I asked the question in the ocatelli thread...
but why to play him as 5 hwne he has all the numbers of a mezzala?
I do it because his passing and vision to pick out the pass is the best on the squad and using that from the 5 is more advantageous than playing him as a mezzala. The difference between him and the next closest regista is wider than the difference between him and the next closest mezzala imo. However, I think playing him as the left mid and putting Bentancur as the regista might be what we see.
I think we saw Bernaradeschi getting time on the left side of the midfield in preseason and allegedly Allegri liked what he saw. With Rabiot out, I could see Bernardeschi or Ramsey being that left mid and Locatelli getting pushed to be a more central Regista. Not so far back, more pushed forward like how Allegri has shown us since returning. We'll see once we get Rabiot back how he plays our best midfield group.
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433 hybrid
Sczcesny
Perin/Pinsoglio
Cuadrado Deligt Chiellini Sandro
Danilo Bonucci Rugani/DeWinter Pellegrini
Arthur Locatelli Rabiot
McKennie Ramsey/Fagioli Bentancur
Chiesa Dybala Ronaldo
Kulusevski Morata/Jorge Bernardeschi
but i can also see kulusevski/bernardeschi as mezzala/n10 kind of position
Agreed, it appears Allegri has liked what he's seen from Bernardeschi and maybe thats the step needed to fix him for us. Kulusevski when we purchased him had whispers that he could play an effective mid and we might see it, it offers us flexibility, but I think he'll be the first person off the bench to replace Chiesa and give us dynamism late in matches as well as giving Chiesa time off verses weaker opposition.