Matías Silvestre - CB - Catania (1 Viewer)

Status
Not open for further replies.

Dominic

Senior Member
Jan 30, 2004
16,717
#24
Description*:

For anyone who has not seen Catania much. This is their most reliable and best defender. He has been used all over the field in the past, but has settled into the right side CB this season. Only missing one game in the 08/09 campaign due to suspension. He often comes forward to challenge the entry passes into the Forwards, and is usually aware enough to get back into a defensive position. Has great header clearences, and works very hard to win balls back from whistle to whistle. His deep passes are very quality for a CB, and has top level technique for a CB. On his off days his overaggression will cause defensive problems if he doesn't time that entry pass defense well. Will result in either a foul or good scoring opportunties for their opponents. He is definitely a risk taker and when he has a bad match it is very noticable. Where on a more frequent good game he is efficient in shutting down entry passes, and gets counters started with his Long passes. Could possibly be considered for *Sliding in the future. He is actually really good in 1v1 situations, his only problems come when he gets over aggressive defensively.

lo zio: Silvestre is arguably the leader of the defensive line. All in all he's a good compromise between technique and physical strength (aswell as stovini, but so far silvestre has done much better than stovini, imo). Very good heading abilities, more than decent vision, and quite a good long pass accuracy (which is vital for their counters). I would never trade Silvestre with Bovo, but I wouldn't mind having him in my team either.



*PES Stats Database
:lol: I know this Lo Zio guy. He's from Palermo and his knowlegde of Serie A knows no bounds. Having said that, he tends to overrate Serie A material as well.
 

Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
Apr 2, 2007
54,133
#30
Didn't we sell Paolucci's half some 10 days ago together with Lanza and Palladino?

How come the rumor is that our offer for Silvestre is 4m+Paolucci's half?
 

tosh_rose

Senior Member
Aug 21, 2010
1,465
#34
Its sad that most of our fans cant figure out where our main weakness is and prefer to chase and sign high-profile and star players like Aguero, Higuain, Sanchez etc, other than concentrate on type of players we need the most. It is no mystery that even with the capture of Licht and Ziegler, we still have limited options in defense and with a longer injury of some key player at the back we will struggle again, and that in our case most of the times means losing stupid points vs weaker teams, points that at the end of the season can be very decisive. Dont get me wrong - I would love to have player like Aguero or Sanchez up front, but that would not mean much if we`re still shaky in defense, maybe we will score more goals, but we`ll continue to concede like a midtable team, which even with two 7th places in a row we are not.

We need another defender, a good one, which can challenge Chiellini and Bonucci for the starting CB spot, create some competition and make them play their best every game, not stay calm with the feeling that whatever they do on the pitch, they are sure starters in the next game. I am not happy with Barzagli as our 1st choice back-up CB, I think he is good enough to be 4th choice CB in our team for the next 2-3 even 4 years, but not to be the guy to save us when Giorgio or Leo is unavailable. I dont like the idea of keeping Sorensen as a back-up, the kid needs to play, and not in the Primavera, we must send him on loan to some Seria A team, not that co-own and selling shit, just a free loan, he can improve a lot more with playing official games for a weaker team than just participating in training sessions with Juve, no doubt about it. He`s got the potential, he needs experience and confidence, which he can get next season (or couple of seasons), if he develops the way we hope and expect and is ready to compete for the starting spot at Juve, he would be more than welcome to our first team, and if he`s not, then there are coaches and directors that shall decide his future.

Sign a damn defender first, then chase the cherry on the cake.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)