It's funny, because not long ago people were bitching about how he doesn't do that.
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Pjanic has on balance been a little dissapointing. He is underperforming by his own standards and perhaps expectations were also a bit high.
I still think he will improve as the season goes on. He needs a bit of continuity in the first team and I am sure he will come good. He still has that ability to change a match with some passes and especially those free kicks!
I still think he will improve as the season goes on. He needs a bit of continuity in the first team and I am sure he will come good. He still has that ability to change a match with some passes and especially those free kicks!
This was a game that we needed to play as fast as we can so we can find spaces. You can also check what allegri said after the game :
“We had to win, the lads won it and we’re taking it all one step at a time. In the second half we should’ve moved the ball quicker and not been so hasty with our decisions.
this is practically what I said about Pjanic.
“We had to win, the lads won it and we’re taking it all one step at a time. In the second half we should’ve moved the ball quicker and not been so hasty with our decisions.
this is practically what I said about Pjanic.
Seeing the fanboys trying to defend him now that the consensus about him is settling in is absolutely hilarious 
Sad part is they'll probably be his biggest bashers when he's in the process of being sold, and will instantaneously develop giant man-crushes on whoever replaces, regardless of that player's quality.
"He just needs good players around him" you don't say, detective!
Sad part is they'll probably be his biggest bashers when he's in the process of being sold, and will instantaneously develop giant man-crushes on whoever replaces, regardless of that player's quality. "He just needs good players around him" you don't say, detective!
Wouldn't mind seeing him used ahead of Marchisio and Khedira:
I think we can gain more value out of having Pjanic in the centre of the field instead of having Khedira higher forward. He needs the ball more, and he needs to be more advanced and he needs to have more cover. At this point, Marchisio and Khedira are not huge offensive threats so I would be fine with both just settling in front of the defence.
When Dybala is healthy, I don't really like how he's so far from Pjanic when Pjanic is at LCM. They are never combining. If Pjanic wants to hit a pass to Dybala, it has to always be in the air.
And he can't get any space between the lines playing on the left. You see this problem with #10s all the time. They lose a lot of effectiveness if they are playing in line with their other CMs. They have to be in between the striker and the CMs.
You could play these 3 CMs like this in the 3-5-2, you could play it in a 4-2-3-1 (with Dybala as an inside forward RW), or in our current state with Cuadrado and Alex Sandro on the outside.
I know Allegri said he tried Pjanic at regista because he wanted him in the centre of the pitch, but I think this solution makes more sense.
Pjanic
Khedira-Marchisio
Khedira-Marchisio
I think we can gain more value out of having Pjanic in the centre of the field instead of having Khedira higher forward. He needs the ball more, and he needs to be more advanced and he needs to have more cover. At this point, Marchisio and Khedira are not huge offensive threats so I would be fine with both just settling in front of the defence.
When Dybala is healthy, I don't really like how he's so far from Pjanic when Pjanic is at LCM. They are never combining. If Pjanic wants to hit a pass to Dybala, it has to always be in the air.
And he can't get any space between the lines playing on the left. You see this problem with #10s all the time. They lose a lot of effectiveness if they are playing in line with their other CMs. They have to be in between the striker and the CMs.
You could play these 3 CMs like this in the 3-5-2, you could play it in a 4-2-3-1 (with Dybala as an inside forward RW), or in our current state with Cuadrado and Alex Sandro on the outside.
I know Allegri said he tried Pjanic at regista because he wanted him in the centre of the pitch, but I think this solution makes more sense.
He played well there the other week and should always play there. The problem is that Pjanic is a midget, mentally and physically. He doesn't have the defensive resolve to make gut busting runs away from his own goal. Good teams have played right through our midfield because Pjanic leaves a big hole in it. His physique holds him back as a CM, but he also lacks the instinct (of even a small midfielder like Veratti) to stop his opponent. That added responsibility takes away from his strength as an attacker.