Paulo Dybala (235 Viewers)

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Nedved96

Senior Member
Sep 1, 2017
7,198
I was waiting for someone to actually post this after the game. Unfortunately for them, Dybala can't be the scapegoat for our abysmal performance against Inter, probably our worst game of the season, considering its importance and our overall performance.
Also, the Inter game revealed another important point about Dybala and his playing style:

The reason why Dybala drops deep during build-up is not because he likes being 60 meters away from goal, it’s because he has to. If Dybi doesn’t drop deep, nothing happens.

None of our midfielders have a fucking clue how to move the ball into dangerous areas in the final third. They don’t know how to pass in congested areas or how to dribble.

Dybala drops deep because he’s better at creating and playmaking than our midfielder are. He’s a better midfielder than our actual midfielders.
 

Prototype

Junior Member
Oct 22, 2009
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Also, the Inter game revealed another important point about Dybala and his playing style:

The reason why Dybala drops deep during build-up is not because he likes being 60 meters away from goal, it’s because he has to. If Dybi doesn’t drop deep, nothing happens.

None of our midfielders have a fucking clue how to move the ball into dangerous areas in the final third. They don’t know how to pass in congested areas or how to dribble.

Dybala drops deep because he’s better at creating and playmaking than our midfielder are. He’s a better midfielder than our actual midfielders.
Bolded part, yeah is not that hard to agree with this. But even that doesn't exist anymore. Drops deep, play 5m pass, doesn't move a muscle after that... efficency ZZZZeero.
 

Robee

Senior Member
Jun 21, 2011
7,032
Also, the Inter game revealed another important point about Dybala and his playing style:

The reason why Dybala drops deep during build-up is not because he likes being 60 meters away from goal, it’s because he has to. If Dybi doesn’t drop deep, nothing happens.

None of our midfielders have a fucking clue how to move the ball into dangerous areas in the final third. They don’t know how to pass in congested areas or how to dribble.

Dybala drops deep because he’s better at creating and playmaking than our midfielder are. He’s a better midfielder than our actual midfielders.
Well, if he drops deep and makes a back pass to Bonucci or De Ligt 95% of the time, he ain't helping either. So no, it's still useless.
 

Nedved96

Senior Member
Sep 1, 2017
7,198
Well, if he drops deep and makes a back pass to Bonucci or De Ligt 95% of the time, he ain't helping either. So no, it's still useless.
That’s only true for this season (I admit that he has been in poor form)

Last season he was the link between attack and midfield.

He also played a very similar role in 2016/17 and to a lesser extent 2017/18.

2015/16 remains the only season where Dybala played as a true forward, and that was because we had Pogba.
 
Jun 16, 2020
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Well, if he drops deep and makes a back pass to Bonucci or De Ligt 95% of the time, he ain't helping either. So no, it's still useless.
Stupid way of thinking tbh. Also the same as the fixation with those ‘forward passes’ statistics.

Look to the Inter game for example; when we pressed their midfielders, they immediately passed to one of their defenders and they ultimately made the forward pass to their strikers or Barella.

Its all about how the collective moves, positioning of all the players and guys like Arthur or Dybala are very good in receiving the ball and making sure we don’t lose it. When they get pressed space somewhere else will open and it’s really a teamsport so it’s up to someone else to make a run in these specific situations.

Discussing this really makes me remind the Allegri days, when we had enough boring games where we didn’t create that much, but afterwards he was always saying that the guys had a great game and it was really because the game plan worked. A midfielder can pass the ball 10 times to a striker who’s marked by 2 defenders but in the meantime it’s far more profitable to have some ball circulation in order to create chances. And that’s really where a player like Dybala steps in when we discuss his role in our passing game.
 

Robee

Senior Member
Jun 21, 2011
7,032
Stupid way of thinking tbh. Also the same as the fixation with those ‘forward passes’ statistics.

Look to the Inter game for example; when we pressed their midfielders, they immediately passed to one of their defenders and they ultimately made the forward pass to their strikers or Barella.

Its all about how the collective moves, positioning of all the players and guys like Arthur or Dybala are very good in receiving the ball and making sure we don’t lose it. When they get pressed space somewhere else will open and it’s really a teamsport so it’s up to someone else to make a run in these specific situations.

Discussing this really makes me remind the Allegri days, when we had enough boring games where we didn’t create that much, but afterwards he was always saying that the guys had a great game and it was really because the game plan worked. A midfielder can pass the ball 10 times to a striker who’s marked by 2 defenders but in the meantime it’s far more profitable to have some ball circulation in order to create chances. And that’s really where a player like Dybala steps in when we discuss his role in our passing game.
The problem is any fucking one on that field can do what Dybala was doing with those balls. But in the meantime he's leaving our striker isolated while no one else can do what he does around the box. And that's how our collective crumbles with his dropping back.

He can leave that job to Ramsey, Arthur, etc. and do what he does best like he did against Genoa and Milan; roam around upfront and make a difference where it actually matters.

I see Allegri is being mentioned here; most guys blamed him for Dybala dropping back but in the meantime we already had 2 other coaches who publicly stated he needs to play closer to the opponents' box.

PS: We couldn't press if our lives depended on it. Passing the ball back to the defenders shouldn't make us turn off the heat. Milans press, now that's a press! We lost the ball multiple times in dangerous situations.
 
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Adrian

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Jan 31, 2003
6,873
I like simplicity...dybala had his best season last season. He won MVP last season. He scored and played great on a consistent basis. Where and how was he played???????
 

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