Manchester United Banter Archive March 21 2019

21 Mar 2019 12:13:24
Whilst I don’t think pogba’s comments are great I think people need to relax a bit. This is what happens every international break. It’s a slow news day and the media just want to stir up drama.

Ed002 has told us real’s interest has gone. Pogba didn’t say real was THE dream club but A dream club. That’s hard to argue with. It’s a massive club and for most players it is a dream. He also said he’s happy at united under ole. Funnily enough people have ignored that part.

Pogba does infuriate me at Times. Massively talented but also can go missing for games at a time. But there are very few players in the world with his talents. Losing him would be a disaster going forward. It would take 2 players to replace him. We need to retain players of his calibre and build the team around players like him. Not sell him. I rarely listen to what the media says these days. It’s always clickbait. Just look at the rubbish they print every time hazard goes away with Belgium. Just trying to sell papers.

21 Mar 2019 13:03:06
You’re right about that. We’d need one top class player to replace him for the games he turns up for, and a bang average one for the games where he can’t be arsed.

21 Mar 2019 13:33:03
Park I’m one of those who commented below and honestly I am very relax. For me the best way is talk less and show more on the pitch. When one has achieved greatness, the softest of whisper will be very loud and positive. Pogba has not achieved greatness yet and I have no doubt he could one day. Till then he should just concentrate and not dwell into controversial subjects. Leave that to the manager. That way more people would trust him and be less critical of him I feel 😉.

21 Mar 2019 14:50:09
Danny if you look at city they are littered with quality in midfield. When pogba has an off game or is marked out the game our attacking plan goes down the pan. That should not be the case for a club the size of united. We should have 2/ 3 ball players in midfield that can create and supply our forward line. I like matic but we need to upgrade. Same potentially for Herrera. Matches are won in midfield and we just don’t have the quality to compete or dominate against top quality opposition. So selling someone of pogba’s quality is a hindrance to our progression and would set us back in our pursuit for the top honours. I can’t name many midfielders in the world that would improve on him. And the ones I can are unattainable.

21 Mar 2019 14:51:32
Park, like others I am very relaxed about this situation.

If Pogba wants to leave then let him go and if he wants to stay then I have no problem either.

He needs to up his game if he wants to be irreplaceable at Utd.

If he turned up in every game then he could boss the midfield on his own. That’s the talent he has but we don’t see enough of it.

21 Mar 2019 15:49:50
At City, the team is built around Pep’s system, and the players adapt to this.

For Pogba to play at his best, the team needs to be built around him. That is what Ole has done over the last few months: putting Pogba in front of two holding players with three quick attackers making runs in front of him. Fair enough, it has worked pretty well all in all.

There are two issues with this. First, because the team is set up around Pogba, if he doesn’t turn up or can’t be arsed, the team performance is going suffer. Second, and most importantly, there is absolutely no sense in building the team around a player who is looking to leave the club. Ed002 has been telling us for the two years that Pogba and his agent are actively trying to secure a move elsewhere. Part of this was down to his poor relationship with Jose, but his recent comments about Real show that he isn’t committed to the club long term.

21 Mar 2019 17:11:38
TOP Top post Danny and 666. It is time for us to move on from pogba. I will be so gutted to see City sign Niguez who desperately wanted to play in England and we had a great chance of singing him a couple yesrs ago but instead we signed a player who never wanted to come to us in the first place!

22 Mar 2019 00:56:48
Danny, that first post is hilarious 🤣.

22 Mar 2019 05:54:55
Well said Park. If Pogba leaves, we will loose further quality in our team.

Rash, Martial, Lukaku and many others have very poor games often. Still it's Pogba who is always scrutinized.
Young often looses his marker. Shaw makes those sprints up and down very rarely.
But at the end of the game, fans and Pundits both slam Pogba.

We must also realize that this is the first time in years, he has played in his natural position. And he has delivered in 80% of those games.
Although he looses possession, he atleast tries to make those difficult passes.
Our midfield will be flat without him.

22 Mar 2019 20:56:29
I'm surprised that people think Pogba is any good because to my mind he is a pretty average player.

All players have mental and physical abilities and although Pogba has physical talent, he doesn't have the mental ability to be a top player. It doesn't matter what he might be capable of because it happens so erratically it could almost be accident. if you try something enough times eventually it will come off. Top players do it week in, week out.

Pogba has what is called in Argentina 'Pecho Frio' which as a direct translation is 'cold chest' but means no heart. And that's Pogba - no heart.

Remember, when Pogba doesn't turn up, he is taking the place of a better player we could have in the team who can be bothered every week.