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2016-17 Performances

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6.3 Season Average Rating
Appearances
51
Goals
9
Assists
6
Yellow cards
10
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VanGaalEra said:
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Yet your average Caftard would tell you he is a baby elephant.

Even when he seemingly isn't firing up on all front he's still crucial and creative.

His chances created are a very interesting stats given you typical Caftard would have you believe he does nothing in games.
 
VanGaalEra said:
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And people said he couldn't create and dominate games. And that his level of 3/4 games ago is what we should expect and that we should expect him to lose the ball a lot and struggle with a lack of space, nonsense really.

He's got it in his locker and deserved to be called out for not bringing it. Granted Burnley were very deep and there was space in the middle of the pitch but he was picking passes through tight spaces time and time again. There was no carelessness on the ball or over playing.

There was a lot of downplaying of his ability in order to justify his early season form but when you look at that second half and compare it to the Southampton game you can see a midfielder with a range of fantastic abilities and skills.
 
VanGaalEra said:
The guy is WC, as I've been saying, it's no exaggeration to say he could have had 5 goals and 6/7 assists already.

He's laid about 6 chances on the platter for Zlatan alone.
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And Zlatan is also much to blame for some of Pogba criticism he gets.

Some of the games where Pogba has come under heavy scrutinuty and criticism could have been avoided had Zlatan buried his chances.

Think about games like Liverpool, Stoke etc. Had Zlatan buried from those world class delivery from Pogba and win us those games, people would instead be wanking themselves over Pogba delivery instead of criticising him in emotionally rage infused posts.

His assists stats would also have been bumped massively.
 
VanGaalEra said:
The guy is WC, as I've been saying, it's no exaggeration to say he could have had 5 goals and 6/7 assists already.

He's laid about 6 chances on the platter for Zlatan alone.
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Agree and once we get the team firing about him he will benefit massively.
 
There is a major part of it that is down to Zlatan, but I don't think simply dropping Zlatan will be the answer.

Pogba and Zlatan seem to have a chemistry, it seems Pogba knows where to pass and where to cross to find Zlatan. We just need Zlatan to bang a couple in and everything will look so different.
 
VanGaalEra said:
There is a major part of it that is down to Zlatan, but I don't think simply dropping Zlatan will be the answer.

Pogba and Zlatan seem to have a chemistry, it seems Pogba knows where to pass and where to cross to find Zlatan. We just need Zlatan to bang a couple in and everything will look so different.
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Totally and anybody thinking dropping Zlatan is the answer is way off at this stage.
 
He was class yesterday but felt a bit of a sense of annoyance in the ground with him every time he tried something that didn't come off, seemed uncalled for despite the price tag.
 
VanGaalEra said:
The guy is WC, as I've been saying, it's no exaggeration to say he could have had 5 goals and 6/7 assists already.

He's laid about 6 chances on the platter for Zlatan alone.
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Off the top of my head, he should have add an assist against Leicester (for Ibra), one against Stoke (for Ibra), one against Liverpool (for Ibra) and one against Burnley (for... you guessed it). He's also hit the woodwork three times and quite easily could be sitting on 6 goals and about 4 assists.
 
If we hadn't signed him already, I wonder how many of us on here would have been screaming for us to sign him based on what we've seen so far ?

And for a world record fee....
 
Full bodied red said:
If we hadn't signed him already, I wonder how many of us on here would have been screaming for us to sign him based on what we've seen so far ?

And for a world record fee....
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Yes, cause players justify their price tag immediately?
 
I thought he was excellent in the second half yesterday. Fulfilled his midfield duties excellently, moved the ball quickly, won it back, passed it well and created chances with incisive, creative play.
 
VanGaalEra said:
There is a major part of it that is down to Zlatan, but I don't think simply dropping Zlatan will be the answer.

Pogba and Zlatan seem to have a chemistry, it seems Pogba knows where to pass and where to cross to find Zlatan. We just need Zlatan to bang a couple in and everything will look so different.
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This. It's a mass panic regarding Zlatan. He is having a crisis no doubt but when he starts scoring again it will be all better. Pogba won't stop making chances for him and I bet Zlatan's crisis will stop eventually. It must stop.
As you say they play a lot between each other and understand each other.
 
My mate who's supports Liverpool has banged on for the past few weeks how he isn't 'WC' 'waste of money' 'hasn't shown up yet' and the best came today 'if I was a United fan, I'd be pissed off he hasn't done more in the games I've watched'.

I keep telling him if Ibrahimovic had took his chance against Liverpool, Stoke and Burnley, people would look at him very different. I also said we've also paid for his marketability, he doesn't quite grasp that part though, chirps up how Mane cost them £30m and has shown up in every game.
 
Currently watching Atlanta Genoa, can easily see how Pogba would thrive in this football. There's that much more time on the ball, no Burnley style midfielders to snap at his shins, ankles, and heels. Sometimes forget how mad the PL is. Currently hope he's just adjusting (agree with those who'll counter that 90 million shouldn't need time to adjust).
 
Santoryo said:
Yet your average Caftard would tell you he is a baby elephant.

