It's incredible how much love this guy gets for doing so little. He wasn't even that great defensively as Pizarro was running a muck at times, right in front of him.
Two decent cross in the first half. Well whoopdeefuckingdoo. Give him the Ballon D'Or.
There's always two sides to it buddy. He's been fairly mediocre (along with pretty much the entire team, management, etc.), but I think it's incredible how much abuse he's taken in recent times.
Anyway. A lot of people do overrate the guy, but it's also now fashionable on this forum to bash him. I think it's childish and petty, and it doesn't serve the team at all - and I find it annoying in the live match thread. But that's just me.
I also think that in terms of value for money, an argument can be that he's one of the few players who is currently earning his salary (IMO he's a bargain right now), and he always does whatever is asked of him - even if he doesn't always do it as well as we would like.
Forza Marchisio!