[Serie A, 4th round] Calciopoli Directors 2-1 JUVENTUS [18th September, 2016] (9 Viewers)

Jem83

maitre'd at Canal Bar
Nov 7, 2005
22,870
Deserved win for Inter, I'm sad to say.

Our midfield is killing us, and I think it's gonna end up costing us for the entire season. Unless we can figure out what to do with our sub-par players in central midfield. We need to make it work somehow, but so far this formation isn't doing it.

It's really sad, because when it comes to defense, fullbacks and attack, we are indeed formidable. We have huge central midfield issues, and we need to figure out what to do. We all knew it may end up being a huge problem for us, but hopefully Allegri can find solutions, and hopefully a new formation, that makes the most of what we have.
 

Wings

Banter era connoiseur
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Jul 15, 2002
21,615
Awful game. Hopefully a wakeup. We need to try something different because it ain't working anymore. We have come back from much worse so we should be able to do it again.
This should be the wake up call. Time to get back to the drawing room and start again. Good that it happened early in the season.
 

hojo_samurai

Senior Member
May 13, 2015
1,092
We saw it on sevilla now this is the second game running. Even you die hard optimistic need to start questioning yourselves. We crumble under pressure and that's the simple formula.
if 5-3-2 can go away for attacking positive 4 at the back formation, we will see our play become positive again, not this backward tactic even Conte has abandoned.
 

Dominic

Senior Member
Jan 30, 2004
16,706
Terrible performance. No life. Midfield is a glaring problem.

Apart from the effort from the forwards and the fullbacks, nobody gets a passing grade.
 

PhRoZeN

Livin with Mediocre
Mar 29, 2006
16,930
Anyway fuck inter. They got what they played for. It's the only thing they can earn in their mediocre season. So hope they celebrate like they won the scudetto.
 

Stu

Senior Member
Jul 14, 2002
17,557
3-5-2 needs to die but even with a formation change we can't challenge for the Champions League with Asamoah/Lemina starting. Need Marchisio back asap.
 

Dominic

Senior Member
Jan 30, 2004
16,706
Let's just hope this is not a sign of things to come.

Buffon 6
Benatia 6
Bonucci 6
Chiellini 6
Lichtsteiner 6,5
Alex Sandro 7
Khedira 5,5
Pjanic 5
Asamoah 5
Dybala 5,5
Mandzukic 5,5

Barzagli 6
Higuain -
Pjaca -
For old times sake:

Buffon 6
Benatia -
Bonucci 5.5
Chiellini 5.5
Lichtsteiner 6,5
Alex Sandro 7
Khedira 4.5
Pjanic 4.5
Asamoah 4.5
Dybala 5,5
Mandzukic 5,5

Barzagli 5
Higuain -
Pjac
 

Hist

Founder of Hism
Jan 18, 2009
11,616
This should be the wake up call. Time to get back to the drawing room and start again. Good that it happened early in the season.
If we had a proper competitor in Serie A, we would have been punished for those very slow starts from Allegri
 

GarfielD

Senior Member
May 21, 2009
13,412
What did we learn from todays game:

- No Asa in the starting lineup, ever. Pjanic - Lemina - Khedira till Marchi returns.
- Higuain to start over Mandzu every game.
- Cuadrado and Pjaca need to be used more often. I even think that we should try one of them in the Pogba's possition.
- We should seriously start thinking about using some other formations.
- We MUST stop getting owned on set pieces. WTF is this shit?
 

Dominic

Senior Member
Jan 30, 2004
16,706
Pjanic has the heaviest feet in the game. Cant move.
Asamoah gets entangled in his own dribbling.
Khedira only plays the first 10 minutes of a game.
 

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