Ali Dia
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Yeah a Pogba level player for free is a huge gamble.
Yeah, if he’s asking for top money and he keeps up his injury and form he’s another Sanchez waiting to happen to some club
Yeah a Pogba level player for free is a huge gamble.
On this kind of fitness and form he’ll be an expensive mistake for his next team too. Just not worth close to what he thinks he is. If he goes and plays AM for his next team he’ll be fine. He just hasn’t matured into a good enough box to box. Not physical or efficient enough for this league as a box to box
Is he even any good as an AM?
It hurts me to see him in our own half, but he had some decent moves in the final third.
I feel for him, I'm leaving my company in 2 months as well and my performance is similar.
Yes, but when he was (occasionally) deeper in our own half, he created more problems for us than for City. It's the final third he is effective.He was playing almost like a striker today?
Rangnick would never play if his issues were down to laziness, I have no doubt that. The man, in his current shape, cannot perform more than 55-60min before he shuts down completely.Unfit you're saying? Aye that's one way of reading it! He's not unfit, he's simply not mithered.
Yep. We got rid of van de Beek because apparently he was bad at trainings (so I've heard on here).Rangnick would never play if his issues were down to laziness, I have no doubt that. The man, in his current shape, cannot perform more than 55-60min before he shuts down completely.
Rangnick would never play if his issues were down to laziness, I have no doubt that. The man, in his current shape, cannot perform more than 55-60min before he shuts down completely.
I feel for him, I'm leaving my company in 2 months as well and my performance is similar.
But it's not like he has decided now he is looking for a move. This situation has been going on for almost 1,5 a year (when his agent announced Pogba wants to leave). So it's likely he already has a move arranged. He's a senior player, I doubt interested clubs need another few months of assessment.It's a bit different to that. He should be putting himself in the shop window to get his big move to his dream club. I thought we'd see the best of him in his last months.
I wonder if he's being subbed first everytime now because of the heart monitors the players wear which I think indicate who is flagging. There's a possibility that his Covid is still affecting his breathing too.
Not rating him is fine but he's showed he doesn't hesitate to sub and/or bench any player in the squad (except Bruno )Aye, maybe. The thing is that, from what I've seen so far, I don't rate ragnick either.
I'm sure Ralf wouldn't have minded keeping but the damage was already done by Ole and Ralf did little to convince VDB to stayYep. We got rid of van de Beek because apparently he was bad at trainings (so I've heard on here).
Not rating him is fine but he's showed he doesn't hesitate to sub and/or bench any player in the squad (except Bruno )
But it's not like he has decided now he is looking for a move. This situation has been going on for almost 1,5 a year (when his agent announced Pogba wants to leave). So it's likely he already has a move arranged. He's a senior player, I doubt interested clubs need another few months of assessment.
It's a bit different to that. He should be putting himself in the shop window to get his big move to his dream club. I thought we'd see the best of him in his last months.
I wonder if he's being subbed first everytime now because of the heart monitors the players wear which I think indicate who is flagging. There's a possibility that his Covid is still affecting his breathing too.
I know. I just find it funny some people believe vdb was bad at training and after 3 sessions Ralf decided to send him on loan.I'm sure Ralf wouldn't have minded keeping but the damage was already done by Ole and Ralf did little to convince VDB to stay
It's quite amazing what those Dubai facilities can do for your fitness, right @JPRouve ?
I don't understand why we have offered him a new contract. He doesn't suit the team we are or the team we are trying to be.
Commercial reasons.I don't understand why we have offered him a new contract. He doesn't suit the team we are or the team we are trying to be.
Great performance on the ball at least.
Great performance on the ball at least.
Yep. The only one capable of accurate long passes into space, we needed him to stay on to break the lines. Starting to think many in our fan base are clueless, expect the few genuinely good players we have to drag the likes of mcfred, maguire, an out of form rashford to wins in big games.As is regularly the case when we play City, Pogba is the one player capable of playing at that level. Then he gets criticised because the team shat the bed. We lost any composure when he left the field.
How would you describe Bruno’s performance then?Is that it? He made two good passes, hardly great