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@mods maybe pin the Pogba thread please? Had to dig it out from the second pages of the subforum after looking for it everywhere else
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Might as well have a tuZ favorite vote while we’re at it, for his first spell he deserves it, second one he was ruined by injuries and scandals unfortunately but he’s always been uno di noi when speaking out.
In that same interview, he said something that hit me way harder. He talked about his time at Juve compared to MU, and honestly it gave me a weird wave of nostalgia for that 2012-2015 era.
He said that at Juve, before games his mindset was simple:
score. He’d prepare for games thinking “I need a goal today” or setting targets in advance for a series of games because the team was so strong that he could focus purely on his strengths. He wasn’t worried about carrying the team, dropping deep everywhere, or fixing holes. The midfield around him was elite, the structure was stable, and everybody knew their role. Then he compared it to United where suddenly he had to do everything. Carry the ball out from defense, spray passes wide, make late runs into the box, score headers, basically be midfielder, playmaker and attacker all at once. He admitted he wasn’t ready for that mentally and tactically. It was too much pressure, too many things to think about instead of just playing naturally.
Then he said another thing that also hit is when you have a stable system, a defense, reliable strikers, and the same formation, football becomes easier. But when you change coaches 6 times in 5 years, then you have to switch systems every year, overhaul players nonstop, and obviously everything collapses. It made me sad because it’s also saying what this club has become. We’re now almost identical to that lost, identityless MU team and a far cry from the Juve Pogba played his best football within. It’s repulsive to even think about it but we resemble the banter era inter more than the post calciopoli Juve. No stability, no structure, constant resets.
Every time ex players from that era talk about how strong that team was, it genuinely hurts. Back then I complained about our football being too defensive sometimes or about lacking superstar attackers. Looking at today’s state you realize how insane that team actually was. Maybe not the flashiest technically in every position but there was zero weakness mentally. Those players had heart, grinta, leadership, and a winning mentality that this current squad blatantly lacks and will never have.
Here’s the full episode. Benatia and French rapper Soprano were the other guests.
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