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Bianconero81

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Jan 26, 2009
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I dont care, fuck.off. go spew your negativity elsewhere if you disappear when proven wrong each year.
:lol: Proven wrong?! If you consider winning the joke of a league that is Serie A a massive accomplishment, then you are deluding yourself, lulling yourself into a false sense of security. We won back to back doubles because we are awesome, but also because the league as whole and our competitors are absolute shit, and can't compete, both in footballing terms and on a financial level. We regressed in Europe last year. Yes, we were unlucky with the draw, but results are what counts. Italy won the World Cup in 2006. Everyone remembers that. No one cares that they beat the likes of Australia and Ukraine to make it to the final.

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Every team has question marks dude. And I'm not talking about Serie A, because quite honestly, fuck the rest of them at this point. It's their own fault that they are in the situation they find themselves in.

Even the top teams in Europe have some chinks in their armor. And yes, I will agree that there are a lot of variables with the midfield, and the hope that we can stay relatively healthy. Which is why I think that we need someone like Matuidi, even though he is not a favorite of a lot of people here.
Sell Pogba, Hernanes, and Pereyra. Bring in Matuidi and Kovacic and we are set. If we have room for another young and exciting talent in midfield, then let's do that as well :D
 

Amer

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Feb 13, 2005
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The midfield is becoming an issue, there's no doubt about it. In some games last year we were terrible when missing two out of three starters. And now we will miss Marchisio till December and Pogba is probably gone.

Matuidi and Witsel (even if they come) can't carry this team and can't bring anything more then Lemina, Pereyra, Sturaro...

Pjanic and Khedira will be there to start, but Khedira is injury prone.

If things don't change and we're stuck with these problems in midfield, we can't go far in the Champions League. That's a fact.
 

Zacheryah

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Aug 29, 2010
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The midfield is becoming an issue, there's no doubt about it. In some games last year we were terrible when missing two out of three starters. And now we will miss Marchisio till December and Pogba is probably gone.

Matuidi and Witsel (even if they come) can't carry this team and can't bring anything more then Lemina, Pereyra, Sturaro...

Pjanic and Khedira will be there to start, but Khedira is injury prone.

If things don't change and we're stuck with these problems in midfield, we can't go far in the Champions League. That's a fact.
Lol. Not a particular fan of his, but thats not true
 
Oct 23, 2011
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Matuidi :sergio:. Never thought we would replace Pogba with such a brainless chicken. Our hope for the midfield this season is Asamoah, who hopefully will get fully fit and Lemina, who should continue to develop at his current rate. If we can count those two as starters, and especially the former, we should be fine. However, currently there are just to many if's on this roster, with Marchisio's injury, Khedira's injury-proneness and the list of names we are going to replace Pogba with. Last season we were blessed that Marchisio and especially Pogba stayed fit for such a long time, and that we did not have to deal with any other major long term injury in midfield, since we hadn't really replaced Vidal and Pirlo properly. I'd rather see the purchase of Pjanic as a replacement for either of those two as he was needed regardless of Pogba's sale. Now that we are likely replacing Pogba with Matuidi is a major letdown for me..
 

Zacheryah

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Aug 29, 2010
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Matuidi :sergio:. Never thought we would replace Pogba with such a brainless chicken. Our hope for the midfield this season is Asamoah, who hopefully will get fully fit and Lemina, who should continue to develop at his current rate. If we can count those two as starters, and especially the former, we should be fine. However, currently there are just to many if's on this roster, with Marchisio's injury, Khedira's injury-proneness and the list of names we are going to replace Pogba with. Last season we were blessed that Marchisio and especially Pogba stayed fit for such a long time, and that we did not have to deal with any other major long term injury in midfield, since we hadn't really replaced Vidal and Pirlo properly. I'd rather see the purchase of Pjanic as a replacement for either of those two as he was needed regardless of Pogba's sale. Now that we are likely replacing Pogba with Matuidi is a major letdown for me..
We replaced Pogba with Pjanic.

Matuidi is a cover for the midfield
 
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