Daniele Rugani (81 Viewers)
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If every season his minutes gradually increases by ~100, he'll be playing >3000 around 2030 
And of course he's not going to be playing 3000+ minutes until he is one of our 2 best CBs or injuries strike our starting pair. Benatia and Chiellini are clearly better right now.
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One must be in touch with those feelings.
Because going from 1560 minutes last season to probably playing 1800-2000 minutes this season is ~100 minutes.
And of course he's not going to be playing 3000+ minutes until he is one of our 2 best CBs or injuries strike our starting pair. Benatia and Chiellini are clearly better right now.
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One must be in touch with those feelings.
And of course he's not going to be playing 3000+ minutes until he is one of our 2 best CBs or injuries strike our starting pair. Benatia and Chiellini are clearly better right now.
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One must be in touch with those feelings.
The only problem with Rugani-Chiellini is that neither is all that comfortable with the ball at their feet. Chiellini is worse of course. This is exacerbated when Gigi is in net as he's not a ball-playing style keeper.
With Gigi in net, Benatia-Chiellini is our best pairing, and Benatia-Rugani probably next due to Benatia's calmness and ability with the ball at his feet.
With Szczesny in net, Rugani-Chiellini looks much better, because Szczesny is fantastic with the ball at his feet, and has superb accuracy on his long balls, negating the need for Rugani-Chiellini to have to play out from the back against teams that press our CBs.
With Gigi in net, Benatia-Chiellini is our best pairing, and Benatia-Rugani probably next due to Benatia's calmness and ability with the ball at his feet.
With Szczesny in net, Rugani-Chiellini looks much better, because Szczesny is fantastic with the ball at his feet, and has superb accuracy on his long balls, negating the need for Rugani-Chiellini to have to play out from the back against teams that press our CBs.
The only problem with Rugani-Chiellini is that neither is all that comfortable with the ball at their feet. Chiellini is worse of course. This is exacerbated when Gigi is in net as he's not a ball-playing style keeper.
With Gigi in net, Benatia-Chiellini is our best pairing, and Benatia-Rugani probably next due to Benatia's calmness and ability with the ball at his feet.
With Szczesny in net, Rugani-Chiellini looks much better, because Szczesny is fantastic with the ball at his feet, and has superb accuracy on his long balls, negating the need for Rugani-Chiellini to have to play out from the back against teams that press our CBs.
With Gigi in net, Benatia-Chiellini is our best pairing, and Benatia-Rugani probably next due to Benatia's calmness and ability with the ball at his feet.
With Szczesny in net, Rugani-Chiellini looks much better, because Szczesny is fantastic with the ball at his feet, and has superb accuracy on his long balls, negating the need for Rugani-Chiellini to have to play out from the back against teams that press our CBs.
Ball playing attribute isn't one of the primary concerns when it comes to defenders. Things relating to defensive attributes and compatibility are.
Chiellini and Rugani are both stopper/marker type CBs, so is Benatia. Caldara is the sweep/cover type.
The ideal CB partnership is stopper-sweeper.
Benatia took up the sweep role at the start of the season, that's why he sucked (that and he wasn't in shape). Since then, Chiellini took up that role (which was surprising even though older stoppers often make the switch), and Benatia has been excellent since then. Chiellini's form suffered slightly because of that. Note the switch back to his old stop/mark role vs Spurs once Barzagli became his partner.
Benatia is very good on the ball, and Rugani isn't bad.
Chiellini and Rugani are both stopper/marker type CBs, so is Benatia. Caldara is the sweep/cover type.
The ideal CB partnership is stopper-sweeper.
Benatia took up the sweep role at the start of the season, that's why he sucked (that and he wasn't in shape). Since then, Chiellini took up that role (which was surprising even though older stoppers often make the switch), and Benatia has been excellent since then. Chiellini's form suffered slightly because of that. Note the switch back to his old stop/mark role vs Spurs once Barzagli became his partner.
Benatia is very good on the ball, and Rugani isn't bad.
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Daniele Rugani this season:
18 games
16 wins
1 draw
1 defeat
10 goals conceded
12 clean sheets
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Daniele Rugani this season:
18 games
16 wins
1 draw
1 defeat
10 goals conceded
12 clean sheets
