With manzukic we were 10 already! Now we are 9 , he and zaza are shit. There sturaro and lemina show poor too... Questo colpo di allegri!! Worng players he choise for this match...
Sassuolo actually look a much stronger team. Conte would be dying watching this group of players. He ensured everyone always knew where the next pass was meant to go and there were always triangles everywhere. These guys have looked lost all season.
That's for granted, Hernanes type might actually be useful today. Nevertheless, even if we had Pirlo Mandzu would still stumble around. I'd prefer it if he at least looked like Zalayeta who liked every game 'jeez, I can't believe I'm here!'. Mandzu's expression is more like 'I don't know why I am here'. Even Chiellini's first touch is superior to Mandzu's
If we had Pirlo we can play the ball from the defense to the midfield and Pogba wont have to imitate maradona, staruro wont have to play risky passes, lemina wouldnt exist, we'd have possession and our attack would get service.
We really need a midfielder who can pass in our team, be that Marchisio, Khedira or even Hernanes. The problem is now that we are a man down, Hernanes would be useless as he would be overrun.
Rapidly loosing faith in salvaging any part we have in getting into the top 3 let alone the title race when we play like this, it's not about the points but the performance.
Who would have thought this is Juvemtus, the same team that came so close to a treble last year? VERGOGNA!!!
Lemina just isn't a regista. He doesn't have the qualities to be a distributor from that spot in 3-5-2. He's a box 2 box mid. Has all the qualities for that.
The problem is we have tonse of muscle, but we play so freaking static when not in possession! We do not have the same passing machine anymore - than why not use our strenght and run them down! But our freaking coach put our defensive line so freaking deep! We may be the least aggresive team in the world when not in possession!!
With Allegri we still don't have a proper game style.
Before it was defending deep and then counter attacking with Morata and Tevez.
Now there is nothing. No game and no counter. Before we had Llorente who could hold up the ball and let the team progress forward now we have Mandzukic a player able to do something only if he receive the ball close to the small box in the area.
Totally depressed. We won't get the third spot this year. Total disaster. Sponsored by Allegri. The only manager who is able to manage great players and let them do what they want but then fail to organize a normal team to play decent football.
If we had Pirlo we can play the ball from the defense to the midfield and Pogba wont have to imitate maradona, staruro wont have to play risky passes, lemina wouldnt exist, we'd have possession and our attack would get service.
I am not saying any of you are wrong, I am complaining over Mandzu. With or without Pirlo, Kroos, Özil, Toure, Xavi or whoever you want Mandzu has been deployed wrong and played horribly for several games. I hope he regains some form and semblence of his former self. As someone pointed out, he is a workhorse and shouldn't stay in the box as a target player. he's useless then.