Yeah surprised it wasnt one of those.
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That was a 9/10 performance tonight.
Was very good today. On the defensive side he doesn’t run enough but did well to win the ball back using his strength
5 years of excuses tends to temper expectations tbh
He added a negative caveat after that comment and ignored several other pieces of defensive work that he didn’t with other players. Listen you always come in with these comments probably because they suit your negative narrative, whereas I have a different view.
That's a different debate. But the answer isn't planting Bruno at CM just so you give Pogba more licence to roam.
One draw back about Bruno is he's often too direct even in deeper parts of the pitch and that surrenders possession too easily. Ole has said it himself he has him pulling his hair out on the touchline when he does it.
Brunos directness should not be inhibited, but endorsed by playing him where he does most damage. Its also best for the team in my opinion. Pushing Bruno, our best player, back to cater for Pogba, a player who has had one foot out the door for a year now, is absolute batshit madness.
I think some have stopped watching the games and just decided Pogba is always better for France than he is for us. Both fans and media figures. It's become about criticising United now.
He's played much better than that for us. Against Spurs he was twice as good.
He was good tonight in the first half. Second half him and the rest of the French team dropped deep, kept it safe and simple. Nothing mind blowing there.
He's played much better than that for us. Against Spurs he was twice as good.
He was good tonight in the first half. Second half him and the rest of the French team dropped deep, kept it safe and simple. Nothing mind blowing there.
The brilliance of that pass to Hernandez
I agree, his main weakness is his stamina. You can see he gets gassed at about 65-ish mins, which I assume is normal for such a big guy with many bursts of explosiveness throughout the match.
What negative narrative? Pogba had a good game. Pogba had a heavy touch on one occasion. Pogba plays very well for France. Pogba played some magnificent balls today.
These are all things that both me and the commentator said. None of it has a negative narrative, so stop trying to spin one.
McCoist is one of the nicest most jovial media figures around. Loves a character.
Why would he decide to have a problem with Pogba?
Well Bruno will have to adapt as the double pivot + a number 10 bullshit has to stop if we want to compete. I think he could do a job in a 4-3-3 as much as further forward. Just as Pogba.
He doesn't. The poster is chatting shit and making things up. McCoist praised Pogba on about 3 different occasions, pointed out a slightly heavy touch in the offside goal, and the poster reacted like he burned his house down.
Maybe because Bruno has scored 26 in 1.5 seasons.
To put that into context - Pogba has scored 28 in 5... I can see why..
Bruno doesn't need to adapt to shit because he's not the problem. You don't take your best assets just to "do a job" in midfield. That's not how competing works.
Pogba was v v good today, as he is for France frequently in tournaments. He was the most advanced central midfielder who can't play in the same position for us because there's a better player ahead of him. It's that simple.
Oh grow up
Who is?
Yep. They're both brilliant players. Pogba more silky on the ball, Bruno more relentless with the work rate and direct in his play. Against a large amount of teams it'd be fine if we get a quality defensive mid, but in the big games it just won't work unless we had Kante with them. Even then not convinced. Neither are the possession players, players who dictate the tempo. Both are players who sprinkle the quality and give that attacking burst, which is fine and how Ole used them to end the season was good... except we didn't have enough quality in the midfield behind them, and Greenwood isn't at that level yet on the right. And Rashford can't play on the right. So I just don't see a long term solution to Pogba and Bruno, but anyway I doubt it'll need to be an issue for long. He'll leave this summer or next summer, unfortunately we haven't been able to get the best out of him and never had the right set up around him, but at least we got Bruno in and with Sancho coming hopefully, I don't think it'll be a huge loss. We definitely need to sort out the midfield though.
Great comparison between an attacking forward player who takes penalties and midfield playmaker.
Occasionally he pulls off the same great stuff yeah. People are talking about his energy/effort/effectiveness level though, which seems to take a step up with France. It may be because he’s in a better team and has more freedom though as has been mentioned, but it’s a talking point
It's our other two midfielders. So you either put Pogba in more of a Rabiot role, or you move him on.
Pogba is unhappy with us partly because he doesn't play in the advanced central role he wants, so it seems from his latest quotes as a preference. But no chance he takes that remit over Bruno. So although Pogba is also not a problem, he's not going to be a solution. Not least because he wants out anyway.
If it were up to me ideally I would see him stay and play him as a piviot with a better DM. But no chance in hell I take Bruno away from the 10.
While fans in here are using Bruno as a stick to beat Pogba with here's man himself
Unsurprisingly brilliant again today. I've said plenty of times that the answer to providing Pogba with the platform for these performances is a capable and confident DM (Kante) next to him that doesn't shit himself when passed the ball. Fred can chase and tackle (even though he's positionally shit) but he's clearly not good when pressured on the ball. Bruno has a bad tendency as the 3rd midfielder to disconnect too much from the pivot and play as a second striker as well, which is why in games like Villareal we get this shit 4-2-4 type set up that doesn't offer anyone in pockets of space to drag defenders out. It's partly on Bruno, and majority on getting that DM in that allows us to play without avoiding passing certain players the ball for fear of them fecking up.
While fans in here are using Bruno as a stick to beat Pogba with here's man himself
A lot of fanbois do take the internet debates too seriously tbh when the players themselves must be laughing at them
Today highlights again we need a CDM to play with him and Bruno.
Pogba on form is unplayable.
Pogba on form is unplayable.
I initially thought this was more on the coaches, but then again Bruno played exactly like this is the Portugal match today.
The strange thing is when he first came he was dictating and connecting a lot more than he does now, but then he became very focused on making runs to directly score or assist. I much prefer his previous, more controlled play.
Can’t wait for Portugal vs France, Bruno vs Pogs
While fans in here are using Bruno as a stick to beat Pogba with here's man himself
Dreams can't be rotate.
We will see. I’m not sure Bruno is the answer either, not for the biggest prizes. His numbers so far have been great but his performances for me often don’t match his stats and impact the team.
To be fair both are great players but neither had a consistent season. I’m of the opinion we still need to be better coached as a team, but I’m also in no doubt that the more great players we sign the better we will be. If we could add Sancho, Varane and a great DM to Pogba, Cavani, Greenwood, Rashford, Maguire, Shaw etc we’d be getting somewhere but still need to be better coached to win the biggest prizes and seen genuinely consistent performances from our players
He will never perform for United like he do with France, unless we get a top class DM next to him. He also looks much more motivated in the blue shirt. Just sell him and move on imo. Hopefully the Euros would bump his price up as well
I agree with your last paragraph. The way he finished the season, he was way too peripheral. He needs to be more involved
He was immense pre lockdown. I agree something has changed in where he is playing now
Is it..I was simply saying I can see why he got Player of the season. I didn't compare I just put it into context - before Bruno did Pogba not miss a couple of penalties?
Anyway...
Playmaker Hay.
Bruno = 19 in 1.5 seasons
Pogba = 14 in 2.5 seasons (half season when he was injured)
Hilarious seeing fans use them for agendas against each other while in real life they likely facetime each other every night
That's interesting. Would you be able to break those stats down to per game?
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