i felt you could park a jumbo jet between those cbs penandes was running between, was it really that good? ill have to see it again i thought it was very straight forward after Leeds gifted it utd again from their gk.
Perfect arc, perfect weight, first time, came from a goal kick so was all rather impromptu.
I enjoyed it.
If Dan James had longer studs...
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If Dan James had longer studs...
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If dan james was a footballer
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Or talent
Pogba has always been capable of moments of brilliance, I don't think anyone doubts that.
His issue is performing consistently
4 assists and Sancho isn't even on yet.
Well this really did age well
Pogba got one more assist in today's game than he did in all Premier League games last season.
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comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 25 seconds ago
Pogba is the creative force in this side! So must stay especially if We want to challenge
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Only 6 league assists in two whole seasons. Then 4 assists in one game today. Pogba's a massive talent but he needs to have a whole season playing like he did today.
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Pogba got one more assist in today's game than he did in all Premier League games last season.
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And the season before
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posted 1 minute ago
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 25 seconds ago
Pogba is the creative force in this side! So must stay especially if We want to challenge
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Only 6 league assists in two whole seasons. Then 4 assists in one game today. Pogba's a massive talent but he needs to have a whole season playing like he did today.
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Playing in a deep double pivot.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that if you play him in the final 3rd he’ll produce more. It’s like playing Bruno in a pivot and expecting the same amount of goals and assists as last season.
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I've said before that I could see Pogba having a really standout year and taking it up a notch. It's the reason I'd risk losing him on a free because if he continues as he has then he's worth far more this year than the fee we'd receive. If we do well and he decides to stay, great but if he does leave, he may have been able to give us that push this year to be back to being taken seriously.
I do think though that if we win the league, it's next year rather than this year.
Plays like that 7 times in every 10 games that will do for me. Will he though?
comment by Glazers_Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 9 minutes ago
Plays like that 7 times in every 10 games that will do for me. Will he though?
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Based on the last 4 seasons, more likely to be 2/10 games like that, but maybe this will be his break out year.
on redcafe he was given a mark of 9.4/10, so at least we now know that if he puts in a 9/10 performance in 70% of his matches - something no footballer in history has ever done - then he will get the begrudging respect of some on this board.
everyone knows that you get the best out of pogba by giving him minimal defensive responsibility.Not in a double pivot.
he will always be susceptible to a moment of carelessness but by playing him higher up the pitch those moments are less likely to be costly and he is also more likely to be an attacking moments like today
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
Pogba is the creative force in this side! So must stay especially if We want to challenge
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But we know we will never win anything with Ole, as you have repeatedly told us. So we won't challenge Pogba or not.
and the whole nonsense about his assists output needs to stop, as kung fu says, it is remarkably simple - play pogba (or anyone) in a midfield two, behind a front 4, and the chances to provide assists are extremely limited.
in 17/18 and 18/19, when he played a more forward midfield role, he managed 19 assists across the 2 seasons.
last 2 seasons, when he's been much deeper lying, it has obviously been much harder - but even then, you can see that when played more advanced, he can produce a lot: transfermarkt, which i think counts penalties won as an assist, has him with 3 assists last season from 26 games in a midfield two, and 6 from 15 in a more advanced role.
funnily enough fred and mctominay - 2 assists between them in the PL in the last 2 seasons, in c. 2.5 x pogba's minutes - also fail to assist much from deep, partly of course because that isn't really their role in the team.
by way of a more ancient example, carrick managed 32 PL assists in 17 fullish seasons, and failed to register a single assist in 6 of those.
What is the insanely good assist? Just watched all the goals?
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posted 52 minutes ago
on redcafe he was given a mark of 9.4/10, so at least we now know that if he puts in a 9/10 performance in 70% of his matches - something no footballer in history has ever done - then he will get the begrudging respect of some on this board.
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Same question applies lol. Simple round the corner
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posted on 14/8/21
i felt you could park a jumbo jet between those cbs penandes was running between, was it really that good? ill have to see it again i thought it was very straight forward after Leeds gifted it utd again from their gk.
posted on 14/8/21
Perfect arc, perfect weight, first time, came from a goal kick so was all rather impromptu.
I enjoyed it.
posted on 14/8/21
If Dan James had longer studs...
posted on 14/8/21
comment by Shinjury list (U1700)
posted 7 minutes ago
If Dan James had longer studs...
