Alberta Tampona Aquilani (53 Viewers)

[Ahmed]

He's calm yes but he's still always passing a very short pass to the closest player. I'm still expecting more from him

needs to be a lot more mobile.

 

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[Red]

He was quietly competent today.

Kept the ball well and worked away, but nothing exceptional.

 

[Bjerknes]

I am surprised by his defensive work. He's good.

 

[Bjerknes]

He's calm yes but he's still always passing a very short pass to the closest player. I'm still expecting more from him

Agreed.

 

[Red]

I am surprised by his defensive work. He's good.

He's working harder without the ball than I expected.

Hopefully his confidence will be high enough soon for him to start being a bit more ambitious with his passing.

 

[Nicholas]

Can this thread be a sticky and the Sissoko one unstickied please?

 

[GordoDeCentral]

loser performance, made some good tackles in the first half and that's it.

fucking guy is handing off the ball to Momo when we are dying to retain posession.

:wth:

 

[Nicholas]

Did anybody see his backheel in the build up to the goal?

 

[GordoDeCentral]

yep that bit of magic is what set everything in motion very refreshing stuff

 

[ALC]

I want to see him taking more long-range shots. They're insanely accurate and fast

 

[ReBeL]

 

[Alessandro]

Watched game 2 times. Don't understand why all are hailing him. Just a mediocre game. Always passed to closest ect.

 

[Klin]

I am surprised by his defensive work. He's good.

Glad I'm not the only one who's noticing that. His tackling is good.

 

[Ahmed]

Watched game 2 times. Don't understand why all are hailing him. Just a mediocre game. Always passed to closest ect.

agreed.

 

[Dostoevsky]

By playing the same Melo and Sissoko failed last season. His passing game was simple but he never made any mistake which was very important last night. Surprisingly enough he had a very good impact when it came to defending last night as he was covering players pretty well. He never had such role at Roma too. I agree it wasn't anything special but he did very well. Seeing him with the ball makes me peaceful, having nothing to worry about. I'm sure in the match he'll have more offensive role where he'll be a bigger treat up front. He's a type of player we always needed here and something we never had over the past God-knows how many years. Seeing him next to Melo is just so far. Simply a great duo.

 

[Klin]

Keeping it simple with no mistakes > Fancy stuff and risking getting caught on the counter, especially in such a game as last night was.

There's still room for improvement for him though.

 

[pitbull]

By playing the same Melo and Sissoko failed last season. His passing game was simple but he never made any mistake which was very important last night. Surprisingly enough he had a very good impact when it came to defending last night as he was covering players pretty well. He never had such role at Roma too. I agree it wasn't anything special but he did very well. Seeing him with the ball makes me peaceful, having nothing to worry about. I'm sure in the match he'll have more offensive role where he'll be a bigger treat up front. He's a type of player we always needed here and something we never had over the past God-knows how many years. Seeing him next to Melo is just so far. Simply a great duo.

I'd say C.Zanetti for us was pretty close to that kind of player, although maybe that's just a fanboy in me thinking loud again

 

[Dostoevsky]

He was, I had him in my head. But Aquilani just takes it to whole other level IMO.

If he keeps it up I'm sure he'll be one of the key players next season. If we buy him and God I hope we do.

 

[Boksic]

I really don't see the problem with keeping it simple and making short passes.

In a match away at the San Siro that is exactly what you need to keep possession to build attacks. Keeping the ball is one of the most important aspects for a centre mid and we have been looking for one since we came up from Serie B.

His tackling and defensive positioning really impressed me, as it is something that I didn't think he could do.

 

[Byrone]

By playing the same Melo and Sissoko failed last season. His passing game was simple but he never made any mistake which was very important last night. Surprisingly enough he had a very good impact when it came to defending last night as he was covering players pretty well. He never had such role at Roma too. I agree it wasn't anything special but he did very well. Seeing him with the ball makes me peaceful, having nothing to worry about. I'm sure in the match he'll have more offensive role where he'll be a bigger treat up front. He's a type of player we always needed here and something we never had over the past God-knows how many years. Seeing him next to Melo is just so far. Simply a great duo.

Spot on.

We really need to pounce on his asking fee & get it over & done with. He is the answer to our midfield puzzle.