Oh Poulsen does read the game pretty good. The thing is that he never do anything after that.
You really like Poulsen, don't you. I should get you a shirt with his name on the back
Hello Buck nice to see you, where you been?
And nope, ignore the Melo of Juventus and watch the Melo for Brazil,Fiorentina and Almeria and you'll see he reads the game well.
I've been around.
And believe me, I have tried my best to ignore the Melo of Juventus. No success so far
Seriously though, I don't have a clue how he did at Almeria & I don't watch every Brazil game either so I'm definitely not someone who knows everything about Melo.
What I do know is that he had an at best decent season at Fiorentina (not bad but way too inconsistent) & a terrible one at Juve.
And as far as reading the game, imo he's under par. His decision making is atrocious at times & he lacks a certian intelligence in terms of covering the right spaces / making the right runs.
Look, I am not saying that Melo has to go, like every player he deserves a 2nd chance / season.
I don't even think we need to change the CM department right now (more pressing matters).
What does annoy me is that quite a lot of people continously bash Poulsen (for whatever reason), while they're protecting Melo at the same time. I do not like double standards.