Matthijs de Ligt (38 Viewers)

[JuvePerSempre10]

Idk will it?

Could just as well make it worse if you bench him now. I'd keep playing him. It's not like we have Chiello on the bench anyway.

The kid needs to be talked to. We need to make it clear it's not because we don't believe in him but simply because we want to protect him from all the (exaggerated) criticism he is receiving (he's been asked about it a lot in the media etc. and even his teammates have - see Bonucci's latest interview). You can clearly see it's affecting him as he is playing with lesser confidence than earlier in his career where he moved the ball well and only played the ball forward. The only thing he is doing right now is playing it sideways to either Bonucci or Sandro. However, a goal here or a great performance against a good opponent could be a cure as well.

Having said that, it's really unfortunate how he has been rushed in the starting 11 with Chiellini's injury because I do believe he would benefit greatly from partnering with him as he would cover his mistakes more than Bonucci does.

 

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[Amer]

Il nuovo Bonucci.

 

[Juve_fanatic]

Remember all those goals scored against us from Bonucci's deflections back when he joined Juve?

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

If I've learned anything about De Ligt during this time is that he sure does have arms and hands.

 

[Snobist]

Matthjis De Boeing

 

[piotrr]

 

[Nomuken]

@piotrr now have deschi’s shoes tied together...

 

[TheUncrownedKing]

 

[duranfj]

Lol what could he do in that case? It's just bad luck. Let the kid alone and he was an ajax captain at 19 so don't worry abour his state of mind, he would get through it

 

[X Æ A-12]

what did he do this time?

 

[juve123]

The younger version of bonucci

 

[Nomuken]

@Kyle
He grew extremities

 

[X Æ A-12]

The younger version of bonucci

so he will have a long and very successful Juventus career while being rated amongst the best CBs in the world? I like De Ligt too but lets calma

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@Kyle
He grew extremities

more extremities then he had before the game?

 

[Post Ironic]

Yeah, easy to blame him as his errors are often very obvious, but our entire defensive game (not just the 4 guys at the back) is just atrocious at times.
It's baffling.

We're not defending as a unit right now. Even though Bonucci has had a great season, thus far, he's not really one to organize and marshal the backline like Chiellini would. So we have a bunch of individuals defending back there without a lot of organization. To make matters worse, our midfielders are helping the backline far less than in previous years too, so it's a bit of sink or swim from the defensive line.

Thinking optimistically, this could help our defenders grow into better individual defenders over these few months, and better organization and understanding will slowly develop as the season progresses. Pessimistically, it could shatter the confidence of some of them and cause that understanding to never develop. Hopefully the former, not the latter.

 

[juve123]

so he will have a long and very successful Juventus career while being rated amongst the best CBs in the world? I like De Ligt too but lets calma

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more extremities then he had before the game?

See bonucci was surrounded by world class defenders to help him become a great defender and Conte created a system to bring out the best in him but I am happy initial hype of comparing with Alessandro Nesta would have settled down

 

[X Æ A-12]

just saw the replay and I think De Ligt was very unlucky there. People are just piling on him because he had that handball against Inter and a bad game against Napoli

 

[_GGB_]

He needs to be dropped.. He has caused 5-6 goals this season.. hes very young and comes from a completely different style in Holland..

It will take time but he must be dropped until he can regain his confidence and earn everyones trust in his ability.. at this moment hes a liability..

No rime for soft measures.. at the moment he isnt up to Juve standard of defending..

 

[Cronios]

We tried, but he is still too clumsy, the penalty was too harsh and was only given because the ref is corrupted, but still De Ligt ought to know it and don't give him such a chance and this is not the first time. He needs to train with tied arms or smth, maybe get a couple of months on the sidelines and let some space on Demiral.
De Ligt will inevitably be our future, but atm he can't even cope against Lecce without getting involved in a crucial incident...

 

[Nedved96]

He will come good.

I am not a reactionary poster.

 

[j0ker]

To be perfectly honest unlike the game vs Inter when he went full retard, I think he was unlucky today with the way the ball deflected off the Lecce player.