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Garrincha

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Guess its the first time Alexis has not played with freedom. Always had it through either being the best attacker by a distance or with a very dominant team at Barce.
 
ThlRama

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United suffer from the same problems as us, very unbalanced as a squad. They also have no natural wingers for example. But then on top of that their attacking players are not suited to Mourinho's style, which is an extra. Even Lukaku ffs, the man is a terror on the counter but he cannot play the Drogba role that is required of a Mourinho CF, not a million years. Lukaku would be better utilized as a secondary forward in that system, running at open defences, but then who do they play upfront? Martial and Rashford are even less the Mourinho types than him.

Mourinho has done well improving players like Shaw, McTominay (I thought he looked amazing in some games) and Lingard. But none of them suit his tactics! They can't be starters long-term. Then the club go on in the summer and buy Fred. Their fans have been whining about their CM, but reality is that Mourinho uses very defensive-minded midfielders. With Pogba already being an attacking CM, very similar to Ramsey in that, there is no room for someone like Fred. There is absolutely no chance Mourinho can unleash Pogba without both Matic and Fellaini behind him. Thus what do they do with Fred?

All they can play right now to suit their squad is the 4-1-2-1-2 with Sanchez as a #10 and Pogba as the attacking #8. Pretty much like us on paper I guess? But that formation is imbalanced, difficult to coach and implement, and in the modern game it doesn't have its merits anymore.

What a headache. And with a manager less flexible and more under pressure than ours, this whole situation seems even worse.
 
TriniGunner

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razörist said:
Redcafe is a great read nowadays, they don’t know what to do with Alexis. Haha, and they were so smug before when they signed him from us. But we knew what would happen with him in the United team.
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He's given the ball away more times than anyone else in the team since he's been there. It was no different when he was here and for some strange reason, the media thought he was actually carrying this Arsenal team.
 
Juan Matas Beard

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Toby Andrl said:
Agree. But who would be a good fit? Zidane, of course - but he is set for Juve. Conte? Don't think so. I feel Emery could have been a goo fit for them, but he's with us now. Not too many top managers out there right now.

Dyche? Rodgers? Allegri in 2020, or maybe 2019 if he gets booted early?

I mean that's it. Tuchel, Klopp, Guardiola under contract. So are usual suspects like Enrique. Wenger, van Gaal, Ancelotti close to or already retired. Guys like Blanc or De Boer are jokes. Simeone doesn’t look like he's leaving Atletico any time soon.

Think they just cant replace Mourinho which is why he is still there.
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Zizou is the man for us.
 
ThlRama

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TriniGunner said:
He's given the ball away more times than anyone else in the team since he's been there. It was no different when he was here and for some strange reason, the media thought he was actually carrying this Arsenal team.
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Alexis does the same things at United, maybe he has been a bit slower, but the actual difference is this: At Arsenal he had players ahead of him, he got his head up and he could pass, defenders had to cut his passing routes and he thrived at taking advantage of that. He doesn't get any of that for United, he should be the one making the runs and he can't play that role anymore.
 
Mark Tobias

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TriniGunner said:
He's given the ball away more times than anyone else in the team since he's been there. It was no different when he was here and for some strange reason, the media thought he was actually carrying this Arsenal team.
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I pointed out Alexis' ball giving away habit long ago but take away the goals he scored for us and we WERE out of the top four years ago...
 
A_G

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José Mourinho has told his Manchester United players that Paul Pogba will never captain the team again.

Mourinho’s message to the United squad, delivered at Carrington today, was designed to underline his authority and remind the players that he is in charge.

The United manager has been angered by Pogba’s post-match comments and his performance in the 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers. The £89 million midfielder has been dropped from the squad for tonight’s Carabao Cup match against Derby County at Old Trafford.

“José Mourinho told the players that Paul Pogba will not be the captain because he doesn’t represent what a captain is and Manchester United is bigger than anyone,” a Carrington source said.

Pogba has stood in as United captain this season on three occasions when club captain Antonio Valencia has been injured. Chris Smalling, Ashley Young, Juan Mata or Ander Herrera, who have all been included in the squad, are in the running to wear the armband tonight as Valencia has been rested.

“The players were happy with that decision and the reasons behind the manager’s decision,” the source said.

Pogba claimed on Saturday that United were betraying the club’s traditions by failing to attack in the stalemate against Wolves. United had six shots on target against Wolves and for much of the match looked the second best team on the pitch.

“When we are at home we should attack, attack, attack,” said Pogba, referencing a song United fans sing when they urge their team to get forward.

“That’s Old Trafford. We are here to attack. I think teams are scared when they see Man United attacking and attacking. That was our mistake today.”

When asked who or what was stopping United from attacking, Pogba suggested that Mourinho could be at fault.

“I can’t tell you because I’m a player. It’s not me,” said Pogba, who lost possession in the build up to Wolves’s equaliser.

Pogba claimed yesterday that his words had been twisted, but Mourinho did not see it that way. The Portuguese has been ruthless in his response, stripping the 25-year-old of the captaincy and leaving him out of the squad for tonight’s game.

The decision will cast further doubt on Pogba’s future at Old Trafford. Pogba and Mourinho have had a turbulent relationship over the course of the last year. The United manager dropped the club record signing in the spring after a number of erratic displays.

Pogba last month claimed that he could leave United in a few months and Mourinho put a question mark over the player’s ability when he said the midfielder struggled to focus over the course of a full season.

Barcelona and Juventus are interested in signing Pogba, even though Ed Woodward, the United executive vice-chairman, has vowed to keep the 25-year-old.
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Feels like Pogba is doing this stuff deliberately to make his position at the club untenable
 
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