Kante

MOTM last night, did not waste a pass, and his touch and passing was fantastic. That dribble in the first half was great.

Again, Leicester had no choice but to sell Kante. He had a release clause and would not of signed for us in the first place without it.

comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 9 hours, 41 minutes ago
comment by Randomer (U5245)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 9 minutes ago
He's a very good player but I get the feeling he'll be hugely tested in the CL and might be shown up by the best.

If he can replicate this form in the CL he deserves a load of praise. If not, he's just a very good midfielder rather than a great one.
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God help Pogba in the CL then seeing he can barely cope in the PL
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1) why does everything have to turn into Pogba vs Kante? Does that validate Kante in any way?

2) Pogba has done just fine in the CL in recent years thank you very much.
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well because kante is a better player than pogba, so how would he be shown up? Pogba as you say, managed just fine.

I heard that the PFA award was going to Hazard ... but Kante intercepted it.

comment by Eric_Draven (U20260)
posted 2 minutes ago
I heard that the PFA award was going to Hazard ... but Kante intercepted it.
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comment by Nickalopodis-bye bye costa (U9257)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 9 hours, 41 minutes ago
comment by Randomer (U5245)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 9 minutes ago
He's a very good player but I get the feeling he'll be hugely tested in the CL and might be shown up by the best.

If he can replicate this form in the CL he deserves a load of praise. If not, he's just a very good midfielder rather than a great one.
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God help Pogba in the CL then seeing he can barely cope in the PL
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1) why does everything have to turn into Pogba vs Kante? Does that validate Kante in any way?

2) Pogba has done just fine in the CL in recent years thank you very much.
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well because kante is a better player than pogba, so how would he be shown up? Pogba as you say, managed just fine.
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Kante isn't better than Pogba though. Well, maybe at tackling and breaking up play. Pogba is far more creative and more of an all rounder.

Pogba has proven himself in the CL. Kante hasn't. I'm sure he will but it's a big question mark right now.

comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Nickalopodis-bye bye costa (U9257)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 9 hours, 41 minutes ago
comment by Randomer (U5245)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 9 minutes ago
He's a very good player but I get the feeling he'll be hugely tested in the CL and might be shown up by the best.

If he can replicate this form in the CL he deserves a load of praise. If not, he's just a very good midfielder rather than a great one.
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God help Pogba in the CL then seeing he can barely cope in the PL
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1) why does everything have to turn into Pogba vs Kante? Does that validate Kante in any way?

2) Pogba has done just fine in the CL in recent years thank you very much.
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well because kante is a better player than pogba, so how would he be shown up? Pogba as you say, managed just fine.
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Kante isn't better than Pogba though. Well, maybe at tackling and breaking up play. Pogba is far more creative and more of an all rounder.

Pogba has proven himself in the CL. Kante hasn't. I'm sure he will but it's a big question mark right now.
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In the long run, you MAY be right. But there is no doubt Kante has been a long way ahead of Pogba this year.

comment by Eric_Draven (U20260)
posted 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Nickalopodis-bye bye costa (U9257)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 9 hours, 41 minutes ago
comment by Randomer (U5245)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 9 minutes ago
He's a very good player but I get the feeling he'll be hugely tested in the CL and might be shown up by the best.

If he can replicate this form in the CL he deserves a load of praise. If not, he's just a very good midfielder rather than a great one.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
God help Pogba in the CL then seeing he can barely cope in the PL
----------------------------------------------------------------------

1) why does everything have to turn into Pogba vs Kante? Does that validate Kante in any way?

2) Pogba has done just fine in the CL in recent years thank you very much.
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well because kante is a better player than pogba, so how would he be shown up? Pogba as you say, managed just fine.
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Kante isn't better than Pogba though. Well, maybe at tackling and breaking up play. Pogba is far more creative and more of an all rounder.

Pogba has proven himself in the CL. Kante hasn't. I'm sure he will but it's a big question mark right now.
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In the long run, you MAY be right. But there is no doubt Kante has been a long way ahead of Pogba this year.
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Kante has been better at what he does than Pogba. But Pogba has been better than him in other ways

Two different types of players so unfair to compare

If you were to choose between the two, you would choose kante, he's been unreal and started so many attacks this year. Both play in midfield, completely fair to compare. Kante has won games for us, offensively and defensively. Pogba has not for utd.

I don't get this obsessive defence of Pogba. If he had cost 30 million and been in the Chelsea midfield, he'd still not have lived up to his price tag or expectations this season. He's been completely underwhelming.

What is fair to say is that he's young and could show us next season that he's world class, but at this very moment, you couldn't put him above Kante. In fact, Fabregas has played fewer games and I think he's been far more effective!