++ [ originally posted by Paid-off-Ref ] ++
I can't believe what I'm reading here. How can you forget our strength after just one game??!!!
We set records under Capello, but obviously after just 90 minutes of play it's a distant memory.
WWWWWWWWWL
I rest my case
I would have been very impressed if that "record" was against teams like Milan , away or at home, Inter away, Fiorentina away. Not the calibre of opponents we faced.
No argument is aided by stats or stuff like records becos they do not accurately depict the whole situation.
Fixture list can quite easily throw up 15 easy matches in a row and then next 9 could be hell, now if you win your first 15, set a new so called record, and lose your next 9, does that mean you are the best and crap in a matter of weeks?
As for Crapelloo, he is very successful, like Trapatoni but you just cannot get to like them if they are coaching your team cos of the negative attitude they got.
I am not a manager, nor coach, never have been, and might be easier from the outside, but if i was Juve's manager, with the squad available to me, injuries and all, i would either play 3 at the back with Kovac, Thuram and Cannavaro and ignore the right back position for now, or if we are playing a team with a strong left winger, then i will play Thuram there, as he is the best alternative we got, its stupid playing Blasi or Zambrotta there.
I like teams with lots of movement off the ball and one touch football with it so in mf, i will mostly have, Vieria, Emerson, Camoranesi, Dp and Mutu, with Trez as the lone striker.
This does not mean , no room for Zlatan or Nedved as they will play
I have never liked the dynamic between Nedved and Dp, simply because there isnt any, so i will try as much as possible to not play them at the same time
Nedved and Zlatan work much better
So at times I will play, Trez, Vieria,Camo, Nedved and Zlatan
Now if we play a team like Milan, then thats where players like Giannicheda and Blasi will come into play, to nullify the Kaka and Pirlo effect, its just foolhardy to me to expect players like Vieria and Emerson to try and control Kaka and Pirlo when we have players like Giannichedda or Blasi who could do that job, as they are not gonna hurt the opposition so why not just put them in there to nullify dangermen and either drop, Nedved in the first group or Mutu or Dp in the second group.
I definitely will not be so rigid to the point of ridicule and certainly will not based my football based on height for my strikers
Its amazing how a manager can love talll strikers but not concerned that we do not have a commanding presence at the back, so we always struggle when balls are crossed into out penalty area. Just a very curious man, our crapelloo.
Is it my imagination or does he or his men read from this forum, as some of our arguments , have been tried by him
I remember complaining about Thuram being captain and the next game, i see , Pessotto as captain and Nedved was dropped against Bayern, much to my relief