Capitano Giorgio Chiellini (40 Viewers)

[Linebreak]

Chillieni hasn't been top 3 in a couple of seasons.

Silva is miles ahead and even Cannavaro jnr is above him. Lucio is also a better defender and all round player.

 

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[Quetzalcoatl]

You have got to be shitting me.

 

[icemaη]

lucio

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Paolo Cannavaro...

 

[X Æ A-12]

Lucio is a bonehead.

 

[ALC]

He just needs someone to guide him in defense, he can do all the hard work. That's who he is, the guy getting dirty and pulling illegal shit when the ref's not looking and that's why we all love him. That's why the perfect purchase for a CB would be someone like Carvalho, but younger.

 

[Ahmed]

let's not make excuses for Giorgone, everyone is responsible for their own performance.

 

[Klin]

let's not make excuses for Giorgone, everyone is responsible for their own performance.

That's no excuse for all the knee-jerkers in here.

 

[Ahmed]

true, they are fair game for pwnage.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Thats because this league is a joke, and he was the best just one season. Not all these years....

Yeah because there is no world class players in Serie A

Chiellini has come up against some great players in this league and dominated them. He is a fantastic CB but he's playing out of form and out of position.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

In a league that used to be filled with Cannavaro, Nesta, Thuram, Montero, Maldini, Cafu, etc...having one good sesaon in 3, and 2 inconsistent in between isn't saying much. I love Chiellini and all, but 7-10 years ago when these other guys were dominating Europe, this league was ooozing classy defenders. Now? Hardly. If Chiellini struggles to be in the top 3-5 defenders now in Italy, I'd say there is a definite problem.

A bit unfair to compare Chiellini to that generation of defenders anyway...there's prob never been an era in any league with defenders as strong as that. In fact the standard of football these days is nowhere near what it was from late 90s to mid 2000s.

 

[Bianconero81]

Chiellini, on his day, is a beast and top 5 in the world. It's just that he has been inconsistent, and suffered an inexplicable loss of form. I'm sure he will be back with a vengeance, and will probably be marshaling Italy to a semblance of success at the Euros.

The quality of football has drastically deteriorated since the late 90's and early 00's as you correctly stated.

 

[Ahmed]

he's not inconsistent, have you ever seen him play this poorly?

just lack of confidence, Giorgone will bounce back, and there will be blood.

hopefully of the purple variety tonight.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

he's not inconsistent, have you ever seen him play this poorly?

just lack of confidence, Giorgone will bounce back, and there will be blood.

hopefully of the purple variety tonight.

But some of our fans who play too much FIFA and PES wouldn't know a good player if it jumped out of the screen and gave them a kick up the backside.

 

[Linebreak]

Lucio is a bonehead.

Lucio knows how to dribble the ball and play a pass

 

[frick]

It's the same problem with Barzagli, look what Licht has done to his good form. Once Juve have their righteous LB, Chelini will become a CB everyone likes.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Lucio knows how to dribble the ball and play a pass

Lucio can dribble... Great defender

Pepe can tackle and run real hard... Great winger

 

[Salvatore]

It's funny how easily some group Chiellini with the shit this squad has had for the last two seasons, without really paying attention to his individual performances in that time.

Or they have no memory whatsoever. Either one.

 

[Linebreak]

It's funny how easily some group Chiellini with the shit this squad has had for the last two seasons, without really paying attention to his individual performances in that time.

Or they have no memory whatsoever. Either one.

Don't get me wrong Chiellini is a great tackler and a fighter.

Still, I clearly remember Chiellini being somewhat abysmal for a number of games last season at CB. His pairing with Bonucci was diabolical. Both were regularly caught out of position. Last year we blamed Motta for all that, this year we have no such excuse.

 

[Dostoevsky]

He's way too defensive as a LB, I don't like it.