#Pogbal
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Did the same for Martial's goal at Everton. His awareness around the box is excellent.
Pogba is so good. He has potential to be the best in the world. I'm really glad he's here, such a joy to watch when he's in the mood.
The thing about statistics is that they are at least somewhat objective.
How is it objective when arbitrary number is given for each chance created?
I really don't think Scholes' opportunistic snipes at Pogba got the ridicule they deserved. He clearly had an agenda against him from the start and jumped on quite literally his only poor performance this season to rehash last season's tired narrative.
He would probably be in the running for POTY had he played enough games - He's having an incredible impact given how deep he's been played. Still hasn't lost a league game in an age either.
He would probably be in the running for POTY had he played enough games - He's having an incredible impact given how deep he's been played. Still hasn't lost a league game in an age either.
This.
I think Scholes has had it in for Pogba since Pogba said that Scholes coming out of retirement was the reason he decided to leave for Juventus.
Another performance to prove all the doubters wrong.
As much as it gains grief for saying it - it'll be wonderful when he plays like that against one of the big teams. Possibly not all down to himself that issue (tactics etc) to be fair.
He is a wonderful passer of the ball....play him further up the pitch Jose!
Depends, who decides what is an easy chance created and which is not? You even go as far as argue that some assists are made easier because of the recipient. If that is so, any assist made to Messi should be counted as easy? Moreover, just because something looks easy from an armchair doesn't mean it is easy on the pitch. I like stats too, but when stats tell me that Rooney was one of the fastest players around, I also choose to use my own two eyes - the same goes with stats concerning players' assists.
Just as a tap-in counts just as much a a volley or a long range beauty, an assist is an assist. Not every player would have made that pass to Martial.
With world class players around him this guy will dominate. It's amazing if you think he's joint top of the assist rankings but has only played 13 games compared to KDB's 23.
I would love to see the amount of praise he would get if the press didn't hate Mou AND United.
I would love to see the amount of praise he would get if the press didn't hate Mou AND United.
They hate him too.
He'll overtake De Bruyne in the hype stakes by the end of the season.
Offensively he was great as usual, but honestly, that first half was one of the worst defensive performances i've seen from a midfielder.
It's a shame we haven't seen him against the big sides this season apart from Arsenal and we all saw how influential he was in that game. I have no doubt if Pogba had played against Liverpool for instance he would've turned that game from a draw to a win. There are such fine margins in those games and we went through a really tough period of games without our best player.
Yep, I get that. It's certainly not a perfect metric, and it's made worse by people misusing it or misunderstanding what it intends to represent. Just think of it as a supplemental tool to help measure aspects of a player's performance that stats like goals and assists can't accurately measure.
I think part of the hate xG gets is because some of the xG metric creators refused to disclose the inputs that are measured. But here's one from Michael Caley:
And here's a deep analysis performed by Colin Trainor:
https://statsbomb.com/2013/08/goal-expectation-and-efficiency/
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I probably worded my post too harshly.
I agree stats usage can be taken to extremes, and certainly the more obscure stats are more prone to getting twisted to suite a person's argument. I think there's room for both, though.
MAJESTIC
I can't stop repeating myself about his ease of executing skills to beat players. So easy for him.
at 4.10, is he trying to do the fecking Rainbow? He's the most flairy player in the top 5 leagues.
I would love to watch him play live in the flesh at Old Trafford one day
Pogba assists ever 126 minutes, best in the league
He does all his work in a 2 man midfield as well. How would the likes of Kroos, de Bruyne etc do in the same circumstance? Pogba in a 3 is easily on their level and can be better.
Next year he’ll level up again and be even more ridiculous.
Next year he’ll level up again and be even more ridiculous.
Personally think scholes comments werent really anything bad. He just said he wasn't really being used to his full potential his full potential is using him in a midfield 3 and letting him have a gerrard/lampard role and burst forward, be creative, get in attacking positions and dominate up there. Shouldn't be seen as a midfield general to dictate games. In fact I'd say he needs that next to him to bring out his best, and I think that's what scholes meant. Obviously he can still do well there, but not nearly as well as when he gets the freedom to attack.
Agreed.
Sometimes I don’t think pundits understand Pogba. He isn’t a midfielder in the traditional 442 sense they all seem to love.
Nah, City's always a bit more hype and cooler... just look at how cool and amazing Pep is
That's why he should only be played in 3 man midfield.
I think Jose has given Pogba enough freedom to play however he likes. Why does he have to shoehorn him into a specific role like Gerrard/Lampard role or a Xavi/Pirlo role? Paul, a unique player, is clearly playing the Paul Pogba role and he is damn good at it.
He has already shown that he is capable of controlling the play from deep or be heavily involved in final third, playing it to a very high level. So, why take away any aspect of it? With time, his consistency and decision making is going to improve. Let him play the role he is best at, and get a midfielder to complement his game.
He has already shown that he is capable of controlling the play from deep or be heavily involved in final third, playing it to a very high level. So, why take away any aspect of it? With time, his consistency and decision making is going to improve. Let him play the role he is best at, and get a midfielder to complement his game.
Pogba assists ever 126 minutes, best in the league
It’s crazy, you’d think the opposition would have some way of tracking this and when it reaches 125 minutes, get three or four players marking him.
Remember when he was the "elephant" in the room.Idiots.
The proverbial elephant in disguise
Jose lets him get away with way too much, Allegri never used to let him do that.
Funny.
With Allegri, Pogba only played in a midfield 3 ( except against Bayern when he played as LM in the first legs and as SS in the second leg because Dybala was injuried ).
Allegri knew that it was a waste to play Pogba in a midfield 2.
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Think we need the hyperbole police for this post.
Watch it again, we were basically playing a one man midfield.
I'd say it's almost entirely not down to him. Mourinho plays a totally different game of football against big teams. Defensive, pessimistic, centred around tactical and positional discipline. Pogba will never put in a great performance in a game like that, period.
He had the problem in Juventus. Dominated in the Serie A, was a bleak shadow of himself in the big games in the CL, year after year.
Seems to be a mental thing. Can he improve in big games? This spring will tell.
Still wouldn't be guaranteed to get into Spurs midfield.
Oh, Glaston, never change.
Oh, Glaston, never change.
Almost started a thread about this. We let teams of the hook way too many times. We stopped trying to score after 3-0 the other day with 15 mins to go.
Pogba usually starts to relax as soon as he feels the game is won. I hope he changes that mentality.
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