Pogba

comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
I don’t think we really know who, and what, suits what Ole wants. He supposedly wanted to play a high line with attacking full backs providing width, then goes out and signs Maguire and AWB. He’s clearly not much of an idealist given how he’s set up the team in his time in the job. We’ll learn more once Pogba is fit and able to play in this team.
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He has AWB and he has Dalot.

And we’ve seen AWB play very high up in recent weeks. Part of the reason he’s there, despite not being incredibly proficient going forward, is that he has great recovery pace (if not acceleration), and a superb recovery tackle.

AWB vs City

4 offensive dribbles
2 crosses
1 key pass
8 tackles (4 recovery tackles)
3 interceptions (he’s going to do this in the oppositions half a lot)
3 accurate long passes

I think this is exactly what Ole wants to see from his fullbacks.

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People just want endless amounts of try hards with no quality
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What people?

comment by rosso is done with this (U17054)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
I don’t think we really know who, and what, suits what Ole wants. He supposedly wanted to play a high line with attacking full backs providing width, then goes out and signs Maguire and AWB. He’s clearly not much of an idealist given how he’s set up the team in his time in the job. We’ll learn more once Pogba is fit and able to play in this team.
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He has AWB and he has Dalot.

And we’ve seen AWB play very high up in recent weeks. Part of the reason he’s there, despite not being incredibly proficient going forward, is that he has great recovery pace (if not acceleration), and a superb recovery tackle.
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Dalot doesn’t play and AWB is a poor attacking full back. You’ve not really disputed my claim. AWB doesn’t get forward enough nor does he provide quality when he does. And Maguire limits our ability to play a high line.

So again, what Ole wanted to do and what he has done are different things. He’s displaying pragmatic thoughts rather than anything idealist, which is why he’s used Pogba, Matic, McTominay and Fred in a double pivot despite being different types of cm.

We’ll see what happens when Pogba’s fit, it’s likely he’ll be starting in cm again where you kept telling me he wouldn’t.

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comment by CurrentlyIntheUK (U11181)
posted 11 hours, 16 minutes ago
comment by Shinjury list (U1700)
posted 7 minutes ago
Currently, you back permanently?
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I'll return to China at the end of this month. They're now worried I'll bring the corona virus back into China
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Holy sh** no way!! Hahaha

That is a tricky one

Do you have to do some kind of self-containment when you get back do you know?

comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
comment by rosso is done with this (U17054)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
I don’t think we really know who, and what, suits what Ole wants. He supposedly wanted to play a high line with attacking full backs providing width, then goes out and signs Maguire and AWB. He’s clearly not much of an idealist given how he’s set up the team in his time in the job. We’ll learn more once Pogba is fit and able to play in this team.
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He has AWB and he has Dalot.

And we’ve seen AWB play very high up in recent weeks. Part of the reason he’s there, despite not being incredibly proficient going forward, is that he has great recovery pace (if not acceleration), and a superb recovery tackle.
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Dalot doesn’t play and AWB is a poor attacking full back. You’ve not really disputed my claim. AWB doesn’t get forward enough nor does he provide quality when he does. And Maguire limits our ability to play a high line.

So again, what Ole wanted to do and what he has done are different things. He’s displaying pragmatic thoughts rather than anything idealist, which is why he’s used Pogba, Matic, McTominay and Fred in a double pivot despite being different types of cm.

We’ll see what happens when Pogba’s fit, it’s likely he’ll be starting in cm again where you kept telling me he wouldn’t.
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I think he’ll be out the door Dazza.

If Ole drops any of McT, Fred or Matic (on current form) to try to shoehorn Pogba into the double pivot as a permanent fixture, I’ll be ready to call for his head, because it’d be very insensible to do so IMO.

Bet you don’t.

comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 30 minutes ago
Bet you don’t.
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Probably not

I’ll be very, very mildly displeased though