Domenico Criscito (32 Viewers)
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I agree. But people expect Criscito to perform like Cannavaro in his best days
He wasn't our only bad player today, almost the whole team was shit against Parma till the 70th. But keep screwing him, I'm sure he is the next big thing in Italy's central defence, he obviously needs just playing time and confidence.
He wasn't our only bad player today, almost the whole team was shit against Parma till the 70th. But keep screwing him, I'm sure he is the next big thing in Italy's central defence, he obviously needs just playing time and confidence.
Yeah, agree on everything, but we're in such an awful situation that we must keep him till the end of the year.
We have Zebina, Birindelli, Molinaro, Chiellini, Grygera, Andrade, Boumsong, Criscito and Legrottaglie in defense (i'm not even counting Braco as a defender).
In central defense we have only Chiellini, Andrade (sidelined for God knows how long), Boumsong
confused: ) , Legro and Criscito.
With the YC and RC ratio we have, we're always a CB short for every single match.
In January we can't buy a world class defender. I don't remember the last time a January signing did any good for a great club and it never happened in Juve. There are not world class defenders available in January so unless we're ready and stupid to pay big bucks for short-term solution, we are forced to stick with what we have in defense. Other teams won't be willing to let go their best defender, especially not the teams where wc defenders play : teams much richer than us and teams that need big squad for their CL matches.
The only way to get rid of Criscito in January is to overpay for some senior player like Thuram, Cannavaro and to hope for a miracle that these veterans will accept to join us.
I guess we'll keep Criscito till the end of the season and we'll be forced to give him playing time considering the injuries and suspensions of our defenders.
We have Zebina, Birindelli, Molinaro, Chiellini, Grygera, Andrade, Boumsong, Criscito and Legrottaglie in defense (i'm not even counting Braco as a defender).
In central defense we have only Chiellini, Andrade (sidelined for God knows how long), Boumsong
confused: ) , Legro and Criscito.With the YC and RC ratio we have, we're always a CB short for every single match.
In January we can't buy a world class defender. I don't remember the last time a January signing did any good for a great club and it never happened in Juve. There are not world class defenders available in January so unless we're ready and stupid to pay big bucks for short-term solution, we are forced to stick with what we have in defense. Other teams won't be willing to let go their best defender, especially not the teams where wc defenders play : teams much richer than us and teams that need big squad for their CL matches.
The only way to get rid of Criscito in January is to overpay for some senior player like Thuram, Cannavaro and to hope for a miracle that these veterans will accept to join us.
I guess we'll keep Criscito till the end of the season and we'll be forced to give him playing time considering the injuries and suspensions of our defenders.
I agree with Juve Red. You cant have the best of both worlds, ie: giving youth a chance and expecting them to be world class right away.
Other than then Roma game, Criscito has been pretty decent at cb. He has all the tools needed to be a good cb, but his physique lets him down. That can be corrected though.
As other's have stated, he needs to put on some weight, but as far as technique goes, I think Criscito is doing fine.
I would play Chiellini at lb and Criscito at cb. W/e disadvantage the team is put at by playing Criscito at cb is counter-balanced by having a good lb. Having a lb who add's quality support and pressure for our attack gives us a whole new dimension to our game, and something we literally havent had at all this season.
Other than then Roma game, Criscito has been pretty decent at cb. He has all the tools needed to be a good cb, but his physique lets him down. That can be corrected though.
As other's have stated, he needs to put on some weight, but as far as technique goes, I think Criscito is doing fine.
I would play Chiellini at lb and Criscito at cb. W/e disadvantage the team is put at by playing Criscito at cb is counter-balanced by having a good lb. Having a lb who add's quality support and pressure for our attack gives us a whole new dimension to our game, and something we literally havent had at all this season.
He was solid when our opponents hardly passed the midfield. Actually we can't even say he was solid when he didn't have any work to do on these matches.
Whenever we were pushed in our box (matches against Cagliari and Roma) he was destroyed and deservedly substituted at half time.
I won't attack the kid, but he's not ready yet. I guess Italian football is too tactical and physical. That's the only explaination why the Italian defenders are such late developments. I don't think that before and after Maldini there has been another 20 years old Italian defender who was ready to play and succesfully played for one of the biggest Italian teams.
Whenever we were pushed in our box (matches against Cagliari and Roma) he was destroyed and deservedly substituted at half time.
I won't attack the kid, but he's not ready yet. I guess Italian football is too tactical and physical. That's the only explaination why the Italian defenders are such late developments. I don't think that before and after Maldini there has been another 20 years old Italian defender who was ready to play and succesfully played for one of the biggest Italian teams.
i dont know if Milan are great, but Ronaldo last year saved their asses 
Milan would have probably gotten the 4th place anyway because they started playing great in the last 2 months of the season. As it turned out to be, they didn't even need the 4th place because they won CL.
You can maybe count Oddo but Milan offered him 5 times higher wages than what he was getting in Lazio, he wasn't cup tied and he was given an oportunity to play in CL and eventually win the CL.
We can't offer much to the WC defenders in January.
Now, i'd kill for a great defender in January because watching our defense defend is getting more and more painful.
But who can we realistically get so he'd improve our defense ? And is one defender enough ?
