The highlight of this champion yesterday was when he was deep inside our half, had the ball for a long time, no one challenging him, takes his time and then proceeds to measure a pin pointed pass outside of Genoa's goal line.
The highlight of this champion yesterday was when he was deep inside our half, had the ball for a long time, no one challenging him, takes his time and then proceeds to measure a pin pointed pass outside of Genoa's goal line.
I like him but I've seen very little to suggest that he is capable of being a top regista. To me he is a pure DM and does a very good job protecting the defence.
The ideal situation is him being in the team as a DM and at least one of the other two mids being the creator and having freedom to go forward. It probably would have worked well with Pogba or even Fagioli but Rabiot/McKennie/Miretti aren't good enough at passing or attacking. So we are stuck with 3 mids where none are particularly good at creating and more reliant on Locatelli to build than we should be.
I like him but I've seen very little to suggest that he is capable of being a top regista. To me he is a pure DM and does a very good job protecting the defence.
The ideal situation is him being in the team as a DM and at least one of the other two mids being the creator and having freedom to go forward. It probably would have worked well with Pogba or even Fagioli but Rabiot/McKennie/Miretti aren't good enough at passing or attacking. So we are stuck with 3 mids where none are particularly good at creating and more relent on Locatelli to build than we should be.
Well... we lost both Pogba and Fagioli. That didn't help. I have a feeling we'll bring in somebody like Sudokov in January. Miretti also has been a huge disappointment this season.
I dont disagree, but, he needs to get on the ball more often...in that role, where he is our best passer in midfield, he should be receiving it all the ball from that deep position so much more. I know our defenders like to hoof it up the field to the forwards but I think if he was there to receive it deeper the hoofing wouldn't happen as much.
I dont disagree, but, he needs to get on the ball more often...in that role, where he is our best passer in midfield, he should be receiving it all the ball from that deep position so much more. I know our defenders like to hoof it up the field to the forwards but I think if he was there to receive it deeper the hoofing wouldn't happen as much.
His pressing and winning the ball back so high has lead him to get more assist and us scoring more. Has been a rock lately. The Locatelli we all saw at Sassuolo. Three assists in the last three games.