Say what??? You talkin' bout our boy Matri being good at dribling? Dude, Matri cant run 3 feet with the ball, and if he did run more than 3 feet he would slip, fall, roll, get tackled very easily.....
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we are also (supposedly looking to build a competitive team)
We had enough depth, esp for the SS position, as we had 7 players for 2 positions and we could call even more youngsters or loaned players like Giovinco.
We had tactical needs, like LB, which were not addressed (esp after we gifted away Zeglier.)
We on earth should we priorise yet another SS over all our serious issues?? Again, for the 6th consecutive time???
Just why, give me a reason, why should we priorise a 6th SS, after spending the bulk of our transfer budget for 6 consecutive seasons, for the same position?
What future are you talking about? Do you remember the failure of the 5 year plan and ask for a new one?
When, o when, are we going to stop spending most of our budget to buy yet another SS and CM and start investing to other areas,
that we are playing with loaned players for 3-5 consecutive seasons?
What BS excuses should we invent to justify that?
Why was upgrading from Quaq to Vucinic more important than acquiring a left Licht??
And why should we buy a 6th SS, when we already have 5 and practically no finishers?
The system we are playing is not 4-3-3, as Pepe plays as a midfielder, not a forward!
even if we opt for a 4-3-3, the optimal players would be Quaq-Matri-Vucinic, but Conte obviously doesnt want that.
Neither Giacche, who is actually a SS, LM hybrid was tried in a triad. Nor DP
And thats exactly why we bought EstiG, Elia and have kept Krasic, because they are wingers.
We obviously didnt bought Vucinic to field him in a triad, because we never actually tried on the options we had.
I was hoping that we will today, as Pirlo and Krasic were out of the picture and Matri, Vucinic, Giacche, DP and Quaq were all available and fit for the game.
But Conte never considered it, so please, i dont want to hear the 4-3-3 excuse anymore, not to justify Vucinic acquisition or the future acquisition of a future Jovetic...
We had enough depth, esp for the SS position, as we had 7 players for 2 positions and we could call even more youngsters or loaned players like Giovinco.
We had tactical needs, like LB, which were not addressed (esp after we gifted away Zeglier.)
We on earth should we priorise yet another SS over all our serious issues?? Again, for the 6th consecutive time???
Just why, give me a reason, why should we priorise a 6th SS, after spending the bulk of our transfer budget for 6 consecutive seasons, for the same position?
What future are you talking about? Do you remember the failure of the 5 year plan and ask for a new one?
When, o when, are we going to stop spending most of our budget to buy yet another SS and CM and start investing to other areas,
that we are playing with loaned players for 3-5 consecutive seasons?
What BS excuses should we invent to justify that?
Why was upgrading from Quaq to Vucinic more important than acquiring a left Licht??
And why should we buy a 6th SS, when we already have 5 and practically no finishers?
The system we are playing is not 4-3-3, as Pepe plays as a midfielder, not a forward!
even if we opt for a 4-3-3, the optimal players would be Quaq-Matri-Vucinic, but Conte obviously doesnt want that.
Neither Giacche, who is actually a SS, LM hybrid was tried in a triad. Nor DP
And thats exactly why we bought EstiG, Elia and have kept Krasic, because they are wingers.
We obviously didnt bought Vucinic to field him in a triad, because we never actually tried on the options we had.
I was hoping that we will today, as Pirlo and Krasic were out of the picture and Matri, Vucinic, Giacche, DP and Quaq were all available and fit for the game.
But Conte never considered it, so please, i dont want to hear the 4-3-3 excuse anymore, not to justify Vucinic acquisition or the future acquisition of a future Jovetic...
I never moaning about creativity, you ppl were always craving about creativity, dribbling and spectacle and i was one of the very few ones asking for finishing.
In each and every debate, my priority was always finishing and thats why i always favored the most prolific option (Dzeko to Aquero, Rossi to Cassano etc)
Dont take me wrong, i also admire Messi's flicks as any other football supporter and always admired the Brazilian jogo bonito, but this is not enough by itself to win.
We had the luxury to opt for more creativity when we had Capello and his flat 4-4-2 and 2 DMs.
But def not right after the second season we came 7th
Since calciopoli my priority has always been performance, not spectacle, we need to win first, even with ugly wins, get strong again and when we reach the top again, start worrying about winning with style.
