Grealish

comment by Reddevilsdouble II (U22313)
posted 4 minutes ago
Who is Maatt Berry?
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the guy currently doing the money supermarket ads, the one with the very rich, fruity voice

comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 35 minutes ago
comment by Reddevilsdouble II (U22313)
posted 4 minutes ago
Who is Maatt Berry?
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the guy currently doing the money supermarket ads, the one with the very rich, fruity voice

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I read the secondhhalf of that sentence with his voice

comment by CurrentlyStuckIntheUK (U11181)
posted 3 minutes ago

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I read the secondhhalf of that sentence with his voice
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in the same way that everything tastes better with bacon, everything sounds better in matt berry's voice. just try it the next time you're in a restaurant reading a menu.

comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 16 seconds ago
comment by CurrentlyStuckIntheUK (U11181)
posted 3 minutes ago

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I read the secondhhalf of that sentence with his voice
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in the same way that everything tastes better with bacon, everything sounds better in matt berry's voice. just try it the next time you're in a restaurant reading a menu.
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Back in the day someone said of Nobb ( I think it was POTN) that if you read his comments with an Aussie accent then they would make sense.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)

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Back in the day someone said of Nobb ( I think it was POTN) that if you read his comments with an Aussie accent then they would make sense.

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i have tried that, and it didn't work.

i like robb as a poster, though recently i find that a lot of his comments make more sense in a scouse accent.

i have given this article a 1 star because you and a lot of utd fan have the misconception we struggled because we lacked a top creator.

Our struggles was because we lacked someone to control midfield, forcing ole to move our best creator at the time pogba deeper so we could control midfield better.
https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/solskjaer-open-to-deep-role-for-pogba-to-get-him-more-in-the/1s13f1gnhoqxb1wcvbzq49kr7r?fbclid=IwAR01-VwLuwbxo6a3H3Ou1LROyWPxw2gco3kD9K8jg_CFsjgySsNN7EkCnHU

Moving pogba deeper meant we needed someone to fill the creator role vacated and the likes of mata/pereira/lingard were suddenly thrust into the spotlight and exposed beyond reasonable doubt that they simply were not good enough.

Bruno has come in and is playing the #10 role fantastically. And I am sure while pogba prefers a #10 role he has no problem with a player as good as bruno playing his prefered position. I love pogba and while he will be good enough playing the deeper role against 80% of teams we wil face he will always struggle against the top 20% imo.

What we need the most is a cm/cdm capable of holding their own against the top 20% to give ole another option in midfield not someone to sit on the bench

Our struggles was because we lacked someone to control midfield, forcing ole to move our best creator at the time pogba deeper so we could control midfield better.

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This doesn’t work though as others have pointed out.

comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 6 minutes ago
Our struggles was because we lacked someone to control midfield, forcing ole to move our best creator at the time pogba deeper so we could control midfield better.

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This doesn’t work though as others have pointed out.
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I am curious why this doesn't work so read the entire thread but no one mentions it.

Do you care to explain?

comment by Garner be a star (U13920)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 6 minutes ago
Our struggles was because we lacked someone to control midfield, forcing ole to move our best creator at the time pogba deeper so we could control midfield better.

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This doesn’t work though as others have pointed out.
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I am curious why this doesn't work so read the entire thread but no one mentions it.

Do you care to explain?


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Partly because he doesn’t tend to control midfields very well. . You mention it yourself, though you are a bit off with your 20/80%.

comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)

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Partly because he doesn’t tend to control midfields very well. . You mention it yourself, though you are a bit off with your 20/80%.
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you trot out this line constantly, but never actually explain what you mean by "controlling" a game, or why pogba doesn't do it (but presumably others do?)

with pogba in the team we tend to have more possession, create more chances, and concede fewer chances - does that count as control? if he has a higher successful passing percentage than others, is that control?

in roughly the same number of minutes this season as fernandes, he has roughly 20% more touches of the ball, 30% more passes, and a significantly higher passing success rate (85% to 76%) - is that control? mctominay has fewer passes - despite playing roughly 50% more minutes - and a worse pass success rate, so which of them controls the game more?

the only player i have ever seen you reference as controlling a midfield is modric, well, yeah, i think we all know that pogba is not modric, but i'd like to think that no one at the club has ever expected him to be modric.