Finally nice to see a pundit give him some praise in Didier Drogba.
feck off Souness.
feck off Souness.
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We could play 4-4-2 with Fred on the right, Martial on the left and Sanchez in the Griezmann role.
Very mature performance. Perfect game
Was class today, exactly what I want from a CM. He had an overall a good tournament so far. Keep it Paul till the final. 
Had very good game and also had good world cup. Probably second best Player for France.
Should have twatted that cnut Otamendi at the end. Great game.
Think he wasn't aggressive as he was yellow away from suspension.
Pogba, Kante and Mbappe have been best players for France for rest of the tournament
Thought he grew into the game slowly but was excellent by the end. A good day for him.
Good world cup so far. Go on Paul .
.France really turned it up in the 2nd and Pogba was great. If they turn it up some more there's no stopping them.
Some want us to sell him and buy Savic.
Excellent performance.
Fantastico.
Good to see many United players having a very good WC with Pogba, Lukaku and Lingard being the best of the bunch, Rojo with a great goal while Matic and Lindelof have been quite good.
The only let down has been DDG, but I'm sure he will come good
The only let down has been DDG, but I'm sure he will come good
Still overplays/shields it at times.
Big fan of him and he had great moments in this game but I thought he was overshadowed by Kante and Matuidi in the 2nd half.
Big fan of him and he had great moments in this game but I thought he was overshadowed by Kante and Matuidi in the 2nd half.
They're nuts
Apologise you cnuts
Bow down
Bow down
Very solid game he had. His passes from deep were the once that impressed me.
he was brilliant today. A lot of France's offence came from his passes. He is not a 10 but an 8.
He played relatively deep and on the right. Quite a change from where the I'm often told is his ideal position.
He's at his best being the driving force who frees others, rather than the one who needs to be freed up himself.
He's at his best being the driving force who frees others, rather than the one who needs to be freed up himself.
Great, disciplined performance today. Makes me wonder what Jose actually says to him when he plays in a two.
Today, he kept the game ticking over and made some wonderful passes, but very rarely got ahead of the ball. Actually, he and Kante just sat in front of the defence and supplied the front four.
When he plays in a two for us, he's often found out of position. Maybe Jose is telling him to get forward, but Pogba isn't getting back quick enough.
Going forward, today is exactly how I'd want to see him playing for us, if/when we play a two man midfield. Getting the ball of the back four and dictating play, without getting forward too much - a deeplying playmaker, if you like, with energy next to him. A bit like Alonso/Khedira at Madrid.
Today, he kept the game ticking over and made some wonderful passes, but very rarely got ahead of the ball. Actually, he and Kante just sat in front of the defence and supplied the front four.
When he plays in a two for us, he's often found out of position. Maybe Jose is telling him to get forward, but Pogba isn't getting back quick enough.
Going forward, today is exactly how I'd want to see him playing for us, if/when we play a two man midfield. Getting the ball of the back four and dictating play, without getting forward too much - a deeplying playmaker, if you like, with energy next to him. A bit like Alonso/Khedira at Madrid.
was a mature measure performance from Paul today. I think tactically he was excellent. He seemed to have more of a team oriented mind set today which makes him do the right things more often.
Great long passes and driving runs. Pogba at his best those two aspects of play.
Pogba theory:
Fans, Mourinho and the press all tell him too often what he's not good at and that needs to work on it that he loses his attention on his best qualities and the aspects of play that can make him so effective.
It was great to see him driving at people from deep, attacking space. No midfield in the world wants to have to face their own goal and chase Pogba down.
Pogba theory:
Fans, Mourinho and the press all tell him too often what he's not good at and that needs to work on it that he loses his attention on his best qualities and the aspects of play that can make him so effective.
It was great to see him driving at people from deep, attacking space. No midfield in the world wants to have to face their own goal and chase Pogba down.
Dont know enough about Fred, but does this mean next season our midfield will be:
......Pogba...Fred......
...........Matic.........
Like I said, I havent seen Fred play enough to know how Jose is going to utilise him with/without Pogba?
......Pogba...Fred......
...........Matic.........
Like I said, I havent seen Fred play enough to know how Jose is going to utilise him with/without Pogba?
There wasn't much of a difference between his normal United performances and his performance today.
His performances look much better when there's better players around and players making runs for him. It also helps when not every move has to go through him so there's not as much need to force things.
The only difference I'd say is he didn't have 3 long range strikes but apart from that the usual Pogba for me.
His performances look much better when there's better players around and players making runs for him. It also helps when not every move has to go through him so there's not as much need to force things.
The only difference I'd say is he didn't have 3 long range strikes but apart from that the usual Pogba for me.
I don't think he was much different today than his usual United performance this past season. We expect him to do everything for us and it's impossible. Today he was good in all areas but he had players helping him defensively and attackers making runs ahead of him.
The main difference is that he didn't ball hog, he only tried to keep it when there were no options. At United we've seen him countless of times keep the ball unnecessary
I think this is key. With Mbappe and Griezmann ahead and Kante buzzing around there was always options. With us he often has very little choice.
Good point. Man United is terrible in terms of off the ball movement, no wonder all the great passers/midfielders we've bought over the years have struggled badly.
Lingard is always finding space while Lukaku is always dropping deep or drifting wide. KDB doesn't have a problem finding him?
Paul also has a license to get forward that he doesn't have for France. He's playing a different game, he's one of the players that's supposed to be on the move!
The difference betwee pognited and francepog is theh have mbappe and griezman up front. We have valencia and lukaku
Whoever says that should be banned
Lukaku was immense in build up play last year. You guys need to stop downing all of our players to pick another one up.
Lingard runs back and forth across the defensive line and Lukaku often drops deep. Both pretty useless runs to make for a player who is at his best playing passes between and behind the lines. It's not like he didn't have a very good season with us anyway, and he found Lukaku in particular plenty of times.
Alexis Sanchez, Lukaku, Martial, Lingard must up their movement game then as they are clearly lacking
Decent game today as the functional brain in the midfield but neither Modric nor Zidane, so he is enormously wasted potential there. For what he was at Juve, he should play in the Matuidi role instead to be a natural.
His nickname should be Son Gohan.
He rarely uses all his gifts to the fullest.
He rarely uses all his gifts to the fullest.
Pogba went missing in the first half as Argentina dominated possession. Nothing special.
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