Felipe Melo (77 Viewers)
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I see him as a central midfielder playing alongside a more defensive minded anchor man...with Melo allowed to roam up and down the pitch. Much like Marchisio, but slightly more defensive.
I didn't see much of his games with fiorentina...did anyone else?
he looks fine playing alongisde silva for the brazil team. But we dont have silva...hohoho!
I didn't see much of his games with fiorentina...did anyone else?
he looks fine playing alongisde silva for the brazil team. But we dont have silva...hohoho!
Asking Santa now, are we? Desparation...
I see. So even with Sissoko, this midfield wouldn't work. For me, Poulsen needs to be a bit better and much more consistent before I'd plant him as the anchorman in front of the defence. So something along the lines of Melo - Poulsen - Sissoko? Sissoko can't sit in front of the defence because he's always moving around.
I see. So even with Sissoko, this midfield wouldn't work. For me, Poulsen needs to be a bit better and much more consistent before I'd plant him as the anchorman in front of the defence. So something along the lines of Melo - Poulsen - Sissoko? Sissoko can't sit in front of the defence because he's always moving around.
The strange and annoying thing is that had we kept Zanetti, he would have been the perfect midfield partner to Melo...Because Zanetti can be trusted to sit in front of the defence, maintain position, tackle and pass. Whereas neither Melo nor Momo can do this job, both have brilliant attributes, but not to be used solely as an anchor to the team. As mentioned above by someone else...Momo loves to roam. As for Melo...who the fuck can say why his all round game has gone to the dogs. It seems much much worse than simply playing him out of position. That shouldnt affect his ability to pass the ball in a straight line...
elvin, I agree mate, that a lack of decent or even a semblance of management has sent Melo and others into the doldrums, but still...is it really possible for a manager to force a player to un-learn how to pass???? Because that seems to be what has happened. I don't know, mate...now and then I get this horrible feeling sneaking up my spine that something is very rotten indeed at Juventus. I mean something causing a spiritual lethargy, a curse of sorts...cast towards us by artisans of black magick in the employ of Moratti...and if that is the case, we need, truly, a Gandhi like character to rescue us from the abyss. Melo really is merely the tip of an iceberg of discontent and atrophy, which runs throughout the team. I hope you are Right, in that our current crisis, which is also Melo's crisis, is purely down to the management, and nothing more sinister...
Melo's problems are simply Melo's problems. Ciro takes a very small part of the blame as he couldn't get him back in line after a few bad performances. The position is not the big issue here, mentally the guy is destroyed due to the outside press and lately our own fans. He can't keep focus anymore and that was evident from his latest debacle of a performance( yes he was that bad).
We talked a lot about him needing to get down and work hard again. That was why he did so well in the beginning of the season, as he was playing in the same position. Ideally we could get someone more defensive next to him but if he won't work hard first then put three pure workers next to him and he will still play like crap.
We talked a lot about him needing to get down and work hard again. That was why he did so well in the beginning of the season, as he was playing in the same position. Ideally we could get someone more defensive next to him but if he won't work hard first then put three pure workers next to him and he will still play like crap.
That is simply not true.
Most of our players were pretty bad, yet he somehow managed to be even worse.
Not true.
Diego has been playing pretty bad at times, but he never showed such attitude. Neither have Marchisio, Trez, Caceres, Poulsen, ...
People really need to try to be a bit more objective about these things.
Most of our players were pretty bad, yet he somehow managed to be even worse.
Not true.
Diego has been playing pretty bad at times, but he never showed such attitude. Neither have Marchisio, Trez, Caceres, Poulsen, ...
People really need to try to be a bit more objective about these things.
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