In CL we would play pjanic as AM , so there is room for marchisio, khedira and matiudi ...IF they stay healthy , so it would work great
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He shouldn't be playing ahead of a fit Asamoah that's for sure.
I don't like Pjanic palying as a CDM too. it limits him.
When claudio come back it will be a tough one for Allegri. Go with the better players and play
Pjanic---Marchisio---Khedira but we lack so much physicality and that MF will be so slow. Drop Khedira and play Asamoah or go with Pjanic as AM and drop a CB.
Don't know what's the plan, but with our injury record i think we will end up playing something like
Pjanic----Hernanes----Matuidi
I don't like Pjanic palying as a CDM too. it limits him.
When claudio come back it will be a tough one for Allegri. Go with the better players and play
Pjanic---Marchisio---Khedira but we lack so much physicality and that MF will be so slow. Drop Khedira and play Asamoah or go with Pjanic as AM and drop a CB.
Don't know what's the plan, but with our injury record i think we will end up playing something like
Pjanic----Hernanes----Matuidi
Its needed even if price isnt ideal, since our entire midfield is either injury prone/suferring major injury, suck hard (Hernanes, Stururu)or called Lemina and Pjanic.
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Asamoah is defenitely better technically, but ffs what has he done in 3 years for you to be comfortable with relying on him?
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Asamoah is defenitely better technically, but ffs what has he done in 3 years for you to be comfortable with relying on him?
He shouldn't be playing ahead of a fit Asamoah that's for sure.
I don't like Pjanic palying as a CDM too. it limits him.
When claudio come back it will be a tough one for Allegri. Go with the better players and play
Pjanic---Marchisio---Khedira but we lack so much physicality and that MF will be so slow. Drop Khedira and play Asamoah or go with Pjanic as AM and drop a CB.
Don't know what's the plan, but with our injury record i think we will end up playing something like
Pjanic----Hernanes----Matuidi
I don't like Pjanic palying as a CDM too. it limits him.
When claudio come back it will be a tough one for Allegri. Go with the better players and play
Pjanic---Marchisio---Khedira but we lack so much physicality and that MF will be so slow. Drop Khedira and play Asamoah or go with Pjanic as AM and drop a CB.
Don't know what's the plan, but with our injury record i think we will end up playing something like
Pjanic----Hernanes----Matuidi
Plenty of games in a season, enough space for Matiuidi and Asa.
Depends on what you mean undid? Evra is old so after being quality placeholder for the left flank until Sandro came. Similar sitaution with Tevez being replaced by Dybala. Our defence is ageing specifically with 35 year old Barzagli, and he gets a younger equal level player in Benatia. Yes he is 29, but solving the ageing problem doesnt mean just getting Rugani level youngsters (who is there directly to replace Chiellini in long term), but also gradually addressing the problem, and getting 29 year old for that position is fine and not too old, nearly 6 years younger. Only way we lost our WC level youngsters are Morata and Pogba, and former is completely out of our hands, and latter wanted to leave and did for a record sum. Former is replaced by 5 years older player, not ideal for rejuvenation, but said player is considerably more deadly then Morata so its certaintly fine. Pogba is a big loss both in quality and youth, but ageing wise Pjanic isnt old, only 3 years older.
Now what we need to remember is the goal of the club, CL, which means we dont necessarily need to be thinking long term goals right now but immediate one. And secondly, why do you assume we are thinking short term? If anything, Marotta is showing he is very willing to pounce and make major changes in the squad quickly. Meaning just because we arent signing young studs this summer, doesnt mean we wont soon again, he is the same guy who signed Pogba, Morata, Rugani, Sandro, Coman, Lemina, Pjaca and Dybala as soon as opportunities for them were there.
Its all about timing and opportunities available, and how your fincances look at the time. We waited a little more for long term solution for LB by getting Evra first, that did not mean he didnt have Sandro in mind when he did, only that no market opportunity for it or something else is prioritized that specific summer but he had his eye on that ball for long term anyways. He pretty much has that for all positions, we wouldnt be in this high level state of our team and squad if he didnt. So us signing Dani Alves, ONLY OLD PLAYER WE SIGNED THIS SUMMER, look at it as another Evra sitaution IMO (except MUCH BETTER
), and think what kind of quality younger RB are we looking at? I hope its Bruno Peres more so then DSC...
