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Also look at this screenshot. Isn't Chiesa supposed to be the RWB in this situation, covering Young? Look at our 3 musketeers' positioning as well: Bentancur, Rabiot and Ramsey. Ramsey's should be covering for Frabotta more, and you'd expect Rabiot or Bentancur to be a little more active in the box especially with incoming Vidal.
That's also just as true, he is trying to fit too many square pegs into round holes which is clearly working against him so far.
For starters he should perhaps begin with adapting and moulding himself more towards the squad available to him at any given time instead, simply play key players in roles that they can fully take advantage of their strengths in and find a formation that best fits the overall roster at your disposal rather than insisting on one specific philosophy or formation that is obviously making the team look as unbalanced as we've seen it lately.
For starters he should perhaps begin with adapting and moulding himself more towards the squad available to him at any given time instead, simply play key players in roles that they can fully take advantage of their strengths in and find a formation that best fits the overall roster at your disposal rather than insisting on one specific philosophy or formation that is obviously making the team look as unbalanced as we've seen it lately.
Sarri at the start was promising, but later turned out flop. I understand him a bit, with that kind of midfield you cant play like you want because opponents play their game in the middle. Matuidi, pjanic and benta and rabiot was our top midfield in sarri' era. Allegri started with a lot of bad luck, every game 20 shots and no goal, but at least it was promising. And now under pirlo everithing looks like shit, there is not even one optimistic thing about it. Bad games and bad resaults. Thank god we dont play in england, we would be relegated.
The biggest problem with Pirlo is that he seems either unable to fix or unaware of our massive problems: players completely out of tactical shape and structure in the defensive phase. This team has had 9 years of success by being compact. We are so far from compact at the moment. The gaps between midfield and defence are basically canyons, when one midfielder pushes up the other one needs to drop back and cover. Instead we see our players pushing into a stacked final third, passing the ball aimlessly against a structured opponent, losing the ball and then getting totally exposed on the counter because we have pushed players up with no real structure.
It is so crystal clear that none of the players on the pitch understand what their role and responsibilities are. Our LB is a LM. Our RB is a CB. Our AM is LM. Our RM is a RW. It only gets more confusing when the subs are brought in and we have Bernardeschi playing as a LWB... it’s no surprise we’re performing like clowns.
Something else has to stop as well: this high press. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen, we concede far more opportunities than we create by insisting on this pressure up the park, I can count on 1 hand the amount of times we’ve recovered the ball from it but I see 5-6 examples every game of where we are passed out of it and this exposes an already fragile back line. It’s got to stop. We do not have the personnel or the structure and organisation to apply it. Stop it. Stop it now. When we lose the ball we should press for 10 seconds around the ball carrier with the nearest two players. The rest of the team should drop and get into a solid structure to mean any beating of the initial press doesn’t result in a goal or a clear cut opportunity.
The success of all football teams depends on their control of central midfield. We need to stack it and Ramsey is not suitable. Arthur is our only midfielder capable of holding off pressure. He needs to be put in the Regista role. McKennie should be RCM and Rabiot should be LCM but with structured attacking. If one goes forward, the other drops. We need to be between the lines of our opponents.
So many issues and let’s face it, we’ve seen no improvement or hint of that throughout Pirlo’s tenure
It is so crystal clear that none of the players on the pitch understand what their role and responsibilities are. Our LB is a LM. Our RB is a CB. Our AM is LM. Our RM is a RW. It only gets more confusing when the subs are brought in and we have Bernardeschi playing as a LWB... it’s no surprise we’re performing like clowns.
Something else has to stop as well: this high press. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen, we concede far more opportunities than we create by insisting on this pressure up the park, I can count on 1 hand the amount of times we’ve recovered the ball from it but I see 5-6 examples every game of where we are passed out of it and this exposes an already fragile back line. It’s got to stop. We do not have the personnel or the structure and organisation to apply it. Stop it. Stop it now. When we lose the ball we should press for 10 seconds around the ball carrier with the nearest two players. The rest of the team should drop and get into a solid structure to mean any beating of the initial press doesn’t result in a goal or a clear cut opportunity.
The success of all football teams depends on their control of central midfield. We need to stack it and Ramsey is not suitable. Arthur is our only midfielder capable of holding off pressure. He needs to be put in the Regista role. McKennie should be RCM and Rabiot should be LCM but with structured attacking. If one goes forward, the other drops. We need to be between the lines of our opponents.
So many issues and let’s face it, we’ve seen no improvement or hint of that throughout Pirlo’s tenure
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The biggest problem with Pirlo is that he seems either unable to or unaware of our massive problems: players completely out of shape and structure in the defensive phase. This team has had 9 years of success by being compact. We are so far from compact at the moment. The gaps between midfield and defence are basically canyons, when one midfielder pushes up the other one needs to drop back and cover. Instead we see our players pushing into a stacked final third, passing the ball aimlessly against a structured opponent, losing the ball and then getting totally exposes on the counter because we have pushed players up with no real structure.
It is so crystal clear that none of the players on the pitch understand what their role and responsibilities are. Our LB is a LM. Our RB is a CB. Our AM is LM. Our RM is a RW. It only gets more confusing when the subs are brought in and we have Bernardeschi playing as a LWB... it’s no surprise we’re performing like clowns.
