It allways has to be some excuse with you to play down the success, doesnt it? Tiago was tonight of the players who deserve the lowest rating marks, he was ok level, together with Pavel and Moli, rest were better then him for sure.
We arent winning like this because of him (he has way too little impact in our game to be this key figure you want to make him out to be), even if I like the balance he brings. If Zanetti was playing, we would be better off for sure. So kindly save your weak convenient rationale.
i ve been saying this long before our crisis and now during our on form days.
It is not an excuse, it is exactly what i believe and we will see if i am right or wrong, when we will start using 2 DMs again.
Referring to the system, you cannot make some safe comparisons, with our anterior defensive system.
Tiago's performances, do influence our team, but it is not the only cause, we are more balanced.
Its because the reallocation of roles and responsibilities.
We have done well with Marchisio and Neddy on this position, despite the fact that they were not particulary good at times.
In fully defensive formation, our whole team draws back, we have no option to attack, our mentality changes. It make is feel secured in the back and our defense loses focus.
Now we may attack from the wings and the center, we force our opponent to pull back, because he feels threaten of this vast front. No matter if we are equally effective from every side, we possess the weapons/tools to attack more efficiently and these weapons scare them back!
I ve explained it many times over...
truth or not, this is my belief, it is not decent from your side to accuse of inventing things, to use them as excuses, when you are the one who is inventing things to accuse me. And for no reason...
I ve been bitching about the tactical mistake of pitting such a defensive minded formation, for ages, i ve gave arguments and reasons for that.
Funny thing you accuse me now, when the change of system has totally changed the image of our team to the better and transformed us to a winner team, using even less available players...
We have been suffering from our tactical choices for months and months, but ppl are hurry to forget all that, and now blame the direction of the wind and position of the stars, for our previous mistakes...