my mother die 20y ago so i dont think that is a case.
But keep shoot'n.
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Nooo bro, hes not. Mandzu is our most important player (VICEcaptain)next to Giorgio, Cris and Woj, and Dybala is a bench player now. Its a fact.
You mean the Mandzu who hasn't scored in nearly 5 months now?
Dybala season is a wash since we got Ronaldo, Allegri has no role or solution for him, and Mandzu was fantastic in first months, but you know what? In games now, you litterally count down the time til he can be subbed, he is doing that little. Main reason he hasn't been more despite how much Allegri likes him, because everyone else out injured and his direct replacement is a teen Allegri doesnt want to rush.
100% Dybala is in general better player then Mandzu, that should be clear to every single Juve fan, football fan. Shouldn't be even debated.
But the issue is simple, one of tactics (and some mentally) Dybala is victim of 4-3-3, cant play in it effectively with the personnel in in midfield (no creativity, anyone moving up ball) and attack (Ronaldo at left needing a physical more hardworking RW and a traditional CF), and Allegri not seeing Dybala as central forward option with how he envisions the set up. Meaning Dybala is played as winger or extra CM basically, too far away from goal to be effective and it goes into a downward spiral.
But Dybala in 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2 etc,you name it he blows Mandzukic out of the water. We saw the reality of that for several seasons now, hence why Dybala was scoring and assisting alot and Mandzu was given the hardworking water carrier wing/forward role, after he had stopped being able to do be acceptably efficient in his usual CF role (he was close to be sold when he was seen only as CF, was about to have the Llorente fate, before the perfect solution as LW grinta hybrid), he couldn't score goals effectively enough to warrant starting minutes or even to remain in the team in those early days as CF.
And you know what? After a excellent first half of the seasons, this second half is looking like the Mandzu CF of back then, beyond mediocre and doing little to justify his minutes. Which would been alright if he had the legs and fervour to remain as dynamic and useful in other ways as he used to be, but no, it's been months of walking around, trying to flick on balls and losing possession (he lost possession NONSTOP vs Ajax, Allegri even said he had to bring in more technical players after horrible sequences of Mandzu and Matuidi in attacks), rarely getting into threatening positions to even miss chances let alone score. As CF he drifts to keep shape and accommodate Ronaldo, but he is still primarily functioning as a traditional CF and doing very little for far too many months.
In current state as squad player he is perfect, but as starter, hell no.
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