Ooooh, I see. God, so silly of me. Of course that's the explanation: Pogba was never reliable in the first place! I completely forgot about that. I was just distracted by his 8 goals, 12 assists, and just general domination of any midfield we played against last year, but I TOTALLY see it now.
This is like Animal Farm, or 1984. Truths can just change based on convenience of current argument we're trying to sell. It's a fun world you live in! I have a feeling if you read enough posts, you'll eventually see someone making the claim that Chiellini was always overrated, and that Caceras was the star of our defensive line all along


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Also, the way you talk about our midfield gives the impression that we are just creating chances left, right, and center! You're describing our midfield situation like we constantly get 15-20 chances per game, but that our only problem is we're soft defensively and so we need someone like Kante to solidify our midfield and we're set!
We had TWO SHOTS ON GOAL against Lyon. Let that sink in. We scored with a penalty. But yea, sure, Allan will solve that and we'll win the Champions League with him next year.
(How deluded are you people?!?!?!? It's okay to admit that Pjanic is a massive downgrade to Pogba. It's fine, just say it - saying it won't make it your fault that we did this stupid thing.)