I feel like our RB options are costing us a goal every other match. Really poor from Marotta to count on MDS to fill that role.
We had a winning formula when it comes to defending as an unit, you temper with that and this is what we get. I mean, even Alex Sandro is not having a good season, think about that. He was almost flawless last season.
I get mad when people start talking shit about Bonucci sucking at Milan like a defender is supposed to organize a whole defensive system on his own, a defender isn't an attacker that could dribble past half the other team players, he needs a good system to back him up. Alves offered what no other RB in this generation will offer us, an absolute destructive power going forward and solidity in the back at the same time. I said it from day one, this defense doesn't even touch what we had. And when our attack can't compensate for such a huge loss we realize how much we really fucked up this mercato.
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I mean, Think Guardiola's Barcelona, they didn't have the best defensive unit in the world, in fact, most people thought it was pretty average. But his system allowed his mid and forward players to maintain the ball in their area not taking the risk of testing it's defense. Rarely when a team managed to get through that system, that's when Barcelona conceded. We've seen it happen a couple of times during their peak era.
Today, our defense isn't up to par and neither is our attack. No defensive or offensive system is really working the way it should. One can't and won't compensate for the other.