Paul Pogba (190 Viewers)
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We're putting so much accent on the CL lately, that I'm afraid it might end with a disaster. Higuain for the CL was the title used the most by the papers, or by our players and staff.
There are rare examples when teams changed more than half of its squad and won immediately. The last time this happened was Inter in 2010, when Eto'o, Milito, Lucio, Thiago Motta, Sneijder and Pandev were all newbies in the starting XI.
But most of the time CL requires experience and consistency.
It's less than 14 months since we played the CL final. With Pogba's sale and Marchisio's injury, we're practically without the entire midfield (Pirlo, Vidal, Pogba, Marchisio) and attack (Tevez, Morata) that made the final.
Indeed, in some cases these guys were replaced by just as good or better players like Dybala, Higuain and Pjanic, but so many changes require time to click. It may or it may not happen. But even if it happens, it will take time. So far we're not giving it time, because this summer once again we made tons of changes.
I'm hoping that next summer we won't sell, but considering the age of our keeper and some of our defenders and wingbacks, I think this summer was the time when we should have kept the main players and just added the icing on the cake.
There are rare examples when teams changed more than half of its squad and won immediately. The last time this happened was Inter in 2010, when Eto'o, Milito, Lucio, Thiago Motta, Sneijder and Pandev were all newbies in the starting XI.
But most of the time CL requires experience and consistency.
It's less than 14 months since we played the CL final. With Pogba's sale and Marchisio's injury, we're practically without the entire midfield (Pirlo, Vidal, Pogba, Marchisio) and attack (Tevez, Morata) that made the final.
Indeed, in some cases these guys were replaced by just as good or better players like Dybala, Higuain and Pjanic, but so many changes require time to click. It may or it may not happen. But even if it happens, it will take time. So far we're not giving it time, because this summer once again we made tons of changes.
I'm hoping that next summer we won't sell, but considering the age of our keeper and some of our defenders and wingbacks, I think this summer was the time when we should have kept the main players and just added the icing on the cake.
We have to target the CL. I am aware it is a tall order, and only one team can win it every year, but we are compelled to give it our best shot. However, when you dismantle the entire midfield of a team that reached the final only 2 years ago, the fulcrum, the engine room of the entire side, it becomes really hard to believe that we are actually serious about winning the whole thing. Losing the likes of Vidal, Tevez, Morata, and in all probability Pogba in back to back seasons, hardly screams ambition and desire to win the trophy with the big ears.
Can we expect to see more of your unhinged rants and defending of the great work of Beppe?