Something else has to stipe as well: this high press. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen, we concede far more opportunities than we create by insisting on this pressure up the park, I can count on 1 hand the amount of times we’ve recovered the ball from it but I see 5-6 examples every game of where we are passed out of it and expose an already fragile back line. It’s got to stop. We do not have the personnel or the structure to apply it. Stop it. Stop it now. When we lose the ball we should press for 10 seconds around the ball carrier with the nearest two players. The rest of the team should drop
The success of all football teams depends on their control of central midfield. We need to stack it, and Ramsey is not suitable. Arthur is our only midfielder capable of holding off pressure. He needs to be put in the Regista role. McKennie should be RCM and Rabiot should be LCM but with structure attacking. If one goes forward, the other drops. We need to be between the lines of our opponents.
So many issues and let’s face it, we’ve seen no improvement or hint of that throughout Pirlo’s tenure
It is so crystal clear that none of the players on the pitch understand what their role and responsibilities are. Our LB is a LM. Our RB is a CB. Our AM is LM. Our RM is a RW. It only gets more confusing when the subs are brought in and we have Bernardeschi playing as a LWB... it’s no surprise we’re performing like clowns.
Something else has to stipe as well: this high press. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen, we concede far more opportunities than we create by insisting on this pressure up the park, I can count on 1 hand the amount of times we’ve recovered the ball from it but I see 5-6 examples every game of where we are passed out of it and expose an already fragile back line. It’s got to stop. We do not have the personnel or the structure to apply it. Stop it. Stop it now. When we lose the ball we should press for 10 seconds around the ball carrier with the nearest two players. The rest of the team should drop
The success of all football teams depends on their control of central midfield. We need to stack it, and Ramsey is not suitable. Arthur is our only midfielder capable of holding off pressure. He needs to be put in the Regista role. McKennie should be RCM and Rabiot should be LCM but with structure attacking. If one goes forward, the other drops. We need to be between the lines of our opponents.
So many issues and let’s face it, we’ve seen no improvement or hint of that throughout Pirlo’s tenure
Also look at this screenshot. Isn't Chiesa supposed to be the RWB in this situation, covering Young? Look at our 3 musketeers' positioning as well: Bentancur, Rabiot and Ramsey. Ramsey's should be covering for Frabotta more, and you'd expect Rabiot or Bentancur to be a little more active in the box especially with incoming Vidal.
What is it supposed to say?
"Look a, is a not a so bad a. Was a just as bad under Allegri and we still won a."
That is stupid. Allegri was an actual coach and there was legit hope for him to turn it around. Pirlo so far gives no indication whatsoever to make a decent coach anytime soon. Hopeless.
Comparison is off. Attention seeking bunch.
"Look a, is a not a so bad a. Was a just as bad under Allegri and we still won a."
That is stupid. Allegri was an actual coach and there was legit hope for him to turn it around. Pirlo so far gives no indication whatsoever to make a decent coach anytime soon. Hopeless.
Comparison is off. Attention seeking bunch.
The biggest problem with Pirlo is that he seems either unable to or unaware of our massive problems: players completely out of shape and structure in the defensive phase. This team has had 9 years of success by being compact. We are so far from compact at the moment. The gaps between midfield and defence are basically canyons, when one midfielder pushes up the other one needs to drop back and cover. Instead we see our players pushing into a stacked final third, passing the ball aimlessly against a structured opponent, losing the ball and then getting totally exposes on the counter because we have pushed players up with no real structure.
It is so crystal clear that none of the players on the pitch understand what their role and responsibilities are. Our LB is a LM. Our RB is a CB. Our AM is LM. Our RM is a RW. It only gets more confusing when the subs are brought in and we have Bernardeschi playing as a LWB... it’s no surprise we’re performing like clowns.
Something else has to stipe as well: this high press. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen, we concede far more opportunities than we create by insisting on this pressure up the park, I can count on 1 hand the amount of times we’ve recovered the ball from it but I see 5-6 examples every game of where we are passed out of it and expose an already fragile back line. It’s got to stop. We do not have the personnel or the structure to apply it. Stop it. Stop it now. When we lose the ball we should press for 10 seconds around the ball carrier with the nearest two players. The rest of the team should drop
The success of all football teams depends on their control of central midfield. We need to stack it, and Ramsey is not suitable. Arthur is our only midfielder capable of holding off pressure. He needs to be put in the Regista role. McKennie should be RCM and Rabiot should be LCM but with structure attacking. If one goes forward, the other drops. We need to be between the lines of our opponents.
So many issues and let’s face it, we’ve seen no improvement or hint of that throughout Pirlo’s tenure
It is so crystal clear that none of the players on the pitch understand what their role and responsibilities are. Our LB is a LM. Our RB is a CB. Our AM is LM. Our RM is a RW. It only gets more confusing when the subs are brought in and we have Bernardeschi playing as a LWB... it’s no surprise we’re performing like clowns.
Something else has to stipe as well: this high press. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen, we concede far more opportunities than we create by insisting on this pressure up the park, I can count on 1 hand the amount of times we’ve recovered the ball from it but I see 5-6 examples every game of where we are passed out of it and expose an already fragile back line. It’s got to stop. We do not have the personnel or the structure to apply it. Stop it. Stop it now. When we lose the ball we should press for 10 seconds around the ball carrier with the nearest two players. The rest of the team should drop
The success of all football teams depends on their control of central midfield. We need to stack it, and Ramsey is not suitable. Arthur is our only midfielder capable of holding off pressure. He needs to be put in the Regista role. McKennie should be RCM and Rabiot should be LCM but with structure attacking. If one goes forward, the other drops. We need to be between the lines of our opponents.
So many issues and let’s face it, we’ve seen no improvement or hint of that throughout Pirlo’s tenure
