The more I think about it, the only conclusion I can come to is that Pogba has too much talent, and that it's been too easy for him. We all had 'that' kid at school, who could show up without studying and get top marks, just because some quirk of genetics means their brain works a bit better than everyone elses'.
But typically those kids aren't the ones that go onto found huge companies, make ground-breaking discoveries and so forth. It's the kids that are smart - of course - but have some grit, some drive and something to prove.
I think that's Pogba's problem - and he's definitely not alone in football. There are countless 'wonderkids' with the world at their feet who never quite get the mentality and effort to match their technical prowess.
What he's done in the game is still staggering. He's won multiple trophies, performed on the biggest stage and became one of the most iconic players of a generation. He's an elite footballer.
I think the general frustration with him - not the racists with their agenda or the ABUs with theirs' - is that he should be the best player in the world. But no matter how many ridiculous half-volleyed perfect through balls he hits (the one in added time? woof!) he still makes the same mistakes that cost his team. And he shouldn't be forgiven for that.
And those saying we should build around him instead of the vastly-less talented, less-physically-capable and just less Bruno - we tried that for 3 years. Bruno's the equivalent of the less-innately smart kid who had to grind for everything, and is now the billionaire.
This is where I disagree with you. Pogba should not be the best player in the world. People expecting him to be is where the disappointment comes in.
People are constantly debating how to 'unlock' Pogba. Thinking if only X, Y and Z happens then suddenly he will turn into Roy of the Rovers.
This, I feel, is a fantasy. Partly sold to us by Raiola, partly sold to us by Man Utd, to keep Pogba's value up with potential buyers and marketing partners. If only Pogba was playing with this player, if only he played in this system, if only Mourinho stopped stifling him, if only Ole was as tactically astute as Deschamps. The list goes on and on, and it goes on because those people who have the most investment in Pogba either a) want it to be true or b) want others to believe its true.
To me that sets Pogba up to fail. It holds him to an unrealistic standard. All of a sudden, simply because he's playing alongside Kante, he is never allowed to lose the ball. Which other midfielder is held to that standard? You don't hear people saying Kroos and Modric aren't allowed to lose the ball because they've got Casemiro backing them up.
The issue is people don't want Pogba to be what he is, they want him to be
more than he is. So people will go crazy about Pogba being amazing for France, then glitch out when he's subbed against Hungary for having an average game. They want him to be 9/10 every single match and, in the dream world they've constructed, he's only Kante away from being that.
We should just appreciate Pogba for Pogba. He's a very good, frequently more than very good midfielder. Because of that he will have more great games than the opposite. But he's not a machine. He's not going to through games without making any mistakes whatsoever and, like all players, he will have off days. If we judge Pogba by the standards applied to players like Thiago Alcantara or Marco Veratti, its hard to point to another midfielder who is clearly better than he is. That's how we should look at him. Instead of expecting him to be something closer to a comic character.