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GiocataGrande

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May 26, 2016
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The interesting thing now is where we go from this.

We had a great season, No doubt. But we need to reinforce our team properly, not with some serie a quality player that lack international experience. We Are way past that level.

Our old Guard is coming to an end too. We need to adress this properly.
 

campionesidd

Senior Member
Mar 16, 2013
16,818
The interesting thing now is where we go from this.

We had a great season, No doubt. But we need to reinforce our team properly, not with some serie a quality player that lack international experience. We Are way past that level.

Our old Guard is coming to an end too. We need to adress this properly.
Defense needs a serious refresher. Barzagli is one of my favorite players of these past 6 seasons, but sadly I think he's done. We need Caldara NOW.
 

Hydde

Minimiliano Tristelli
Mar 6, 2003
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The Pogba money was a chance to completely rejuvenate the squad with 3-4 quality players but we bought a 29 year old who we can't create chances for and don't play to his strengths.

I like Higuain he's a terrific striker but his signing doesn't make sense when our team is so unbalanced. He's not magically going to do it all on his own
exactly. Thats why one of our main concerns this coming mercato should be tp get a real ballplaying mofo DM..who can also be a pitbull in the area to partner pjanic or whoever is there.
We also need WC attacking wide midfielders who can play technically and supply higuain and dybala with balls. Players who can be good and young enough to make the opposition worry about them.

we need to be able to play 2-3 formations equally good, to have the ability to counter such teams. the 4231 was perfect vs Barcelona, but vs Madrid it didnt work. I think the 451 we played last season vs Bayern would have been perfect vs this Real team. If only we had Pogba :sigh:
Fuck Pogba.

We can continue playing this 4231 but we need better playersd in the starting 11. I think this is clear.
Or we can switch formations but we need world beaters in every line- Enough world beters to match the reigning champions at least with the starting 11

Respect for Allegri for what he has done,but his way of play is so so so frustrating....defence tactics calculations...i am tired of all that $#@!. For once i want to see an attacking Juventus,and happens what happens.
:tup:

Tactical solidity and defensive mentality goes to shid when you simply cant transition into atacking mode. Juventus and atletico are a living proofs of this and real madrid has debunked this myth horridbly.

The interesting thing now is where we go from this.

We had a great season, No doubt. But we need to reinforce our team properly, not with some serie a quality player that lack international experience. We Are way past that level.

Our old Guard is coming to an end too. We need to adress this properly.
We can get dudes like Bernardeschi... but we also need WC material with experience to win indeed.

Allegri needs to step up his game too...he shopuld not get a free pass from this. He is the coach, he is the one who needs to ask the board what he wants.....If coaches will continue to bend over marotta and just let him find opportunities to then improvise formations...then let marotta be the coach. If not...make ur voice be heard....because now juve is in a position of strenght compared to the conte era....and allegri should enforce hisvision since early summer and do not be hesitating wioth formations and improvisations.

Our BBC is getting wrecked in finals and i think its time to find alternatives to opur gameplay. I personally think that barzagli is done. he was oumatched by mbapp and cristiano..and sadly they are the kind of strikers ull face on finals.
 

GiocataGrande

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May 26, 2016
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exactly. Thats why one of our main concerns this coming mercato should be tp get a real ballplaying mofo DM..who can also be a pitbull in the area to partner pjanic or whoever is there.
We also need WC attacking wide midfielders who can play technically and supply higuain and dybala with balls. Players who can be good and young enough to make the opposition worry about them.


$#@! Pogba.

We can continue playing this 4231 but we need better playersd in the starting 11. I think this is clear.
Or we can switch formations but we need world beaters in every line- Enough world beters to match the reigning champions at least with the starting 11


:tup:

Tactical solidity and defensive mentality goes to shid when you simply cant transition into atacking mode. Juventus and atletico are a living proofs of this and real madrid has debunked this myth horridbly.



We can get dudes like Bernardeschi... but we also need WC material with experience to win indeed.

Allegri needs to step up his game too...he shopuld not get a free pass from this. He is the coach, he is the one who needs to ask the board what he wants.....If coaches will continue to bend over marotta and just let him find opportunities to then improvise formations...then let marotta be the coach. If not...make ur voice be heard....because now juve is in a position of strenght compared to the conte era....and allegri should enforce hisvision since early summer and do not be hesitating wioth formations and improvisations.

Our BBC is getting wrecked in finals and i think its time to find alternatives to opur gameplay. I personally think that barzagli is done. he was oumatched by mbapp and cristiano..and sadly they are the kind of strikers ull face on finals.

agreed
 

Gagi

Senior Member
Jul 19, 2007
8,627
Probably. But that doesn't change the fact that he tactically outsmarted him in 1st game. Just few weeks before they played 1-1 at SB. Then Zizou created 4 men midfield with VERY attacking full backs and Marcelo and Carvajal owned the flanks.
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
51,816
Fuck Pogba.

