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Mourinho United thread 2016-17
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Pogba4Now
Team Captain
Arnau;n6458135 said:
On the ball he is very good, no doubt. He guarantees goals. But I'm not sure if his presence is good for the rest of the team. More goals does not mean the team on the whole will work better.
Stats show that he is one of the players who covers the least distance in the EPL. Old Ibrahimovic himself is slow but "covered more ground and made more high-intensity sprints than Lukaku" (Skysports stats). "His passing accuracy is far lower than the likes of Ibrahimovic, Aguero and Harry Kane".
Good striker, no doubt, but not the kind of striker for an elite team. He is sub par when off the ball. He won't bring Man U to the next level.
I see where you're coming from of course but on paper it looks like a good move. You needed a CF who scores a shit load of goals and he is PL proven on top so its very Mourinho esque to go pragmatic. You should go ahead and move for James, Perisic and Fabinho now. Would make a complete squad on paper.
Lukaku
Perisic-James-Mkhitaryan
Pogba-Fabinho/Herrera
Blind-Lindelof-Baily-Valencia
De Gea
And with your squad options it should be a team more than adequate to challenge for the PL and do well in the CL.
Lukaku
Perisic-James-Mkhitaryan
Pogba-Fabinho/Herrera
Blind-Lindelof-Baily-Valencia
De Gea
And with your squad options it should be a team more than adequate to challenge for the PL and do well in the CL.
Pogba4Now
Team Captain
A CF like Lukaku who contributes very little off the ball won't make players like James or Pogba blossom. Signing James would be pointless. I don't see how he will work with Lukaku. A good striker does not have to just score goals. They have to do more than that. Players like Darren Bent never became elite precisely because of the same reason. This is just an example. I know Lukaku is much better.
That squad looks like a good Europa squad. Perisic will do more harm than good. He is inferior to Mkhitaryan, comes from a league where Salah or Gervinho are superstars and will significantly hamper the development of Martial and Rashford.
I don't agree with these transfers but they may work who knows. I'm not that hopeful on Lukaku or Perisic.
That squad looks like a good Europa squad. Perisic will do more harm than good. He is inferior to Mkhitaryan, comes from a league where Salah or Gervinho are superstars and will significantly hamper the development of Martial and Rashford.
I don't agree with these transfers but they may work who knows. I'm not that hopeful on Lukaku or Perisic.
ShiftyPowers
Make America Great Again
Pogba4Now;n6458193 said:
I'm an admirer of Lukaku, but yes I think this could be true too. More Mario Gomez than Mario Mandzukic.
Pogba4Now
Team Captain
Some stats of Lukaku:
Last season, 21 of his 25 Premier League goals came against the bottom 13 teams in the league.
[h=3]Lukaku v Chelsea: 6 games, 0 goals, 1 win[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Tottenham: 8 games, 1 goal, 0 wins[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Manchester City: 10 games, 4 goals, 1 win[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Liverpool: 11 games, 5 goals, 2 wins[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Arsenal: 11 games, 2 goals, 2 wins[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Manchester United: 11 games, 3 goals, 3 wins[/h] [h=3]57 games, 15 goals and 9 wins.[/h]
Last season, 21 of his 25 Premier League goals came against the bottom 13 teams in the league.
[h=3]Lukaku v Chelsea: 6 games, 0 goals, 1 win[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Tottenham: 8 games, 1 goal, 0 wins[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Manchester City: 10 games, 4 goals, 1 win[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Liverpool: 11 games, 5 goals, 2 wins[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Arsenal: 11 games, 2 goals, 2 wins[/h] [h=3]Lukaku v Manchester United: 11 games, 3 goals, 3 wins[/h] [h=3]57 games, 15 goals and 9 wins.[/h]
Pogba4Now
Team Captain
Arnau;n6458395 said:
He is going from 7th placed Everton to 6th placed United so it's not a huge upgrade.
Anyway as I pointed out above, he scores lots against bottom half teams but if you remember, most of our dropped points were against bottom placed opponents. I guess time will tell how we do with him. There are pros and cons I suppose.