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How many minutes will he play for jj in 23-24 season?


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Siamak

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Pogba is still world class, just watch him with France. He don't care about Man U, he's just there to chill. I don't think we will get him, not sure he's even an objective, but if we do I definitely won't be complaining. Put him back with Allegri and his boy Dybala and he will shine again.
He plays alongside kante for France and also obvious difference between Deschamps and Ole.
 

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JuveE46

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Dec 6, 2015
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I mean the part where you mention Khedira, first it was Vidal, then Sturaro and Khedira with AS, and then you say we need 100M on Kante and another mid for him to work out. It's not that complicated, if you put Pogba at LCM where he played before for us, you have Locatelli already, then add another mid (depending on where we see Locatelli, either a DM or RCM) and you will have not a working Pogba but a working midfield. Which we hadn't had in years
Yeah first it was Vidal and Marchisio then vidal left..we brought khadira and sturaro working his ass off on midfield clean up duty, and in addition to a better Sandro who allowed us to be safe defensively as a team, where jogba could operate enough in shitty non threatening serie A but that midfield would never be enough for CL.


For CL Pogba+Loca is still soft, to get it right we'd need at least a kante type for the third player for at least 50-60m to anchor that soft pussy midfield with Pogba in it (locateli is no destroyer himself) Plus Who will be back up for these players in the CL Bent? Mckenie? No they are not at same level..so that's another 30m at least for a decent backup/4th mid that's 80m.
So to get jogba and have the right type of players for him to thrive in, we have to buy him for 100 plus spend another 80m to have a balanced "working" midfield + backups. 180m could be spent on strengthening all areas of this team including the midfield.
Pogba for 35m and lower wages I'd be ok with for the right price. But for his price vs hype right now he fucked himself out of accomplishments with his price tag and believing in his own hype.

Pogba-------------Loca
-------------kante
 

michel

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Mar 25, 2010
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Yeah first it was Vidal and Marchisio then vidal left..we brought khadira and sturaro working his ass off on midfield clean up duty, and in addition to a better Sandro who allowed us to be safe defensively as a team, where jogba could operate enough in shitty non threatening serie A but that midfield would never be enough for CL.


For CL Pogba+Loca is still soft, to get it right we'd need at least a kante type for the third player for at least 50-60m to anchor that soft pussy midfield with Pogba in it (locateli is no destroyer himself) Plus Who will be back up for these players in the CL Bent? Mckenie? No they are not at same level..so that's another 30m at least for a decent backup/4th mid that's 80m.
So to get jogba and have the right type of players for him to thrive in, we have to buy him for 100 plus spend another 80m to have a balanced "working" midfield + backups. 180m could be spent on strengthening all areas of this team including the midfield.
Pogba for 35m and lower wages I'd be ok with for the right price. But for his price vs hype right now he fucked himself out of accomplishments with his price tag and believing in his own hype.

Pogba-------------Loca
-------------kante
what are you talking about, what 35m? He will be free agent in summer. Yes we will have to pay mino, but not 35m, and definitely not any transfer fee to united.

in any case we need to bring in two midfielders if we want to have a functioning midfield again. And like it or not, pogba is probably the best value for money deal out there. If you bring pogba, you could hypothetically add another top midfielder. There is no way we splash money on two wc midfielders paying transfer fees on both. If you think we are, you are deluded.
And I would rather add Pogba and some okayish or up and coming midfielder, than two mediocre ones.
 

JuveE46

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Dec 6, 2015
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what are you talking about, what 35m? He will be free agent in summer. Yes we will have to pay mino, but not 35m, and definitely not any transfer fee to united.

in any case we need to bring in two midfielders if we want to have a functioning midfield again. And like it or not, pogba is probably the best value for money deal out there. If you bring pogba, you could hypothetically add another top midfielder. There is no way we splash money on two wc midfielders paying transfer fees on both. If you think we are, you are deluded.
And I would rather add Pogba and some okayish or up and coming midfielder, than two mediocre ones.
Huh? I said we needed it not we would splash anything homeboy keep working on the reading part...
The bold part are you just stating the obvious or what? If you mean Loca is mediocre too I don't object but upgrading always costs money.
Value for money i'm down, So you are saying Pogba will cost how much plus wages? who would you pair him with? Who are the backups? What's the overall cost of this functioning midfield?
 
