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His discourse is bold, confident and innovative. But so far it translated to reckless, confusing and naive execution. The red cards are not a coincidence. Players are all over the place. The team actually stabillized with 10 men after he changed to 2 simple lines of 4. Defensive positioning...

I dont fault the players individual performances for this. The team's positioning, off the ball movement and mainly defesive transition is a hot mess. Pirlo is a rookie going straight for a home run with this unconventional scheme, specially with little time to train between NTs and...

I think this is precisely what Pirlo is thinking, considering the ensemble of his interviews. My biggest concern is if a 2 men midfield, with no added DM, is compatible with 3 CBs. I've always thought if you play 3 CBs, you need 1 DM (or regista) + 2 CMs. This is a bold bet and it will...

Pirlo fucked up really bad today, for all the clear cut reasons everybody mentioned, and which were expected from the get go. This was a win game btw, Roma is absolutely shit. And the level of fuckup is not warranted from rookie coaches either. It steems from his boldness. He has to be...

He was honest and direct. OK. Experiment with everything else, but just play left footed players as LWB, and right footed plays as RWB.

Fully agree. We know absolutely nothing about his behaviour in these situations, but the mistakes were big. And insisting in Cuadrado on the left till the end is a worrying signal. Just hope he doesn't overcomplicate it 1601243402 Don't know about the Chiellini part, but the rest is...

This. Betancur has to be the starter, all 03 fight for the remaining spot.

Strongly disagree. I am, or was, excited as anyone about Pirlo. With his charisma and history, we are all willing to be patient. But today he absolutely went out of his way to mess it up. Forcing Morata with 2 days in Italy discombulated the offense, and placing Kulu at the right and Cuadrado on...

Cuadrado 90 mins on the left. Wtf

Pirlo actively got out of his way to mess this up. Who would imagine Cuadrado would be a disaster at the left.

Honestly, that was a disastrous coaching half. Can't even blame the players here. I hope Pirlo puts his shit together. The mistakes in the starting 11 and positioning were very, very bad.

This desperation to play Morata... imo Pirlo's decisions for this game are mindblogging. Why just not build up from a very good start? Also, McKennie might be fool's gold. Very worrying game.

I really dont like a left footed rwb and right footed lwb. All width is lost when they inevitably go inwards or backwards. Just exchange their positions at least. Weird decision

I hope I'm wrong, but Pirlo fucked up here... too many new moves at once. Cuadrado on the left? Wtf.

Although Pirlo is definitely a breath of fresh air, some oxygen the club desperately needs, I hope he doesn't overcomplicate stuff. As mentioned above by Juve_fanatic, the things he aims for are commomplace among coaches in modern football and similar ideas could be attributed to Sarri. The...

The Suarez signing is disgusting. Have no idea what these idiots are thinking

Still struggling with the idea we are chasing Suarez . What are these guys fucking thinking? I already dont trust Pirlo

In general I like the profile, thinking outside of the box. Signing before the player explodes/gets too much attention. Young, probably low salary, eager to prove himself. Seems to have some of the features we crave in the midfield. The obligation to buy doesn't surprise me. If it was an...

I didn't know this guy, but he seems quite legit. He actually broke the news that Messi wants to leave 10 days ago. He lives in Barcelona and is close to the club. Seems quite bold in his assumptions.

Mattia De Sceglie