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How would MDL and him okay together? I don't wanna see any more of Bonucci.
Leo is boss. No reason to complain about him so far this season.

And tbh, as good as Demiral looks, we don't need that sort of player throwing himself into last ditch tackles in most of our games where we should dominate possession.

Bonucci's passing ability is more useful against 90% of Serie A opposition.
 

Stevie

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Mar 30, 2003
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Leo is boss. No reason to complain about him so far this season.

And tbh, as good as Demiral looks, we don't need that sort of player throwing himself into last ditch tackles in most of our games where we should dominate possession.

Bonucci's passing ability is more useful against 90% of Serie A opposition.
I agree with everything but Bonucci has definitely been a liability at times this season.
 

Badass J Elkann

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Feb 12, 2006
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I truly love your enthusiasm plus I didn't want Bonbon back here after all his #hungrier and stupid shits but let's speak the true, he's having a really good season so far
Who bonucci? I think he's having an average season at best. Still doesnt change the fact that hes a liability in both aerial duels and 1 on 1 tackling, something demiral excels in
 
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Leo is boss. No reason to complain about him so far this season.

And tbh, as good as Demiral looks, we don't need that sort of player throwing himself into last ditch tackles in most of our games where we should dominate possession.

Bonucci's passing ability is more useful against 90% of Serie A opposition.
So it's for sure that u dont like him. Other then that he is a awesome defender there is not many left of his kind. He is reminds me of Lucio from Munchen and later inter
 

duranfj

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Who bonucci? I think he's having an average season at best. Still doesnt change the fact that hes a liability in both aerial duels and 1 on 1 tackling, something demiral excels in
Average? I think you may using a double standard there, he's being really good so far. Nevertheless, I would also like to see Demiral&De Ligt duo sooner than later
 

the jesus

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Jun 10, 2009
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of course, his mediocre marking, mediocre tackling and snail's pace turning will always be a liability for a CB. Even so, he has always been like this and it doesn't mean, in the grand scheme, starting him is the wrong decision.
If we have a better defender on the bench, then yes, it’s the wrong decision to start Bonucci. His passing doesn’t out weigh his at times poor defensive skills.

Demiral should definitely play more, and i would love to see him team up with MDL.
 

Stevie

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Mar 30, 2003
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I would feel more confident with Demiral in our backline but would play Bonucci against the teams who sit back against us in Serie A

In the CL Bonucci gets destroyed by fast paced players who attack him directly.
 

Bianconero81

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Jan 26, 2009
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He's a fast, direct, hard in the tackle, brave, no nonsense type of defender that would perfectly compliment De Ligt. I think we should see him get more minutes, but for now Bonucci De Ligt is the starting pair, and rightly so.

Raguni can pack his bags and head to Cairo - I'll try to arrange a 20 million deal with Zamalek.
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
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Or how about a cohesve functional team, set up well enough to not just allow the greatest attacker ever to run directly at a CB 1 on 1? that really sounds like :tuttosport: to me.
:agree:

Demiral has played twice for us. The first match was rife with mistakes from him. This match was an excellent one (albeit against crap opposition). Now, apparently he’s a world beater and we should bench a CB who has made countless fantastic performances for us over the last half-dozen years. Tuz :touched:

The smart thing to do, considering a full season in 3 competitions is 50+ matches, would be to rotate and regularly use all 3 of Demiral, De Ligt, and Bonucci, have all of them learn to play together. De Ligt - Bonucci ; De Ligt -Demiral ; Demiral -Bonucci. Lots of matches for that.
 

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