But our new board has forfeited performance and winning and has set as a priority the spectacle.
And thats my main point of criticism against them.
Beyond any doubt, it is now obvious if you notice that the past 6 th season, we were always using most of our transfer budget on new expensive and fancy SSs and CMs, that can appease the fans by offering more spectacle.
And worry (and spend) less, on what our team really needed to become competitive again.
Esp Vucinic, after wasting so much cash for the SS the past 6 years, having so many alternative options, was yet favored above all our needs, in order to appease the fans and bring a new promising dribbler, that is impressive , but not as effective...
In each and every debate, my priority was always finishing and thats why i always favored the most prolific option (Dzeko to Aquero, Rossi to Cassano etc)
Dont take me wrong, i also admire Messi's flicks as any other football supporter and always admired the Brazilian jogo bonito, but this is not enough by itself to win.
We had the luxury to opt for more creativity when we had Capello and his flat 4-4-2 and 2 DMs.
But def not right after the second season we came 7th
Since calciopoli my priority has always been performance, not spectacle, we need to win first, even with ugly wins, get strong again and when we reach the top again, start worrying about winning with style.
But our new board has forfeited performance and winning and has set as a priority the spectacle.
And thats my main point of criticism against them.
Beyond any doubt, it is now obvious if you notice that the past 6 th season, we were always using most of our transfer budget on new expensive and fancy SSs and CMs, that can appease the fans by offering more spectacle.
And worry (and spend) less, on what our team really needed to become competitive again.
Esp Vucinic, after wasting so much cash for the SS the past 6 years, having so many alternative options, was yet favored above all our needs, in order to appease the fans and bring a new promising dribbler, that is impressive , but not as effective...
Cronios I think Matri is a ST, that's why I think we it's a good direction and so far it payed off, he is doing well, and who knows maybe he will turn out very good in the future, seing how hungry he is since he's not a kid anymore and didn't win anything.
Apart from real jump in quality we don't need to invest in any more ST or SS or whatever forward positions now we are good now. We should firstly improve our defence, and the look to our attack, since for now we have a capable attack.
Apart from real jump in quality we don't need to invest in any more ST or SS or whatever forward positions now we are good now. We should firstly improve our defence, and the look to our attack, since for now we have a capable attack.
numbers speak for themselves, he never had a top finisher ratio before the last year and in each and every presentation, we were shown his dribbling.
What impressed of him at his very games was the dribblin, what we bought him for was the dribblin.
We sure hope that he will become a topscorer one day, but the fancy dribbling was the only thing assured.
That was the exact same thing with Amauri, i ve heard the exact same BS when we bought Amauri, but the truth is that they never had a finishers ratio, but were good ball joggler. We also hoped that he will become a top scorer, but his dribbling was assured.
This is undeniable, i can only hope that Matri is young enough to adapt in a CF role and more talented than Amauri, to actually achieve that in this level!
And again, i repeat, our options, on the SS were in abundance at any case and our only option at goal scoaring was a question mark.
Why opt for yet another SS, regardless of how you consider Matri, we already had 6 more SSs?
What impressed of him at his very games was the dribblin, what we bought him for was the dribblin.
We sure hope that he will become a topscorer one day, but the fancy dribbling was the only thing assured.
That was the exact same thing with Amauri, i ve heard the exact same BS when we bought Amauri, but the truth is that they never had a finishers ratio, but were good ball joggler. We also hoped that he will become a top scorer, but his dribbling was assured.
This is undeniable, i can only hope that Matri is young enough to adapt in a CF role and more talented than Amauri, to actually achieve that in this level!
And again, i repeat, our options, on the SS were in abundance at any case and our only option at goal scoaring was a question mark.
Why opt for yet another SS, regardless of how you consider Matri, we already had 6 more SSs?
I also hope the same and he is young enough to adapt into our needs.
However i dont see him as someone who lacks technical abilities.
Actually thats what it impresses the most in this kid. He is also not a Pippo like finisher, who cannot create by himself, or dribble past his man.
Even today he has shown that at moments he was playing as LM and also has many assists and contributions as SS.
I cannot accept, at any case that such a player would be useless besides a finisher.
Why would he be? Matri would still dribble, assist and create as he does in each and every game so far!
Last year with Quaq, the last thing our forward line needed was another dribbler.
Matri and Quaq were both good at creating chances for themselves, we only had some difficulties to finish those chances.