The rest? 28-29 year olds arent too old, they will have plenty of years to service us in top level if they are good enough. And when the opportunities arise Paratrici and Marotta will pounce on top quality youngsters. As they have for past years. They elevate their goals and ambitions for signings gradually ever since the quantity of mediocrity when starting out, we should defenitely be confident they will handle this well. Only thing we should question is their ability to sign quality AM
P.S I did not mention the only really old player we have Gigi's replacement, simply because its insane task for any sporting director to try address replacement for...and also because Gigi is a $#@!ing highlander. He can retire anytime he wants
Now what we need to remember is the goal of the club, CL, which means we dont necessarily need to be thinking long term goals right now but immediate one. And secondly, why do you assume we are thinking short term? If anything, Marotta is showing he is very willing to pounce and make major changes in the squad quickly. Meaning just because we arent signing young studs this summer, doesnt mean we wont soon again, he is the same guy who signed Pogba, Morata, Rugani, Sandro, Coman, Lemina, Pjaca and Dybala as soon as opportunities for them were there.
Its all about timing and opportunities available, and how your fincances look at the time. We waited a little more for long term solution for LB by getting Evra first, that did not mean he didnt have Sandro in mind when he did, only that no market opportunity for it or something else is prioritized that specific summer but he had his eye on that ball for long term anyways. He pretty much has that for all positions, we wouldnt be in this high level state of our team and squad if he didnt. So us signing Dani Alves, ONLY OLD PLAYER WE SIGNED THIS SUMMER, look at it as another Evra sitaution IMO (except MUCH BETTER
), and think what kind of quality younger RB are we looking at? I hope its Bruno Peres more so then DSC... The rest? 28-29 year olds arent too old, they will have plenty of years to service us in top level if they are good enough. And when the opportunities arise Paratrici and Marotta will pounce on top quality youngsters. As they have for past years. They elevate their goals and ambitions for signings gradually ever since the quantity of mediocrity when starting out, we should defenitely be confident they will handle this well. Only thing we should question is their ability to sign quality AM
P.S I did not mention the only really old player we have Gigi's replacement, simply because its insane task for any sporting director to try address replacement for...and also because Gigi is a $#@!ing highlander. He can retire anytime he wants
But again, we simply had a better balance regarding the future 1 year ago. Present is pretty damn good, but he'll have to keep doing moves to restore the balance. The best they do is to find talent, so I'm not really worried about that.
For the next year, Berardi coming is almost a certainty, that will count. CB position is OK for now. We'll need a RB pretty soon though, and GK must be a priority from next offseason on. But the ageing of the midfield is the one that worries me more.
What a load of crap. I just stated that over 50 % of our squad is at least 30 next summer. Assuming AS, Pjanic, Higuain and Dybala are starters it will be 64 % of our starters who will be a least 30. Thats 7 players from our starting eleven who is at least 30. Assuming we have around a 60 mil. transferbudget every summer how are you going to replace the players mentioned with equally or better quality players without selling some of our younger players? Are we going to rely on Beppe to keep buying players below there value. Are we going to rely on every player in our squad to keep performing at the highest level to they are 32-33 years old. The fact stands that we will have the oldest squad and starting 11 among the European elite, and that could potentially be a recipe for problems, no matter how much you distort the facts.
I said when he's fit about Asamoah, and a player of that profile is what i wanted for our MF. Someone who can offer something offensively while being a good defensive presence. Something Asamoah can be.
Matuidi is very limited offensively and his defensive output is not Vidal like to justify the price especially at his age.
Starting him especially in a 3-5-2 will lack creativity and it will definetely hurts us in europe. I could stomack playing him in a 4 man MF with an AM because it will mask his offensive limits but in a 3 man MF i am really not comfortable with the idea especially in the CL.
Matuidi is very limited offensively and his defensive output is not Vidal like to justify the price especially at his age.
Starting him especially in a 3-5-2 will lack creativity and it will definetely hurts us in europe. I could stomack playing him in a 4 man MF with an AM because it will mask his offensive limits but in a 3 man MF i am really not comfortable with the idea especially in the CL.
Ageing of the midfield doesnt worry me, the quality of the midfield does compared to the past insane quality.
The thing is with having so much of the backup and starting level settled, it frees up our budget to focus on just quality additions, younger ones that tend to be pricy unless they are lesser known gems. So pretty sure thats what we will be focusing on, as we did last season by spending 67m on Dybala and Sandro alone.
Only priority is RB for coming year or two, and thats pretty much it age wise. Rest is all about getting better quality and nothing else.
The thing is with having so much of the backup and starting level settled, it frees up our budget to focus on just quality additions, younger ones that tend to be pricy unless they are lesser known gems. So pretty sure thats what we will be focusing on, as we did last season by spending 67m on Dybala and Sandro alone.
Only priority is RB for coming year or two, and thats pretty much it age wise. Rest is all about getting better quality and nothing else.
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