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zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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Yeah first it was Vidal and Marchisio then vidal left..we brought khadira and sturaro working his ass off on midfield clean up duty, and in addition to a better Sandro who allowed us to be safe defensively as a team, where jogba could operate enough in shitty non threatening serie A but that midfield would never be enough for CL.


For CL Pogba+Loca is still soft, to get it right we'd need at least a kante type for the third player for at least 50-60m to anchor that soft pussy midfield with Pogba in it (locateli is no destroyer himself) Plus Who will be back up for these players in the CL Bent? Mckenie? No they are not at same level..so that's another 30m at least for a decent backup/4th mid that's 80m.
So to get jogba and have the right type of players for him to thrive in, we have to buy him for 100 plus spend another 80m to have a balanced "working" midfield + backups. 180m could be spent on strengthening all areas of this team including the midfield.
Pogba for 35m and lower wages I'd be ok with for the right price. But for his price vs hype right now he fucked himself out of accomplishments with his price tag and believing in his own hype.

Pogba-------------Loca
-------------kante
He first played with Pirlo-Vidal, or Pirlo-Marchisio and he did great. Then last season here it was many different setups, because Khedira and Marchisio missed a lot of games, especially in the last 2-3 months where Pogba played his best football. At France he wasn't always paired with Kante. Remember when DD benched Kante and played a Matuidi Pogba Sissoko midfield at the 2016 Euros. And now he plays with Rabiot.

Locatelli can defend fine, after Bentancur he's our best defensive midfielder. And Pogba might not be a workhorse but he's physical. Allegri won vs Chelsea with Rabiot, Locatelli, Bentancur, you think if you substitute Rabiot for Pogba there we will crumble?
 

JuveE46

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Dec 6, 2015
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He first played with Pirlo-Vidal, or Pirlo-Marchisio and he did great. Then last season here it was many different setups, because Khedira and Marchisio missed a lot of games, especially in the last 2-3 months where Pogba played his best football. At France he wasn't always paired with Kante. Remember when DD benched Kante and played a Matuidi Pogba Sissoko midfield at the 2016 Euros. And now he plays with Rabiot.

Locatelli can defend fine, after Bentancur he's our best defensive midfielder. And Pogba might not be a workhorse but he's physical. Allegri won vs Chelsea with Rabiot, Locatelli, Bentancur, you think if you substitute Rabiot for Pogba there we will crumble?
I for one don't want those wages paid just to win the league..if anything it would be for the CL...problem is he is not enough. what he did here his last year was enough for serie A and how balanced this team was defensively back then, again reflected by the goals we conceded that year. However that team was not good enough to ever win the CL or come close.

Yeah at NT sissoko with matuidi and pogba is balanced enough nobody said it has to be kante. Those are two dedicated workhorses. Matuidi was a 35m bulldozer at the time...you comparing rabiot of today to that matuidi defence/workrate wise, the man had 3 lungs.
Exactly, Loca can defend "fine". Fine for serie A.
So to you winning one game one to zero against chelski warrants the conclusion that a Pogba, Loca, bentancur midfield can challenge for? What? League? CL? For 290,000 Euro per week don't forget. Divide that shit to 4 and he is worth bringing.
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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I for one don't want those wages paid just to win the league..if anything it would be for the CL...problem is he is not enough. what he did here his last year was enough for serie A and how balanced this team was defensively back then, again reflected by the goals we conceded that year. However that team was not good enough to ever win the CL or come close.

Yeah at NT sissoko with matuidi and pogba is balanced enough nobody said it has to be kante. Those are two dedicated workhorses. Matuidi was a 35m bulldozer at the time...you comparing rabiot of today to that matuidi defence/workrate wise, the man had 3 lungs.
Exactly, Loca can defend "fine". Fine for serie A.
So to you winning one game one to zero against chelski warrants the conclusion that a Pogba, Loca, bentancur midfield can challenge for? What? League? CL? For 290,000 Euro per week don't forget. Divide that shit to 4 and he is worth bringing.
That year we had a great chance if we passed Bayern, which we should have, but ref errors in both games cost us. Wolfsburg, Benfica, City pre Guardiola, those were the kind of teams you had to deal with in QF. Atletico took out one of the 2 great obstacles in MSN Barca, and Madrid wasnt as strong as the year after. And we entered our peak form right at that time. I imagine Pogba and his "leadership qualities" woukd be perceived different if we made a far run that year, with him as a main man.