A better finisher could do that, but a better dribbler wouldnt.
So it was a mistake to buy yet another SS imo, esp if we consider that we would have kept Amauri on the bench and Giovinco could return after DP's retirement.
Why hurry and invest on someone marginally superior to Quaq, its not like we have signed Cassano or Aquero.
Vucinic would never create so much more than Quaq to compensate our lack of finishing.
The decision to buy him, esp at the favor of our defensive needs was a mistake through and through.
It also sets a limit on our future improvement.
As we only have very limited funds, we cannot buy more than 2 new starters every year.
In Quaq we already had a decent SS, we should first upgrade the rest of our position and only replace him with a WC player in the future.
Whats the point at replacing him with Vicunic, he is not WC and will never be.
One day we will have to invest again in the SS and this day will be further extended, because we will also have the defender we didnt, in order to get him.
Thats what i mean, when i say that such transfers are pushing our plans to build a competitive team, even further, sacrificing our strategical chances,
without improving our tactical chances for the current season, as Vucinic can hardly give more than the option we already have (quaq) and the overall upgrade is still lesser, at any case, than one upgrade on the places we really hurt (LB for ex)
A left Licht, would boost our defense even more, as you can see the kind of a boost Licht gave by himself already.
Our team would be significantly stronger this season, we would have to worry about a transfer less, in our quest to have a full team of 11 competitive players.
And we wouldnt actually notice a loss on performance if Quaq was in Vucinic place, DP second and Amauri third.
But again we opted for yet another investment that gives no tactical and strategical advantage, just for the sake of adding yet a new dribbler that can appease the fans...
However i dont see him as someone who lacks technical abilities.
Actually thats what it impresses the most in this kid. He is also not a Pippo like finisher, who cannot create by himself, or dribble past his man.
Even today he has shown that at moments he was playing as LM and also has many assists and contributions as SS.
I cannot accept, at any case that such a player would be useless besides a finisher.
Why would he be? Matri would still dribble, assist and create as he does in each and every game so far!
Last year with Quaq, the last thing our forward line needed was another dribbler.
Matri and Quaq were both good at creating chances for themselves, we only had some difficulties to finish those chances.
A better finisher could do that, but a better dribbler wouldnt.
So it was a mistake to buy yet another SS imo, esp if we consider that we would have kept Amauri on the bench and Giovinco could return after DP's retirement.
Why hurry and invest on someone marginally superior to Quaq, its not like we have signed Cassano or Aquero.
Vucinic would never create so much more than Quaq to compensate our lack of finishing.
The decision to buy him, esp at the favor of our defensive needs was a mistake through and through.
It also sets a limit on our future improvement.
As we only have very limited funds, we cannot buy more than 2 new starters every year.
In Quaq we already had a decent SS, we should first upgrade the rest of our position and only replace him with a WC player in the future.
Whats the point at replacing him with Vicunic, he is not WC and will never be.
One day we will have to invest again in the SS and this day will be further extended, because we will also have the defender we didnt, in order to get him.
Thats what i mean, when i say that such transfers are pushing our plans to build a competitive team, even further, sacrificing our strategical chances,
without improving our tactical chances for the current season, as Vucinic can hardly give more than the option we already have (quaq) and the overall upgrade is still lesser, at any case, than one upgrade on the places we really hurt (LB for ex)
A left Licht, would boost our defense even more, as you can see the kind of a boost Licht gave by himself already.
Our team would be significantly stronger this season, we would have to worry about a transfer less, in our quest to have a full team of 11 competitive players.
And we wouldnt actually notice a loss on performance if Quaq was in Vucinic place, DP second and Amauri third.
But again we opted for yet another investment that gives no tactical and strategical advantage, just for the sake of adding yet a new dribbler that can appease the fans...
Cronios i don't really know you and it's the first time i read your posts.i might agree that we keep going for the attacking midfielders and ss instead of some other positions.BUT.how can anyone in any given situation,for any real or unreal reason, say that Matri has good dribbling and that he actually knows how to create chances for him.IMO he is a classic ST. a CENTER FORWARD you pair up with a SS in a 4-4-2 formation.he seriously has issues beating his man in a one on one situations unless he was running at him and has the advantage or speed or any other advantage for that matter. how do guys call that position? prima punta or something.that's our boy Matri right there.what the hell you going on about cronios?
