++ [ originally posted by mark77 ] ++
we'll never play a 3man D.
Seitaridis is a great RB, very good defensive-wise and good attacking. Better than Bonera, Oddo, Zebina and better defensively than Miguel, Maicon and Alves.
good point there,
i followed 4 seitaridis seasons and i can say he is really, very solid,
he, like zambro, used to play as a winger in my home town team and he was pretty good on creating.
Later on, at Panathinaikos, he had to pull back and play as a LB,
his speed made him good enough to catch up, every opponent and his exp as a winger helped him to attack very efficiently!
He was very solid and performed well in 95% of the games, pretty consistent!
he scored in his first appearance, on CL, against MAN UN,
he was essential and consistent in EURO 2004 too,
i had very few chances to watch him, in porto,
where his abilities are truly tested.
From what i ve seen i m not very impressed but the truth is that i havent seen much to say he isnt juve material.
Anyways he is better than Zebina and we should find someone better to have a solid back line, i dont know if he is the one
but i m sure that he is the only player i would choose from the GREEK NT (a team, which proved what is capable of defensively) for Juve, he could do well if he had some accommodation time and having him on the bench one year to give him this time wouldnt mind us or him at all (i personally met him and he seems an ok guy, though success may have affect him now).
i believe that since Milan is interested for him, (to make him, as the sub of Cafu for the next year and his successor if he proves to be good enough), we only did tried a bid on him, just to raise up his price a bit and make Milan's life a tad more difficult...