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Hust

Senior Member
Hustini
May 29, 2005
93,703
“Trying to move the ball quickly”

Watching Madrid and Barcelona do that with ease it’s clear we’re still taking baby steps towards a fluid fast passing system. Players still take way too much time on the ball.
Well we need to buy players that can think that quickly and do it. Not sure we have that many players that can do it
 

Stevie

..........
Mar 30, 2003
20,856
Alex Sandro is the worst I've ever seen for this...

Has a clear path down the side line to run and put a cross in but stops turns his back to goal and passes the ball backwards or sideways. It drives me fucking crazy every time.
 

CrimsonianKing

Count Mbangula
Jan 16, 2013
27,326
Alex Sandro is the worst I've ever seen for this...

Has a clear path down the side line to run and put a cross in but stops turns his back to goal and passes the ball backwards or sideways. It drives me fucking crazy every time.
He wasn’t always like this though. No idea what happened to the guy but in his younger days he would run down the line constantly.

 

Tak!

Senior Member
Jun 23, 2011
4,178
That's my take as well. Allegri is as risk-aversive as they come and his shadows eventually grow onto players. Pjanic wasn't a sidway passing midfielder when he came. I think he has a keen eye on talent and what that talent need to do to improve. It's just that in the end they regress because they all become "him". This is not an attempted criticism of Allegri. We all influence our surrounding and when you are in a position to actually influence your surrounding then all of you will be influencing your surrounding and not just some parts that you strive to influence with. Sandro was crazy the first year and it's such a shame to see him for the past years because he is a shadow of himself. You can see how great his technique is and everything but emphasis is put on the defensive side so... My criticism of Allegri is instead that he is most likely aware of this and doesn't see that he has a screwdriver but he is using it as a hammer. Why not use screws instead of nails? Why seek creative playmakers as your DMC if you actually only want a destroyer? That part I never understood with him. Would be cheaper to have a Zakaria type there than to take an expensive player and make him into a destroyer. And who is saying the DMC need to be part of the build up? Playmakers can drop deeper.... sorry, for the off topic rant. I wasn't meaning to attack the guy but ended up there anyway.
I like Allegri but it's a shame to see Sandro's regression based on his talent.
 

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