++ [ originally posted by denco ] ++
Hello to everyone those known and unknown, hope ure all feeling well.
I do not get to see most matches due to differing reasons but I did see this game ands the one against Ajax
I thought against Ajax we played well except one player , I will come later to.
In this game we were dreadful, nothing seems to have changed from last season, too many unecessary touches at the back, and ball watching during crosses which were brilliant from Corini btw, no creativity in the midfield and an attack which refused to play togetther until the second half.
Why on earth do Zambrotta, Camoranesi and Zaltan like to take more touches than necessary, thereby destroying momentum of the attack by not playing the ball simply to their teammates?
Buffon well had no chance with the header and his handling was excellent but I do wish he can release the ball quickly at times so we can set off a counter attack instead of letting the whole world see he has made a save by still clinging to the ball
Zebina, not sure whether he knows he is a right back and not a central back cos he kept getting in Thuram's way and his ball control is poor. Should have been at the right back position for the goal as he was nowhere to be seen
Thuram was majestic against Ajax, not so good here as he too tends to hold to the ball , tries to go forward with it then suddenly remembers he does not have those kind of skills then goes back with it and surprisingky not a good passer of the ball but he wasn't that bad.
Cannavaro a lion as a defender but one of the poorest defenders with the ball at his feet, no ball skills to speak of at all, but he is just a tremendous defender and a huge asset to us, was not so good yesterday but fantastic against Ajax
Zambrotta had a poor game, overdoes his stuff sometimes and no good crosses to the strikers but he too was very good against Ajax
Blasi was absolutely hopeless, just kept on kicking people, no idea how to bring the ball forward, always going backwards but he did play better against Ajax in protecting our defence but a very limited player
Emerson was not good either and did not play particularly well against Ajax but he was not bad in either game either, and a very welcome addition to the side.
Camoranesi was alright in the second half, a big threat in the air but personally, I never want 2 c him again in a Juve shirt as he is totally annoying. He is not particularly good that he should be forgiven for his numerous mistakes he makes in every match and he was so dreadful against Ajax, it was travesty he finished that game
Nedved not the same player of 2 seasons ago by a long shot, should have been sent off in both games for some petulant fouls and though he works very hard, not very productive
Dp was very good in patches against Ajax, not so yesterday, as he did very little all half and it seems Zaltan does not like passing the ball to him
Zaltan , yes we all know you are skilful but for the love of God, will you please release the ball on time and play the simple passes instead of trying to play the ball between 3 players all the time, though he did combine well with Trez and seemed happier playing with him or maybe Capello told him to pass the ball to his partner in the second half as he didnt in the first.
Trez did very well when he came on
Overall although I think we are an improvement from last season which frankly is not saying much, there are still some trouble areas
Do not like our right side, and do not think Oliveira is the answer as a starter, kinda amazed that we never went for either Miguel, Trabelsi, Mancini, Ze Maria or even Gallas(surely he is too good to be on anyone's bench)
No creativity in the midfield will always bring problems as Palermo showed
And Nedved should be kept on the left side and not allowed to roam
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