Leonardo Bonucci (64 Viewers)

[Cerval]

Does every player have to be either under or overrated

 

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[DanielSz]

I would say he is underrated here at Tuz but the thing is he makes some crucial mistakes - He is similar to MDL in terms of position but if you take Chiellini vs Demiral it means we still have Danilo which means we still need one more CB.
It is still unknown as to who are going to be our 3 CB in case all are healthy but if I need to take a guess - Bonucci and MDL are going to start with Chiellini as LCB which means we dont get Demiral as a starter yet but we are getting Danilo out.

Danilo (or at least the version we’ve seen of him so far) is a better fit for RCB than any of the other CBs though, because defensively he’s still the best fit at RB and he can also go forward and get involved offensively, which seems to be a requirement for Pirlo. I can’t see him getting benched if he plays like he has so far.

So ideally we’d have something like

RCB- Danilo
CB- De Ligt
LCB- Chiellini or Demiral

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

I can’t see Demiral benching Bonucci, as Bonucci is too important in the build up offensively. Demiral to me is Chiellinis backup/competition.

I think de Ligt has the best shot, but that would require Pirlo to ignore all biases. And it’s still tbd what Bonucci were gonna get this season. He was great against Sampdoria and looked great again yesterday.

Is he really? It's only been two games under Pirlo so maybe we'll see, but i don't know what he does that De Ligt can't. Perhaps send some nice long passes but so far we don't play like that anymore

 

[DanielSz]

Is he really? It's only been two games under Pirlo so maybe we'll see, but i don't know what he does that De Ligt can't. Perhaps send some nice long passes but so far we don't play like that anymore

I’d argue hes more important now than he was under Sarri.

he’s almost an extra mid. Definitely vital to build up, and breaking lines. But De Ligt is good for that role as well, and he’s a superior defender, so Pirlo will have an interesting decision to make.

 

[Orgut]

Does every player have to be either under or overrated

Yap.. Otherwise you might not complain..

 

[il brutto]

Does every player have to be either under or overrated

Underrated comment.

 

[Bianconero81]

It's the start of a new season, and I still don't like him, neither as a defender nor as a person

Anyway, I doubt he gives two fucks, but I thought I'd share my feelings with me fellow Tuzzers

 

[DanielSz]

Another boss performance tbh. Same with Chiellini. It’s good to have multiple quality defenders.

 

[Claudio Gentile]

Another boss performance tbh. Same with Chiellini. It’s good to have multiple quality defenders.

I’m pretty sure many countries would take Italy‘a leftovers at CB. England comes to mind

 

[Boksic]

Liability

When you have a defender who can't defend you are going to give chances away.

 

[Arcticdaly]

Liability

When you have a defender who can't defend you are going to give chances away.

He should be rotting the bench for derm full stop him and de ligt should be are main backline.

 

[Lion]

Had a good game. His leadership was valuable. Penalty bot his fault. He had to commit to the tackle and it went not his way. 9 other times he would have gotten away with that

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[MrMonkey]

Go back where you came from traitor. We welcomed your ass back too easily!!!

 

[Lapa]

Useless as always.

 

[Gian]

Once again proved he's regressed way too much and can't be relied upon anymore. Even his best trait, playing long balls have become shit.

 

[Snobist]

This guy is shit. I can't believe he starts every fucking game.

 

[Juve_fanatic]

He is the biggest fraud in world football.

I swear i just came here to post this.... I mean, Bernardeschi is a bigger fraud than him but at least he is constantly on the bench while Bonucci is indispensible in Juve and in Italy NT. How did coaches get fooled by him so much??

 

[Amer]

Can't wait for De Ligt to come back and bench his ass.

 

[Juve_fanatic]

Can't wait for De Ligt to come back and bench his ass.

I wouldnt sleep on this. Bonucci has some sort of a spell cast on coaches where they cant bench him and would even change a whole system up just to suit Bonucci in it. I would go as far as to say that if it werent for Bonucci we would have never played with 3 at the back.

 

[Catenaccio]

To be honest, he plays best in a back 3 but the back 3 Pirlo plays is really a back 4 in the defensive phase and the timing of Danilo's movements to the right back position can leave him exposed and therefore makes Bonucci look worse than he is. Bonucci's distribution and long balls is what makes him unique and why coach's like him.

Also I have a feeling that Pirlo really wants a McKennie style midfielder also helping a lot in defense. Perhaps Arthur's positioning needs to be refined in the system too.