Cron, I am usually with you on many matters, but firstly, the boy can finish and secondly, we don't have anyone I would consider a quality dribbler other than Pirlo, whose pace and position make his dribbling abilities usually focused on making a little bit of space to deliver a great pass or fending of others and maintaining possession, looking for a safe or interesting option to deliver the ball.
We haven't had a player who can take people on in the final third like this kid seems to be able to consistently, since DP was in his prime and before him Baggio. I'm not sure how many members here are old enough to have watched Baggio in action?? He was and remains one of my favourite players of all time, in our jersey, in any jersey...He could dribble, create, score. Jovetic is similar, though lacking some of the old buddhist's grit. Still wonderfully potent though. As Muriel could turn out to be.
the vast majority of our goals come about through top quality runs and passing, NOT through classy dribbling, taking on players one on one and dribbling past them, or individual moments of magic. Every time one of our strikers heads towards goal his actions are easy to predict. That can't be said of Muriel. Of course still very young, very inexperienced, but so far in his career, he has kept developing and presently seems like exactly the kind of player our front line needs, instead of Giovinco, instead of Vucinic. He has the potential to be far better than them both. Stick Muriel alongside a proper target man...like Llorente and we will be flying.
He looks too good to be a one trick pony. And no, we don't have any dribblers other than a regista who can dribble, who has the pace of a snail.
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I'd bench Vucinic now. Have him sharing/competing for the position of SS with Giovinco. With Quagiarella starting every game for at least 5 or 6 as our prima punta, as he played so perfectly with DP before he suffered that nasty injury, he was scoring goals for fun, not always his spectacular strikers but the kind of goals a prima punta gets. headers! 6 yards pokes into the net. He can play that role in a front two. I just feel that given a run of games, he would find his form and solve some of our present problems.
I am no major fan of Mirko, or any player who blows more cold than hot, often looks disinterested, seems to have trouble holding up the ball, often picks the wrong fancy pass, tests the keeper with less than half of his shots on target, drifts in and out of games. When he is good, he is a great player, but how often is he that great player??? I prefer Giovinco, purely because he has better pace and works tremendously harder. Not many teams plays with, effectively, two SSs up front. Their natural game is to create, not finish. Mirko has done well for us, but I suspect Quags would do equally well if not better if given a similar amount of consistent starts. Ideally an SS plays with a prima punta. We play SS and SS. I understand that Matri is finished...but Quags isnt. I hope we sign Immobile then at least we have another player who thrives in the 18 yard box.
the amount of terrible misses between Gio and Mirko this season truly makes them one of the worst starting duos I have ever seen for Juve. Its such a shame, for we have a world class GK, CB, top quality wingbacks, a superb midfield but a wretched attack.
We haven't had a player who can take people on in the final third like this kid seems to be able to consistently, since DP was in his prime and before him Baggio. I'm not sure how many members here are old enough to have watched Baggio in action?? He was and remains one of my favourite players of all time, in our jersey, in any jersey...He could dribble, create, score. Jovetic is similar, though lacking some of the old buddhist's grit. Still wonderfully potent though. As Muriel could turn out to be.
the vast majority of our goals come about through top quality runs and passing, NOT through classy dribbling, taking on players one on one and dribbling past them, or individual moments of magic. Every time one of our strikers heads towards goal his actions are easy to predict. That can't be said of Muriel. Of course still very young, very inexperienced, but so far in his career, he has kept developing and presently seems like exactly the kind of player our front line needs, instead of Giovinco, instead of Vucinic. He has the potential to be far better than them both. Stick Muriel alongside a proper target man...like Llorente and we will be flying.
He looks too good to be a one trick pony. And no, we don't have any dribblers other than a regista who can dribble, who has the pace of a snail.
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I'd bench Vucinic now. Have him sharing/competing for the position of SS with Giovinco. With Quagiarella starting every game for at least 5 or 6 as our prima punta, as he played so perfectly with DP before he suffered that nasty injury, he was scoring goals for fun, not always his spectacular strikers but the kind of goals a prima punta gets. headers! 6 yards pokes into the net. He can play that role in a front two. I just feel that given a run of games, he would find his form and solve some of our present problems.
I am no major fan of Mirko, or any player who blows more cold than hot, often looks disinterested, seems to have trouble holding up the ball, often picks the wrong fancy pass, tests the keeper with less than half of his shots on target, drifts in and out of games. When he is good, he is a great player, but how often is he that great player??? I prefer Giovinco, purely because he has better pace and works tremendously harder. Not many teams plays with, effectively, two SSs up front. Their natural game is to create, not finish. Mirko has done well for us, but I suspect Quags would do equally well if not better if given a similar amount of consistent starts. Ideally an SS plays with a prima punta. We play SS and SS. I understand that Matri is finished...but Quags isnt. I hope we sign Immobile then at least we have another player who thrives in the 18 yard box.
the amount of terrible misses between Gio and Mirko this season truly makes them one of the worst starting duos I have ever seen for Juve. Its such a shame, for we have a world class GK, CB, top quality wingbacks, a superb midfield but a wretched attack.
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