It's getting tough to love Andrea.
Thought his subs were spot on though, albeit a bit later than i might have hoped.
Thought his subs were spot on though, albeit a bit later than i might have hoped.
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Embarrassing performance.
We aren't going to win anything with no organisation or shape. We really just look like 11 school kids on a field running all over the place with no plan.
Morata has been in poor form but to drop him in a competition that he thrives in for a guy who isn't a striker is another in a long list off baffling selections.
Also how crystal clear has it been that Bentancur has an issue when receiving the ball around the box when pressed? It has been obvious all season and he should be nowhere near that role. Rabiot is far better at protecting the ball and should be doing that role when Arthur is out.
Been crying out for it all season. His idea is nice on paper but when you lose the ball players are too far out of position to suddenly convert to a 4.
We aren't going to win anything with no organisation or shape. We really just look like 11 school kids on a field running all over the place with no plan.
Morata has been in poor form but to drop him in a competition that he thrives in for a guy who isn't a striker is another in a long list off baffling selections.
Also how crystal clear has it been that Bentancur has an issue when receiving the ball around the box when pressed? It has been obvious all season and he should be nowhere near that role. Rabiot is far better at protecting the ball and should be doing that role when Arthur is out.
Been crying out for it all season. His idea is nice on paper but when you lose the ball players are too far out of position to suddenly convert to a 4.
CL is a different animal. We just treated this the same as a regular Serie A/Coppa game, you could see that we had not thoroughly studied Porto, there was nothing out of the ordinary, while Porto came out with clear ideas, clear plan on how to hurt us and that worked they scored a goal and overpowered us for the first hour. Fortunately we sort of got away with it, this could've ended a lot worse than 1:2, now it's on Pirlo, if he wants to keep his job, he's going to have to do a lot better in the return leg.
There is just so much wrong with the team right now.
- We have no shape whatsoever with players running all over the place.
- The lack of shape is fine if we are solid at the back but the gaps are huge and players seem to be able to run freely down the middle.
- We create very few chances.
- We let in numerous chances.
- We seem to have a mentality issue where when something goes against us we don't look like turning it around and very rarely do.
- We are so careless with the ball.
- We look unmotivated.
- We don't look like a team and morale looks poor.
- We don't learn from our mistakes.
Hard to argue that these issues aren't Pirlo's responsibility.
- We have no shape whatsoever with players running all over the place.
- The lack of shape is fine if we are solid at the back but the gaps are huge and players seem to be able to run freely down the middle.
- We create very few chances.
- We let in numerous chances.
- We seem to have a mentality issue where when something goes against us we don't look like turning it around and very rarely do.
- We are so careless with the ball.
- We look unmotivated.
- We don't look like a team and morale looks poor.
- We don't learn from our mistakes.
Hard to argue that these issues aren't Pirlo's responsibility.
Emotions aside, if we look to the outcome of these 5 difficult matches the game that (for now) hurts our ambitions the most is the ons vs Napoli, but we deserved more.
We should be able to turn things around with the away goal, but Pirlo need to sort things out. Rotating went okay in the Coppa games and the Serie A match against Roma. I was hoping for a peak performance today but it became a shitshow
442 seemed like a good escape from his (what the hell was it anyway?) 3-something-Ronaldo/Morata
Hopefully he stops playing with 2 CMs. McKennie looks kinda lost in this LM/AM role and playing 442 makes us highly depended on our wings but we really don’t create that much from the wings (aside from Cuadrado when he has his day) and our midfield is a joke and overrun pretty easy. It becomes to easy for the opponent aswel to get a numeral advantage in the center when we try to build from the back. Today we saw something that we could’ve expected for months now.
We’re also highly dependable of someone like Arthur who can actually pass the ball and survive pressure. I’d try Fagioli in the coming games and switch to a 433.
We should be able to turn things around with the away goal, but Pirlo need to sort things out. Rotating went okay in the Coppa games and the Serie A match against Roma. I was hoping for a peak performance today but it became a shitshow
442 seemed like a good escape from his (what the hell was it anyway?) 3-something-Ronaldo/Morata
Hopefully he stops playing with 2 CMs. McKennie looks kinda lost in this LM/AM role and playing 442 makes us highly depended on our wings but we really don’t create that much from the wings (aside from Cuadrado when he has his day) and our midfield is a joke and overrun pretty easy. It becomes to easy for the opponent aswel to get a numeral advantage in the center when we try to build from the back. Today we saw something that we could’ve expected for months now.
We’re also highly dependable of someone like Arthur who can actually pass the ball and survive pressure. I’d try Fagioli in the coming games and switch to a 433.
and wayy tooo many pedesterians in this team.
rabiot bentancur kulu can't string 4 passes together without giving ball away.
i'd be up for experimenting with danilo as a DM and bentancur on bench in coming games like @Dominic suggested. might give us more midfield cohesion.
rabiot bentancur kulu can't string 4 passes together without giving ball away.
i'd be up for experimenting with danilo as a DM and bentancur on bench in coming games like @Dominic suggested. might give us more midfield cohesion.
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