Yeap,seems to be the case.
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I dont think the games moved on from box to box midfielders, but you cant expect them to excel in a midfield 2 against teams that tend to play with 3. When you look back at that droolworthy Juve midfield that pogba was so good in, it was in a midfield 3 with other combative box to box midfielders Like Vidal and Marchisio anchored by a deep lying play maker. The system provides the balance for a midfielder who's fairly complete at the role, and right now we are asking him to do something incredibly difficult.
I could be completely wrong though.
He's ill, it happens. I'm sure the conspiracy theories will be out in force. Then clueless threads after the game depending on the result. Are we better without Pogba? Then if we lose, is Pogba our only hope? Hope he's ok for Sevilla.
he's bloody ill. Some of you are absolute mental cases quick grab the tin foil hats and get in the bunkerWhat I dont get is people trying to find drama where there isn't one.
Was a joke.
I tried.Ah. I didn't get that.
Jokes are meant to be funny though aren't they?
You are pretty naive if you think in this media-savvy age that the wording Pogba's tweets such as this are not professionally 'measured'.
Besides you have no idea whether he's ill or not. If he has been ill last 2 games why play him?
Mourinho has got it wrongbwith his positioning of Paul and had backtracked on formation. 433.
Dangerous game from Mourinho. Let's hope there's no damage done and Jose starts to get his shit together, motivation wise and playing style wise.
No point reading too much into it, if he's ill for like 3 games on the trot then yeah, but I think @Pexbo explanation seems sound.
Pfft. Mock away, but 'Gutted' is nearly an anagram of 'Guti' who just happened to play for Real Madrid(!!!!)
Don't give them ideas, we all know that they read the cafe.
need a new thread on the authenticity of a French young man using the word 'gutted'
Just saw that he's out today through illness, so he's bottled it then ?
Or, he is just sick like about half the world at this time.
I don't this he's ill.
I think it's Mourinho's way of protecting him with everything that's going on around him.
He'll sit this one out and be back for the Sevilla tie refreshed.
I think it's Mourinho's way of protecting him with everything that's going on around him.
He'll sit this one out and be back for the Sevilla tie refreshed.
Don't like the way Jose just answered questions when asked about Pogba. Pretty much said he didn't know he was ill until this morning. When asked about how long he will be out he kind of said he doesn't care.
It was the way he said it. Seemed pretty much annoyed and disinterested TBH. With some of the rumors popping up he could have been a little more upbeat and positive.
That’s his public attitude to every player that’s injured, there’s nothing to read into them. He did the same with Zlatan.
Hopefully nothing, but I didn't like the way he said it too.
But to be fair, it's not like Jose will want to sell him — he does those kind of things pretty often, tough love and all, and usually it ends positively.
He always talks like that when asked about unavailable player.
Maybe but he was a little more irritated than usual. With all the rumors he could have nipped them in the bud. We all know Jose's record with players that fall out of favor and Pogba is a moody type as well. The situation could soon spiral out of control.
On his twitter account Pogba says he is gutted not to be with the boys but he needs to get better. He wishes them the best against Huddersfield.
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I'm quite relaxed about this. He wasn't feeling well enough and that's it. Mourinho even went through the tactical preparations yesterday and told the players the team and he said Pogba was in the team. It's good to see him taking that responsibility instead of turning up and putting in an abject display which will hinder his teammates. If he's still ill and misses Sevilla and/or Chelsea then it's a different story...
Something about this doesn't smell right.
I don't see the Jose/Pogba relationship ending well. It is such a shame and all of this happened at the worst possible time.
I don't see the Jose/Pogba relationship ending well. It is such a shame and all of this happened at the worst possible time.
What?
This is all overblown nonsense by the media desperate for a story/Twitter clicks etc. He's bloody ill. He will play against Sevilla , then he will play against Chelsea, he will probably have a couple of good games and he will be our best player all over again...until something else happens and the cycle will start all over again.
Posters here are really clutching at things they have absolutely no idea about. Seriously, get some fresh air and stop over-dramatising the situation.
All you can do is take what's at face value. Pogba tweeted that he can't play, Mourinho confirmed he couldn't. And he's probably back for Sevilla.
All you can do is take what's at face value. Pogba tweeted that he can't play, Mourinho confirmed he couldn't. And he's probably back for Sevilla.
I hope you're right. The timing of the "illness" is terrible though after Jose went in so hard to show there were no issues between he and Pogba and underlined it with "he plays tomorrow". After that, he'd better be really bloody sick!
Either both of them are lying their guts or he indeed is sick. Jose didn't know Pogba's not feeling well yesterday.
Pogba isn't likely to come out and say "I'm not really sick. Just chucking a sickie to completely undermine my manager and show we're not on the same page because I'm acting like a little baby since he played me in a position I don't like".
Too many characters for twitter for starters.
Just watch the post match conference.
He probably felt that he wasn't at the right level for this game so took the game off to be fresh for the Sevilla game.
Professional footballer on a squillion quid a week pulls a sickie. Outrageous behaviour, a new low. Personally I've had it with this guy, hope he leaves.
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