Sissoko wasnt that defensive, he was just a runner that likes to go forward a lot. He played as a winger nearly, Pogba had to cover the middle for him actually. Matuidi is great at reading the game and covering ground, but hes not a destroyer, someone who will make many tackles and interceptions like a Vidal or Kante. And neither he or Sissoko can distribute, putting even more pressure on Pogba.

Im not comparing Rabiot to Matuidi, im saying right now Pogba plays with him and Matuidi is gone. And what is he? Since the start of 2019, Kante has missed 19/33 NT games, yet Pogba seems fine. They win the NL against Belgium and Spain, two top nations

No, fine means he can do his job without you having to put extra guys to "protect" him. He plays in a 2 man midfield this season very often, hes not a defensive liability. My conclusion was not that, my conclusion is Allegri fielded a midfield 3 like that against Chelsea, so what makes you think he wouldnt field a Pogba Locatelli Bentancur midfield instead? Rabiot did the bare minimum that game defensively, covering his area amd not going into challenges and duels (or going half assedly). What makes you think we would do worse if we had Pogba instead of Rabiot. Or as a bonus, if we had someone better than Bentancur as well. The guy played majority of his United career in a 2 man midfield, in a attacking oriented team with 4 offensive players infront, but you think putting him in a organized team with 2 other mids and wingers that will defend will expose him?

About the wages, i dont want him for such wages either, but im talking here strictly about him as a player
 

JuveE46

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Dec 6, 2015
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That year we had a great chance if we passed Bayern, which we should have, but ref errors in both games cost us. Wolfsburg, Benfica, City pre Guardiola, those were the kind of teams you had to deal with in QF. Atletico took out one of the 2 great obstacles in MSN Barca, and Madrid wasnt as strong as the year after. And we entered our peak form right at that time. I imagine Pogba and his "leadership qualities" woukd be perceived different if we made a far run that year, with him as a main man.

Sissoko wasnt that defensive, he was just a runner that likes to go forward a lot. He played as a winger nearly, Pogba had to cover the middle for him actually. Matuidi is great at reading the game and covering ground, but hes not a destroyer, someone who will make many tackles and interceptions like a Vidal or Kante. And neither he or Sissoko can distribute, putting even more pressure on Pogba.

Im not comparing Rabiot to Matuidi, im saying right now Pogba plays with him and Matuidi is gone. And what is he? Since the start of 2019, Kante has missed 19/33 NT games, yet Pogba seems fine. They win the NL against Belgium and Spain, two top nations

No, fine means he can do his job without you having to put extra guys to "protect" him. He plays in a 2 man midfield this season very often, hes not a defensive liability. My conclusion was not that, my conclusion is Allegri fielded a midfield 3 like that against Chelsea, so what makes you think he wouldnt field a Pogba Locatelli Bentancur midfield instead? Rabiot did the bare minimum that game defensively, covering his area amd not going into challenges and duels (or going half assedly). What makes you think we would do worse if we had Pogba instead of Rabiot. Or as a bonus, if we had someone better than Bentancur as well. The guy played majority of his United career in a 2 man midfield, in a attacking oriented team with 4 offensive players infront, but you think putting him in a organized team with 2 other mids and wingers that will defend will expose him?

About the wages, i dont want him for such wages either, but im talking here strictly about him as a player

Man this is one of those arguments lolll..how the hell can you not talk about wages? If we are strictly talking as a player well fuck bring him on, why would I mind...only talking about him as a player...sure we will fit him somewhere I guess lol..
Agree to disagree. Will just arrive at same conclusions. For me, unless he lowers his wages by a lot he is not worth it period. He requires too many conditions for his inconstancies. Greater minds than me and former players have already said what needs to be said.

For the money jogba should be BOTH at kante level defence/workrate and De Bruyne level offence. Hype kills.
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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Agree to disagree. Will just arrive at same conclusions. For me, unless he lowers his wages by a lot he is not worth it period. He requires too many conditions for his inconstancies. Greater minds than me and former players have already said what needs to be said.

