I am not blaiming Bonucci for the loss, i am blaiming him for his performance then.
Have you seen his man marking? Watch it again! Can you remember when we were conceding like crazy and ranking 7th?
Was it because of Chiellini's defensive skills??
It is not impossible for a defender to have a decent performance and yet the team to concede.
The same as it is not impossible for a team not to concede, despite having a mediocre defender.
In most of the games, the performances of the other defenders, masked the need for Bonucci to act.
It is easy to step back and play it safe, even Molinaro managed that.
The real value though it is shown when the teams needs you. And Bonucci then always collapses, minus a few very rare occasions.
I just wanted him to show a decent effort, some good marking here, a decent interception there, maybe a sliding tackle for the first time in his carrier.
Anything decent, i was not expecting him not to be overun by the whole wave of Barca/Spain attacking midfielders, but merely stop his man, he didnt.
He never does it and i am not impressed by the fact that our team and the NT rarely requires it, that is not due to his skills or contributions...
Feel free to judge by exceptions and indirect statistics that have nothing to do with individual quality, i shall rate him from his contributions and i dont forget easily, i wont ignore the performances of 2 years in various conditions, for the missleading appearances of 2 months...
The same thing i said about Zebina, Boumsong, Mellberg, Molinaro, Motta, Knezevic, early Legro, Grosso etc, time will tell if i was right again...
On a positive note though, Bonucci is better than those men, so when he reaches CB maturity, at 28-34, he will be good enough to be a starter.
Considering that we made quite a huge investment on him, in time, cash and player contracts, it would be unwise to ditch him when he will reach that age. So despite what my haters assume, i am pleased that he will stay!
I am also pleased that he was cleared, as for nationalistic reasons, we wouldnt bring any better CB and from having Boschetti or Astori as starters, it is much better to have Bonucci!
For this reason i am actually happy that he is back, plus the added bonus, that we can now focus on the finisher!
And i am also confident for our defense, the presence alone, of Lucio, will surely benefit Bonucci and will push him grow faster into a better CB!