We can continue playing this 4231 but we need better playersd in the starting 11. I think this is clear.
Or we can switch formations but we need world beaters in every line- Enough world beters to match the reigning champions at least with the starting 11
like him or not, he would have been the difference for us yesterday. our midfield was not up to it, Dani and Mario had to put in extra work to make up for the numerical disadvantage, so it took a lot of stamina from them to perform at a high level for 90 minutes both offensively and defensively. we need to be able to play 2-3 formations equally good if we want to beat the likes of Barca, Madrid and Bayern all in the same season

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Now compare the squads pricetags. If Simeone had the money of Reals squad he would have won the CL probably by now.
Simeone has a great team, Atletico management is doing as good as we do in the mercato. Real has the better team ofcourse, but thats also why they roflstomped them
 

Stephan

Senior Member
Nov 9, 2005
16,642
My point stands. Real has on bench players who cost as much as half of Atletico team aka Bale (100m). James was 80m and not even on the bench.

Such expensive squad depth.
 

KB824

Senior Member
Sep 16, 2003
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Depth dint make the difference last night though. Mentality did.
Of course that kind of depth made the difference. Over the course of a season? Absolutely it did. That was reflected in the 2nd half of the match. Madrid came out of that tunnel like it was the first match of the season. No physical or mental fatigue whatsover, and that is certainly attributed to the quality of that squad from 1-25.

And yes, our mentality did take a nosedive. I'm not discounting that in the least. But when your legs suddenly can't keep up, your mind is what starts to go next. You could see it from the 35 minute mark of the 1st half to the end of the match. Once their midfield started taking control, forget it. It was over.

The lack of another quality MF, coupled with the lack of any attacking options off the bench except a grossly out of form Cuadrado, had this team gassed on all levels. An awfully shitty time to hit that wall, but it happened. It's up to Marotta and the Board to make sure this doesn't happen again.
 

Siamak

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Aug 13, 2013
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Probably. But that doesn't change the fact that he tactically outsmarted him in 1st game. Just few weeks before they played 1-1 at SB. Then Zizou created 4 men midfield with VERY attacking full backs and Marcelo and Carvajal owned the flanks.
In the second half, we were just off offensively.we always lost in the second half.
2015/2016
first half : juve 2 bayern 0
second half : juve 2 bayern 2

2016/2017
first half : juve 1 real 1
second half : juve 1 real 4
allegri managed us terribe in the second half.
 

Stephan

Senior Member
Nov 9, 2005
16,642
Depth dint make the difference last night though. Mentality did.
U dont read context. Gagi said:
Max outsmarted Enrique, Zizou outsmarted Simeone and Max.
If Simeone had the squad depth and money what Zidane has at Real, Simeone would have won CL by now.

Atletico and Juve have had similar operations to get this success of even getting to final and rebuilding. Sold the likes of Costa for big money. We sold Pogba to rebuild with Higu and Pjanic.

Real has Bale on bench on CL final....We have Asamoah and Lemina.
James who cost 75m didnt even make bench. James would start here at Juve, love him or hate him (i know some here dont like James, just saying). James is still better than playing Alves as ur Winger or Cuadrado.

And that goes full season. Thats why i also say, we played the Mandzus, Higuains, Pjanicis and Khediras every fkn week. I read Zidane didnt even play Ronaldo full games in league. Ronaldo himself admitted in one of the press conferences before final that he felt fresh cause Zidane had rested him during the season and sort of made sure his form and freshness would peak for april/may. If u have big squad and u can play the likes of Morata in midtable league game, that is possible.
 

zizinho

Senior Member
Apr 14, 2013
51,816
My point stands. Real has on bench players who cost as much as half of Atletico team aka Bale (100m). James was 80m and not even on the bench.

Such expensive squad depth.
money doesent play, quality does. Atleticos team is 3rd best in La Liga, and among top 8 in CL for sure

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Of course that kind of depth made the difference. Over the course of a season? Absolutely it did. That was reflected in the 2nd half of the match. Madrid came out of that tunnel like it was the first match of the season. No physical or mental fatigue whatsover, and that is certainly attributed to the quality of that squad from 1-25.

And yes, our mentality did take a nosedive. I'm not discounting that in the least. But when your legs suddenly can't keep up, your mind is what starts to go next. You could see it from the 35 minute mark of the 1st half to the end of the match. Once their midfield started taking control, forget it. It was over.

The lack of another quality MF, coupled with the lack of any attacking options off the bench except a grossly out of form Cuadrado, had this team gassed on all levels. An awfully shitty time to hit that wall, but it happened. It's up to Marotta and the Board to make sure this doesn't happen again.
there were games in La Liga Real fielded their entire bench (with Navas in goal and Ramos from the starters) and still won easily, and that was after their loss to Barcelona when the league was wide open. crazy depth, Zidane was totally right when he stubbornly repeated they wont sell any player that was wanted by other clubs last summer, even if he was unhappy with playing time
 

Hydde

Minimiliano Tristelli
Mar 6, 2003
38,985
money doesent play, quality does. Atleticos team is 3rd best in La Liga, and among top 8 in CL for sure
This is true.

I can understand the excuse we have no money, no more than real, but just look at them playing talented dudes like ascencio, which costed them peanuts.

We on the other hand, bench promising players like mandragora till they rot.

We need to let players that play with technical instict more chances
 
Apr 19, 2007
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Youre wrong. Depth doesnt just mean subs but also being able to play in form players. Cuads was out of form so he went to the bench for Barza. Made us a different team and I wasnt fond of it. Also Isco was a bench player. Depth if you will and he was on fire for them in the last 2 months. Depth creates competitive nature and also gets 11 in form players on the field more often
 
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    after him saying he stays, GdS come up with him calling Juve and telling them give me 8m per year and top players or I go to PSG. Juve would turn to Sousa. :diculo:
     

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