Arturo Vidal (63 Viewers)

Cheesio

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Jul 11, 2006
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He was giving so much freedom, don't forget that guys. That's a reason for his good perfomances.He's virtually playing as an AM. That won't happen if he play in a 2 man MF with Pirlo?
 

JuveJay

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Mar 6, 2007
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Really good all round player, maybe lacked a little finesse today but that'll come.

No he didn't change the game today, we had scored a goal seconds before he came on and that allowed us to counter against a more open Siena.

And no, that doesn't mean I think Marchisio is better, before the voice of juventuz logic steps in.
 

Ken

The Dutch Touch
Aug 17, 2007
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He's a good player probably but he wasn't really good today.
Had a few good moments but he looked rather sluggish, I expected him to be more active. I wonder how he'd do next to Pirlo, because he'd have a lot less freedom going forward and a lot more responsibility in midfield.

I'm really liking how we do switch to a 433 though, and not just for the last 5 minutes. With three midfielders we can easily play more attacking wingers. I'd love to see Elia and Krasic on the pitch with Matri/Vuci as striker.
 

JuveJay

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Mar 6, 2007
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He was giving so much freedom, don't forget that guys. That's a reason for his good perfomances.He's virtually playing as an AM. That won't happen if he play in a 2 man MF with Pirlo?
This should be bolded. He'll get his chance in the midfield 2, let's see how it works. Looking at Marchisio-Pirlo, we might have two wins but it looks tactically flawed, it requires a lot of players rolling across midfield into the middle. Pepe did it today, he's crap on the ball but I can see why Conte is playing him.
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
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Really good all round player, maybe lacked a little finesse today but that'll come.

No he didn't change the game today, we had scored a goal seconds before he came on and that allowed us to counter against a more open Siena.

And no, that doesn't mean I think Marchisio is better, before the voice of juventuz logic steps in.
Had a few good moments but he looked rather sluggish, I expected him to be more active. I wonder how he'd do next to Pirlo, because he'd have a lot less freedom going forward and a lot more responsibility in midfield.

I'm really liking how we do switch to a 433 though, and not just for the last 5 minutes. With three midfielders we can easily play more attacking wingers. I'd love to see Elia and Krasic on the pitch with Matri/Vuci as striker.
2 guys with sense.
 

Ken

The Dutch Touch
Aug 17, 2007
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This should be bolded. He'll get his chance in the midfield 2, let's see how it works. Looking at Marchisio-Pirlo, we might have two wins but it looks tactically flawed, it requires a lot of players rolling across midfield into the middle. Pepe did it today, he's crap on the ball but I can see why Conte is playing him.
:tup:

We'd struggle more with our 'proper' wingers out there defensively. Conte seems to understand though, so I wonder how it'll pan out after a few more games, what line-ups we'll see, because it's rather unlikely we won't eventually use Elia and Krasic.
 

hudick

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Sep 18, 2006
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He was giving so much freedom, don't forget that guys. That's a reason for his good perfomances.He's virtually playing as an AM. That won't happen if he play in a 2 man MF with Pirlo?
Exactly.. It's different if you play as a free role. If he starts instead of Marchisio he will have to cover for Pirlo. Anyway i still think all three of them playing together would be great.
 

Suns

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May 22, 2009
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Vidal would have no problems as a defensive midfielder. Thats the role he was playing with Leverkusen last year and thats where he actually excels.
 

Osman

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Aug 30, 2002
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This should be bolded. He'll get his chance in the midfield 2, let's see how it works. Looking at Marchisio-Pirlo, we might have two wins but it looks tactically flawed, it requires a lot of players rolling across midfield into the middle. Pepe did it today, he's crap on the ball but I can see why Conte is playing him.
I see the Pepe starting so far, defensive soliifying early off in the foundation building, but why is Giaccherini playing? He doesnt provide that, except if passing back to the defenders is defensive work? :p
 

Nenz

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Apr 17, 2008
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Vidal isn't really an attacking midfielder though. He is more than capable of starting next to Pirlo and playing Marchisio's role 10 times better. He's known for his strong tackling which will cover for Pirlo who by the way has been making more of a defensive effort than Marchisio anyway. Marchisio is not irreplaceable, anyone in our squad would have done better than him today.
 

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