Felipe Melo (45 Viewers)

Buck Fuddy

Lara Chedraoui fanboy
May 22, 2009
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But the problem with that midfield is that usually, it can't pass. I know Poulsen made some good passes today but usually he's poor in that area.
Are you saying Poulsen is a bad passer? You couldn't be more wrong I'm afraid.
You can criticise Poulsen for a lot of things (& most of the times that would be correct during his time with us) but he is definitely not a bad passer of the ball.


I'm really not worried about him. Patience I say.
He wouldn't be the first player to have an, at best, mediocre first season at Juve.

What worries me though is that he is not loved at all by a big part of our tifosi. I'm not saying they hate him right now, but if he doesn't improve drastically it might end up like that.
The general feeling was & still is that we overpaid for him. As a result he will get more criticism than most players. Let's hope he can deal with that.
 

X Æ A-12

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Sep 4, 2006
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Me too, D'agostino is starting to look real good to me. It seems like Melo could be our next CM flop after Puksen, Tiara and Almiron. He needs to improve considerably to justify his price tag
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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Are you saying Poulsen is a bad passer? You couldn't be more wrong I'm afraid.
You can criticise Poulsen for a lot of things (& most of the times that would be correct during his time with us) but he is definitely not a bad passer of the ball.
Have you seen him in action? I've see more matches with Poulsen giving the ball away than not, and I've see practically all his games with Juventus. At Sevilla he was certainly better, but no, Poulsen is not a great passer of the ball I'm afraid.
 

Enron

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Oct 11, 2005
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Melo's a decent player, but it's obvious he's played too much over the past year (summer with the NT plus the WC Quals). Ala Ronaldinho a few years back.
 

Buck Fuddy

Lara Chedraoui fanboy
May 22, 2009
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Have you seen him in action? I've see more matches with Poulsen giving the ball away than not, and I've see practically all his games with Juventus. At Sevilla he was certainly better, but no, Poulsen is not a great passer of the ball I'm afraid.
Yes, I have seen him in action. In Spain, in Germany and now in Italy. I never said he was a great passer of the ball, but he is more than competent.

Once again, I'm not saying he has had a great time at Juve, because he clearly hasn't, but I try to be as objective as possible in terms of his qualities, both good & bad.


He never was a 25 mil euros kind of player to begin with.
That seems to be the general consensus.
 

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