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Dec 26, 2004
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But if you put Chiellini on Maicon, and cover one hole, you still have Legro on Eto'o or Milito, and you create another hole, just as big.
Also, you still have that problem on your RB position.

I'm with DPFL on this.
I knew that ;)

He was an ok LB and was young when he played there, 3 years passed over that time, and I am sure he is the better player and will be even better the next years.
Chiellini's ball control is average at best.
Chiellini is clumsy with the ball in his feet.
Chiellini's first touch is below average.
Chiellini can't dribble or take on defenders.
Chiellini's crossing is nothing special.

How is Chiellini a great LB is beyond me.
 

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Delle Alpi

Chemical Dean
May 26, 2009
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Buy a fullback in the winter mercato?
What if we can't buy a world class fullback, and we have a chance to buy a super CB. Wouldn't you jump on the deal and let this CB partner canna and switch chiellini to LB? It's not like we are doing excellent at defense at the current moment. I would definitely would
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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Ultimately, the central areas are more important than the wide ones, so I would always focus my strength in the centre of the pitch.

I would also fear that our CB pairing would look very slow without Chiellini in there.
 

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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The challenge to any coach worth their salary is to try a few formulas out to see if they can find tactical improvements. Otherwise, we risk 4-4-2-ing it to the grave.
 

Delle Alpi

Chemical Dean
May 26, 2009
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Or better yet, Swag. Then Eto simply owns Legro in the middle and scores.


:blah: "Oh sh-t, if Chiellini had been there, it would not have happened, stupid Ciro, putting a natural CD like Chiellini to wing, when we have 2 LBs in the club":blah:
You are saying "If". It's not like we tried it and it failed miserably. If ciro tried it and our defense looked worse than now, I would be the first to admit I was 100% wrong for suggesting such thing. We won't be able to tell until we see it in action. Based on the ~30 min early this season, I thought it was excellent defensively
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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Our current system really isn't that different to a 4-4-2.

The main difference is that Ciro is allowing the wide players the freedom to move around instead of staying on the wings.
 

Stephan

Senior Member
Nov 9, 2005
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You are saying "If". It's not like we tried it and it failed miserably. If ciro tried it and our defense looked worse than now, I would be the first to amit I was 100% wrong for suggesting such thing
But if Ciro does it in a normal way, you are not supposed to see this experiment in a competitive game but in a training match.
 

abejaa

Senior Member
Sep 25, 2006
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Legro and Canna is not a good partnership, maybe next season if we have Kjaer or Ranocchia to partner Canna. I agree that Chiello would be great defensively on the left but the risk to our central defense is just to great
I hope next year Traitor is not with us!
 

Stephan

Senior Member
Nov 9, 2005
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Our current system really isn't that different to a 4-4-2.

The main difference is that Ciro is allowing the wide players the freedom to move around instead of staying on the wings.
Current? Currently we play 1 striker. I cant believe what i am reading here. If we would play 4-4-2 then Diego would be very wide, but his in the middle of the pitch.




Some people here have seemed to forget what 4-4-2 was, have you forgotten the Capello years? :p
 

Delle Alpi

Chemical Dean
May 26, 2009
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But if Ciro does it in a normal way, you are not supposed to see this experiment in a competitive game but in a training match.
You need to see the the formation in the heat of the moment. If you told me 3 years ago that chiellini would be a great CB, I would have thought it's mad idea. None of us would have ever dreamed that chiellini would be one day that good of a CB. You need to try it in a match, otherwise Tiago looked perfect in training last season according to many players but failed to impress in many occasions
 

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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But you just said we risk 4-4-2-ing. :confused2
Yes. My point being that if we don't make adjustments and try out new tactics, we risk the death-by-4-4-2 approach that this club has made famous in recent years where teams knew every match who was playing where and what formation we were coming at them with.

Are you new at this juventino thing or somethin'?? ;)

The fact that we are not doing it this season is evidence that different tactics can sometimes provide different learnings about what works with the team and what doesn't. If you don't even try them, you learn nothing and are left with the same exposed weaknesses and the predictable strengths -- often giving your opponents one less thing to think about.
 

Stephan

Senior Member
Nov 9, 2005
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Yes. My point being that if we don't make adjustments and try out new tactics, we risk the death-by-4-4-2 approach that this club has made famous in recent years where teams knew every match who was playing where and what formation we were coming at them with.

Are you new at this juventino thing or somethin'?? ;)

The fact that we are not doing it this season is evidence that different tactics can sometimes provide different learnings about what works with the team and what doesn't.
I am sure putting Chiellini to LB will surprise and shock any opponent :snoop:
 

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