Massimiliano Allegri (109 Viewers)
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We need him for longer.
To be fair though, the times we looked good this season, was with Ronaldo and Mandy together on the pitch. He became incredibly out of form after the turn of the year. I think Max's biggest mistake this season was thinking Dybala could be the bridge between attack and midfield. It just didn't work no matter what formation we played. We looked better with Bernie playing that role, but he was horribly inconsistent.
We only see games, but we dont have a faintest clue what happens in practice. Maybe he tested and came to conclusion players arent a good fit for 4-3-1-2. We dont have attacking midfielder for a start. Berna is inconsistent and he is maybe closest to that spot we could have fielded. But he had big drop in form and with exception of game against Atletico, all his flaws became apparent in this season; lousy end product, woeful decision making. We dont have a holding midfielder for 4-4-2 because ideally Khedira is paired with Pjanic, but former has been injured most of the season. Matuidi's main strength is his athleticism, running up and down and chasing opponents so you dont want to restrict him and take away his main advantage. He lacks discipline for that role as well because you may be sure he is gonna maraud forward at one point and get us exposed. Can, Bentacur, neither is good enough imo. I think Allegri was running multitude of different scenarios in his head, tested some, threw away some others and came to conclusion with this group of players we have reached ceiling. He is the type of manager that thinks 10 moves ahead.
Matuidi is good if he can just hunt and run about, if he has an allround cm that can pass and keep the ball. like rabiot, pogba... not pjanic
Benta is quite overrated here. Sure alot of heart. Cant pass short and cant run 10 meters without losing the ball. He needs space to run in.
Now. Put Rabiot in the team next to Pjanic. You'll very quickly see Pjanic be twice as good and either Benta or Matuidi be far more effective.
Here is the deal. Pjanic needs a midfielder that can do close passes and keep the ball close to him
Marchisio : yes
Khedira : yes
Pogba : Yes
Vidal : Yes
Pirlo : would replace him
Matuidi : no
Benta : no
THIS is why our midfield didnt click.
Benta is quite overrated here. Sure alot of heart. Cant pass short and cant run 10 meters without losing the ball. He needs space to run in.
Now. Put Rabiot in the team next to Pjanic. You'll very quickly see Pjanic be twice as good and either Benta or Matuidi be far more effective.
Here is the deal. Pjanic needs a midfielder that can do close passes and keep the ball close to him
Marchisio : yes
Khedira : yes
Pogba : Yes
Vidal : Yes
Pirlo : would replace him
Matuidi : no
Benta : no
THIS is why our midfield didnt click.
Our midfield is decent now. But we need much more
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Yeah hes terribly overrated. Decent player, butI dont see any improvement over his Viola days. In fact he looked better before because every play went throught him. He was focal point for them. I have no idea why people think we would play better with him in the middle based on what we have seen so far. He isnt a central midfielder, this is what we know for certain. Everything else is just guessing.
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Yeah hes terribly overrated. Decent player, butI dont see any improvement over his Viola days. In fact he looked better before because every play went throught him. He was focal point for them. I have no idea why people think we would play better with him in the middle based on what we have seen so far. He isnt a central midfielder, this is what we know for certain. Everything else is just guessing.
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For me it's the other way around. I didn't rate Berna highly when he was at Fiorentina. I though he is a semi-talented guy that can occasionally pull off some fancy moves and shots.
He has proven me wrong. I didn't understand how good he is physically and how much he is willing to work. He can easily become a modern attacking player that has it all.
He has proven me wrong. I didn't understand how good he is physically and how much he is willing to work. He can easily become a modern attacking player that has it all.
He is out ....bring Pochitinho
Nedved: 'Allegri? We'll see'
By Football Italia staff
Pavel Nedved said the current Juventus squad is “not easy to improve,” but he won’t be drawn on Max Allegri. “We’ll see.”
The lead-up to tonight’s Serie A game against Roma has been dominated by speculation over Allegri’s future ahead of the summit with President Andrea Agnelli.
“The meeting between Coach and President has always been in June, traditionally, so if anything it’ll be brought forward. We’ll wait,” the Vice-President told Sky Sport Italia.
“We have a squad that is of the utmost quality both for Italy and Europe. It’s not easy to improve this team.”
Nedved was asked if Allegri will be the Juventus Coach next season.
“We’ll see…”
Nedved: 'Allegri? We'll see'
By Football Italia staff
Pavel Nedved said the current Juventus squad is “not easy to improve,” but he won’t be drawn on Max Allegri. “We’ll see.”
The lead-up to tonight’s Serie A game against Roma has been dominated by speculation over Allegri’s future ahead of the summit with President Andrea Agnelli.
“The meeting between Coach and President has always been in June, traditionally, so if anything it’ll be brought forward. We’ll wait,” the Vice-President told Sky Sport Italia.
“We have a squad that is of the utmost quality both for Italy and Europe. It’s not easy to improve this team.”
Nedved was asked if Allegri will be the Juventus Coach next season.
“We’ll see…”
