Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

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How should he be used fam ?

He's literally been tried in every position in the midfield / midfield partnerships

"He's alright but he's not real" :yeshrug:
These Pogba dikkriders are annoying breh. He got carried in midfield at Juventus and for France, the man is a fukking fraud.
 

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How should he be used fam ?

He's literally been tried in every position in the midfield / midfield partnerships

"He's alright but he's not real" :yeshrug:


He needs a defensive midfielder behind him and he needs to play with mobile players who do not lose the ball cheaply.

You see this both with France and at Juve.

Paul is not good on the turn, is slow to get up to speed and loses the ball more than he should.

His short passing game is average at best.

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Ole is a bad manager

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Of those two wins one should have been a loss and one a draw.

Anyway time will show what I have been saying for ages. Ole is useless and lacks the tactical sophistication required at this level of the game.


No, not box to box. A forward looking 8.

You need fast+energetic full-backs, the CDM has to be fast and at least 1 fast CB.

Also you need (as a team) to keep the ball better to get around his defensive frailties.

If Pogba goes to a team that dominates possession (like France) he will show what he can do.

I think all of the players are suffering from playing under Ole.
 

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How should he be used fam ?

He's literally been tried in every position in the midfield / midfield partnerships

"He's alright but he's not real" :yeshrug:

He's just above average, nikkas just don't want to admit it. You never pay 100 million for a CM...not even Iniesta, not even Xavi
 

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He's just above average, nikkas just don't want to admit it. You never pay 100 million for a CM...not even Iniesta, not even Xavi

He is like Glenn Hoddle used to be (but not as good a long passer) , if you remember him.

He works well in the right team but he has significant weaknesses in his game.
 

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He needs a defensive midfielder behind him and he needs to play with mobile players who do not lose the ball cheaply.

You see this both with France and at Juve.

Paul is not good on the turn, is slow to get up to speed and loses the ball more than he should.

His short passing game is average at best.

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Ole is a bad manager

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Of those two wins one should have been a loss and one a draw.

Anyway time will show what I have been saying for ages. Ole is useless and lacks the tactical sophistication required at this level of the game.



What about grass length and temperature?

If it rains a little too hard then you can't expect him to perform.
 

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He's Ozil. Needs runners with him and defensive cover. They don't hide him well. Would still build the team around him over Bruno though.

Bruno was a strange purchase. High output but his skills are at odds with the other players. Because of his low ball retention he is another player that needs the right supporting cast.

VdB for me is supposed to be backup for when (if) Pogba leaves and for depth.

Our priority should have been a CDM ... Partey for example. Fabinho maybe.
 
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