For the money jogba should be BOTH at kante level defence/workrate and De Bruyne level offence. Hype kills.
There is no player in history like that. His salary if it remains like this (17.5M euros net a quick google search tells me), under new tax rules in Italy, its around 21M gross. Dybala if he gets 10M net extension would be at 17M gross. So even a small pay cut from Pogba makes him affordable to us.

He doesnt require too many conditions, Allegri has already proven so before. One condition he requires, play him in his natural position, but thats a condition all players come with. You take all those great minds, ill take Allegri. You know, the guy that coached him for 2 years and helped him become the 100M man
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
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Hold on, he's 29 now??? Pass.
Turns 29 in March. He’s going to be older than Higgy was when we signed him. Higgy was 28 until December when we got him. Same people who flipped their shit about signing an “old” Higuain, want to sign an older Pogba on over double the wages. We paid a stupid ass transfer fee for Higgy and would be paying absurd wages for a 6 year flop like Pogba. :lol3:
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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Turns 29 in March. He’s going to be older than Higgy was when we signed him. Higgy was 28 until December when we got him. Same people who flipped their shit about signing an “old” Higuain, want to sign an older Pogba on over double the wages. We paid a stupid ass transfer fee for Higgy and would be paying absurd wages for a 6 year flop like Pogba. :lol3:
Quite pointless comparison. Did the same people who didn't want Higgy also not want Pirlo, Barzagli, Khedira? Paying close to world record for a out of shape old CF is stupid. You will never get the investment back, you can get cheaper players to do the same and he is bound to not last long enough to justify it, as he's not really professional in taking care of his body. On the other hand, this guy is out of contract and can last much longer if he cares enough. Because physically he's in another galaxy compared to Higgy. Pogba wages won't be far off Higgys gross, thanks to the tax laws in Italy. Plus his one toe is more marketable than Higgy. Superior signing on all levels
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
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Quite pointless comparison. Did the same people who didn't want Higgy also not want Pirlo, Barzagli, Khedira? Paying close to world record for a out of shape old CF is stupid. You will never get the investment back, you can get cheaper players to do the same and he is bound to not last long enough to justify it, as he's not really professional in taking care of his body. On the other hand, this guy is out of contract and can last much longer if he cares enough. Because physically he's in another galaxy compared to Higgy. Pogba wages won't be far off Higgys gross, thanks to the tax laws in Italy. Plus his one toe is more marketable than Higgy. Superior signing on all levels
:lol:

Such a Jogba fanboi. Dude looks out of shape and slow as fuck this year. Has the agility and turning radius now of a supertanker. Would be a shit signing of a total turd coming off 6 shit seasons. At least Higgy was breaking all-time scoring records the season before we signed him. Pogba’s just embarrassing himself one match after another.
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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:lol:

Such a Jogba fanboi. Dude looks out of shape and slow as fuck this year. Has the agility and turning radius now of a supertanker. Would be a shit signing of a total turd coming off 6 shit seasons. At least Higgy was breaking all-time scoring records the season before we signed him. Pogba’s just embarrassing himself one match after another.
Great arguments as usual by a man with a clear agenda. Ofcourse you would know all about him, you're a known United follower, can't imagine a weekend without a good ol ManU game right? :touched:
Literally a month ago. All the things you said are so true :touched:

Immobile equaled Higgys record, maybe we should splash 100M on him too? atleast he's breaking records right? The arguments you use to justify one signing and want to downplay the potential other are worse than Pogbas current haircut. Or whatever one was the shittiest, can't remember. You should know, you follow him and his club regularly, tell us

Like I said already, make fun of his clowning around all you want, but if you question his football ability then you're the clown and need to be called out.
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
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Great arguments as usual by a man with a clear agenda. Ofcourse you would know all about him, you're a known United follower, can't imagine a weekend without a good ol ManU game right? :touched:
Literally a month ago. All the things you said are so true :touched:

Immobile equaled Higgys record, maybe we should splash 100M on him too? atleast he's breaking records right? The arguments you use to justify one signing and want to downplay the potential other are worse than Pogbas current haircut. Or whatever one was the shittiest, can't remember. You should know, you follow him and his club regularly, tell us

