Manuel Locatelli - DM - Sassuolo (15 Viewers)

[Mike-e-y]

Over the past decade? All Time? Loool. Italians or both Italians and non Italians?

I'm going to give you 3 names to start off with, 3 Italians:

Molinaro
Motta
De Ceglie

That’s a dangerous list that reminds me of how bad it could have all turned out.
Sturaro needs an honourable mention as well.

 

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[Kasaki]

That’s a dangerous list that reminds me of how bad it could have all turned out.
Sturaro needs an honourable mention as well.

Nocerino

 

[s4tch]

Nocerino

still can't believe he scored like 10 goals for milan

 

[Kasaki]

still can't believe he scored like 10 goals for milan

Haha which leaves the question whos the bigger legend him or Sturaro ?

 

[DAiDEViL]

still can't believe he scored like 10 goals for milan

He looked so good for a short period of time

 

[suligodsilla]

nice player, liked some passes and movements yesterday. Is even capitano

 

[s4tch]

dunno why some still doubt him. he's more consistent than any of our mids, and plays at a pretty high standard when it comes to passing, holding the ball, defending, and even playing forward. solid player, it would be nice to have him.

 

[Osman]

There is nothing to doubt. Quality midfielder, not an X factor player, but a super all around solid impact midfielder. We need the high level stability he would provide.

 

[Robee]

There is nothing to doubt. Quality midfielder, not an X factor player, but a super all around solid impact midfielder. We need the high level stability he would provide.

This exactly. He's a consistent and solid player. He's dependable any day of the week, young, Italian, barely injured and has lots of room for improvement. He's also an intelligent leader by the way, constantly coaching other player around him or filling in the gaps himself.

Why on earth are some still doubting him. Getting him over the likes of Bentancur or Rabiot would be an instant upgrade and give us so much more stability in front of the defence.

I'd say he should be on top of the summer wishlist.

 

[Kopanja]

dunno why some still doubt him. he's more consistent than any of our mids, and plays at a pretty high standard when it comes to passing, holding the ball, defending, and even playing forward. solid player, it would be nice to have him.

TLDR Would welcome him here, but he won't solve our problems.

It's not like our mids are inconsistent and everyone else is a rock-solid week in and week out. Our whole team is inconsistent, apart of Danilo and MDL maybe (hope I don't jinx it). It's a coaching issue more imo, not a player issue.
And it's not that I doubt him, I just think he won't be that big of an upgrade. People here a careful about Atalanta players, because they look much better in Gasp system, well I think the same applies to De Zerbi's players.

 

[Robee]

TLDR Would welcome him here, but he won't solve our problems.

It's not like our mids are inconsistent and everyone else is a rock-solid week in and week out. Our whole team is inconsistent, apart of Danilo and MDL maybe (hope I don't jinx it). It's a coaching issue more imo, not a player issue.
And it's not that I doubt him, I just think he won't be that big of an upgrade. People here a careful about Atalanta players, because they look much better in Gasp system, well I think the same applies to De Zerbi's players.

We're actually quite competent and reliable when we're actually dominant in midfield with a few exceptions of course. But fix midfield and a lot of our problems instantly go away.

The jury is still out on Pirlo and he didn't convince me either but Allegri and Sarry had the same problems. It's not a coaching issue here.

 

[Juve92]

There is nothing to doubt. Quality midfielder, not an X factor player, but a super all around solid impact midfielder. We need the high level stability he would provide.

No thanks. He is trash. How many times have you watched him? 1? Youtube doesn't count.

 

[Kopanja]

We're actually quite competent and reliable when we're actually dominant in midfield with a few exceptions of course. But fix midfield and a lot of our problems instantly go away.

The jury is still out on Pirlo and he didn't convince me either but Allegri and Sarry had the same problems. It's not a coaching issue here.

We were dominant only against some crappy teams that barely move. As long as the opposing team is willing to run and move as a unit we struggle. We look alright when Morata is there to press and McKennie to do the running. But in any different setup, it's basically Bentancur running around in a search for a second yellow and that's it, the second midfielder is typically invisible.
Again, I am not saying Locatelli won't improve us, I think he will. I just don't think that him alone is nearly enough.

 

[Robee]

We were dominant only against some crappy teams that barely move. As long as the opposing team is willing to run and move as a unit we struggle. We look alright when Morata is there to press and McKennie to do the running. But in any different setup, it's basically Bentancur running around in a search for a second yellow and that's it, the second midfielder is typically invisible.
Again, I am not saying Locatelli won't improve us, I think he will. I just don't think that him alone is nearly enough.

He's not, agreed. We definitely need 2 starting calibres midfielders.

 

[Salvo]

Get him, need more quality Italians

 

[edgardavids2608]

still can't believe he scored like 10 goals for milan

I love the guy and at one point he was my password for my logins. Then I found out he was terrible lol

 

[Nzoric]

He had an amazing game vs us. You've got to be careful not to overrate him since it's so rare to see any quality old school registas playing today. But usually when I see him play I love what I see.

 

[Bianconero81]

dunno why some still doubt him. he's more consistent than any of our mids, and plays at a pretty high standard when it comes to passing, holding the ball, defending, and even playing forward. solid player, it would be nice to have him.

I think the reason most doubt him is precisely because they acknowledge our midfield is garbage and are skeptical of any incoming midfield transfers. It really isn't hard to be better and more consistent than our mids, whether individually or as a unit - they are nothing special!

People are skeptical because of how our recent midfield purchases, McNuggets aside (still too early as well), have panned out. Additionally, some of us are concerned that he'd be the marquee or key signing in midfield, which would be slightly underwhelming and nowhere near sufficient to take the midfield to the next level (where it should and needs to be). Having said that, I'd gladly sacrifice all our mids if we can bring in Locatelli and someone else of quality.

 

[Osman]

He had an amazing game vs us. You've got to be careful not to overrate him since it's so rare to see any quality old school registas playing today. But usually when I see him play I love what I see.

The performance of what you saw vs us is basically the norm. Even in games they lose 5-1 in their naive useless style, Locatelli is allways doing his thing in high level. Best example is basically his Azzurri starting debute vs Holland couple months back, he utterly dominated them like they were a provincial side. And it was vs a top level midfield.

 

[Nzoric]

The performance of what you saw vs us is basically the norm. Even in games they lose 5-1 in their naive useless style, Locatelli is allways doing his thing in high level. Best example is basically his Azzurri starting debute vs Holland couple months back, he utterly dominated them like they were a provincial side. And it was vs a top level midfield.

I saw that too - he is great whenever I see him. My point was just that he stands out even more because he's one of the few players in the world playing his role - so it's easy to overestimate his impact.