By Dave Marshall
Manchester United fans have laid into club record signing, Paul Pogba on social media after the 24- year-old put in an abject performance at relegation threatened Newcastle.
The Frenchman looked off the pace in the game, misplacing passes and offering none of the quality he has. He was duly hauled off by Jose Mourinho on the 66th minute, the second time in 3 matches he has been substituted by the Portuguese tactician.
Pogba looked disinterested in the game, and cut a picture of frustration on the bench after another abject performance. The former Juventus man is losing his form at a wrong time, as prior to this rough patch, he has arguably been our best player. Below are what some of the fans thought about his display on Tyneside. He received a 6.2 rating by Whoscored.com, a fact that shows how poor he was.
I said it before and I will say it again. Pogba was the worst buy #MUFC
— Vivek (@vimo_67) February 11, 2018
But but we wldnt have gotten Pogba without Jose in charge!! What’s the point of getting Pogba if you’re going to use him like Schneiderlin?? #mufc
— hongo (@hongo_jr) February 12, 2018
If we want to build the team around Pogba, We must play to his strength. I believe its left in a midfield three. But I am not so sure Jose will cut his ego and do that #MUFC
— Krispin Fernando (@fernandokrispin) February 12, 2018
Paul Pogba in a defensive role is like a Ferrari being driven in central London.
It’ll get you from A to B and it’ll look beautiful but it’s not optimal. #mufc
— ☈ (@r0bbo_) February 12, 2018
One defeat and everyone’s talking about a clear out! Worst player yesterday was Paul Pogba, with Martial and Sanchez missing clear cut scoring opportunities. Didn’t see them being on the clear out list. Takes time to adjust to a new player and formation. #KeepTheFaith #MUFC
— Manchester United Fanzone (@MUtdFanzone) February 12, 2018
Pogba cannot play in 2 man midfield… He cannot defend or have the responsibility of defending … puts too much pressure on matic and also pogba… Pogba should be always be in 3 man midfield with two taking care of defending and pogba creating changes. #mufc
— Sourav Kumar Das (@souravdas86) February 12, 2018
Pogba and matic are very good midfielders but our midfield needs more balance because as we saw with matic at Chelsea last season he needs a player like Kante who has the legs to run around and win tackles while he can just focus of protecting the back four. #mufc
— R. D. C United?? (@RedDevilCentral) February 12, 2018
I said it before and I will say it again. Pogba was the worst buy #MUFC
— Vivek (@vimo_67) February 11, 2018
Pogba does need to improve defensively as a basic task, but have you noticed how much he fouls because he's not getting the ball in the right zones he's chasing the game in a 2
— FIGHT4MUFC (@mufc4thefans) February 11, 2018
Fans want Pogba dropped. This fanbase is the worst I thought Pogba was our system? #MUFC
— Máckin (@MackinMUFC) February 11, 2018
United suffered a damaging loss at Newcastle, with Pogba at the end of everything wrong we did. In the build-up to Newcastle’s goal, he didn’t climb to stop the header that allowed Matt Richie to stroke the ball past David De Gea. He was overrun in midfield by the likes of Mo Diame and Jonjo Shelvey. Pogba has shown his quality on numerous occasions this term, but he cuts a figure of a player who chooses games he can influence.
He should be doing better to help our quest to climb the league table as a number of teams are closing in on us in second place. He has been brilliant this season, registering 9 assists, but he must do it week-in, week-out.
For for me i will say pogba is a waste
Its better to play Mc Tomninay than Pogba,this is not LA galaxy for a player like him playing casual futbal!!lingard shud be dropped and use rashford coz the guy hard pace can dribble and cause a lot of problems to defenders so as to create room for Sanchez and lukaku fo goals!!!
Come on ManU, you are blaming players, shouting at the wrong tree. Its the manager to blame, here is my reason: We had two LB, Rojo and Shaw, but had Young playing, why? Young is good player but not for that position. Martial was plating well as No.11, Yes Sanchez is a good player, but was Martial talked to about change of positions. Remember when Zlatan came, Martial was No 9 was given to Zlatan without any talks, player management. Ok Martial seems depressed due to change in position, why not play Rashford at RW? Lukaku is not doing what he was doing at Everton, but is not benched why? Look at ManCity, player rotation, manager is good and look at the way they play, aggression, passion etc. get rid of Jose before we see the EPL trophy.
I 1st of all i blam jose bcos he is gamblin, wrong positionin of playas,over ratin d playas, lacke gud rotatn,why he is benchin herarer? let him make herarer no 10, sanches striker and since lukaku can’t wel use as a winger or bench him then u ll see man utd wld display very well. for instance a manager like pep is n’t joke with position of player and i e wy his players are always doing wel
Mourinho for who he is wo t bulk and try to play players according to thier strenght. I wouldnt know why you want to have every player to be on defensive dufies; its not possible, some attack minded players will get exhausted with that kind of instruction abd at such, when its time ti exhibit thier killer instincts, in d final third, thier legs are tired and they just want to pass the ball to safety, cos they cabt stand loosing the ball abd having to run back again and defend. Mourinho is killing this team i kbew frim day 1 he was bit the right coach. He will fight players, frustrate then, make them rigid and not allow them freedom to express themselves and enjoy the beautiful game. He still feels the method that worked in his Chelsea days 03/04 season where they were hard to break down can still work now; no it cant. Managers focus more on attack these days and it pays off. Thus guy should change cos the game is changing everyday.