this was he chose Bayern over us, not much we can do that about. After which the usual PR speech came out saying we didn't really want him. So mentioning him is pointless.
Kante has signed for Chelsea, and in the weeks leading up to this, there has been no substantial claims that we were even after him. So mentioning him is pointless.
Talking about Mahrez is also pointless because he doesn't play the same position.
You haven't actually pointed out players who are currently available and play in Pogba's position. That's what i'm trying to target here.