Offensive problems (3 Viewers)
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miccoli is a blow but zlatan has great creative skills and offers height as well and is able to keep the ball up. olivera can play in dp position as can zlatan. kapo can as well. always revert to zlatan upfront by himself with nedved, kapo and olivera playing off him.
its obvious that zalayeta is the weak point though.
its obvious that zalayeta is the weak point though.
Of course the problem isn't so much an offensive problem (that's more like Sampdoria for the last month of last season), but rather a problem of depth on offense.
There are a couple of ways to measure that. One is in the quality of the players in the depth chart. Another is in the sheer number of players. Knowing DP's and Trez's -- and Zlatan's, for that matter -- tendency to get injured, it's probably worth seeing how Zalayeta stacks up to other Serie A teams last year when it comes to 4th in the offensive depth chart (based on pitch minutes):
Milan: Marco Borriello (!)
Roma: Montella
Inter: Obafemi Martins
Parma: Carbone
Lazio: Muzzi
So we don't look that shabby with Zalayeta.
But then you consider some of the top CL competition:
Arsenal: Wiltord
Chelsea: Crespo (way too much money here!)
ManU: Diego Forlan (accounting for injuries)
Valencia: Ricardo Olivera
Barca: Quaresma
Real Madrid: would you believe Morientes at 5 minutes in all of 2003-4?
and we start looking a little shortchanged, except for Real Madrid. But Real Madrid doesn't have a bench -- so they should be discounted.
There are a couple of ways to measure that. One is in the quality of the players in the depth chart. Another is in the sheer number of players. Knowing DP's and Trez's -- and Zlatan's, for that matter -- tendency to get injured, it's probably worth seeing how Zalayeta stacks up to other Serie A teams last year when it comes to 4th in the offensive depth chart (based on pitch minutes):
Milan: Marco Borriello (!)
Roma: Montella
Inter: Obafemi Martins
Parma: Carbone
Lazio: Muzzi
So we don't look that shabby with Zalayeta.
But then you consider some of the top CL competition:
Arsenal: Wiltord
Chelsea: Crespo (way too much money here!)
ManU: Diego Forlan (accounting for injuries)
Valencia: Ricardo Olivera
Barca: Quaresma
Real Madrid: would you believe Morientes at 5 minutes in all of 2003-4?
and we start looking a little shortchanged, except for Real Madrid. But Real Madrid doesn't have a bench -- so they should be discounted.
Not that I didn't come up with the same theory as you did at the same time, but you surely posted first -- and were the first person I thought of with Trez's latest news.
The good news is that it's a couple weeks before Messina. The bad news is that we're near entering what's probably the hardest 5-match span of the season.
The good news is that it's a couple weeks before Messina. The bad news is that we're near entering what's probably the hardest 5-match span of the season.
Capello is off course right, if you keep the ball to long in Serie A when youre a striker, then you suddently has 2-3 defenders at you. Thats why it is hard to be a striker in Italy and why the best strikers in Italy is the best in the world.
Zlatan has a lot of potential, but as Capello has said many times he needs to learn to play in Italy, and it takes time.
Zlatan has a lot of potential, but as Capello has said many times he needs to learn to play in Italy, and it takes time.