Even when he seemingly isn't firing up on all front he's still crucial and creative.

His chances created are a very interesting stats given you typical Caftard would have you believe he does nothing in games.
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We dont like talented cms. We rather have players like cleverley, ando or fellaini to him
 
VanGaalEra said:
The guy is WC, as I've been saying, it's no exaggeration to say he could have had 5 goals and 6/7 assists already.

He's laid about 6 chances on the platter for Zlatan alone.
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Santoryo said:
Yet your average Caftard would tell you he is a baby elephant.

Even when he seemingly isn't firing up on all front he's still crucial and creative.

His chances created are a very interesting stats given you typical Caftard would have you believe he does nothing in games.
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Leroy The Red said:
And people said he couldn't create and dominate games. And that his level of 3/4 games ago is what we should expect and that we should expect him to lose the ball a lot and struggle with a lack of space, nonsense really.

He's got it in his locker and deserved to be called out for not bringing it. Granted Burnley were very deep and there was space in the middle of the pitch but he was picking passes through tight spaces time and time again. There was no carelessness on the ball or over playing.

There was a lot of downplaying of his ability in order to justify his early season form but when you look at that second half and compare it to the Southampton game you can see a midfielder with a range of fantastic abilities and skills.
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Santoryo said:
And Zlatan is also much to blame for some of Pogba criticism he gets.

Some of the games where Pogba has come under heavy scrutinuty and criticism could have been avoided had Zlatan buried his chances.

Think about games like Liverpool, Stoke etc. Had Zlatan buried from those world class delivery from Pogba and win us those games, people would instead be wanking themselves over Pogba delivery instead of criticising him in emotionally rage infused posts.

His assists stats would also have been bumped massively.
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This is all so wonderful yet 4 of our games this season have been against Liverpool, Chelsea and City x 2. He has been either bossed, anonymous or struggled to deal with the opp. Are you satisfied with another flat track bully whom disappears against our rivals on every occasion? You pay top dollar for top dollar performances or difference makers in the big games. Without a Paul Pogba, we should be able to win these games that you are all raving about (Burnley, Stoke, Fener etc.) Not to say he hasn't done well in said games because he has, but I expect we forked out for him to show up in the big games which for mehe has failed to do so on almost 4 occasions already.
 
Stacks said:
This is all so wonderful yet 4 of our games this season have been against Liverpool, Chelsea and City x 2. He has been either bossed, anonymous or struggled to deal with the opp. Are you satisfied with another flat track bully whom disappears against our rivals on every occasion? You pay top dollar for top dollar performances or difference makers in the big games. Without a Paul Pogba, we should be able to win these games that you are all raving about (Burnley, Stoke, Fener etc.) Not to say he hasn't done well in said games because he has, but I expect we forked out for him to show up in the big games which for mehe has failed to do so on almost 4 occasions already.
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Weird that you chose to quote my post for this, I alluded to the fact he's been inconsistent and was poor in the Liverpool, Chelsea games in that exact post. Yeah, weird. Best to read posts through before you quote them.
 
Really good performance from Pogba. He adds so much to our midfield. Needs to improve in games where he is denied space but his quality is very clear to see.
 
Full bodied red said:
If we hadn't signed him already, I wonder how many of us on here would have been screaming for us to sign him based on what we've seen so far ?

And for a world record fee....
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Alternatively, if he played the same way for city and had aguero tucking chances away, sitting on 8+ assists already, would we be calling him a waste of money? Grass is always greener.
 
His crossing is very good. Should have two or three assists from them already if Zlatan could finish.
 
He was involved in most of the build up play in the Burnley game from what I saw, he had a good game.
 
Fenerbahce 2:1 Man Utd
I fear he's hurt his knee ligaments. Didn't look good the way it bent and the way he kept hobbling. Bloody typical.
 
Nice that we let him hobble around for an extra 5-10 minutes or so.
 
Adam-Utd said:
I fear he's hurt his knee ligaments. Didn't look good the way it bent and the way he kept hobbling. Bloody typical.
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It was very clearly a dead leg, he took a hit on the outside of the thigh.

Sometimes they loosen up which is why he tried to run it off.
 
Rado_N said:
It was very clearly a dead leg, he took a hit on the outside of the thigh.

Sometimes they loosen up which is why he tried to run it off.
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Nah dead legs you run off. His wasn't going away and that's why he went off, ligaments can feel like a dead leg.
 
Adam-Utd said:
Nah dead legs you run off. His wasn't going away and that's why he went off, ligaments can feel like a dead leg.
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Eh? When do knee ligaments feel like a dead leg?

It was very clearly his outer thigh, and dead legs can't always be run off.
 
Rado_N said:
Eh? When do knee ligaments feel like a dead leg?

It was very clearly his outer thigh, and dead legs can't always be run off.
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Damaged Ligaments can feel like a dead leg because generally other tissue is bruised around it too. Only when the feeling doesn't go away you realise it's more serious. I'm just going off the evidence, his knee clearly buckles. Hope I'm wrong.
 
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