Diego Ribas da Cunha (33 Viewers)

sateeh

Day Walker
Jul 28, 2003
8,020
Diego was always going to be declared the saviour of the team or a flop.

He has, all things considered, had a pretty decent first season in Serie A so far.


And Chiellini has to be player of the year. I don't think anyone else is even close to him for that.
Normally I would have agreed, but this season I've seen some of Chiellini's worst decisions and play in years on occasion.
Diego is having a decent season but I don't see him as the player of the season. He hasn't consistently impressed and had the desired effect on the team. I still don't see him as a complete team player. He is getting there but he needs to improve.

Chiellini had a worst season last year imo. He had many individual mistakes that lead us to lose many points and this year its not as much. We also have to remember that he was playing in a more reserved system last year but still making direct mistakes.
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
66,782
Chiellini's "individual mistakes" are overstated. Okay, his passing is bad and his clearances normally go for throw-ins, sometimes corners but they are not errors as such.

As for Diego, he been our best attacking player, but he isn't as decisive as regularly as he should be and Chiellini in consistently the only thing holding our defence together. It's no exaggeration to say he's a one man defence. Juve fans were shitting meteors on news of his injury, and rightly so. Without him, we are in boiling shit.
 

AOD4

Senior Member
Nov 24, 2004
3,861
Diego should stay, to sell him off after a season is going to be the same mistake like what we did with Henry. Diego got skills and heart in his game.
 

Delle Alpi

Chemical Dean
May 26, 2009
8,679
This is definitely not based on today's match, but I still think Diego is better suited as a second striker than a player maker. He needs to be next to the box to be effective. Just bring back the old 4-4-2. Put Diego as a trequartista and let's go out this summer and buy some effective wingers (Arda, Maria, Silva, or ...etc)
 

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