Claudio Marchisio (99 Viewers)

[Trequartista]

I know he's world class, but I've never seen someone change his opinion as much as you do about CM8

I still maintain that he's average as a B2B. He's much better as a CDM.

I liked him a lot when he played CDM instead of Pirlo last season too.

 

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[JCK]

He was heavily marked in the first half but in the second right after Gigi saved the penalty he got all the space he needed. Great display.

 

[X Æ A-12]

He's becoming a world class DM.

There I said it.

and i'll agree with it

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

This man's passing is glorious.

 

[alexjuventino]

I wouldn't bench him for Pirlo at this point.

 

[Tevez10]

He had only about 60 passes. First half he wasn't so good! But he has been tackling like a mad man.

 

[Hydde]

Ill just say one thing:
Pirlo will have to earn his place this time.

 

[Scottish]

That pass at the end towards Lichtsteiner. Was Stephan complaining to Marchisio or the ref? Looked like a good pass to me

 

[Zacheryah]

The flak i got when i tried to explain why he was a great covering cm for the btb cms

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Oh, Treq

So much eating of words in this thread about Marchisio

 

[Trequartista]

So much eating of words in this thread about Marchisio

I'm probably the guiltiest here

 

[Hist]

You basically called him the best midfielder in the world by "miles".

He is definitely miles ahead of Marchisio. But if you compare him to Modric for instance Pirlo is still better in terms of passing, movement and obviously set pieces but he does less defensively and has lower stamina.

At this age he is still the best deep lying playmaker in the world.. miles ahead of most players and a little better than very few like Modric.

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Marchisio is an amazing player to have. He can play Box-to-Box, Ball Winner or Deep Lying Playmaker all to good effect. While our starting trio are ahead of him in their respective roles, none of them can play all 3 roles like that. Vidal is superior as a B2B and BW but probably not as a DLP. Pirlo is only a DLP and would suck at any other role while Pogba might be a better B2B but worse at the other two roles.

Marchisio is the perfect rotation guy in midfield.

 

[alexjuventino]

Given the freedom of Tevez, Pirlo isn't as necessary in this team. Marchisio is. Marchisio can make some Pirloesque passes but at the same time he can defend which is something you lose when you play pirlo.

Marchisio in my opinion should not lose his starting spot, why change something that is working?

 

[Hust]

So much eating of words in this thread about Marchisio

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Given the freedom of Tevez, Pirlo isn't as necessary in this team. Marchisio is. Marchisio can make some Pirloesque passes but at the same time he can defend which is something you lose when you play pirlo.

Marchisio in my opinion should not lose his starting spot, why change something that is working?

This is going a bit too far now, Pirlo is still (by a long way) the best in that position in the world. Yes, he can't be expected to play every game all the time, and he does need to be managed wisely…but he still has a very big role to play for us. It's crazy how people forget about vital players so easily. Out of sight, out of mind.

 

[mukumsplau]

Given the freedom of Tevez, Pirlo isn't as necessary in this team. Marchisio is. Marchisio can make some Pirloesque passes but at the same time he can defend which is something you lose when you play pirlo.

Marchisio in my opinion should not lose his starting spot, why change something that is working?

all sentiment aside for Pirlo I personally feel better having Marchisio in that role..quite a few physical challenges i have seen him involved in and come out of with his strength and agility in that role and maintained an eye for continuing the play ahead...

but Pirlo will still get games because he is Pirlo and even at this age I still find Pirlo has shown nice physical conditioning...still will rather marchisio for the tempo we need to play at..

 

[alexjuventino]

This is going a bit too far now, Pirlo is still (by a long way) the best in that position in the world. Yes, he can't be expected to play every game all the time, and he does need to be managed wisely…but he still has a very big role to play for us. It's crazy how people forget about vital players so easily. Out of sight, out of mind.

How is it going to far? We should be moving away from a pirlo dependent juve. While pirlo will play I don't see Why Marchisio should lose his place.

I waa never much of a pirlo fan, while I admire him he is replaceable if you switch tactics

 

[GrecoJuve]

Rotation.
Pirlo for matches against team like Chievo is perfect. But for UCL or against teams like Napoli we need more speed and defensive role.

 

[Tevez10]

Rotation.
Pirlo for matches against team like Chievo is perfect. But for UCL or against teams like Napoli we need more speed and defensive role.

Napoli is shit nowadays. They are on par with Chievo and Cagliari, no coach, no motivation, nothing!

 

[MikeM]

We haven't given up a goal all season and we don't have Barzagli and Chiellini is in shit form. A big part of that reason is Marchisio. He single-handedly destroys counter attacks sometimes. He allows us to press as a team because he can keep up and not create any gaps between our midfielders.

There's so much more to being a DM than just long passes. I mean, it's obvious by now that we don't miss Pirlo. The ball goes straight from the back and quickly up to our attackers.