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Originally Posted by Tiberian
Feel it is on the verge of going beyond that now, into 2 years wasted trying to turn him into a proper footballer.
The level of complacency he showed yesterday was disheartening, just came off one of the few truly significant performances of his Utd career, everyone hoping that it could be a transformative moment for him. Back to strolling around indulging himself.
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We have a real problem. Nowhere in his short career thus far has he been expected to be a leader, and he thrived in that environment. Here he is expected to be a leader and he’s just not got the mentality for it. Maybe you can fault Mourinho for not anticipating that when he bought him or not being inspirational enough to change him, but managers are not therapists. The things that are holding Pogba back are his own to deal with, and if he hasn’t got it now he likely -not definitely- never will.
We have to make decisions based on the club’s best interests, not pogba’s, and even if we brought in a Keane type it’s not clear that would be enough. He’s had his ego massaged too much. It’s a real problem.