Federico Peluso - LB - Atalanta (2 Viewers)

[Mark]

Who's that?

exactly.

ex-Parma LB. Played once or twice with the Azzurri.

 

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[Gian]

Has anyone ever seen him play as a LWB?


To be honest, I have never seen it

Atalanta have been using a 4 man defence all season long iirc

 

[KB824]

Atalanta have been using a 4 man defence all season long iirc

Exactly. They have been using a 4 man defense for at least the last couple of seasons.


I can't figure out how, tactically, this is going to work in a 3 man defense.

 

[JuveJay]

Has anyone ever seen him play as a LWB?


To be honest, I have never seen it

No, always seen him play as a left back. But considering his style I don't see how he couldn't play there.

 

[KB824]

No, always seen him play as a left back. But considering his style I don't see how he couldn't play there.

But isn't this the "Square Peg, Round Hole" theory?

I know that he is decent going forward, but this is a gamble.

 

[JuveJay]

Whenever I've seen him I think 'wing back', but I make you right, until it is proven we can't say for sure. He has great physique and is not a donkey, but that doesn't mean he would provide what we need there.

If he is going to come in as the 2nd choice left back and 3rd/4th choice LWB then we are starting to stack players.

 

[Deep C]

I've thought all along that he's being bought as a LB in a 4-3-3 with De Cegile running out as LWB in the 3-5-2, thus making Peluso the de facto back up/second option.

I accept that this concept might be hard to grasp when frothing at the mouth unto one's keyboard in nerd rage though.

 

[PedroFlu]

After spending 6M on a 28yr old guy from Atalanta, Marotta doesn't have the "I don't have money" excuse now. He has got the obligation of getting a top CF no matter what. Anything else will be a failure.

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I've thought all along that he's being bought as a LB in a 4-3-3 with De Cegile running out as LWB in the 3-5-2, thus making Peluso the de facto back up/second option.

I accept that this concept might be hard to grasp when frothing at the mouth unto one's keyboard in nerd rage though.

Yep. This guy is costing 6M. Armero would cost 4M more. He's being brought to offer a LB option that we don't have in the squad. He'll be the backup option for a 433 and De Ceglie the backup option for a 352. Asamoah is very likely to be made our official WLB.

 

[mukumsplau]

i dont like de ceglie in the lwb

 

[Djabrail]

exactly.

ex-Parma LB. Played once or twice with the Azzurri.

Btw, Vanoli even scored in the UEFA finale, he played beside Canna, Thuram

 

[Suns]

Congrats to De Ceglie who gets to keep his starting gig at Juventus for yet another year. Bet he's happy he's left footed and not right.

 

[baggio]

Assuming we wanted Armero on loan for a similar amount of 2m, it's pretty clear that the only money that remains is for that of a striker, which was the primary need going into the market. Selling Licht for 15m (if it happens), I assume will be invested not in JoJo but an upgrade for the left wing over Peluso. A Kolarov, Perreira level signing. Along with a Dzeko/Llorente level signing.

I'm sorry but anything below our third and fourth choice strikers is a disgrace and unacceptable. Osvaldo/Negredo/Borriello etc., and for me the market is a 5/10.

 

[Ahmed]

Congrats to De Ceglie who gets to keep his starting gig at Juventus for yet another year. Bet he's happy he's left footed and not right.

Asamoah will be starting ahead of him.

 

[hudick]

Fuck Peluso. Use this money for a striker.

 

[baggio]

I don't think Peluso will come till the last day. This transfer is easy to close but we seem to be waiting on our options now that we have an agreement pretty much. For eg, if we sell Licht, I think we'll get an upgrade for the LwB. Like Kolarov or Perreira or ...

 

[Mark]

loan?



Armero would have been great!

 

[baggio]

Any chance of the columbian still coming?

 

[Mark]

not heard any news since the last rumors.

 

[Brujitas]

Βraindead move.
Like Pazienza, like Padoin and I'm sorry to say that.
What the hell, don't even buy a LB if it's such a problem to find a good one.
We dont need this guy.

 

[only-juve]

Seems to me like a typical Marotta move, stack more of them mister. And one the time comes to sell them we'll never be able to