I could have sworn people thought our midfield was fixed by signing the amazing Schneiderlin and Schweini... Supposedly Pogba is the saviour of this 'atrocious' midfield this time.
Paul Pogba | Undergoing Medical | Helping out the Laundry Ladies
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Well if he isn't who would be?
What's really crazy is some people once said Fellaini would sort out our midfield. Can you believe that?
It's their new advertising campaign. Like the "there will be haters" last time.
Well I'm one for a start, and not ashamed. Shitting myself and proud!
In fact, until I see him with the shirt I still am. Totally haven't ruled out Madrid letting us do all the leg-work then pretty much making one call at the very last minute saying "Yeah, we'll just match whatever they've said. Which club do you fancy, Paul?"
Same here!
The Ronaldinho, Sneijder and Vidal sagas hurt too much as I'm willing to fully commit myself to this one.. Nevertheless, as hard as I try, I'm still pretty excited by the news.
You need help!
Yeah, i'll keep saying this until the madrid panic'ers wear themselves out, however if anyone is still worried about madrid. Only worry if you see James holding another jersey, or Kroos appears for a medical in Turin.
Madrid aren't in this race. Just watch to see if any of those two players leave, then you can have a massive freakout, and I join you.
We are in the final hours of signing Pogba, he is about to become a MUFC player. Lets enjoy this thread now
That person must have been an expert at wumming.
Btw welcome back, hardly see you post anymore and suddenly here you are you transfer muppet!
Sleep deprived
Not seen enough of him to say either way yet. But I still hunger for this signing, if anything he will bring some much needed entertainment with his skills and ball control. We've only had Martial that can do that, now we've brought three of these ball wizards...
I remember that United not signing a central midfielder for 6 years must have scrambled their brains.
Same here!
The Ronaldinho, Sneijder and Vidal sagas hurt too much as I'm willing to fully commit myself to this one.. Nevertheless, as hard as I try, I'm still pretty excited by the news.
Me too - I am pretty optimistic now, but far from counting mes poulets!
@Olly Where's the new gif?
So do we think a medical has already been done secretly or does this still need to be organised?
Is the 48 hour timescale relating to the announcement of the agreement between the clubs or his actual signature?
I'm impatient.
Is the 48 hour timescale relating to the announcement of the agreement between the clubs or his actual signature?
I'm impatient.
What happened to all the depressing, "He's off to Madrid!" bastards? This thread was the height of depression yesterday.
48 hours = lock down all additional bonuses for Juve like re-signing bonuses etc, get all the fees sorted in writing (Raiola). THEN medical.
I think medical is already done or will be today, wee need the poster from miami to stalk Pogba's movement over next 24 hrs
Give him a break. The pressure must be unbearable on him after all this success he's had on here with his work. So much expectation. What if he fails and embarrasses himself with alerts in the single digits. What if he's presented with the dreaded sympathy posts like "Not your best work Olly, but we know you are a legend and look forward to be enraptured by your next masterpiece.
"? He needs to prepare.
No Medical, if passed, then signature
Thankfully they've all fecked off. Was getting really tired of the constant moaning yesterday from them.
You don't say!
Wasn't he pretty much the first midfielder (I use that term loosely) we bought in years? During the barren midfield years before, even the likes of Charlie Adams were briefly considered by various posters. If that doesn't scream desperate I don't know what does.
Pogba wouldn't have suited LVG's style either. The manager and the style of play are very critical. For the likes of schneiderlin and Herrera, LVG was completely unsuitable. BFS less so. Under Mourinho, both Herrera and schneiderlin will do much better if given the chance.
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Yes, we bought someone who flourished as a pseudo target man playing as a 10 and were then appalled when he didn't do well at CM. Hell, we even tried him as the DM, so so stupid.
I still think the midfield has been and still is generally fine, Pogba or no Pogba. We controlled the tempo of most matches with ease. By comparison, our midfield used to get outplayed by the likes of West Brom and Sunderland.
Martial aside, not one of the attacking players we had going into last season were good enough to start regularly for Manchester United.
The same still applies to all of Young, Lingard, Rooney, Memphis and (at present) Januzaj. We were shite last season because our attackers were horrendous.
The comment above about us being top heavy is a strange one. Zlatan, Mkhitaryan are still unknown quantities in the Premier League and only Martial, Rashford and (sometimes) Mata look anything like being good enough for semi-regular game time here.
In short, the midfield gets an unnecessary bad rap.
Think a lot of people got excited and carried away as it was Moyes first signing. If I recall we wanted Baines and Fellaini at the same time!
If you think that the likes of Adidas and co have not been told about a deal like this then you're wrong. United's top men will want to prove to the likes of Adidas that they can still attract the worlds best players and be the biggest player on the market. They will be briefing the sponsors regularly.
And once its out to the sponsors its not inconceivable that people working for them have heard rumours, seen or typed up internal communications. Further its not inconceivable that such people then tell someone else
Mods, I know I'm asking a lot here but when you have time could you look into implementing some sort of summary widget on the transfer threads? Something either at the top of the page on or the right hand side that summarizes all the news/gossip that's been posted from reliable sources regarding this possible transfer.
Threads like this move so fast that you end up with loads of duplication and people explaining to other people what they missed while they were sleeping or at work. I tried to go back through the pages today to find out why everyone was so excited, I had to go back about 30 pages to find one Tweet that caused everything.
Threads like this move so fast that you end up with loads of duplication and people explaining to other people what they missed while they were sleeping or at work. I tried to go back through the pages today to find out why everyone was so excited, I had to go back about 30 pages to find one Tweet that caused everything.
Naa, what ever Olly does will be classic I am sure.Give him a break. The pressure must be unbearable on him after all this success he's had on here with his work. So much expectation. What if he fails and embarrasses himself with alerts in the single digits. What if he's presented with the dreaded sympathy posts like "Not your best work Olly, but we know you are a legend and look forward to be enraptured by your next masterpiece.
He needs to prepare.
I read that as wummery widget
I remember one mentalist PM'ing me talking about how impressive Fellaini had been for us.
I wonder if the fact that Juve are not willing to strengthen their Champions league rivals while weakening themselves has come into play at some point. Would explain the Kronos request from Jve
Your making that up...
Now please spend the rest of the day scouring the forum for a remotely positive post about him and then try Stretching that to fit the "some people" (which we all know is used to say a significant amount of people) said he would sort the midfield out narrative.
Usually tweets also appear in the twitter thread also
Maybe it's a case of unfinished business 30% and 70% about the money
I seem to recall a lot of people saying this, and then when we signed him because it was Moyes signing him instead of Ferguson, suddenly everyone changed their tune and decided he was shite
Although in fairness...this is weirdly accurate, as I bet if Ferguson signed him he'd have found a way to turn him into a half decent player somehow...maybe.
I also remember a thread just after Pogba left where loads of people were arguing with me that he wasn't very good and Ryan Tunnicliffe was a better prospect anyway. In fact, I may go and find this.