Capitano Giorgio Chiellini (34 Viewers)

[Juventino[RUS]]

Barzagli.

Does he even make the Italy squad any more?

anyway, he is main player in bundesliga champion team ! i think Lippi will call him on next euro quali games!!

 

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[JuveJay]

Ariaudo

 

[Luca]

Just to clarify though, I do think he is a great defender, one of the best. Critisism makes a better player than praise but then what of molinaro?

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

Was he even making the Wolfsburg starting XI?

r u kiddin me?????????34 games in starting XI!!!!!

 

[Red]

anyway, he is main player in bundesliga champion team ! i think Lippi will call him on next euro quali games!!

Better chance of Gamberini being given a shot.

 

[Luca]

anyway, he is main player in bundesliga champion team ! i think Lippi will call him on next euro quali games!!

Toni was a bundesliga champion last year, he is a bag of shit for Italy, he is not even W.C and never has been whereas toni at least once was.

 

[Luca]

r u kiddin me?????????34 games in starting XI!!!!!

I was asking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So no I was not kidding you!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry if I don't have time to watch every single league in Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JuveJay]

Well if you are looking at a list of young central defenders in the national team system to join Chiellini in the full national side it reads like:

Salvatore Bocchetti
Fabiano Santacroce
Domenico Criscito
Andrea Esposito
Andrea Ranocchia
Giuseppe Bellusci
Lorenzo Ariaudo
Alessandro Tuia
Matteo Darmian

You often get one who creeps in from nowhere. Overall could be worse.

 

[JuveJay]

Just to clarify though, I do think he is a great defender, one of the best. Critisism makes a better player than praise but then what of molinaro?

Having said that, what I wouldn't give for a young Nesta to be coming through right now.

 

[Luca]

Bocchetti or criscito, santacroce + chiellini is a big NO GO, I think that two cavemen will just cost Italy what it is famous for, elegant defending.

 

[Red]

Bocchetti or criscito, santacroce + chiellini is a big NO GO, I think that two cavemen will just cost Italy what it is famous for, elegant defending.

Once the players mature, they may have learned to be less rash.

Right now, I agree that Santacroce wouldn't be a suitable partner for Chiellini.

 

[JuveJay]

Criscito is elegant, he's also as strong as my sister.

 

[Gian]

Toni was a bundesliga champion last year, he is a bag of shit for Italy, he is not even W.C and never has been whereas toni at least once was.

Toni is a bag of shit? EURO 2008 surely but in WC2006 and Qual in 2007/2008 he was pretty good..

 

[JBF]

Criscito is elegant, he's also as strong as my sister.

WTF!

 

[Red]

Criscito is elegant, he's also as strong as my sister.

He's got significantly stronger in the couple of years he's spent at Genoa.

 

[JuveJay]

He's got significantly stronger in the couple of years he's spent at Genoa.

As he should, it is a glaring weak point in his game. I don't think his height is an issue, he is taller than Cannavaro for example, but his upper body strength and how he uses it need a bit more work. He could be a bit nastier at times as well. I like him, but he halfway between a central defender and a left back in my opinion, he suits the 3 man defence.

 

[Red]

True.

It remains to be seen whether he will develop sufficiently to become a top level CB or LB in a 4-4-2 or if he will only be at his best when played as the left of three CBs.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

As he should, it is a glaring weak point in his game. I don't think his height is an issue, he is taller than Cannavaro for example, but his upper body strength and how he uses it need a bit more work. He could be a bit nastier at times as well. I like him, but he halfway between a central defender and a left back in my opinion, he suits the 3 man defence.

Who knows, maybe italy will play 352 on euro 2012?!

Buffon
Barzagli - Chiellini - Criscito
D'Agostino - De Rossi
Pepe - Montolivo - Quagliarella
Rossi (Gilardino, Palladino, Amauri etc. )))))))

 

[Red]

Find me a team in Europe that plays 3-5-2 without wingbacks.

 

[The Curr]

Find me a team in Europe that plays 3-5-2 without wingbacks.

You could take "in Europe" out of that sentence.