Il Capitano Alessandro Del Piero (74 Viewers)

Azzurri7

Pinturicchio
Moderator
Dec 16, 2003
72,692
Yeah, after he humiliated him for weeks he played him in one Coppa match, now it's all good.

:sergio:

And no one should say "you were right", I just don't want 'em to come here and say thing like "we told you he'll use him, Conte can make the best out of him" and such BS.
I think you got cheese wrong, mate.

That said, no need to open the old chapters. Lets enjoy what we all saw last night :smile:
 

Fake Melo

Ghost Division
Sep 3, 2010
37,077
Yeah, after he humiliated him for weeks he played him in one Coppa match, now it's all good.

:sergio:

And no one should say "you were right", I just don't want 'em to come here and say thing like "we told you he'll use him, Conte can make the best out of him" and such BS.
I agree. No one should come and say we told you he'll use him. Past is past. We should enjoy him playing rather than discussing useless things.
 

Zacheryah

Senior Member
Aug 29, 2010
42,251
beeing 37, having played 120 minutes with that much efford, i'm not sure he'd be recuperated enough for the roma game

however, in the games he plays like yesterday, he's the best replacement for vucinic that we got
 

Zacheryah

Senior Member
Aug 29, 2010
42,251
Right after I found out about Mirko's injury I said it and I still stand by it that from our bench Del Piero would be the most natural replacement. Not as someone who can cover the left side in a 4-3-3 but as someone who will easily replicate most of the good things Vucinic offers.
I won't go into details explaining again why is it important to have more players who can spread the play well (we had Pirlo and Vucinic, and perhaps Marchisio) but that is the reason why I think DP should be the #1 candidate to replace Vucinic, even at the expense of slight changes in the system up front.
If it's not DP then it will be and should be Giac. Not Quagliarella. Quag is a fine player and he might score more goals than Mirko and DP, but his characteristics won't fit well in our play. And we've been successful with that play and that style so I'd prefer as little changes possible.
this is a very good post
 

Zacheryah

Senior Member
Aug 29, 2010
42,251
Considering he didn't play for weeks and match is on Monday, he'll be ready
Most of the time in interviews when players 34+ were asked what was the biggest change for them each year, they usually dont refer to the drop in speed, but rather the drop in recuperation.
playing 120 minutes, i was certain he'd do that, but recuperating from it, is a whole diffrent thing.

however, alex has allways been an example of professionalism comming to fitness. after his injury, bulking up a bit to make his body stronger. packing a bit more muscle to offset his drop in speed, by higher strenght whilst keeping simular agility (very hard to do). resulting in same succes ratio for dribbels.


i have confidence he can recuperate, and i really wonder, can he actually play again against tough teams as roma, like yesterday, like 2008 ?

if he manages to recuperate, dont take this for granted, it would show how exceptionnel player he is
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 2, Guests: 66)