Paulo Dybala (234 Viewers)
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Unfortunately for Dybala...Bernideschi is basically unbenchable in his current form. He does too much when given time to ignore.
Also, unfortunately for Dybala , that Max's favorite player is Mario so there goes another spot to fight for...and then you have GOAT which won't be benched for Dybala either. All our attackers are firing on all cylinders except Dybala so how can it be justified to keep starting him when others are producing?
Not saying he had a bad game but didn't have a great game either...Bernie contributed immensely...hell, he was MoM in our poll so is it crazy to keep benching Dybala while he sorts himself out (again)?
Also, unfortunately for Dybala , that Max's favorite player is Mario so there goes another spot to fight for...and then you have GOAT which won't be benched for Dybala either. All our attackers are firing on all cylinders except Dybala so how can it be justified to keep starting him when others are producing?
Not saying he had a bad game but didn't have a great game either...Bernie contributed immensely...hell, he was MoM in our poll so is it crazy to keep benching Dybala while he sorts himself out (again)?
To be fair to him he is clearly playing a role that doesn't suit him and isn't getting a run of games. Being in/out of the team isn't helping him, but with Berna, Mandzukic and Ronaldo all on form it is hard to argue where he should play.
I think too much is being made of his performances. Last night was an extremely difficult game for an attacker to do something when Frosinone crowd the defence and central areas. Sassuolo he was fine, nothing more but hadn't played in weeks and just back from Argentina games, but there were worse than him. You can't just ignore perfectly valid reasons why he isn't in top form.
But I do agree that he just needs to get his head down, work hard and force his way into the team. Mandzukic managed when we moved to 4-2-3-1 and Berna has been doing it so far this season. Dybala has to do the same and make himself undroppable.
I think too much is being made of his performances. Last night was an extremely difficult game for an attacker to do something when Frosinone crowd the defence and central areas. Sassuolo he was fine, nothing more but hadn't played in weeks and just back from Argentina games, but there were worse than him. You can't just ignore perfectly valid reasons why he isn't in top form.
But I do agree that he just needs to get his head down, work hard and force his way into the team. Mandzukic managed when we moved to 4-2-3-1 and Berna has been doing it so far this season. Dybala has to do the same and make himself undroppable.
He has to improve that is for sure. However turning up against him is knee jerking
I think part of what's so frustrating is that he's not even creating or getting chances. If his end product was just poor, but he was getting into the right spaces, taking shots, attempting through balls, etc, that would be one thing, but he's been next to invisible on the pitch to begin this season, aside from when he's displaying a poor first touch, or losing the ball sloppily.
Regardless, I believe he'll find form over the next couple months and be an integral part of the side again. Anything less is too disappointing to contemplate.
