Thankfully they've all fecked off. Was getting really tired of the constant moaning yesterday from them.
Paul Pogba | Undergoing Medical | Helping out the Laundry Ladies
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You don't say!
Wasn't he pretty much the first midfielder (I use that term loosely) we bought in years? During the barren midfield years before, even the likes of Charlie Adams were briefly considered by various posters. If that doesn't scream desperate I don't know what does.
Pogba wouldn't have suited LVG's style either. The manager and the style of play are very critical. For the likes of schneiderlin and Herrera, LVG was completely unsuitable. BFS less so. Under Mourinho, both Herrera and schneiderlin will do much better if given the chance.
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Yes, we bought someone who flourished as a pseudo target man playing as a 10 and were then appalled when he didn't do well at CM. Hell, we even tried him as the DM, so so stupid.
I still think the midfield has been and still is generally fine, Pogba or no Pogba. We controlled the tempo of most matches with ease. By comparison, our midfield used to get outplayed by the likes of West Brom and Sunderland.
Martial aside, not one of the attacking players we had going into last season were good enough to start regularly for Manchester United.
The same still applies to all of Young, Lingard, Rooney, Memphis and (at present) Januzaj. We were shite last season because our attackers were horrendous.
The comment above about us being top heavy is a strange one. Zlatan, Mkhitaryan are still unknown quantities in the Premier League and only Martial, Rashford and (sometimes) Mata look anything like being good enough for semi-regular game time here.
In short, the midfield gets an unnecessary bad rap.
Think a lot of people got excited and carried away as it was Moyes first signing. If I recall we wanted Baines and Fellaini at the same time!
If you think that the likes of Adidas and co have not been told about a deal like this then you're wrong. United's top men will want to prove to the likes of Adidas that they can still attract the worlds best players and be the biggest player on the market. They will be briefing the sponsors regularly.
And once its out to the sponsors its not inconceivable that people working for them have heard rumours, seen or typed up internal communications. Further its not inconceivable that such people then tell someone else
Mods, I know I'm asking a lot here but when you have time could you look into implementing some sort of summary widget on the transfer threads? Something either at the top of the page on or the right hand side that summarizes all the news/gossip that's been posted from reliable sources regarding this possible transfer.
Threads like this move so fast that you end up with loads of duplication and people explaining to other people what they missed while they were sleeping or at work. I tried to go back through the pages today to find out why everyone was so excited, I had to go back about 30 pages to find one Tweet that caused everything.
Threads like this move so fast that you end up with loads of duplication and people explaining to other people what they missed while they were sleeping or at work. I tried to go back through the pages today to find out why everyone was so excited, I had to go back about 30 pages to find one Tweet that caused everything.
Naa, what ever Olly does will be classic I am sure.Give him a break. The pressure must be unbearable on him after all this success he's had on here with his work. So much expectation. What if he fails and embarrasses himself with alerts in the single digits. What if he's presented with the dreaded sympathy posts like "Not your best work Olly, but we know you are a legend and look forward to be enraptured by your next masterpiece."?
He needs to prepare.
I read that as wummery widget
I remember one mentalist PM'ing me talking about how impressive Fellaini had been for us.
I wonder if the fact that Juve are not willing to strengthen their Champions league rivals while weakening themselves has come into play at some point. Would explain the Kronos request from Jve
Your making that up...
Now please spend the rest of the day scouring the forum for a remotely positive post about him and then try Stretching that to fit the "some people" (which we all know is used to say a significant amount of people) said he would sort the midfield out narrative.
Usually tweets also appear in the twitter thread also
Maybe it's a case of unfinished business 30% and 70% about the money
I seem to recall a lot of people saying this, and then when we signed him because it was Moyes signing him instead of Ferguson, suddenly everyone changed their tune and decided he was shite
Although in fairness...this is weirdly accurate, as I bet if Ferguson signed him he'd have found a way to turn him into a half decent player somehow...maybe.
I also remember a thread just after Pogba left where loads of people were arguing with me that he wasn't very good and Ryan Tunnicliffe was a better prospect anyway. In fact, I may go and find this.
So you still believe we won't sign Pogba?I seem to recall a lot of people saying this, and then when we signed him because it was Moyes signing him instead of Ferguson, suddenly everyone changed their tune and decided he was shite
Although in fairness...this is weirdly accurate, as I bet if Ferguson signed him he'd have found a way to turn him into a half decent player somehow...maybe.
I also remember a thread just after Pogba left where loads of people were arguing with me that he wasn't very good and Ryan Tunnicliffe was a better prospect anyway. In fact, I may go and find this.
Wasn't me that's for sure.
People will always find a way to justify letting a player go, though, just like they're now trying to justify this incredibly overpriced fee for him.I seem to recall a lot of people saying this, and then when we signed him because it was Moyes signing him instead of Ferguson, suddenly everyone changed their tune and decided he was shite
Although in fairness...this is weirdly accurate, as I bet if Ferguson signed him he'd have found a way to turn him into a half decent player somehow...maybe.
I also remember a thread just after Pogba left where loads of people were arguing with me that he wasn't very good and Ryan Tunnicliffe was a better prospect anyway. In fact, I may go and find this.
@noodlehair Please find that Pogba thread
I do remember Tunnicliffe being wildly overrated on here with comparisons to Keane and whatnot.
I do remember Tunnicliffe being wildly overrated on here with comparisons to Keane and whatnot.
I seem to recall a lot of people saying this, and then when we signed him because it was Moyes signing him instead of Ferguson, suddenly everyone changed their tune and decided he was shite
Although in fairness...this is weirdly accurate, as I bet if Ferguson signed him he'd have found a way to turn him into a half decent player somehow...maybe.
I also remember a thread just after Pogba left where loads of people were arguing with me that he wasn't very good and Ryan Tunnicliffe was a better prospect anyway. In fact, I may go and find this.
It was never going to happen.
Let's hope he has a similar effect still in 3 or 4 seasons.
Still not sure...same as I said before. I'll believe it when there's something official or something from someone direct. I can't get excited over people putting tweets on twitter. It's horrendously boring and means nothing.
there's alot of people who rate the cookie monster to be honest.
If Di Marzio etc are correct and the deal should be closed and done by tomorrow night, is it fair to expect some huge & positive news today?
He doesn't need a medical. The guy has just played a full season and got to the final in the Euros
Just get him to swim a couple of lengths in one of those readily available pools he always seems to be around and that should prove he has more stamina than any of our current midfield.
I remember one mentalist PM'ing me talking about how impressive Fellaini had been for us.
Impressive? Surely he said scintillating?
Maybe some info about the medical?
Maybe deal agreed today and medical and signed off tomorrow?
We can't get any closer
What?
I remember that thread, and that wasn't the argument at all. People, myself included, said that if Pogba hadn't acted as though reserve football was beneath him and had shown the application that the likes of Tunnicliffe did then he'd had already made the first team by the time he left because his talent was never in question.
Pogba's problem back then was that he thought he should be playing in the first team and his response was to make little effort in reserve games rather than step it up to prove SAF wrong.
Cant wait for Pogba and Lingard to do their dab stuff, should be fun next season with the younger guys.
The big question is - if we actually sign him, does that make this thread ineligible for the 'Muppet Thread of the Summer' award?
No rule that says muppets may not triumph in order to be eligible.