I saw some debate about the passing "skills" of our Stephan Appiah a few pages back. Last year Appiah was brilliant for Brescia. Where is that Appiah, I would like to know.
His performance against Lazio was not bad, perhaps 5 or 5.5 IMO. But the fact remains that he cannot pass the ball well. Against Inter last week was probably the worst I have seen from a professional. Anybody who gets paid to play should at least make some passes to his own team. In my rant in the Juve-Inter thread I wondered when Juve had sold Appiah to Inter because he certainly was playing for Inter last week.
I believe that there is hope for Appiah. Last year's performance has to count for something. Lippi is not stupid, so there must be a reason he has given Appiah 40 appearances this season, more than any other player on the team.
Cheers to Juve for beating a good lazio side with a long list of unavailable players. With Nedved and Thuram operating at 50% capacity and with Di Vaio in the shitter, Maresca and Del Piero out we can consider this a great win!
++ [ originally posted by Padovano ] ++
I believe that there is hope for Appiah. Last year's performance has to count for something. Lippi is not stupid, so there must be a reason he has given Appiah 40 appearances this season, more than any other player on the team.
Let Appiah stay for one more season, I say. The whole team is crap this year and how do you exactly hope for a new player to adapt to a crappy team and play better? Hell even Nedved and Thuram sucked in their first seasons but they turned out useful, give Appiah one more chance
Saw the highlights, and man I liked Trez's celebration.. Zambro seemed to play well, Nedved's shots are as inaccurate as ever and goddamn just thank God for Buffon in goal, that Legro header mistake could change the course of the world :fero: