After last night game I believe everyone is now in agreement we should play both pogba and bruno at the same time when we can. But that raises the question, which of our dms will work best with these 2.
My assessment:
McT and Fred: are both destroyer style cms imo. I personally prefer McT. Fred had a good run of form before CoVid, will he discover that form? I also do not think either compliments playing the dm role when both bruno and pogba are on the pitch.
Matic: a man I wanted gone is imo by a country mile our best dm. Many criticised him as he was seen as part of why we lacked creativity. With bruno and pogba, creativity will not be his responsibility. His biggest weakness is his lack of pace. This will not be an issue except for the fact only AWB has recovery pace in our back 4.
who would you pick as the 3rd man in midfield?
Another midfield article
posted on 20/6/20
Pogba seems to have gone from "he has to win his place back" to "must start" in the space of 30 minutes of football.
Anyway... I'd go with McT, tenacious and doesn't get bullied. For certain games Fred and even Matic would be better though... Horses for courses.
To me, it is more about the formation we take up than the person playing deeper.
posted on 20/6/20
Pogba seems to have gone from "he has to win his place back" to "must start" in the space of 30 minutes of football.
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And doesn't this perfectly some up fickle football fans across the world!
posted on 20/6/20
Pogba seems to have gone from "he has to win his place back" to "must start" in the space of 30 minutes of football.
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Not in my book. The only way he is must start is if ole plays a 3, if he’s one of the usual Mf 2 that’ gets played then, no, he doesn’t walk in. Ole, sort it out..play a damn 3.
posted on 20/6/20
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Pogba seems to have gone from "he has to win his place back" to "must start" in the space of 30 minutes of football.
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Not in my book. The only way he is must start is if ole plays a 3, if he’s one of the usual Mf 2 that’ gets played then, no, he doesn’t walk in. Ole, sort it out..play a damn 3.
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wel I and many others have him down as a starter since day 1. I think the people that kept saying he needs to win his place back were deluded. I thought yesterday would have woken them up from the delusion, but it appears that I am wrong.
no one said pogba is now perfect but with all his flaws he still better than all our other options bar bruno atm
posted on 20/6/20
comment by Garner be a star (U13920)
posted 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Pogba seems to have gone from "he has to win his place back" to "must start" in the space of 30 minutes of football.
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Not in my book. The only way he is must start is if ole plays a 3, if he’s one of the usual Mf 2 that’ gets played then, no, he doesn’t walk in. Ole, sort it out..play a damn 3.
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wel I and many others have him down as a starter since day 1. I think the people that kept saying he needs to win his place back were deluded. I thought yesterday would have woken them up from the delusion, but it appears that I am wrong.
no one said pogba is now perfect but with all his flaws he still better than all our other options bar bruno atm
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Not deluded at all. They are taking into consideration his poor form the last games he played. The fact he wanted away, his attitude, meant he had to repair some bridges.
Plus we were playing well before lockdown.
posted on 20/6/20
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Garner be a star (U13920)
posted 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Pogba seems to have gone from "he has to win his place back" to "must start" in the space of 30 minutes of football.
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Not in my book. The only way he is must start is if ole plays a 3, if he’s one of the usual Mf 2 that’ gets played then, no, he doesn’t walk in. Ole, sort it out..play a damn 3.
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wel I and many others have him down as a starter since day 1. I think the people that kept saying he needs to win his place back were deluded. I thought yesterday would have woken them up from the delusion, but it appears that I am wrong.
no one said pogba is now perfect but with all his flaws he still better than all our other options bar bruno atm
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Not deluded at all. They are taking into consideration his poor form the last games he played. The fact he wanted away, his attitude, meant he had to repair some bridges.
Plus we were playing well before lockdown.
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Exactly 52. He played well yesterday, but not the amazing performance people seem to be attributing, he looked hungry and played quite well. Anything above that is exaggeration and overkill. If he keeps that up then we can start waxing lyrical, but we’ve been here before, every day since he signed. Hot and cold, great one week total liability the next. I hope that with the up turn in form, Bruno stealing his thunder, the fact no one was interested in buying him despite his efforts to get out, provide us with a Pogba who’s up for it and has a major point to prove.
And that ole cones to his senses and plays him in a 3, where he can cause damage, and not damage his own team...
posted on 20/6/20
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 5 hours, 51 minutes ago
Many criticised him as he was seen as part of why we lacked creativity.
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No idea why. It is not his job to be creative.
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Nonsense.
It's the job of every player on the pitch to contribute defensively AND offensively
posted on 20/6/20
The bottom line is we need Pogba to be firing on all cylinders.
What I took above all else from the half hour or so yesterday was his commitment.
Once we get Pogba where he needs to be he is an automatic starter as is Bruno.
posted on 21/6/20
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 14 hours, 32 minutes ago
The bottom line is we need Pogba to be firing on all cylinders.
What I took above all else from the half hour or so yesterday was his commitment.
Once we get Pogba where he needs to be he is an automatic starter as is Bruno.
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If we get Pogba...
Ole needs to play him in a 3, not a 2, where he’s a liability Then we need consistency from him. Something he’s never managed whilst at utd.
We’ve been here before, one half decent performance and then he disappears for 5 games. Let’s hope he’s turned the corner..
posted on 21/6/20
Ole needs to play him in a 3, not a 2, where he’s a liability
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You are preaching to the converted on that.