Claudio Ranieri (32 Viewers)

[Hust]

You're right. It is Del Piero that's been taking Giovinco's place and since Del Piero was our best player by far during our winning streak, it's not a surprise Giovinco didn't see much playing time.
Giovinco is not a winger. He's a forward, a support striker. It should be clear to everyone.

so either change our formation to allow him PT or just wait until DP can no longer run? With DPs form I do not see much PT for giovinco anytime soon.

 

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[dao_nq]

Who knows? In the second term of the season, I'm not sure Alex will still be "GOD" like he has been now. And in the club's long-term project, Gio will surely take Alex's place.

 

[Red]

If Ranieri only loses once every ten games against big teams, I can live with it.

The important thing is that we react properly to the defeat.

Let's get six points from Lecce and Reggina and give a big performance against Milan.

 

[Bozi]

If Ranieri only loses once every ten games against big teams, I can live with it.

The important thing is that we react properly to the defeat.

Let's get six points from Lecce and Reggina and give a big performance against Milan.

finally some common sense,folk here are absolutely unbelievable win a few games and we are lords of the universe, lose to (by far) the best team in the country and we are in crisis. excuse me while i go

 

[only-juve]

You're right. It is Del Piero that's been taking Giovinco's place and since Del Piero was our best player by far during our winning streak, it's not a surprise Giovinco didn't see much playing time.
Giovinco is not a winger. He's a forward, a support striker. It should be clear to everyone.

Ranieri himself said that Gio will be nedved's replacement (in the summer). I honestly think that ranieri had a certain plan in he's head during the summer (to play gio as a LW) and then changed he's mind for whatever reason. We signed poulsen as a clear DM so that both sissoko and him can cover the wings when Gio play as a LW. I believe that ranieri knew that Gio can't defend and thats why he insisted on poulsen rather than someone like alonso.

Now ranieri is settled with nedved as a LW and de ceglie as he's reserve (remember DC was brought back as molinaro's sub). To sums it up, i think ranieri had an initial plan for both Seba and DC then he changed he's mind about both. DC luckly still has a place in ranieri's team but gio don't.....

PS: i think that gio is much better as a AM or a an attacking winger than a forward, he's best attributes is to play in space and to create for others (he's more of a nedved replacement than alex's).

 

[ZAF3000]

One of our major problems as a squad is:
"Ones who know how to defend do not know how to pass, and ones who know how to pass do not know how to defend"

 

[C4ISR]

If Ranieri only loses once every ten games against big teams, I can live with it.

The important thing is that we react properly to the defeat.

Let's get six points from Lecce and Reggina and give a big performance against Milan.

You have alot of nerve. How dare you bring common sense and reason into this thread.

 

[Miki]

One of our major problems as a squad is:
"Ones who know how to defend do not know how to pass, and ones who know how to pass do not know how to defend"

And the one who can do both, Zanetti, is constantly injured.

 

[BillyG]

One of our major problems as a squad is:
"Ones who know how to defend do not know how to pass, and ones who know how to pass do not know how to defend"

spot on!

And the one who can do both, Zanetti, is constantly injured.

tiago been doing both well recently

 

[Il Re]

i'm normally very critical of ranieri, but against inter, there really was not much more he could have done, and he didn't talk nonsense after the game, inter played better, simple as that, and we were away, we didn't get humiliated, and we can look forward to revenge when inter come to our turf, i just hope we pick ourselves back up from this

 

[Badass J Elkann]

we were simply too predictable with the deminished squad we had left, ranieri could only do so much to stop inter, yes its always hard to lose to inter but the war isnt over yet.

 

[ThePLaya]

Let's get six points from Lecce and Reggina and give a big performance against Milan.

hope so get the 6,, but the big need alot of work and a high quality players in january.

 

[Il Re]

we were simply too predictable with the deminished squad we had left, ranieri could only do so much to stop inter, yes its always hard to lose to inter but the war isnt over yet.

we lost the battle, but we will win the war :flag2:

 

[Badass J Elkann]

we lost the battle, but we will win the war :flag2:

quoting me from the inter vs juve thread

 

[ThePLaya]

we lost the battle, but we will win the war :flag2:

yah it was just a mistake and heedlessness

 

[Il Re]

quoting me from the inter vs juve thread

lol i didn't see that, but yea, it's true!!

 

[Hust]

If Ranieri only loses once every ten games against big teams, I can live with it.

The important thing is that we react properly to the defeat.

Let's get six points from Lecce and Reggina and give a big performance against Milan.

Sounds good but that one loss from a "big" team could mean CL qualification or CL elimination...Its nice beating the small teams but the best teams are able to beat the big teams. I dont like the fact of thinking its ok to go down to a big team when we used to be the big team that other teams struggled against.

It isnt going to do us any good having the mentality of winning in Lecce/Reginna and go down to Milan when both Milan/Inter keep winning. I agree that the team should react well and bounce back from the Inter loss, hopefully they can.

 

[Ahmed]

umm, that's how Inter won its Scudetto last year

 

[Hust]

but they didnt have an October last year like we did this year...

 

[Ahmed]

yea but they started choking big time near the end of the season, so no matter how good they were in the early months, it almost didn't count for anything