Originally Posted by TheSloth:
“I decided to go on Pogba Watch yesterday and concluded the thing he clearly lacks is any sense of urgency. He strolled through the game - but not in a good way. Seems to do things at his own leisure rather than impose himself on the game by putting himself about or making lung-busting runs (for himself or others). If United are to add dynamism to their play (Mhitaryan certainly helps there) then Pogba needs to contribute to that or it won't work. If Doctor Frankenstein could build a single player with Henderson;s ebergy and Pogba's technique he'd have created that £90m player!”
Agree but there was worse yesterday than his strolling. Only saw the second half but it was his inability to keep the ball with misplaced passes or trying too many crowd-pleasing dribbles that irritated me. His play generally is a reflection of our league form - bags of potential but lacking end product.
It's good that Pogba is clearly not short on confidence but sometimes you have to rein in the flash for the good of the team. I reckon SAF would have hauled him off like he used to do with Giggs early doors when he kept giving the ball away in CL matches.
Originally Posted by Tribec:
“Both Green and Savage praised Pogba yesterday, saying he played well. Not dazzling 90 million well, but well. Far better than he has done, doing the job he was asked to do.
As for Mata playing in Carrick's role, forget it. He isn't the type of player to play that role, we'd be torn to ribbons in the middle of the park were that to happen. I also don't think he's disciplined enough either and would get lost far to often. That's not saying he hasn't been effective so far this year, but in that role no way.”
I can only guess Green and Savage were drinking something stronger than tea to keep the cold out. Even when Pogba did track back and win the ball he'd promptly give it away again.
I say it again, I hope Jose realises that the only effective replacement for Carrick is Blind.
Originally Posted by Jamesp84:
“I actually thought yesterday was Pogba's worst game for a while.”
It was.