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Hey Marty, you're way too early. Your time machine from 1985 is supposed to arrive in October.
Hey Marty, you're way too early. Your time machine from 1985 is supposed to arrive in October.
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This is so true.
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6/10 for me. I would rate it higher, but selling Vidal and what happened after still has me baffled, I cannot rate it any higher. Rugani and Sandro for our defense are excellent signings and we got rid of some unwanted players. I really like Dybala and Mandzukic will come good as well, so I think we basically did all we could to cover for Tevez leaving.
Midfield is more complicated to rate for me, as it's been a somewhat random collection of players coming in. I like Khedira, but I don't know anything about Lemina. Cuadrado, although a good impact player, doesn't really fit our set up, though maybe he could play behind a striker together with Dybala, 4321? Hernanes is, or atleast used to be, a good player who might just do well and give us a very technically gifted player to connect our midfield to our strikers until we manage to sign a long term solution, but he's somewhat of an unknown as well going on his Inter form.
There are a lot of ifs and buts here, and it could very well turn out much better than we expect, especially if these younger players step up and fulfill their potential, but (see!) as it stands now our starting 11 hasn't been instantly improved.
The thing is... it was always going to be near impossible to upgrade the players we lost.
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6/10 for me. I would rate it higher, but selling Vidal and what happened after still has me baffled, I cannot rate it any higher. Rugani and Sandro for our defense are excellent signings and we got rid of some unwanted players. I really like Dybala and Mandzukic will come good as well, so I think we basically did all we could to cover for Tevez leaving.
Midfield is more complicated to rate for me, as it's been a somewhat random collection of players coming in. I like Khedira, but I don't know anything about Lemina. Cuadrado, although a good impact player, doesn't really fit our set up, though maybe he could play behind a striker together with Dybala, 4321? Hernanes is, or atleast used to be, a good player who might just do well and give us a very technically gifted player to connect our midfield to our strikers until we manage to sign a long term solution, but he's somewhat of an unknown as well going on his Inter form.
There are a lot of ifs and buts here, and it could very well turn out much better than we expect, especially if these younger players step up and fulfill their potential, but (see!) as it stands now our starting 11 hasn't been instantly improved.
The thing is... it was always going to be near impossible to upgrade the players we lost.
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The past 3 seasons most people on here and whinging and bitching that Serie A is too easy, we are way too dominant, and it "didnt help us when we play in Europe"
lol ...now when we are a bit weaker (on paper) this season and the chasing pack behind us have somewhat strengthened, everything is doom and gloom and the whole season is a failure. Fickle fans.
The past 3 seasons most people on here and whinging and bitching that Serie A is too easy, we are way too dominant, and it "didnt help us when we play in Europe"
lol ...now when we are a bit weaker (on paper) this season and the chasing pack behind us have somewhat strengthened, everything is doom and gloom and the whole season is a failure. Fickle fans.Yes I told people not to panic but now that the mercato is done ,it's pretty much a waste of energy having a meltdown of this magnitude.It applies to many here but we still bought in quality.I'd like people to be more enthusiastic now and look forward to watch this new look team and hope that they deliver.
As said above our signings should be judged on the pitch ultimately.
So I suggest September Igor postpone his rage induced meltdown to atleast up until the 1st half if things go really bad that is.(which I doubt ofcourse)
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1st half of the season*
As said above our signings should be judged on the pitch ultimately.
So I suggest September Igor postpone his rage induced meltdown to atleast up until the 1st half if things go really bad that is.(which I doubt ofcourse)
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1st half of the season*
6,5 for me.
+We finally got that starter Lb!!
+The acquisitions we made have the talent to stay and build a strong core that will last for many years.
+We offload Ogbonna and got Rugani back, we have systematically overlooking our defense for a long while now and this was finally settled!
+we still rock at freebies, Khedira and Neto for free are great business.
+We dont pay special tribute on the Italian nationalistic pride anymore, we select targets rated purely by their skills!
+This was a very demanding transfer window, searching and getting targets from the begining to the last day of mercato.
-We still overpay though. And mostly still suck at selling our players on good prices. (free Pirlo and Llorente, nearly free Giovinco and Tevez, low price on Vidal)
-We are still getting owned at managing loans CO owns and young player contracts. We gave away Immobile for nothing and wasted 20mil on Zaza, a player we owned, so that we can have an option to throw even more on Berardi, another player we owned?! WTF? In the meantime we let Bayern try out Coman for 2 years.
-We still opt for quantity over quality...We have sold Vidal got Lemina to his defensive eork and gernanes his build up role and Pereyra his dribblin and shooting work, like we can field 13 players instead of 11.
-We are still carried away by opportunity targets, instead of having a meticulously crafted transfer plan, with plenty of alternatives and long term targets.
+We finally got that starter Lb!!
+The acquisitions we made have the talent to stay and build a strong core that will last for many years.
+We offload Ogbonna and got Rugani back, we have systematically overlooking our defense for a long while now and this was finally settled!
+we still rock at freebies, Khedira and Neto for free are great business.
