Giuseppe Marotta (106 Viewers)

[Bianconero81]

Conte doesn't have a magic wand. He might be able to bring the best out of some players, but that doesn't necessarily imply he can do it for everyone.

Ranocchia is mentally weak and lacks the quality to play for this outfit. We need to stop taking the easy way out by simply looking at other Serie A teams for options and solutions. I am sure there is a quality defender somewhere out there, other than Ranocchia, who is cheaper and with a lot more potential.

 

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[Zacheryah]

Conte doesn't have a magic wand. He might be able to bring the best out of some players, but that doesn't necessarily imply he can do it for everyone.

Ranocchia is mentally weak and lacks the quality to play for this outfit. We need to stop taking the easy way out by simply looking at other Serie A teams for options and solutions. I am sure there is a quality defender somewhere out there, other than Ranocchia, who is cheaper and with a lot more potential.

Ranocchia absolutely does not lack the quality. ABsolutely not. Seriously, since when are you an expert on defensive players even...
He needs coaching and the right guidance to reach this quality. Inter cannot offer that, but juventus can.

Look at Pogba and verratti allways saying they learn much from pirlo.

Well, how about the best defender in serie a with a shitload of experience to learn from, instead of shitcrapfuck inter defence and Tears eating plastic for a coach

 

[Badass J Elkann]

Ranocchia has been a trainwreck for a while, definitely can't fill in for Barzagli right now.

not to say that I support a move for Ranocchia but I'm sure the same was thought when Juve bought Barzagli too

 

[Bianconero81]

Ranocchia absolutely does not lack the quality. ABsolutely not. Seriously, since when are you an expert on defensive players even...
He needs coaching and the right guidance to reach this quality. Inter cannot offer that, but juventus can.

Look at Pogba and verratti allways saying they learn much from pirlo.

Well, how about the best defender in serie a with a shitload of experience to learn from, instead of shitcrapfuck inter defence and Tears eating plastic for a coach

I humbly disagree. This reminds me of the days of "they can learn from playing next to Cannavaro"

I am no expert, but neither are you. In any case, we already have Caceres and Ogbonna. The CB position is the least of our concerns at present. We should be focusing on and allocating funds to strengthening other parts of the team.

 

[Zacheryah]

I humbly disagree. This reminds me of the days of "they can learn from playing next to Cannavaro"

I am no expert, but neither are you. In any case, we already have Caceres and Ogbonna. The CB position is the least of our concerns at present. We should be focusing on and allocating funds to strengthening other parts of the team.

I will massively disagree, and remind you that juventus has allways been about the massive organisation.

We got our attack done. Our midfield is rocksolid and our wingbacks are very hard to get past. However as shown in the CL, without Barzagli the team is not quite as good at the back, and some are prone to blunders when not concentrated.

Big Italian teams allways are build from the back. Our by far best defender is 33 and starting to struggle with injuries.

Ogbonna and Caceres are very far from good enough to start when compared to Barzagli. We need in these dire times for good defensive players (if they still exist), make sure we keep having the best defence around. As it has allways made a diffrence for us. Replacing Barzagli, is a much bigger deal then some fucking wingers, Pirlo, or forward subs.
But as there is no good defender in the game we can get to, i havent advocated a purchase. Apart from Ranocchia, who has this talent, but needs guidance to blossom


My biggest regret in the past 3 years, is that PSG managed to get marquinhos from roma.

 

[rakib567]

I will massively disagree, and remind you that juventus has allways been about the massive organisation.

We got our attack done. Our midfield is rocksolid and our wingbacks are very hard to get past. However as shown in the CL, without Barzagli the team is not quite as good at the back, and some are prone to blunders when not concentrated.

Big Italian teams allways are build from the back. Our by far best defender is 33 and starting to struggle with injuries.

Ogbonna and Caceres are very far from good enough to start when compared to Barzagli. We need in these dire times for good defensive players (if they still exist), make sure we keep having the best defence around. As it has allways made a diffrence for us. Replacing Barzagli, is a much bigger deal then some $#@!ing wingers, Pirlo, or forward subs.
But as there is no good defender in the game we can get to, i havent advocated a purchase. Apart from Ranocchia, who has this talent, but needs guidance to blossom


My biggest regret in the past 3 years, is that PSG managed to get marquinhos from roma.

did u think we could get him?

 

[Zacheryah]

did u think we could get him?

At the time PSG came for him, no not really

 

[rakib567]

At the time PSG came for him, no not really

bonucci chiellini alone is a good defence. barzagli is world class but we must not rely on barzagli alone. also if we played a more pressing and attacking football our defence would not have to do as much work. look at Dortmund Chelsea and athletico Madrid, they will the ball through the midfield and up the pitch. we need to do that more often.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Zach, what do you see in Ranocchia?

 

[Zacheryah]

bonucci chiellini alone is a good defence. barzagli is world class but we must not rely on barzagli alone. also if we played a more pressing and attacking football our defence would not have to do as much work. look at Dortmund Chelsea and athletico Madrid, they will the ball through the midfield and up the pitch. we need to do that more often.

