out now?


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Nedved96

Senior Member
Sep 1, 2017
7,198
Our biggest issue going into the 2nd half of the season imo is that 3rd midfielder

Wish somehow either Marchisio recovers his old form and stays fit or Bentancur somehow explodes

The only reason Allegri keeps picking Khedira is for his physicality. I saw someone post the other day that Khedira is great at making vertical runs... I'm sorry he's even struggling to control the ball properly at times and his running style is almost reminding me of Amauri. I still remember when Amauri used to run like a wounded guy on the pitch. Gave a slow motion feel to it just like Khedira.
By Feb end, if Khedira still a starter for us, then we are in huge trouble.

I'm still in favor of this 4-3-3 and hope we continue using this formation.
Torreira has a 25M release clause, and he owned our midfield when we played Sampdoria.

We need to buy him in January.
 

zizinho

Senior Member
Apr 14, 2013
51,816
Any news today?
my fratello will travel to Turin tomorrow from Madrid where he had some business to do, will see what he can find out then

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Sooo you saying that Mandzu and Khedira are actually part of a different group that is not really on Allegri’s side... now thats a plot twist! :lol:
they are not against, they are undecided. they like Max but its tough to go against half the locker room

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10/10 story, fun read.

Mandzukic, Khedira, Cuadrado and Costa wanting Max out seems legit. Lichtsteiner in a different clan than Marchisio and Chiellini too.
are you accusing me of lying?

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what restaurant Higuain likes?
i cant tell you, dont want another Quagliarella fiasco to happen to one of our players
 

Nedved96

Senior Member
Sep 1, 2017
7,198
ive talked to my fratello last night, hes definitely losing the dressing room. there is now a 3rd clan, led by Pjanic and Mandzukic (Licht and Khedira are also with them, as is Benatia). the already existing 2 clans (the italian one and the south american one) try to win over this group to their side. just last week Higuain invited Pjanic to dinner trying to win him over, but Pjanic asked for Chiellini to also be there, to hear both sides story. anyway, italians want EuroMaxx to stay, who got support from Marotta and Agnelli, while s.americans want Tuchel, who is also Nedveds favorite. Pjanic and Mandzukics group is still undecided. ill see whether i can find out more in the coming days
Italians want a conservative, defensive Italian coach. South Americans want a coach with flair and balls. No surprise there.
 

MikeM

Footballing Hipster celebrating 4th place with Tuz
Sep 21, 2008
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If anyone calls Allegri a conservative, defensive coach, I just can't take your football opinions seriously. How can a person watch this sport and see the tactics of virtually every team in the world, where they defend with a minimum of 9 players (1 striker formation). And then they watch Allegri's team, that defends with only 8, where Dybala and Higuain rarely ever make a tackle in their own half. And then they call him conservative and defensive.

When you watch every team, game in and game out, with multiple players on the pitch known for winning the ball back. And there is Allegri, usually only with Matuidi on the field. And he is defensive?

This guy played 3-4-1-2 in the CL later stages last year. He had Alves roflcoptering around as an attacker. If anything, we got smashed by Madrid because we were too attacking. We needed more players in midfield and Allegri decided to defend them with only 8.

I'm sorry but there's no other way to say it. If you see a team with Dybala/Higuain with full license to maraud around the field, there is no way you can call that coach defensive. No defensive coach would allow this in a million years.
 

Wittl

Senior Member
Contributor
Feb 21, 2017
11,311
Licht might be swiss on paper, but his character is more Balkan. @Wittl @zizinho
He's playing with Balkans in his national team. Maybe that's the influence. :boh:

But he's still the only player who sings/knows our national anthem though.

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must be because he plays for a balkan NT. he picks up the traits
:baus:
 

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