Mazzy Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Pogba has played 150 games for Man U, 29 goals, 38 assists. Decent but not outstanding stats and certainly not worth the money he would be asking. Man U havent been a mess for a while and wont get much better for another year or so. He'll improve wherever he goes just down to the fact he won't be at Man U but don't see it being with us. Will probably go to PSG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 34 minutes ago, Guybrush said: I'm not saying this to be contrarian, but I've never understood the Pogba hype. Maybe I've just not seen enough of him play? I remember watching him when it was the Juve/Barca CL final and not understanding the hype then too. I don't watch Man U much, so I only see the headlines complaining about his effort and attitude. Headlines are often wrong though, so if he is world class I'd be happy to see him here, provided he fits in with Howe's plans. The fact we're even talking about this is mental considering we had to watch Colback week in week out. personally thought he was class at Juve. Pirlo, Vidal and Pogba was a dream midfield. He hasn’t really put it together all in one go at Manchester United. Certainly not on a regular basis, but I think the hype comes from the fact that he has literally every attribute. He can dribble, pass(both in terms of vision and execution), shoot from range or simple tap in. He’s tall, strong, quick, agile has good stamina. andbyet rarely puts all this together on a consistent basis for Manchester United. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: there’s a lot of talented players available for free that I think we should heavily consider. Pogba is an easy yes. Tolisso too. Obviously Modric. A lot of big clubs have limited financed and are also investing heavily on free transfers. Pogba is an easy yes? No he isn't, not at all. Actually, he is an easy no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 What's the beef with Pogba? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 30 minutes ago, The Prophet said: What's the beef with Pogba? He's inconsistent and would want 3 or 400 grand a week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, relámpago blanco said: He's inconsistent and would want 3 or 400 grand a week. He's a class player, but I doubt either party would want the move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 My question with transfers is - is he good enough and has the right attitude to help get us into the Champions League? If yes, get them in. If his wages are 350-400k on a year deal that’s £70m. That’s maybe £10m more than Bruno G over 3 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: My question with transfers is - is he good enough and has the right attitude to help get us into the Champions League? If yes, get them in. If his wages are 350-400k on a year deal that’s £70m. That’s maybe £10m more than Bruno G over 3 years. I'm really glad we don't seem to be going with that sort of approach. Pogba has been terribly inconsistent for years now, with lots of different managers, and in teams with players much better than ours currently are. With that current Man United team he's struggling to get them in the Champions League, and so no idea why you think he'd do that at Newcastle. He'd also be paid a fortune too, which would be such a waste because he just wouldn't justify the outlay. Think it would be a horrid move. I see him joining PSG and all their other highly paid players so they can have an easy time in Ligue 1 without having to over exert themselves much, and then get knocked out of the Champions League every year. Edited March 24, 2022 by KaKa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Central Midfielders shouldn’t be judged by goals and assists. Im not living or dying by Pogba. I think mentality is #1 but will let the football people decide on that. I think we need to be aggressive in the transfer market. It’s a rich, difficult league. I look at West Ham, £30m £120k on Zouma. Good business. Dan Burn is an excellent character but there’s a quality gap to Zouma. They’re going to finish 7-8th. You can fill a squad with Matt Targett’s for 15m-30m 80k per week and finish 11th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 3 hours ago, relámpago blanco said: Would take Fernando's. Looking at Man United squad I don't think there are many I would want. Sancho all day long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 No thanks on Pogba. Coasting on his name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 No to Pogba. Yes to Elliott Anderson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 16 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Central Midfielders shouldn’t be judged by goals and assists. Im not living or dying by Pogba. I think mentality is #1 but will let the football people decide on that. I think we need to be aggressive in the transfer market. It’s a rich, difficult league. I look at West Ham, £30m £120k on Zouma. Good business. Dan Burn is an excellent character but there’s a quality gap to Zouma. They’re going to finish 7-8th. You can fill a squad with Matt Targett’s for 15m-30m 80k per week and finish 11th. Don't think anyone has mentioned goals and assists in relation to Pogba. He just hasn't been very good in general, and is constantly in and out of the Man U team because of it. There's a huge range of players out there. Not going for the likes of Pogba, doesn't mean we are going to be filling the team with players at the level of Burn and Targett. I think we'll get really good players in that are far more consistent and also on the way up rather than on the downturn like Pogba seems to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I’d take him I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 He’s now like lots of other players, a top player on his day who performs magnificently, but can’t do it consistently and when he doesn’t, he does it bad. Again, he’s half arsed about even playing for Man Utd, I wouldn’t want him or his ilk anywhere near NUFC. Same for Neymar. Who wants that kind of baggage? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 His performances for Juve and the French national team suggest to me that he's more effective in the continental style of football rather than the Premiership. I know the gap between the two has narrowed, but the extra physicality and pace of the Premiership just seems to make a crucial difference with him. In the Premiership, I think you'd have to give him a free role and build the team around him. For teams aiming for the very top, that wouldn't be the best way forward overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 This talk of Pogba and a 365 article asking this but who who was our worst free transfer of all time? Hendrick has to be up there. Sol Campbell perhaps? I think Geremi was on a free too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Just now, Doctor Zaius said: This talk of Pogba and a 365 article asking this but who who was our worst free transfer of all time? Hendrick has to be up there. Sol Campbell perhaps? I think Geremi was on a free too. Colback. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Bernard second time around Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Campbell, Gosling, Colback, Hendrick and Carroll all spring to mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said: This talk of Pogba and a 365 article asking this but who who was our worst free transfer of all time? Hendrick has to be up there. Sol Campbell perhaps? I think Geremi was on a free too. Geremi at least had a useful spell albeit short. Campbell barely played and was poor when he did. Can't comment on Hendrick as i believe he's never actually been on the pitch, or i just missed him as the invisible man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 One free transfer I was really looking forward to seeing due to his history as a mainstay (captain even, I think) in that dominant Lyon side of the noughties was Claudio Cacapa - needless to say it was a huge anticlimax Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I see we're being linked with Lloyd Kelly again, he looks decent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 1 hour ago, KaKa said: Don't think anyone has mentioned goals and assists in relation to Pogba. He just hasn't been very good in general, and is constantly in and out of the Man U team because of it. There's a huge range of players out there. Not going for the likes of Pogba, doesn't mean we are going to be filling the team with players at the level of Burn and Targett. I think we'll get really good players in that are far more consistent and also on the way up rather than on the downturn like Pogba seems to be. See: 3 hours ago, Mazzy said: Pogba has played 150 games for Man U, 29 goals, 38 assists. Decent but not outstanding stats and certainly not worth the money he would be asking. Man U havent been a mess for a while and wont get much better for another year or so. He'll improve wherever he goes just down to the fact he won't be at Man U but don't see it being with us. Will probably go to PSG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 39 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: See: Ah, missed that. Fair enough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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