+We dont pay special tribute on the Italian nationalistic pride anymore, we select targets rated purely by their skills!
+This was a very demanding transfer window, searching and getting targets from the begining to the last day of mercato.
-We still overpay though. And mostly still suck at selling our players on good prices. (free Pirlo and Llorente, nearly free Giovinco and Tevez, low price on Vidal)
-We are still getting owned at managing loans CO owns and young player contracts. We gave away Immobile for nothing and wasted 20mil on Zaza, a player we owned, so that we can have an option to throw even more on Berardi, another player we owned?! WTF? In the meantime we let Bayern try out Coman for 2 years.
-We still opt for quantity over quality...We have sold Vidal got Lemina to his defensive eork and gernanes his build up role and Pereyra his dribblin and shooting work, like we can field 13 players instead of 11.
-We are still carried away by opportunity targets, instead of having a meticulously crafted transfer plan, with plenty of alternatives and long term targets.
7/10 for me
Dybala, Cuadrado, Rugani, Neto, Alex Sandro and Lemina all excellent signings. Hernanes might be a very positive surprise, of the Serie A active players he has the second highest scoring record (40).
Manduczik should guarantee 20 goals in the season but didnt start off very well missing an easy chance in both our first two games.
Zaza is a complete mistery, I mean we could have done with a Berardi and kept Llorente.
The fact we tried to sell him until the last minute is a bad message.
Khedira: if he will play at least 15 games I will be happy but I have serious concerns about his fitness.
Coman could become a great player but he has not shown any character whenever given the opportunity. Talent is not enough if you lack "balls" and the lad always looked like a frightened chicken. At 30 millions might have been a solid bargain. Excellent getting rid off Ogbonna, Isla, PDC, all players of low standards.
Finally, Pirlo-Tevez-Vidal.
We certainly owe these guys a lot for the last few years but Vidal HAD to go and Tevez WANTED to go. Pirlo was becoming a liability, someone posted the stats from last season showing that with him on the pitch we conceded more than twice the goals conceded with him on the pitch and we scored substantially more goals. And yes, he did have a few genius plays but all in all he was being outpaced by the most humble players.
And these three guys all played a horrendous final in Berlin; considering they all knew it was their last game with Juve, I would have expected a bit more.
That's all folks.
Dybala, Cuadrado, Rugani, Neto, Alex Sandro and Lemina all excellent signings. Hernanes might be a very positive surprise, of the Serie A active players he has the second highest scoring record (40).
Manduczik should guarantee 20 goals in the season but didnt start off very well missing an easy chance in both our first two games.
Zaza is a complete mistery, I mean we could have done with a Berardi and kept Llorente.
The fact we tried to sell him until the last minute is a bad message.
Khedira: if he will play at least 15 games I will be happy but I have serious concerns about his fitness.
Coman could become a great player but he has not shown any character whenever given the opportunity. Talent is not enough if you lack "balls" and the lad always looked like a frightened chicken. At 30 millions might have been a solid bargain. Excellent getting rid off Ogbonna, Isla, PDC, all players of low standards.
Finally, Pirlo-Tevez-Vidal.
We certainly owe these guys a lot for the last few years but Vidal HAD to go and Tevez WANTED to go. Pirlo was becoming a liability, someone posted the stats from last season showing that with him on the pitch we conceded more than twice the goals conceded with him on the pitch and we scored substantially more goals. And yes, he did have a few genius plays but all in all he was being outpaced by the most humble players.
And these three guys all played a horrendous final in Berlin; considering they all knew it was their last game with Juve, I would have expected a bit more.
That's all folks.
8/10.
Dybala is a monster signing. I buy into the talk of him being the/or one of the next great Argentine footballers.
Alex Sandro was expensive. Jordan Amavi could've been signed for €12m. I don't think Sandro is better TBH. But Sandro if he turns out great I don't care how much we spend. Not a player I've watched a lot.
Cuadrado on loan is incredible. A former star of the league joining for next to nothing!
Lemina is interesting as well. Especially because he might be able to play RWB instead of Lichtsteiner.
Hernanes... If he can recover his Lazio form he's a top class signing. Is he left or right footed? None knows. Very talented player, given other circumstances, he could've had a whole different career. Pirlo-esque signing IMO.
Mandzukic is a proven top poacher. He struggles without creativity around him, but with great support, he can score the decisive goals.
Dybala is a monster signing. I buy into the talk of him being the/or one of the next great Argentine footballers.
Alex Sandro was expensive. Jordan Amavi could've been signed for €12m. I don't think Sandro is better TBH. But Sandro if he turns out great I don't care how much we spend. Not a player I've watched a lot.
Cuadrado on loan is incredible. A former star of the league joining for next to nothing!
Lemina is interesting as well. Especially because he might be able to play RWB instead of Lichtsteiner.
Hernanes... If he can recover his Lazio form he's a top class signing. Is he left or right footed? None knows. Very talented player, given other circumstances, he could've had a whole different career. Pirlo-esque signing IMO.
Mandzukic is a proven top poacher. He struggles without creativity around him, but with great support, he can score the decisive goals.