For all you people bitching about Pirlo: we just lack talent and personality. No manager can change that. Our team in 2014-2015 is one of my favorite teams of all time. We had Pirlo, Buffon, Vidal, Tevez, Pogba, Chiellini and Bonucci in peak form.
That's the difference.
Not Pirlo.
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that bar is obviously set way too high.
this 2020/21 team has been underperforming on a weekly basis, some of our key players are having a terrible season individually, our concentration reminds me of a serie c team, our attacking patterns are nonexistent, and we often lack defensive solidity when playing without the ball. we can't replace the whole midfield during the regular season, but we could - and should - play like an organized italian team, despite all the rookies in the squad, busy schedule or most opponents having more time to rest and prepare between games. bottom line is that pirlo lost tactical battles against giampaolo, stroppa, rebrov or inzaghi (two of those actually lol), with a much stronger squad at his disposal. 2014/15 squad was obviously awesome, but this isn't shit either, especially compared to most opponents we met so far. yet we are still without two consecutive league wins, even with adl's generous help. pirlo himself said before the cagliari game that the adoptation period was over, we had one pretty good match, then we turned to shit again at benevento, an other team fighting relegation. i don't expect us to win the cl or to get 90 points in the league, but some of this season's results are unacceptable even if we don't aim for the scudetto. (and we obviously do.)