Casper jokes were being made because he was almost invisible in some games. It got to a point where the joke was exaggerated a lot, as almost always is the case in here, even by me, but it still remains a fact that Marchisio was very average in the last couple of seasons.
For the past 2 seasons I don't think we even had one player that was good overall. Imo, they all ranged from dreadful (for example: Motta & Bonucci last year, Melo in his 1st season, ...) to average.
Ah, "popular opinion". I like how you put it.

I guess sometimes you need to evaluate a player's performance not by just stats, Buck. You of all should understand that.
Well, if an opinion is shared by most members here, it is the popular opinion, right? Not much I can do about that
And I'll evaluate players based on how I watch games & on what I think is important. Purely personal, stats are interesting but nothing more.
Edit: I think we more or less "rate" Marchisio's last season the same: completely average. Only difference would be how we both perceive Melo's season. Which was completely average for me as well, but probably not for you/others.