hey zach, just outta curiosity, don't you think verratti is also too young to be playing the regista role for a team like Juve? He's the same age as Pogba.
Well, while Pogba is a box-to-box mid in the making, verratti is a regista in the making first of all.
But to answer your question, the same rules apply but with a key diffrence.
Regista is a pretty goddamn hard role to do. Especially at their age. As i said, when pogba plays there, the team needs to carry him.
Same applies for verratti. He is carried by others around him.
Compared to pirlo, xavi, xabi alonso,... they simply are years behind to run the position without help or protection.
talking about pirlo, he reached the decaypoint, where he actually needs protection, cause he got prone to getting pressed. But partially, the lack of passingrange of the current cm's : marchisio and vidal, is also a big factor here.
Now the thing is, Pogba is a box to box. When he matures, he'll be a massive asset as a cm. Partially because he does got that passing range, ability to spread the play and calmness/controll/vision on the ball. Marchisio and vidal dont.
For this reason, we should get him 30+games a season as a first sub. But in the cm's position.
Playing pogba as regista, is asking for issues. He doesnt offer what a regista needs to offer. Only when several players are changing their game, and he can run freely, then he becomes better. But why ? it has been pretty clear that playing Pogba as a CM with liberty to make forward runs, has shown remarkable good results. Pogba needs to be further up the pitch. He's most effective there, whilst he isnt as a regista.
Verratti, is a whole diffrent story. Verratti needs to be carried aswel, make no mistake. But unlike pogba, he delivers WAY more from the regista spot.
Verratti cannot play advanced like pogba. He's to slow. He doesnt have the burst or finishing, not the stamina to press players. Just like pirlo, he should focus on running down opponent passing lanes.
But the effectiveness of verratti, is the way he can lay the play from deep, and is a constant threat with long balls. Verratti's pace keeps him from playing further, but his passing range allows this position. Like pirlo, when he sends the team forward, he can move up, and be the passing connection.
So to summarise, both players need to be carried by the team if they'd play regista. However verratti is allready pretty effective there where Pogba isnt. On the other hand, Pogba is allready pushing marchisio's box to box spot.
Did i cover everything ?
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I even like him trying to sue Giovinco on the left side for once. Maybe our little atomic ant can explode in that falnk when using the trident formations.
Dont make me resent the 4-3-3 idea by statements like this !
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I totally agree about Pogba's ability being limited if he has to stick deep. I guess my other question is, if we get Verratti, do we start him? Or do we just give him 30+ games as a first sub?