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If dan james was a footballer
posted on 14/8/21
comment by Shinjury list (U1700)
posted 7 minutes ago
If Dan James had longer studs...
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Or talent
posted on 14/8/21
Pogba has always been capable of moments of brilliance, I don't think anyone doubts that.
His issue is performing consistently
posted on 14/8/21
4 assists and Sancho isn't even on yet.
posted on 14/8/21
Well this really did age well
posted on 14/8/21
Pogba got one more assist in today's game than he did in all Premier League games last season.
posted on 14/8/21
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posted on 14/8/21
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 25 seconds ago
Pogba is the creative force in this side! So must stay especially if We want to challenge
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Only 6 league assists in two whole seasons. Then 4 assists in one game today. Pogba's a massive talent but he needs to have a whole season playing like he did today.
posted on 14/8/21
comment by Firkin (U19526)
posted 4 minutes ago
Pogba got one more assist in today's game than he did in all Premier League games last season.
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And the season before
posted on 14/8/21
comment by Firkin (U19526)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 25 seconds ago
Pogba is the creative force in this side! So must stay especially if We want to challenge
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Only 6 league assists in two whole seasons. Then 4 assists in one game today. Pogba's a massive talent but he needs to have a whole season playing like he did today.
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Playing in a deep double pivot.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that if you play him in the final 3rd he’ll produce more. It’s like playing Bruno in a pivot and expecting the same amount of goals and assists as last season.
posted on 14/8/21
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posted on 14/8/21
I've said before that I could see Pogba having a really standout year and taking it up a notch. It's the reason I'd risk losing him on a free because if he continues as he has then he's worth far more this year than the fee we'd receive. If we do well and he decides to stay, great but if he does leave, he may have been able to give us that push this year to be back to being taken seriously.
I do think though that if we win the league, it's next year rather than this year.
posted on 14/8/21
Plays like that 7 times in every 10 games that will do for me. Will he though?
posted on 14/8/21
comment by Glazers_Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 9 minutes ago
Plays like that 7 times in every 10 games that will do for me. Will he though?
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Based on the last 4 seasons, more likely to be 2/10 games like that, but maybe this will be his break out year.
posted on 14/8/21
on redcafe he was given a mark of 9.4/10, so at least we now know that if he puts in a 9/10 performance in 70% of his matches - something no footballer in history has ever done - then he will get the begrudging respect of some on this board.
posted on 14/8/21
everyone knows that you get the best out of pogba by giving him minimal defensive responsibility.Not in a double pivot.
he will always be susceptible to a moment of carelessness but by playing him higher up the pitch those moments are less likely to be costly and he is also more likely to be an attacking moments like today
posted on 14/8/21
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
Pogba is the creative force in this side! So must stay especially if We want to challenge
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But we know we will never win anything with Ole, as you have repeatedly told us. So we won't challenge Pogba or not.
posted on 14/8/21
and the whole nonsense about his assists output needs to stop, as kung fu says, it is remarkably simple - play pogba (or anyone) in a midfield two, behind a front 4, and the chances to provide assists are extremely limited.
in 17/18 and 18/19, when he played a more forward midfield role, he managed 19 assists across the 2 seasons.
last 2 seasons, when he's been much deeper lying, it has obviously been much harder - but even then, you can see that when played more advanced, he can produce a lot: transfermarkt, which i think counts penalties won as an assist, has him with 3 assists last season from 26 games in a midfield two, and 6 from 15 in a more advanced role.
funnily enough fred and mctominay - 2 assists between them in the PL in the last 2 seasons, in c. 2.5 x pogba's minutes - also fail to assist much from deep, partly of course because that isn't really their role in the team.
by way of a more ancient example, carrick managed 32 PL assists in 17 fullish seasons, and failed to register a single assist in 6 of those.
posted on 14/8/21
What is the insanely good assist? Just watched all the goals?
posted on 14/8/21
The article was written at 1-0
posted on 14/8/21
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 52 minutes ago
on redcafe he was given a mark of 9.4/10, so at least we now know that if he puts in a 9/10 performance in 70% of his matches - something no footballer in history has ever done - then he will get the begrudging respect of some on this board.
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posted on 14/8/21
comment by Shinjury list (U1700)
posted 21 minutes ago
The article was written at 1-0
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Same question applies lol. Simple round the corner
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