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With good reason given the players they are missing. Don't know what they were trying to do until the change, but it clearly wasn't working. Since the change you can see that they are at least trying to do the right things.

I wouldn't phrase it quite like that, but I know what you mean. Pogba still doesn't do enough in terms of dominating/controlling games the way Juve's other midfielders have shown a propesity to. Pogba might well win you the game, but his major contributions to games far too often resemble what...

Well I consider that half to have been a huge failure from Messi and Di Maria. That they did not create a chance prior to Colombia's change was terrible considering the number of times they were running through open space at the Colombian defence with options either side.

Yeah, I wasn't seriously suggesting he is as untidy a player as Sissoko.

Loks like it's 4-4-2 with Rodriguez in central midfield with Mejia.

Mejia is the only midfielder playing tonight. Don't know how they'll arrange Rodriguez, Cuadrado and Ibarbo around him.

Where were you a week or two back when I was telling people that Kondogbia is a player of limited ability and that Pogba comparisons were stupid? I riled a few folk by saying Kondogbia was more Mohamed Sissoko than Pogba, but I made my point.

Argentina should win fairly comfortably given how lacking Colombia are in central midfield tonight.

Don't think so. It's just the proposed changes that are on hold - the existing stuff still stands.

Pepe/Marchisio under Delneri. :P

Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm suggesting in comparing them to Fiorentina. Lopez Abate-Zapata-Paletta-De Sciglio Bertolacci-De Jong-Montolivo Menez----???????-----El Shaarawy There are still enough decent players in that team that a coach should be able to figure out something that...

Giuseppe Rossi. In theory.

Depends on what you consider mid-table. I suspect Milan will end up with a team/squad that will, on paper, be of similar standard to Fiorentina's.

Well De Jong has renewed today and they are looking for another midfielder. My suspicion is that Milan will have most of a decent team next season, but they will be held back by not having good enough central defenders.

I think there will be more expected of Pogba, certainly. But I believe it would be a mistake to go into the season with so few creative players.

Yeah, probably and I don't see any particular problem with that. The only thing is that Juve need another creative forward so that they don't have to play Morata-Mandzukic in front of a trequartista that isn't terribly creative.

I'd probably show all the interest that Pirlo is showing in that gif if that were to happen.

I think Bertolacci does improve them. If they have the cash to sign a couple of 'top' players as well I don't see the harm. Seems odd that they aren't being linked with any centre-halves given the problems they've had in that position.

Ask Mark.

Bertolacci is quite different to Poli. Poli is far more along the lines of someone like Montolivo. Bertolacci is more like a poor man's Pjanic.