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[F l i c k e r]

I just don't see how United win the league next season. Im blind to it.

[black.ink]

My arse has fully recovered. Surviving the league on goal difference.

2 owners, showing the world how not to run a football club in Forest and Blackburn. A shame to see Blackburn go down to the 3rd tier of English football considering they won the Prem about 20 years ago. Also glad it was them instead of us.

Hoping the new takeover at Forest happens sooner rather than later. We're a laughing stock.

[El Fenomeno]

Where's that lad who was telling me about Pogba being a hybrid of prime Yaya and Iniesta at the start of the season?

[El Fenomeno]

Instantly.

Pogba has the ability to play anywhere, but he is built for the Premier League. He will settle in instantly and the mix of technical ability, vision and physical dominance will stand out; imagine the power of Yaya Toure with the ability of Iniesta...that's Pogba.

Preferably he'll play on the left side of the midfield with freedom to roam (when attacking), but Mourinho has adopted a 4-2-3-1 since Inter with speed on the wings, so that doesn't fit.

Mkhitaryan will be his attacking mid and Zlatan will be the striker 100%, the rest is guess work. I think Mourinho will be the manager to phase out Rooney, and sell Mata once again

Here he is.

Pogba's vs Yaya's first prem seasons?

[gmc_rfc_06]

Here he is.

Pogba's vs Yaya's first prem seasons?

Pogba is clearly a better footballer than Yaya Toure. Not as powerful, but that's about it.

Pogba leads all midfielders in chances created and completed passes, for a typically defensive and boring Mourinho team. He impacts the game in more ways.

Toure's first season in the league (28 years old) ended with 7 goals, 40 chances created in 32 games. Pogba (23 years old) has 4 goals, 55 chances created in 29 games and also a better defensive rating. Even looking past the stats, he just does more.

[El Fenomeno]

Pogba is clearly a better footballer than Yaya Toure. Not as powerful, but that's about it.

Pogba leads all midfielders in chances created and completed passes, for a typically defensive and boring Mourinho team. He impacts the game in more ways.

Toure's first season in the league (28 years old) ended with 7 goals, 40 chances created in 32 games. Pogba (23 years old) has 4 goals, 55 chances created in 29 games and also a better defensive rating. Even looking past the stats, he just does more.

Nowhere the impact of Yaya, and that was in a (comparatively speaking) underwhelming Yaya season.

You can regurgitate passing stats if you like but you'll find that if you look at defining moments in big games of their first two seasons, the player which stood out was Yaya. Something that stats will never truly reflect is the intangible ability to produce big moments. Yaya did that, Pogba hasn't.

Pogba hasn't even been the general of a poor United midfield in recent times, Carrick has come back and took over dictating the play.

What does a 'better defensive rating' even mean? He hasn't looked defensively solid this year, the stat means little!

The fact that fan opinion is still split on Pogba even amongst the fans tells you all you need to know. No such split on Yaya at all after a season.

Doesn't Herrera have better stats than Kante in a similar role this season? Says it all about how you can twist a stat. Let's use our eyes here.

[El Fenomeno]

For about a 3 or 4 year period Yaya would get the ball and people would expect something to happen, whether that be blowing by 3 or 4 midfielders and putting it bottom corner or creating a clear cut chance.

Pogba has nowhere near that fear factor about him at the moment, ridiculous to suggest so imo. Is anyone scared to see Pogba's name on a team sheet? Powderpuff.

Edit: And just to add, I actually rate Pogba. The prime Yaya/Iniesta comparison is scandalous at this moment however.

[The Ox]

City win a game and out comes El Fenomeno again

[Sparked_26]

Yaya Toure at his best at City is one of the great premier league players imo.

He wouldn't get in my all time starting XI but he'd be fairly close to it. Powerful and add goals and basically hard to stop

[Phenom]

This man is styling on the league