The criticizers seem to forget that we have changed formation this year and this was not Marotta's choice.
This change greatly affects our needs. Esp considering the 2 troublemakers Dalves and Bonucci. Dalves was used as a wing back in a 3-5-2, a formation consisted of 3 CBs and a second line of CMs ahead of them to support them, so the wingbacks role in this formation was to support the two forwards, playing exactly at Dalves strengths.
Now, in the 4-2-3-1 the wingbacks are an integrated part of the defense, their primary role is to defend, smth Dalves is not particularly fond of...
Skinny legs, a vastly overrated player, in this forum, was not quite appreciated by many coaches, other than Conte and Bep and since his lousy character dared to exclude EPL as a destination and we were foolish to respect the will of a troublemaker, Milan was our best option, as they were the big spenders of this summer, in Italy.
Skinny legs, essentially a tall, weak and slow CM is only helpful in a crowded defense, with capable defenders around him, to do the defending, so he can do the passing, other CMs, who play as CBs, like De Rossi and Mascherano seem to have developed better defending skills than him.
in a 4 man defense, it is essential from the CB to know how to defend like a man and less important how to pass, so again Bonucci would be a liability, like he was always been when he was forced to defend!
De Sciglio is indeed a kak player, an abomination that should never wear our jersey, but that was Allegri's mistake too.
Max has lived in the shadows of Conte long enough, he is desperate to change the formation, risking everything in our squad.
To change this formation, we wanted 2 very important transfers, two capable wingers and Beppe delivered!
The formation is not working as intended and after the first friendlies it became obvious that a capable DM and RB, (maybe a CB too, in case we revert to 3-4-3) were also needed and Beppe delivered again.
The players we got are good enough to support our starters and eventually become starters themselves.
Now it's up to Max to integrate them and get the better from them, also to make the necessary calibrations to fine tune the little details that need to be fixed, the material is there. Marotta has delivered what we needed!
Yet indeed, his selling and loaning lefts a lot to be desired...
This change greatly affects our needs. Esp considering the 2 troublemakers Dalves and Bonucci. Dalves was used as a wing back in a 3-5-2, a formation consisted of 3 CBs and a second line of CMs ahead of them to support them, so the wingbacks role in this formation was to support the two forwards, playing exactly at Dalves strengths.
Now, in the 4-2-3-1 the wingbacks are an integrated part of the defense, their primary role is to defend, smth Dalves is not particularly fond of...
Skinny legs, a vastly overrated player, in this forum, was not quite appreciated by many coaches, other than Conte and Bep and since his lousy character dared to exclude EPL as a destination and we were foolish to respect the will of a troublemaker, Milan was our best option, as they were the big spenders of this summer, in Italy.
Skinny legs, essentially a tall, weak and slow CM is only helpful in a crowded defense, with capable defenders around him, to do the defending, so he can do the passing, other CMs, who play as CBs, like De Rossi and Mascherano seem to have developed better defending skills than him.
in a 4 man defense, it is essential from the CB to know how to defend like a man and less important how to pass, so again Bonucci would be a liability, like he was always been when he was forced to defend!
De Sciglio is indeed a kak player, an abomination that should never wear our jersey, but that was Allegri's mistake too.
Max has lived in the shadows of Conte long enough, he is desperate to change the formation, risking everything in our squad.
To change this formation, we wanted 2 very important transfers, two capable wingers and Beppe delivered!
The formation is not working as intended and after the first friendlies it became obvious that a capable DM and RB, (maybe a CB too, in case we revert to 3-4-3) were also needed and Beppe delivered again.
The players we got are good enough to support our starters and eventually become starters themselves.
Now it's up to Max to integrate them and get the better from them, also to make the necessary calibrations to fine tune the little details that need to be fixed, the material is there. Marotta has delivered what we needed!
Yet indeed, his selling and loaning lefts a lot to be desired...

- "Skinny legs"
-"The criticisers"

- "Dalves"

- His hatred of Italian players...although justified when it comes to MdS
- How much of a

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