WhiskeySeven*
Expect the expected
- Jun 17, 2007
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Bayern's gotten to the final 4 of the CL in all but one year since going to back to back finals and winning one. He's excellent and that hasn't changed. No one's trashing de Gea, give it a rest.Bundesliga is Bayern's playground, even if that team is aging. They poached talent from their only rival in the standings and can play the tough kid on the playground attitude all they want. Neuer's true test is in the CL, which they haven't looked good the past couple of years. He's number two behind de Gea and there isn't anything wrong with that.
There's a long history of players thriving under Mourinho as well. Özil and Benzema, hardly steady or stout mentalities, Drogba, Sneijder, Lampard, etc. If you're suggesting that Pogba can't be at their tier then okay, that's worth noting.I am not saying Mourinho is entirely to blame nor I am saying that Pogba isn't a saint either. However, there is a long list of players and history where they turned into offencive blackholes under Mourinho. This is quite well documented and we're seeing it once again with the likes of Martial, Pogba, and Alexis all suffering to put up goals (to some degree Mata as well). Only player who looks competent out there is Rashford. LvG failed because all the transfer targets he wanted failed in the EPL. In a sense, I agree that one mega tournament doesn't determine a player, however Pogba clearly showed that with a more appropriate manager, he can succeed. He also needs to get off his high-horse and realise that because he's a football star who just won the World Cup, it doesn't make him a greek god or something similar.
Martial is young and has wilted under Mourinho. It's unfortunate but as an example it can only go so far. Alexis is another topic all to himself but he was also in poor form leading up to the transfer.
Pogba has not showed a single thing in the Premier League and is very close to PL bust territory. His super team's success (as tournament favourites, no less) at the WC only goes so far. In the PL he hasn't achieved much of anything.
The board's too cramped and packed with self-interested busybodies trying to save their own jobs. There is no direction or unified vision. Sad. But United deserve it after all the success they enjoyed. Manchester is blue.With that said, spending 105 million on him just doesn't make sense and never made sense for me considering how dire their back line is. It needed some desperate upgrades there since SAF left, who also left the club in a shambolic state. Fred is another target who's looking to add to United's long list of failures of transfer targets at the club.