Miralem Pjanić (50 Viewers)
- Thread starter zizinho
- Start date
- Tags 120m how many good games has he had really? not even marchisio tier pavlulol
It might come as surprise for some that midfielder that plays closer to his own goal makes more interceptions simply because he is less included in high press and his job is to be a libero of midfield. Fascinating, I know.
Or we should use your logic and call Kante a rubbish player, because Jorginho (well-known defensive juggernaut) makes more interceptions.
Or we should use your logic and call Kante a rubbish player, because Jorginho (well-known defensive juggernaut) makes more interceptions.
Let's rephrase it a bit. Kante, arguably the best pitbull midfielder in the world, makes less interceptiosn then Jorginho, who is well, Jorginho. So either Kante suddenly sucks, or Jorginho became a defensive monster, or these stats without context are not very useful.
Matuidi is good for running, his engine is what made him a wc champion, PSG vice-captain and a solid player for Juve. He is the guy who will trigger a pressing, he will rarely intercept anything because of that. But his contribution to a team pressing is immense. Same for his offensive game if we can call it like that. He opens up a space, make the field wider and deeper for our attack, drags his defender (typically an opposing RB) forward. And what makes(made) him useful is that he does it constantly, he never stopes. It worked great with Max, because we were really great in exploiting open space with long-balls and througballs. But for obvious reasons Blaise doesn't reallyfit in Sarriball.
Matuidi is good for running, his engine is what made him a wc champion, PSG vice-captain and a solid player for Juve. He is the guy who will trigger a pressing, he will rarely intercept anything because of that. But his contribution to a team pressing is immense. Same for his offensive game if we can call it like that. He opens up a space, make the field wider and deeper for our attack, drags his defender (typically an opposing RB) forward. And what makes(made) him useful is that he does it constantly, he never stopes. It worked great with Max, because we were really great in exploiting open space with long-balls and througballs. But for obvious reasons Blaise doesn't reallyfit in Sarriball.
We can agree that he's good at running and pressing but he is all over the place sometimes. I'm even gonna say he's a bit of a headless chicken.
Dude is an eye sore no matter how you look at it and a clear net negative IMO. He may run but he can't pass, can't create, can't dribble, can't tackle, can't do shit. He often receives the ball in good positions but mindlessly passes the ball to the easiest option, killing lots of opportunities.
I don't wanna discuss his performances for France because that's completely different. He has been a beast for his NT.
Dude is an eye sore no matter how you look at it and a clear net negative IMO. He may run but he can't pass, can't create, can't dribble, can't tackle, can't do shit. He often receives the ball in good positions but mindlessly passes the ball to the easiest option, killing lots of opportunities.
I don't wanna discuss his performances for France because that's completely different. He has been a beast for his NT.
I'd argue that he is a very smart player, not at all a headless chicken. And while he can't create by himself mano a mano, he is always in the right place at the right time to receive a ball. With more classical approach, like Max used to play for example, he still might be very useful. But in possession based games his weak spots are too much.
I'm not the biggest fan of his, but he is no shit. I do understand picking on guy like Sturaro or such, but Matuidi gets too much unwarranted abuse on tuz.
I'm not the biggest fan of his, but he is no shit. I do understand picking on guy like Sturaro or such, but Matuidi gets too much unwarranted abuse on tuz.
