Diego Ribas da Cunha (30 Viewers)

Dominic

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Jan 30, 2004
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What players do you require for the 4-3-1-2?

Camo played in such a system in the past, so has Poulsen, so has Diego, and we had a glut of CM's like Tiago and Marchisio. Our wingers such as Marchionni and DC were mediocre. Giovinco wasn't given a chance. Nedved has always been better in the middle like he was with Lippi, and I think he was held back in his role under Capello. With Ranieri, Pavel was just getting too old.

To be honest, we didn't really have the players for either system. We had too many garbage players and with an inexperienced manager, trouble was bound to occur.

If you recall, there were several complaints against how we couldn't create shit under Ranieri. People tend to forget that. And without Del Piero, I think it's fair to say we would have created far less than we did. So IMO, this 4-4-2 stuff is an illusion.
Ranieri saw the problems though, he wanted to buy a playmaker in the middle and a winger to replace Nedved. Before he was thrown out that is.
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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Ranieri saw the problems though, he wanted to buy a playmaker in the middle and a winger to replace Nedved. Before he was thrown out that is.
Did he really? Ranieri is the one who said Xabi was too slow for Serie A.

To be honest, he didn't have an intention of using a regista. He was going to stick with Sissoko in the middle, along with probably Marchisio.
 

Sadomin

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Apr 5, 2005
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Did he really? Ranieri is the one who said Xabi was too slow for Serie A.

To be honest, he didn't have an intention of using a regista. He was going to stick with Sissoko in the middle, along with probably Marchisio.
I think he was trying to turn Marchisio into a regista. He played deeper (and did it quite well) than he's been doing the past year.

I liked it.
 

Luca

Senior Member
Apr 22, 2007
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We're obviously trying to sell him, otherwise there'd have been a statement by now.
We didn't even hear one statement form our management regarding Poulsen's transfer.
However we hardly hear from them anyways, maybe Marotta has developed some kind of speech impediment. :D
 

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