Shocking!!! the only thing more dissappointing than the team's flat performance was that of ranieri. His choice of tactics & personal leaves a lot to be desired. yes we're playing that other bunch of individuals on saturday & after all the talk about let's not focus on that game, it was there for all to see that is what he was soley focused on. Resting the likes of sissokko & trezeguet, while deploying english styled long ball tactics that did not suite any of the players on display, showed his incompetence to lead such a great team back to glory. I tink this is one of those times where he shuould have stuck instead of twist & retain his formation and team from sunday.
But onto the match itself...
His tatctics for tonights game left more than a lot to be desired especially after last saturday. Going back to his stereotypically boring 4-4-2 he decided for some reason that long balls were the best way to attack an empoli defense who just dropped off and allowed us to collect the ball (only in the wide positions).
I thought maybe the halftime break wud have brought a change but he stuck to his guns and yes, we did get a little joy from them at the start of the second half but we were still unable to fashion any chances from it.
But for the team he put out on the field, this was not the way to play (IMO)...especially for a midfield of tiago and nocerino, both of whom prefer the ball at thier feet as opposed to flying over their heads. This does not take away from the fact that tiago had a very poor showing after his good work on saturday.
The game overall was stretched far too much with our defense playing midway into our half & their denfense not too far off their penalty area. This left our midfield with far to much to work to do tryin to join attacks and then funnel back to help the defence once we lost possession.
My only other greviance was the perfomance from the captain. Now, as big a DP fan that i am (and about to commit mortal sin by bad mouthing him), during the past 2 games i think he has been holding onto the ball for too long, esp when he has his back to goal, when he has simple passes to make early to forward running midfielders.
The game was boring, flat and void of any creativity due to incompetent tactics. To thos who look at the half filled cup and say at least we gained a point on milan and the viola i look at the half emptied glass as 2 points dropped. but we got what we deserved. Credit to empoli who playd a good game & deserved their point against an abysmal juve team.
But onto the match itself...
His tatctics for tonights game left more than a lot to be desired especially after last saturday. Going back to his stereotypically boring 4-4-2 he decided for some reason that long balls were the best way to attack an empoli defense who just dropped off and allowed us to collect the ball (only in the wide positions).
I thought maybe the halftime break wud have brought a change but he stuck to his guns and yes, we did get a little joy from them at the start of the second half but we were still unable to fashion any chances from it.
But for the team he put out on the field, this was not the way to play (IMO)...especially for a midfield of tiago and nocerino, both of whom prefer the ball at thier feet as opposed to flying over their heads. This does not take away from the fact that tiago had a very poor showing after his good work on saturday.
The game overall was stretched far too much with our defense playing midway into our half & their denfense not too far off their penalty area. This left our midfield with far to much to work to do tryin to join attacks and then funnel back to help the defence once we lost possession.
My only other greviance was the perfomance from the captain. Now, as big a DP fan that i am (and about to commit mortal sin by bad mouthing him), during the past 2 games i think he has been holding onto the ball for too long, esp when he has his back to goal, when he has simple passes to make early to forward running midfielders.
The game was boring, flat and void of any creativity due to incompetent tactics. To thos who look at the half filled cup and say at least we gained a point on milan and the viola i look at the half emptied glass as 2 points dropped. but we got what we deserved. Credit to empoli who playd a good game & deserved their point against an abysmal juve team.
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