If we played a more pressing and attacking came, there would be bigger holes between defence and midfield, wich means the defenders would spend alot more time anticipating the opponent, and taking them on if they come trough on the counter. Wich is far more difficult then just defending in an organised formation.

Bonucci+chiellini alone is a good defence, but not good enough for juventus. Barzagli is the only world class defender we got, and he makes bonucci and chiellini look good.

 

[MikeM]

There are very few world class CBs anymore and very few big teams need or rely on great CBs. They play defence as a team unit. Boateng and Dante are nowhere near world class when asked to defend 1 on 1 but their team protects them adequately.

Same for Ramos/Pepe and Pique/Mascherano. FFS, Bayern and Barca play DMs at CB half the time (Javi M. and Mascherano).

The higher up the pitch you are trying to win the ball back, the less reliance you have on your CBs.

 

[Zacheryah]

Zach, what do you see in Ranocchia?

Anticipating and defending headers. Anticipating and tackling players when zonal marking. Incredible potential in the small space. better then any defender we have at elegantly playing the ball out of the defence. Excellent aggression for a stopper.

Problem : To aggressive for a manmarking wich for some reason his intercoaches insist on using him for. Bonucci-esque concentration, but at the same age, Barzagli had this issue to at palermo.

Its the same as back in the day with Montero. Montero was fucking amazing in small space. Best in the world perhaps. But you need a coach that understands how you have to organise and structure a defence to make sure he can defend and anticipate attackers without acres of space around him.

Allegri, is a fucking retard, but was actually good at that. Conte comes from the Juventus that was masterfull at this, and knows bloody well how to set a defence.
Mazzarri, doesnt, stramacuntia doesnt.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Anticipating and defending headers. Anticipating and tackling players when zonal marking. Incredible potential in the small space. better then any defender we have at elegantly playing the ball out of the defence. Excellent aggression for a stopper.

Problem : To aggressive for a manmarking wich for some reason his intercoaches insist on using him for. Bonucci-esque concentration, but at the same age, Barzagli had this issue to at palermo.

Its the same as back in the day with Montero. Montero was fucking amazing in small space. Best in the world perhaps. But you need a coach that understands how you have to organise and structure a defence to make sure he can defend and anticipate attackers without acres of space around him.

Allegri, is a fucking retard, but was actually good at that. Conte comes from the Juventus that was masterfull at this, and knows bloody well how to set a defence.
Mazzarri, doesnt, stramacuntia doesnt.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

Spot on. Unless we're prepared to spend 100m on thiago silva, we're not going to get a man for man elite defence. Nowadays it's all about the collective unit defending together.

Sadly, CBs today just aren't up to task.

 

[Bianconero81]

Zach does make some valid points, as does @MikeM (as always ) but I don't see the need for Ranocchia. Caceres needs consistent game time to gain confidence and be solid, whereas Ogbonna was brought in to gradually be a linchpin of the defense. Ranocchia never has and still doesn't convince me; only time will tell whether he will be the real deal, but I highly doubt it.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

I'm far from convinced with Rano myself but as with any player if Conte sees something in them, i'll happily give them a chance. Providing the price isn't absurd.

 

[Zacheryah]

Ranocchia doesnt convince you, because his coaches are playing him the wrong way, and he's held back by some injuries.
Caceres is a good defender, but he has his limitations wich are clear. He isnt the class player that will build an impenetrable wall.
Ogbonna has all the physical abilities, and indeed is a good player to have, but he doesnt have the mental ability that a starter of juve requires.

Look now since barzagli is gone. Before, teams never got trough the center. Now, we'll see players beeing played trough the defence once or twice per game.

The explenation why european teams dont do this, is flawed. Its because there arent great defenders anymore. The teams that have the cash and the brains, actually build very good central defences.

Bayern, has a very good central defence. And they know how to make Boateng look good. PSG arguably has the best central defence in the world.

 

[donpiero]

By the time marotta and co feel ready to spend big, this team is getting so old that we'd have to start all over again.
Nothing out of what we've seen this team can achieve so far, is gonna happen in the next few years.

 

[Zacheryah]

By the time marotta and co feel ready to spend big, this team is getting so old that we'd have to start all over again.
Nothing out of what we've seen this team can achieve so far, is gonna happen in the next few years.

Marotta can only spend according to what our finances provide. Stop deluding yourself that we could spend big on a single player while we cant.

This team will do well in the CL next year, and keep its dominance in italy, perhaps break another record.

 

[Preet]

Marotta can only spend according to what our finances provide. Stop deluding yourself that we could spend big on a single player while we cant.

This team will do well in the CL next year, and keep its dominance in italy, perhaps break another record.

how do you know that when these things can happen:

- run out of luck
- individual errors
- your forwards out of form
- turkey
- barzagli injured

?