Like I said already, make fun of his clowning around all you want, but if you question his football ability then you're the clown and need to be called out.
Such a butthurt fanboi. :lol:

A month ago, and he’s been actual garbage in pretty much every match since. Jogba sucks. Even the troglodytes at redcafe have come to realize it. He’s overrated rubbish who strolls around the pitch like a lazy twat, losing the ball constantly while trying to show off, and then refuses to track back. Probably the most overrated turd in the modern game. But I’m sure you shall continue licking his boots for the occasional nice long ball. Who would dare question Jogba’s greatness!?!
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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Such a butthurt fanboi. :lol:

A month ago, and he’s been actual garbage in pretty much every match since. Jogba sucks. Even the troglodytes at redcafe have come to realize it. He’s overrated rubbish who strolls around the pitch like a lazy twat, losing the ball constantly while trying to show off, and then refuses to track back. Probably the most overrated turd in the modern game. But I’m sure you shall continue licking his boots for the occasional nice long ball. Who would dare question Jogba’s greatness!?!
Youve become so predictable, i could have written a response to this in advance.

Hes become out of shape and slow as fuck, with the agility and turning radius now of a supertanker, in just a month. Amazing.

I wrote inb4 redcafe mention but then deleted it, thought maybe you wouldnt go there. Man if your agreeing side is redcafe, maybe think about switching sides.

Again, seems you watch ManU regularly so you know how he looks, where he loses the ball, if he tracks back or not. Id rather trust what i see with my own eyes, thanks.

And another jab, so predictable. Atleast make a effort man, this is no fun
 

JuveE46

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Dec 6, 2015
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There is no player in history like that. His salary if it remains like this (17.5M euros net a quick google search tells me), under new tax rules in Italy, its around 21M gross. Dybala if he gets 10M net extension would be at 17M gross. So even a small pay cut from Pogba makes him affordable to us.

He doesnt require too many conditions, Allegri has already proven so before. One condition he requires, play him in his natural position, but thats a condition all players come with. You take all those great minds, ill take Allegri. You know, the guy that coached him for 2 years and helped him become the 100M man
De Bruyne is a game changer. He is a hub he is a threat and he provides assists. He is a problem for any opponent. Kante is an anchor. Also a game changer, him being on the field means the difference between a midfield holding or breaking against the Bayerns of this world. Pogba is NONE of the above. He is a little bit of this and little bit of that, not even consistent enough at THAT. The100m player who looked good alongside Pirlo is long gone, it was his peak. Time to let go, truth is harsh.
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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De Bruyne is a game changer. He is a hub he is a threat and he provides assists. He is a problem for any opponent. Kante is an anchor. Also a game changer, him being on the field means the difference between a midfield holding or breaking against the Bayerns of this world. Pogba is NONE of the above. He is a little bit of this and little bit of that, not even consistent enough at THAT. The100m player who looked good alongside Pirlo is long gone, it was his peak. Time to let go, truth is harsh.
Man you said he should be De Bruyne and Kante in one guy, show me a human being that ever lived like that. And if those are your expectations for him, no wonder hes in a bad light in your eyes. The 100M player was your game changer, and he did it with Pirlo, without Pirlo, with Sturaro, without Sturaro. Cant be that conveniently all the midfielders we had in that 3-4 year span were perfectly tailored for him right? Or maybe it has to do with the coach? Realizing the strengths and weaknesses of a player and using him in such way, instead of trying to make him into something he isnt? Maybe its that, just maybe
 

Strickland

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May 17, 2019
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There is no player in history like that. His salary if it remains like this (17.5M euros net a quick google search tells me), under new tax rules in Italy, its around 21M gross. Dybala if he gets 10M net extension would be at 17M gross. So even a small pay cut from Pogba makes him affordable to us.

He doesnt require too many conditions, Allegri has already proven so before. One condition he requires, play him in his natural position, but thats a condition all players come with. You take all those great minds, ill take Allegri. You know, the guy that coached him for 2 years and helped him become the 100M man
17.5m net is a hard pass. 12m with the tax reliefs I'd think about it if Raiola doesn't want a hefty commission from us..
 

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