Why was that a yellow card?
Pogba's run up | Pogba mocks it on social media
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As much as he can annoy me, that video was funny and a great response to all the shit he's gotten because of a fecking run-up to a penalty.
He physically feinted to shoot with his foot, you're not allowed to do that.
Matt Le Tissier said he changed his mind all the time. It seems silly to do whatever is in your mind regardless of what the GK is doing. You wouldn't try to finish a move in the same way regardless of what the GK is doing so why should it be any different for a penalty kick?
He loves it
If this type of thing makes someone a "wanker" in your opinion, you must have a problem with just about everyone.
Funny response to be fair.
I actually don't mind but I get it. He'll inevitably make us look daft and it's obviously not particularly benefitting him to then hit it where he did. He could do that without the run up.
I do think he's doing it for attention, and he's probably always done something similar for attention. He obviously likes it, and that's not a dig at him, just stating the obvious.
He needs to vary it. Jog in and suddenly explode at different times to catch the keeper out. Or jog in, explode and then jog again, he could really take a hand with it.
It’s one thing to change your mind during the run-up if keeper makes an early movement. It’s another thing to wait for the keeper to move before you decide what you are going to do. When you have a true run-up you al least have the momentum behind you and can generate power on the shot.
The slow run-up takes your ability to generate power. If you try to generate too much power without the momentum, you lose accuracy. Now of course there are some exceptional penalty takers like Hazard, Balotelli, Lewandowski who have perfected the technique of waiting till last minute and are successful Id be happy if Pogba goes back to training, perfects that and comes back. Until then, just do the conventional stuff.
That one was a bit faster. Now he seems to have slowed down that move drastically.
The amount of stick Pogba gets from this is ridiculous. "He doesn't care for the team if he takes penalties like that", okay what? Do people have a book where they separate good and bad penalty taking styles or something? I don't personally give a sh't how silly that looks if he is scores with good percentage. If he is not scoring then he should try something else, like he suggested that he might.
Good man Pogba
we will not see the run up again unless as part of a joke - think he knows the keeper has worked it out
we will not see the run up again unless as part of a joke - think he knows the keeper has worked it out
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Pretty good response to all the criticism to be fair.
It's still an awful run-up though.
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Definitely agree with this. I get the feeling for a lot of people on here the only time they’ll ever like Pogba is if he stops smiling, deletes his social media, shaves off his hair and gives interviews calling himself crap and talking about running through walls for the manager.
Ok, I liked his video there. But it's still utterly stupid. I would understand it if it was cool or entertaining in some way, but it's not. It's the opposite of cool. It's so bloody crap. It's like what your fat dad might do for a little joke when you're playing in the park
ITT.... idiots.
Penalty takers should be scoring 9 out of 10. Few do. 8 out of 10 is good enough.
If Pogba was spanking them in, nobody would give a shit. Run ups don't matter at all. You can beat a keeper with a swinging leg. It's about placement.
He's a bang average penalty taker. We need a new one. Preferably our goal hungry centre forward would take 100 pens twice a day until he got good. But clearly he's mentally weak.
We have no first choice;
Right back
Centre halves
Left back
Right winger
Left winger
3rd midfielder
So the choice is: DDG, Pogba, Matic.
Pogba is the best of those three. Let him run however he likes.
Penalty takers should be scoring 9 out of 10. Few do. 8 out of 10 is good enough.
If Pogba was spanking them in, nobody would give a shit. Run ups don't matter at all. You can beat a keeper with a swinging leg. It's about placement.
He's a bang average penalty taker. We need a new one. Preferably our goal hungry centre forward would take 100 pens twice a day until he got good. But clearly he's mentally weak.
We have no first choice;
Right back
Centre halves
Left back
Right winger
Left winger
3rd midfielder
So the choice is: DDG, Pogba, Matic.
Pogba is the best of those three. Let him run however he likes.
Is it just me or is that not the same run up at all?
I think it looks stupid, though i would ofcourse not be bothered if he buried all his attempts. I would not be surprised to see him switch it up in a decicive situation like a final or something similar.
Do feel he is sometimes still a kid in his head. And I don't mean that in a bad way, like that characteristic about him. Still hate that run-up though.
Haha, love the guy!
Not sure why but this would have been funnier if he'd gotten into the tiny car next to the one he gets in.
I agree like I said I would take him over anyone currently on penalties even Ronnie.
God bless him. He'd be a right dick without that sense of humour. Self-awareness is not a quality to be taken for granted in a professional footballer.
Someone needs to tell him his car doors are on backwards.
I reckon if he had missed this weekends pen and we somehow drew the game that would have been the end of this fecking run up. Would probably have been worth it to some seeing how wound up it gets them
Great response
I was with you until the miss part. I would pay crazy amounts to see him moonwalk to it and score with a backheel with the ball hitting the bar and bouncing in ala Zizou. That'd be the stuff of legends
Perfect clown role for the United circus act.
Underrated post
This isn't the Mourinho thread
Martial was the first choice for penalty last season, I think he missed one and got every other in but I can't remember how many it was, so he could be a good second choice. I think Pogba is going to adjust anyways, he's realizing the slowpoke run up has outlived whatever usefulness it had in the past (if any).
Why Lukaku is not taking any when he's in such bad need of goals to me tells me a lot about his personality.
Why Lukaku is not taking any when he's in such bad need of goals to me tells me a lot about his personality.
Exactly. Just like the run-up infuriates some fans I imagine it does also the goalkeepers. It's like a test of nerves. Builds a bit of tension. Think of it like playing poker. What he seems to lack though is the precision. He has the skill to put it in the top corner and that's what he should be doing.
The run, in concept , isn't entirely crazy - mind games with the keeper, building anticipation with run up and give enough time to create indecision in the keeper, maybe edge him to commiting a bit early to one side.
But now that hypothesis has been tested and is actually an awful technique. The run up seems to throw Pogba himself off more than the keeper. Similar ideas, like the stutter step are much more effective in getting the gk to inch one way early. And the final steps seem (to me) like they don't facilitate a proper strike of the ball nor ease in diversity of the placement .
Basically, forget that it looks silly, more importantly it's actually an awful way to take a penalty. And of course Pogba would continue to use it without changing all the way since his youth days. Seems just about right for his level of stubbornness/arrogance.
But now that hypothesis has been tested and is actually an awful technique. The run up seems to throw Pogba himself off more than the keeper. Similar ideas, like the stutter step are much more effective in getting the gk to inch one way early. And the final steps seem (to me) like they don't facilitate a proper strike of the ball nor ease in diversity of the placement .
Basically, forget that it looks silly, more importantly it's actually an awful way to take a penalty. And of course Pogba would continue to use it without changing all the way since his youth days. Seems just about right for his level of stubbornness/arrogance.
Tremendous.I always thought Scholes got really bad at penalties following his miss in the FA cup final. He has had some subsequent shocking penalties for us
he should be off penalties as he missed 2.
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He isn't a great penalty taker, run up or not. He jus loves the media hype, and the media lap it up as do we. I've personally not watched the video and have no intention of.
I'll start to take notice of Pogba when he starts to play well for utd on a regular basis, something I'm still waiting for
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He isn't a great penalty taker, run up or not. He jus loves the media hype, and the media lap it up as do we. I've personally not watched the video and have no intention of.
I'll start to take notice of Pogba when he starts to play well for utd on a regular basis, something I'm still waiting for
Not even Ronaldo or Messi score 9 out of 10, not even Giggs did, wtf are you on about?