I said 2/10 in the short run & 7/10 in the long term 
So far my prediction has turned out correct, now for the important part
So far my prediction has turned out correct, now for the important part
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Rate our Mercato // Summer 2015 (2 Viewers)
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I voted 5 for this reason. Hoping that it jumps from the current 0, to an 7/8 over the course of the year. And a 10 next year when Dybala turns out to be world class and Lemina becomes our new Vidal.
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I dont remember what I voted but I'd go for a five now. Not because I care about player prices being too low or high but because of how unbalanced the team is. The only passer in the team is marchisio and I really hope he stays injury free and at last season's form. If hernanes can do the same job from deep then I'll be okay because as things stand we only have ball winners and marchisio has one season only as a regista. Pirlo should have been replaced. At least we had players that can fill in as ball winners in Asamoah, Staruro and Padoin. Pogba could do vidal's job too. So the lack of a passer is a big problem for me.
Similarly we have 3 CFs in Mandzukic, Morata and Zaza. To me Zaza is completely unnecessary especially that he was expensive and is not an SS. Dybala is our only SS and is way too young to be expected to be the main creative outlet of a club of our stature. We should have went after jovetic or even balotelli instead of Zaza. They are both by far more talented and would have fit the squad requirements better. In any case we lack a good SS and have an extra useless CF.
The AM position is still not properly addressed. I'd be okay if we had managed to get a passing CM and then had hernanes as pereyra's alternative since the midfield would have still been decent. But without a passing CM and only hernanes our midfield lacks creativity a lot and Dybala not being at Tevez's level doesn't stop the bleeding of creativity.
Allegri has his work set out for him. A good coach should be expected to struggle with this squad. A great coach can manage to achieve a lot with it the way Conte did in 2011. I wont blame allegri if we are under whelming this season. I'll only see him as inferior to Conte. Marotta would shoulder the blame though for giving Allegri this squad and expecting great luck with injuries.
Similarly we have 3 CFs in Mandzukic, Morata and Zaza. To me Zaza is completely unnecessary especially that he was expensive and is not an SS. Dybala is our only SS and is way too young to be expected to be the main creative outlet of a club of our stature. We should have went after jovetic or even balotelli instead of Zaza. They are both by far more talented and would have fit the squad requirements better. In any case we lack a good SS and have an extra useless CF.
The AM position is still not properly addressed. I'd be okay if we had managed to get a passing CM and then had hernanes as pereyra's alternative since the midfield would have still been decent. But without a passing CM and only hernanes our midfield lacks creativity a lot and Dybala not being at Tevez's level doesn't stop the bleeding of creativity.
Allegri has his work set out for him. A good coach should be expected to struggle with this squad. A great coach can manage to achieve a lot with it the way Conte did in 2011. I wont blame allegri if we are under whelming this season. I'll only see him as inferior to Conte. Marotta would shoulder the blame though for giving Allegri this squad and expecting great luck with injuries.
Good mercato or not, the players we have at our disposal should be more than enough to defeat the likes of Frosinone, Udinese and Chievo at home. Allegri has made some tactical/personnel mistakes along the way and Marotta also didn't complete the team (to compete competitively on all three fronts) but the two draws we've had recently fall more on the players than anyone else IMO. Shit finishing and retarted and naive play in both games.
We average 21.2 shots per game, the highest in the league. Roma is 2nd at 20.6 shots per game. Inter has been more clinical obviously with their 1-0 wins averaging only 16 shots per game.
Our problem is in front of goal, it isn't in the "team unit" at this point anymore. We have more than enough chances to finish off the game.
We simply don't take advantage of them.
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Looking at the City game, we were clinical and took our chances well. We won. Is it no surprise that as many as we miss during the league games its only a matter of time until we conceded a silly goal?
Our problem is in front of goal, it isn't in the "team unit" at this point anymore. We have more than enough chances to finish off the game.
We simply don't take advantage of them.
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Looking at the City game, we were clinical and took our chances well. We won. Is it no surprise that as many as we miss during the league games its only a matter of time until we conceded a silly goal?
We still should have scored 2 or 3 goals last night, let's be honest. And that is against a team with everyone stood in a line defending. Often you'll get better chances once you have scored a goal or two, because the opposition is forced to do something else than defending. Frosinone never did, because they simply weren't good enough to go up against us. Their only threat came from set pieces, and their tactics revolved around hoofing the ball or passing to Soddimo to cross in.
Let's see if that resonates with Cusp...
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We should easily be winning games. We are losing points in front of goal IMO.
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Plus we hit the post twice yesterday...
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zaza scored and he had a goal disallowed I think it's safe to take he and dybala off the can't shoot list, no?