Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete
FukyourFort
All Star
It says it all when this shambolic game is coming down to Pogba again. You guys have lazy narratives. No one has played well and even worse than that is the coaching.
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Pogba should be left 8 along with a proper CDM and a Box to Box 8 next to him, in a 4-3-3.
TobiOT
Veteran
NO WAY
LCM, box to box? He spends more than half the game walking and seems low energy nowadays. Wouldn't trust him in that kind of role.
Only time he's looked decent in the last few years is playing alongside Kante (who funnily enough does the work of two people).
FukyourFort
All Star
These subs make no sense
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
I don't think I've ever seen this
I ... what the fukk man???
FukyourFort
All Star
LCM, box to box? He spends more than half the game walking and seems low energy nowadays. Wouldn't trust him in that kind of role.
Only time he's looked decent in the last few years is playing alongside Kante (who funnily enough does the work of two people).
Why are you forgetting his best year when Ole first came in and played him upfront? He had over 20 goals and got into the Premier League 11 that year. it's no coincidence that his production went down when he got moved back to a double pivot. Your using the same logic that Souness and Neville be using.
I thought Pogba would have eventually developed into an elite game controlling midfieder like a Xavi or Thiago but more dangerous. But he's been disappointing and hasn't improved his game besides passing. He's not great at beating the press and that is something you need to be elite at to play at a high level in that role. He probably could play it for France because they finally have midfielders that can shield the ball and are press resistant to take the attention away from him. I do think if Donny plays in Pogbas spot and Pogba plays in the 10 role for United, they could play better though. Fernandes gives the ball away too much.
either way, he's been disappointing.
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LCM, box to box? He spends more than half the game walking and seems low energy nowadays. Wouldn't trust him in that kind of role.
Only time he's looked decent in the last few years is playing alongside Kante (who funnily enough does the work of two people).
No, not box to box. A forward looking 8.
You need fast+energetic full-backs, the CDM has to be fast and at least 1 fast CB.
Also you need (as a team) to keep the ball better to get around his defensive frailties.
If Pogba goes to a team that dominates possession (like France) he will show what he can do.
I think all of the players are suffering from playing under Ole.
