Carlos Tevez (12 Viewers)
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Regarding Tévez vs defenders, I'm not going to take a side on the argument, but I do think our current defenders are overrated based on the first few games. Barzagli is still going through good form, which a lot of players have been known to (Bonucci last season), so he's still an uncertainty. Bonucci was heralded a success by some against Milan, despite being relatively untested (apart from a couple of occasions, when we witnessed the silly leg sweep), and still has some obvious flaws to his game. Chiellini has been moved to left back because of the problems there, and positionally didn't look all that (and against Serbia he wasn't particularly great either). De Ceglie, Grosso and Motta are still lingering in the background. I think there's still a reason to be concerned about it.
I know our defense is not perfect at all, but if it continues at the same level or better and we add in Tevez, it would be a huge boost to the whole team. For a couple of reasons.
#1 Tevez is the kind of player needed for games like Catania or Bologna. A player that can breakdown a tough defense and finish on a half chance from 25 yards. None of attackers (well DP is 37) have that kind of ability to be considered a game winning player.
#2 Tevez would probably be the best player in Serie A. Therefore with him in our attack, teams are much more likely to sit back more than usual and not be as aggressive on the attack because they would be punished on a counter-counter-attack. Therefore we would concede less goals if our defense carries on at least the same level or better. Especially with Vidal and Marchisio to a certain extent (in some games) bossing the midfield.
#1 Tevez is the kind of player needed for games like Catania or Bologna. A player that can breakdown a tough defense and finish on a half chance from 25 yards. None of attackers (well DP is 37) have that kind of ability to be considered a game winning player.
#2 Tevez would probably be the best player in Serie A. Therefore with him in our attack, teams are much more likely to sit back more than usual and not be as aggressive on the attack because they would be punished on a counter-counter-attack. Therefore we would concede less goals if our defense carries on at least the same level or better. Especially with Vidal and Marchisio to a certain extent (in some games) bossing the midfield.
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