I guess it's possible that the team has been in some surreal mental status starting from CR7's arrival. It's good to get them back down to earth and start addressing the actual problems.
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Thought Id never come back after the 'interesting' ban from our mod Gondo for arguing about the limitations of our coach Allegri. However this is an interesting place to be generally, especially seeing all those who were so loud, now eating their own words and changing the stories about our situation, as we now cant hide between 3 points, as we just lost one of our objectives. 3-0 to a mid-table team, completely deserved. Shit can happen in football, but it is the patterns some of us reacted to already early on. Maybe time for those with loud mouths to watch more, and write less.
Now let the flood of dislikes roll in, you have missed it!
Now let the flood of dislikes roll in, you have missed it!
It's so obvious the threads they will post in and the content of their posts. It's almost endearing.
Like those ugly little creatures that for some strange reason people find cute.
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We were brilliant with Pjanic on the bench, and Mandzu out injured the last two games. Not a shot on goal in the first half of either game... We clearly don't miss them at all.
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We were brilliant with Pjanic on the bench, and Mandzu out injured the last two games. Not a shot on goal in the first half of either game... We clearly don't miss them at all.
We will definitely kick it into another gear for that game but the man does look stressed and need a proper rest. No joke keeping a team on the top for 5 years. When was the last time a coach did this over a longer period? Fregusen? It's just not feasible nowadays.
What Agnelli could/should do is to have both him and Conte on payroll with each one taking over every two years!
What Agnelli could/should do is to have both him and Conte on payroll with each one taking over every two years!
I cannot stress enough how fucking shit our midfield recruitment has been for years.
Napoli: Allan, Hamsik, Fabian Ruiz, Zieliniski
Atletico: Koke, Saul, Rodri, Lemar
These clubs have a smaller budget than us, are less attractive than us, and yet somehow both have a clearly better midfield.
Even fucking Real Betis have William Carvalho and Lo Celso, both would improve our midfield.
What the fuck have we been doing for the last 4 years? We’ve wasted money on donkeys with no technical ability like Matuidi, Khedira, Can, Sturaro, Hernanes, Lemina, and Rincon.
Napoli: Allan, Hamsik, Fabian Ruiz, Zieliniski
Atletico: Koke, Saul, Rodri, Lemar
These clubs have a smaller budget than us, are less attractive than us, and yet somehow both have a clearly better midfield.
Even fucking Real Betis have William Carvalho and Lo Celso, both would improve our midfield.
What the fuck have we been doing for the last 4 years? We’ve wasted money on donkeys with no technical ability like Matuidi, Khedira, Can, Sturaro, Hernanes, Lemina, and Rincon.
I think it would be a good idea yes, to stick to a single plan and then master that one, even if I am not impressed with his plans thus far. It seems pretty random who plays. A player has a super good game, then the next game he is benched. A player plays like shit, then he is taken off, we play well, but next game he starts again. I dont see much correlation between who plays well and who starts on the field.
Our midfield is not top class, we all know that. But Pjanic, Matuidi and Bentancur are not THAT bad. We have had some good games only playing 2 centrally and then utilizing our good wingers and attackers more. But after a good game, then we change back to the default 4-3-3 for some reason.
One player that everyone has forgotten about is Cuadrado (yes its one of my favourite players in this team). We have played some really good games this season with him, where we have dominated possesion, created plenty of attacking plays and been very well connected. I think HE is a player we are really missing right now.
Our midfield is not top class, we all know that. But Pjanic, Matuidi and Bentancur are not THAT bad. We have had some good games only playing 2 centrally and then utilizing our good wingers and attackers more. But after a good game, then we change back to the default 4-3-3 for some reason.
One player that everyone has forgotten about is Cuadrado (yes its one of my favourite players in this team). We have played some really good games this season with him, where we have dominated possesion, created plenty of attacking plays and been very well connected. I think HE is a player we are really missing right now.
Because we've spent all our money on attackers the last 4 years. Ronaldo, Higuain, Dybala, Costa, Bernadeschi, Mandzukic, Cuadrado... That's like 360 million euros. Our fullback too. Close to 100million euros on our 4 fullbacks.
We've spent peanuts on the midfield. Pjanic and Matuidi are our only real purchases there in this time frame.
We've spent peanuts on the midfield. Pjanic and Matuidi are our only real purchases there in this time frame.
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I dont know why we have neglected the midfield for so many years. That has been the issue.
Not doing a major effort to replace Vidal pogba was a mistake.
Pjanic (which wasnt a regista to start with) can more or less emulate Pirlo because he knows how to pass....but getting Khedira for Vidal and me complacent with it was a mistake.
Then we have seen the likes of hernanes, to bobby P, to Lemina , Matuidi and now Betancur and Can.
On the other hand...we have invested heavily on the striker department...we have bought Higuain, Costa, Berna, Dybala, Mandz, CR7 ..... thats a gazillion millions right there.
So its not that we are poor....but that we have simply neglected the midfield. Its difficult this way.
Not doing a major effort to replace Vidal pogba was a mistake.
Pjanic (which wasnt a regista to start with) can more or less emulate Pirlo because he knows how to pass....but getting Khedira for Vidal and me complacent with it was a mistake.
Then we have seen the likes of hernanes, to bobby P, to Lemina , Matuidi and now Betancur and Can.
On the other hand...we have invested heavily on the striker department...we have bought Higuain, Costa, Berna, Dybala, Mandz, CR7 ..... thats a gazillion millions right there.
So its not that we are poor....but that we have simply neglected the midfield. Its difficult this way.
Emre Can cost us 16m (for his agent). Add another 9mil and we could’ve activated Torreira’s release clause.
Why didn’t we take Lo Celso on loan, when we desperately need a midfielder who can dribble the ball forward and pick a pass? I’m sure we could have outmuscled Betis.
Allan only cost Napoli 10m.
The issue isn’t money. There are a lot of talented cheap midfielders out there. We just suck ass at midfield recruitment.
Why didn’t we take Lo Celso on loan, when we desperately need a midfielder who can dribble the ball forward and pick a pass? I’m sure we could have outmuscled Betis.
Allan only cost Napoli 10m.
The issue isn’t money. There are a lot of talented cheap midfielders out there. We just suck ass at midfield recruitment.
Meh. Torreira isn't all that, from having watched him at Arsenal. He's not terrible like Can, but nothing special imo. I'd rather we dedicate some of the funds we've spent on attackers to midfielders. Sell Costa to fix our mid. We should be able to get a top CM and a top young CB if we sell Dougie C and other fringe players.
We've also had some rough luck with young CMs, both Pereyra and Lemina had a lot of promise before injuries derailed their careers here.
At this point we should spend big on one guarantee in the midfield to partner with Pjanic, an all-around box-2-box who can carry the ball forward. Then hopefully Bentancur can develop into the third, and we have Matuidi, etc for rotation.
We've also had some rough luck with young CMs, both Pereyra and Lemina had a lot of promise before injuries derailed their careers here.
At this point we should spend big on one guarantee in the midfield to partner with Pjanic, an all-around box-2-box who can carry the ball forward. Then hopefully Bentancur can develop into the third, and we have Matuidi, etc for rotation.