The Manchester United Thread

[Legend Incredible]

Rotate them, Casemiro on the bench. Casemiro the only other destroyer iirc, and Kante is superior

Casemiro>kante

He single handedly shut down the barca and atletico Madrid midfield.

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[Mike.]

Matuidi and Pogba putting a big pressing shift in early.

 

[Theatre of dreams]

If we got both boy our midfield would be class!

 

[Anthony]

Liking Matuidi... A lot.

 

[Scouseinthehouse]

Absolutely gutted for Ronaldo. I wonder if this now makes Madrid go all in for Pogba if he's out for a good whiles with what looks like an LCL/ MCL?

 

[Mike.]

Absolutely gutted for Ronaldo. I wonder if this now makes Madrid go all in for Pogba if he's out for a good whiles with what looks like an LCL/ MCL?

Doesn't make a difference, he wouldnt play his role, and you cant really readjust the shape to match. Makes James Rodriguez much more important though

 

[Mike.]

Pogba quieter, Matuidi and Sissoko on fire.

 

[Theatre of dreams]

Absolutely gutted for Ronaldo. I wonder if this now makes Madrid go all in for Pogba if he's out for a good whiles with what looks like an LCL/ MCL?

Doubt it. It didn't look to bad he could still walk and put wait on it. And don't see how Pogba would replace Ronaldo. If anything this puts them off even more and if it is serious will need someone like Augbameyang or a player of that quality coming in to provide the goals. Andy Burton said that he has been told by top sources in Spain Madrid are definitely out and won't pay the fees.

 

[epic terrorist]

Absolutely gutted for Ronaldo. I wonder if this now makes Madrid go all in for Pogba if he's out for a good whiles with what looks like an LCL/ MCL?

I doubt that it will effect that, if it is serious may affect whether they decide to offload Morata

 

[Theatre of dreams]

Pogba quieter, Matuidi and Sissoko on fire.

Sissoko crimally underatted by many!

 

[Scouseinthehouse]

Doesn't make a difference, he wouldnt play his role, and you cant really readjust the shape to match. Makes James Rodriguez much more important though

Naturally he wouldn't play his role. My questioning was Madrid's liking for the biggest, shinny thing on the park.

 

[Mike.]

Naturally he wouldn't play his role. My questioning was Madrid's liking for the biggest, shinny thing on the park.

If that was the case they would have gone in for him regardless.

 

[Vanjagl]

Ok, i've been quiet till now on whole this Pogba thing.
Is Pogba really such a big difference on the pitch for Juventus and France? Are there players who can do similar job but go under the radar? What exactly is Pogba? What kind of midfielder? He seems decently rounded with good technique. For me - he's not the final piece, not for that price anyway.

 

[Mike.]

Ok, i've been quiet till now on whole this Pogba thing.
Is Pogba really such a big difference on the pitch for Juventus and France? Are there players who can do similar job but go under the radar? What exactly is Pogba? What kind of midfielder? He seems decently rounded with good technique. For me - he's not the final piece, not for that price anyway.

Bigger for Juve than for France, who have him currently as some kind of holder. He's a creative box to box mid with incredible technique, speed, skill and pace. He's also raw and over complicates, and needs more discipline. He can easily become the best mid in the world. Used right he can break open any game.

 

[Subtle]

Pogba's great when he's used as an attacking player, who also happens to be physical and able to tackle. Personally I think he's at his best when he has a defensive man behind him to do the bulk of the holding work and a solid passer/tackler beside him like Marchisio to be the distributor and the guy holding his position in midfield. He would have been horrifyingly good at Madrid if they were willing to a 4-3-3 with him at the tip, Kroos/Modric beside and Kante/Casemiro for example.

This bizarre pivot with Matuidi, where he can't make as many runs off the ball and he is expected to be the main distributor, is a really bad way of using him.

 

[Tyton]

Being listed on the stock market is actually largely irrelevant to having money and spending it.

You should try saying that at shareholder meeting. People expect longterm prospects from their stock, spending a 100 million just because you can is out of the question.

 

[Mike.]

Pogba's great when he's used as an attacking player, who also happens to be physical and able to tackle. Personally I think he's at his best when he has a defensive man behind him to do the bulk of the holding work and a solid passer/tackler beside him like Marchisio to be the distributor and the guy holding his position in midfield. He would have been horrifyingly good at Madrid if they were willing to a 4-3-3 with him at the tip, Kroos/Modric beside and Kante/Casemiro for example.

This bizarre pivot with Matuidi, where he can't make as many runs off the ball and he is expected to be the main distributor, is a really bad way of using him.

He would be great with Carrick/Schweinsteiger/Schneiderlin with him in a 4-2-3-1. Then you could throw in either another one of them or Herrera in a 4-3-3.

 

[Mike.]

You should try saying that at shareholder meeting. People expect longterm prospects from their stock, spending a 100 million just because you can is out of the question.

It has zero impact on the shareholder meeting, spending cash you easily have has zero impact on stock value. They have **** all say in how the money is spent too. They can ask questions, but they have absolutely no control on how the club is run.

 

[Mike.]

What WILL push the stock up and down, is largely down to where United finish, what United win, and how much good exposure United get.

 

[Scouseinthehouse]

Sissoko crimally underatted by many!

Try telling that to Geordies who have seen VERY little of his last three games in this tournament.

Playing for a contract elsewhere and a medal.