++ [ originally posted by -Fantasista- ] ++
Have you ever seen DP play alongside a player who likes to roam? No, Del Piero has never been given the chance to do that at Juve, and I personally think that it would be good for him. If Alex was paired with say Henry, the two could take turns in roaming, so that one forward is in a support position and the other in a goalscoring position at all times. DP may not be built for the out-and-out striker role like Trezeguet is, but in reality he can play in a more advanced role with efficiency. When Trez was subbed in the 3-1 win against Real last season, DP played upfront by himself, and did well. Being almost complete opposites, DP and Trez make a good partnership, but can you deny that an Alex-Henry duo or an Alex-Ron tandem would be far more unpredictable, far more creative, and far more explosive than an Alex-DT strike force? I can't.
I personally think Alex type of players much better suit when patnering a static solid striker. Alex is at best when roam around and comes into the box from deep. If his partner is also a roaming striker,.. that will limits DP chance to
roams .... and i dont think very highly of your concept of taking turn to roams... That will bring a very unclear shape on the formation and its not very Italian... Italian plays constructive football where every knows what they have to do.
Alex-Ron or Alex-Henry pasrtnership seem somewhat identical. It seem very interesting on paper, but it will never work on the pitch. Thats the reason why Lippi never tries Alex- Miccoli... IMO..if Lippi ever bring Ronaldo, Henry, Owen type of striker it will be to replace Alex..not to partner him ..
Now as you have mention it, I never seen a lot of such partnership around.. the only famous case we can study is the Raul-Ronaldo partnership. I dunno about you guys, but as far as i can remember, Raul seem more powerful when he partner Morientes.. with Ronaldo, he became very quiet and taking the back seat.... but in a squad like that you could hardly notice..
there are also Henry-Bergkamp which i honestly cannot say very much about.. they hardly plays together and there are times where Bergkamp has to play in other positions just to accomodate Henry....
There are also Rivaldo- Ronaldo....although its actually a trident with Ronaldinho in the Brazillian NT..but like they have any choice as they are after all a team filled with
Brazillians ....
so my point is the thing that you all suggesting is all just experimental while Alex-DT is already tried and tested.. I understand if there is a two succesful way to succed, you all want the more explosive ones... but for me if we already got one way to succed , we better stick to it. No need to risk it just to bring something explosive but still bring the same effect...
You all have been fans of JUventus for soo long... but i dont get it why you guys still laments about the lack of explosiveness and all.. you know Juventus and Serie A for that matter is no entertainer... our policy is always just to get what we want..