Paulo Dybala (135 Viewers)

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Mokku

Senior Member
Apr 17, 2019
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Hold up, selling Dybala to fund a midfield upgrade is fine but we still need a reliable striker because as you saw Morata also likes to disappear and miss sitters. If Scamacca is 20M then we'd need most of that 55M for another decent striker or do you chance it and spend 55M on the midfield only? Split the 55M on a midfield and striker then you'll get mediocre players in both positions. The key here is to upgrade the team and not create a new hole while patching up another.
 

Elvin

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Nov 25, 2005
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Hold up, selling Dybala to fund a midfield upgrade is fine but we still need a reliable striker because as you saw Morata also likes to disappear and miss sitters. If Scamacca is 20M then we'd need most of that 55M for another decent striker or do you chance it and spend 55M on the midfield only? Split the 55M on a midfield and striker then you'll get mediocre players in both positions. The key here is to upgrade the team and not create a new hole while patching up another.
It's called cutting your losses.
 

Hust

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Hustini
May 29, 2005
93,703
Hold up, selling Dybala to fund a midfield upgrade is fine but we still need a reliable striker because as you saw Morata also likes to disappear and miss sitters. If Scamacca is 20M then we'd need most of that 55M for another decent striker or do you chance it and spend 55M on the midfield only? Split the 55M on a midfield and striker then you'll get mediocre players in both positions. The key here is to upgrade the team and not create a new hole while patching up another.
You act like Dybala didn't disappear from big matches (and small ones too).

Suddenly now he is reliable? Come on. Morata is doing fine. Looks like Ronaldo is staying so there is another reliable offensive player. Chiesa too
 

Mokku

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Apr 17, 2019
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@Hust I never meant that Dybala is reliable but essentially you're going to weaken the attack to strengthen the midfield and that will come and bite you at some point. To compensate you'll need a goal scoring midfielder since we'd be one striker short in the squad and those types of players are hard to find under 55M. The reason I want to keep Dybala is that he is a different type of forward compared to Morata, Ronaldo and Chiesa so he gives us variety.
 

IlCapitano

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Dec 16, 2012
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@Hust I never meant that Dybala is reliable but essentially you're going to weaken the attack to strengthen the midfield and that will come and bite you at some point. To compensate you'll need a goal scoring midfielder since we'd be one striker short in the squad and those types of players are hard to find under 55M. The reason I want to keep Dybala is that he is a different type of forward compared to Morata, Ronaldo and Chiesa so he gives us variety.
Yes, always injured.
 

Hust

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Hustini
May 29, 2005
93,703
@Hust I never meant that Dybala is reliable but essentially you're going to weaken the attack to strengthen the midfield and that will come and bite you at some point. To compensate you'll need a goal scoring midfielder since we'd be one striker short in the squad and those types of players are hard to find under 55M. The reason I want to keep Dybala is that he is a different type of forward compared to Morata, Ronaldo and Chiesa so he gives us variety.
I think you lessen the blow of losing Dybala if you use that money to immediately improve the midfield that can support the offense. Our current midfield does neither and we see how we have suffered.
 

Mokku

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Apr 17, 2019
2,722
@IlCapitano all competitions: games > goals > assists

Dybala:
15/16 - 46 > 23 > 7 - solid team, lost to excellent Bayern
16/17 - 48 > 19 > 8 - solid team, lost to excellent Madrid in final
17/18 - 46 > 26 > 7 - solid team, unlucky exit to Madrid
18/19 - 42 > 10 > 2 - Allegri position issue, dumped by Ajax
19/20 - 46 > 17 > 14 - Sarribol season, woeful football and Lyon exit
20/21 - 16 > 3 > 2 - COVID and injury

Morata:
20/21 - 33 > 16 > 11

Ronaldo:
18/19 - 43 > 28 > 11
19/20 - 46 > 37 > 7
20/21 - 33 > 30 > 4

Dybala only had one bad season in 18/19 and this season due to COVID (had a major effect on him) and injury. He played well during Allegri's best seasons and was MVP during last season's messy transition to Sarribol. Ronaldo has been excellent and Morata great so far but Dybala isn't as shite as people make out, add a little context and then tell me if someone like Aouar that people are lusting over will suddenly make us CL contenders. If Dybala were fit we'd be top of the league now despite Pirlo.
 

s4tch

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Mar 23, 2015
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Besides a short flash post Covid break last season
it's okay to bash players to a certain degree, but let's not rewrite history mate. dybala scored or assisted or earned a penalty on 19 occasions between the 5th and 30th round of the last league season. during that period, his longest brake without a decisive move was two league games. it's not a short flash, he was decisive for the majority of last season.
 

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