SwansonsTache
incontinent sexual deviant & German sausage lover
Hard to disagree with that team, would make a few changes though. Due to the offensive nature of Pogba and Henderson's limited positional understanding I would add Herrera in to compensate defensively, and then put Lallana in ahead of Coutinho who I really don't fancy all that much (not sure how Lallana would fare on LW though, but he needs to be in there.) Herrera is so underrated by most fans it is nearing early Carrick levels.De GeaDe Gea doesn't need any explanation. Valencia/Clyne and Henderson/Carrick are tough ones imo, you could make arguments for both but I went with Valencia since United's defense is a lot better than ours, and with Henderson because he's a lot more mobile than Carrick. I think Matip is better than Jones and Rojo, and was impressed with Bailly before he got injured (also seen quite a bit from him at Villareal). Milner at LB is an obvious choice although I think Shaw has that spot locked up for the next ten years if he ever regains his match fitness and pre-injury form.
Valencia Matip Bailly Milner
Carrick
Ander------Pogba
Mane Ibrahimovic Lallana
Pogba and Lallana are no-brainers in midfield for me, both have been amongst the best in the league at their positions. Ibra is obvious, so is Coutinho imo although I can't fault a United fan for picking Martial. Last very difficult choice is Mane or Mkhitaryan, again you could make a case for either one. Mane edges it by far based on this season alone but if you look at Mkhitaryan's performances at Dortmund, he should be in there if he can get to that level in the Premier League as well.
For me it is a toss-up. If you want to keep Henderson as the #6 then you'll need Herrera, if you agree on Carrick being the #6 (like I would) then Lallana can step in midfield for A.Herrera and it then becomes a toss-up between Coutinho and Martial\Mkhi for LW, I would probably go for Coutinho based on performances this season, but somehow I suspect that Mkhi will prove us wrong come the end of the season.
Even though Matip really hasn't performed better than Jones or Rojo this season I will leave him in there simply due to him keeping his composure with the absolute catastrophies he has been doubled up with.
Mane is okay due to being a mainstay in your team and performing well through the whole season. Probably the one I would snap from your team if we had a free pick.
As a disclaimer I must add that based on known abillity alone that team would be quite different though, Mkhi would be in there and Martial would be in there. But based on this season alone Lallana and Mane edges it. Your team is very much better than the individual cogs this season. The guy that I feel gains the most from this is Lallana which really doesn't have all that much abillity, and I suspect the revitalized Lallana we've seen this season is very much a product of system and form.
Can't argue with his actual performances though, and he should be a slot-in for most combined XI's.