Would you have kept them for the locker room? For their jokes?
My stance on that is clear, Khedira should have been sold in 2018, Matuidi in 2019 and Pjanic in 2020. But since we tried to replace them with Can, Rabiot, Ramsey, Arthur, we obviously declined. With proper squad management they'd all be gone long ago and replaced properly.
You don't control anything with Matuidi, he could barely control the ball, let alone do simple passes and had already lost his engine.
What about the defensive phase? Pressing ability? Pushing the ball forward from the midfield? The guy is clearly missed since the current bunch have no clue what to do with or without the ball.
Pjanic's job is easily replaceable by what Arthur can do
and he's younger and faster than him.
he's younger tho I give you that. Luckily we have him and not someone like Modric. Average age is what matters after all
I don't see how Arthur and McKennie aren't upgrades over Pjanic and Matuidi in every single way. Morata is an upgrade over Piguain.
Paratici didn't see either it seems, you have the same vision. Morata is a upgrade but Higuain should have been gone in 2018. We gave Milan a option instead of obligation after they robbed us on the Bonucci Caldara swap.
I mean, I get it, we are all angry, but the team isn't THAT bad, let's be reasonable. Look at it on paper and tell it isn't still the number 1 or at the very least, the second best squad in Italy. It's not good enough the win CL, but it's definitely enough to beat Porto, and it's definitely enough to beat Conte's Inter and Pioli's Milan.
Again, paper tells you maybe half the story. Cohesion, chemistry, mentality, fit goes into it. You have to take that into consideration when signing players instead of just singing the fanciest name available. Just ask Perez in 2006.
At least 50% of the blame of the issues this season lie on Pirlo cosplaying as a coach.
Pirlo has no business coaching Juve but he's not the only one at fault. A lot of our players especially in midfield have no business being here, let alone starting