Serie A: Palermo vs Juventus [April 6th, 2008] (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter CORVETTE
- Start date
see I don't buy that. He does not attempt alot of long range passes, but they still have been pretty accurate when he has attempted them . Look this is a guy who has been torn to bits by fans because of alleged lack of passing ability in Liverpool. So he moves here and in less than a month his passing has improved dramatically. Makes me wonder how much he would improve in another 5 months.
And we should Never play Nocerino anyway. Sissoko does the DMF job well enough on his own.
And we should Never play Nocerino anyway. Sissoko does the DMF job well enough on his own.
A few things about our defense.
For the ones giving higher ratings on Chiellini than Legro, i suggest you to watch again the goals and see that in the first goal, Amauri dribbled trough the both of them and his shoot has gone just between them, so they share the fault. Buffon was out of position, he didnt expected an on target shoot from that distance and with two defenders on him, i generally give the blame to the keepers when we speak about long range shoots, because they have more time to react than usually, but that goal was out of reach, only a very good positioning would have helped.
In the second goal, Chiellini marks Amauri all by himself and he is just standing there and looking at him how he heads it in, Buffon has almost (again positioning) no blame here and the only other defender with partial blame is Grygera, but Grygera was marking his man and attempted (at least) to block that cross, the crosser didnt have the time and the space for the perfect cross and there is no way to block a team of never making any cross, even after the worst circumstances.
Thats why i said that Chiellini is responsible for 1.5 goals
(not to mention he almost scored an own goal)
and Legro for 0.5, also you may add the fact that Legro had some positive contri in the offense and you get my ratings, i cant see how anyone can rate Chiellini higher than Legro for this match. I also consider Chiellini a better player than Legro, but we rate today's performance, not the player's value, or demonstration of skills.
In the third goal, i blame Buffon, our players withdraw further away than our penalty area and Buffon had a clear straight line and visual contact with Cassani, you can see that from the camera that is placed right from the back of the shooter,
i m confident that the best keeper in the world can block much more difficult balls than that!!
For the ones giving higher ratings on Chiellini than Legro, i suggest you to watch again the goals and see that in the first goal, Amauri dribbled trough the both of them and his shoot has gone just between them, so they share the fault. Buffon was out of position, he didnt expected an on target shoot from that distance and with two defenders on him, i generally give the blame to the keepers when we speak about long range shoots, because they have more time to react than usually, but that goal was out of reach, only a very good positioning would have helped.
In the second goal, Chiellini marks Amauri all by himself and he is just standing there and looking at him how he heads it in, Buffon has almost (again positioning) no blame here and the only other defender with partial blame is Grygera, but Grygera was marking his man and attempted (at least) to block that cross, the crosser didnt have the time and the space for the perfect cross and there is no way to block a team of never making any cross, even after the worst circumstances.
Thats why i said that Chiellini is responsible for 1.5 goals
(not to mention he almost scored an own goal)
and Legro for 0.5, also you may add the fact that Legro had some positive contri in the offense and you get my ratings, i cant see how anyone can rate Chiellini higher than Legro for this match. I also consider Chiellini a better player than Legro, but we rate today's performance, not the player's value, or demonstration of skills.
In the third goal, i blame Buffon, our players withdraw further away than our penalty area and Buffon had a clear straight line and visual contact with Cassani, you can see that from the camera that is placed right from the back of the shooter,
i m confident that the best keeper in the world can block much more difficult balls than that!!
Sissoko is enough to take over the DMF positions. We need someone that can make those long balls up to our forwards whomever they might be. I dont think anyone got past sissoko today that didnt get tackled right after. He long balls are fine if they are going out wide, over the top i dont think we have many players that can hit them well. One of our better ones went off with a head injury. His absence was sorely felt. Sissoko has earned himself a starting spot easily, lets hope we get nedved back quickly b/c we dont have many that can fill that void. I agree, Nocerino over Tiago? nada chance
First off I have to say that despite the scoreline , our terrible luck ,and all the calls going against us , that was a brilliant game of serieA football . Despite going down 2 goals down , Juve put up a hell of a fight and easilly could have won the game if hadn't been for some dreadful luck . This is just one of those games where the end result does not do justice with what went on in the pitch . All in all , the boys were great tonight and if they continue to put on simmilar performances as the one they put on in the second half , we have nothing to worry about .
Player ratings .
Buffon 5 - Dissappointing , could have done better with second goal . Three shots , three goals for Palermo , just not Buffon's night .
Grygera 6 - He was solid defensively ..
Legro 6.5 - He had a good game and nearly scored from a brilliant long range effort .
Chiellini 6 - He's an excellent player and he made some excellent tackles . He should have done better to prevent at least one of the goals .
Molinaro 7 - Great game for him , he did well both offensively and defensively .
Nocerino 5.5 - He ran a lot and made some important interceptions but is extremely dissapointing when assisting in attack .
Momo 7.5 - Despite his terrible passing , his perfectly timed tackless and incredible determination has truely added another dimension to our midfield game .
Camo 7 - He was all over the pitch , made some excellent runs down the right side , and had some neat crosses in the game .
Trez 5 - He got his chances , he didn't take them . Not much more to say .
Del piero 9 - no comment .
Subs :
Iaquinta 5.5- Did not get into the game and seemed very frustrated at times .
Tiago 6 - He had a couple of nice passes , an overall ok performance by him .
Sali 5.5 - Like Iaquinta , he failed to make his presence felt .
Ranieri 6.5 - He did his job right , We were just unluvky and unfortunate tonight .
Player ratings .
Buffon 5 - Dissappointing , could have done better with second goal . Three shots , three goals for Palermo , just not Buffon's night .
Grygera 6 - He was solid defensively ..
Legro 6.5 - He had a good game and nearly scored from a brilliant long range effort .
Chiellini 6 - He's an excellent player and he made some excellent tackles . He should have done better to prevent at least one of the goals .
Molinaro 7 - Great game for him , he did well both offensively and defensively .
Nocerino 5.5 - He ran a lot and made some important interceptions but is extremely dissapointing when assisting in attack .
Momo 7.5 - Despite his terrible passing , his perfectly timed tackless and incredible determination has truely added another dimension to our midfield game .
Camo 7 - He was all over the pitch , made some excellent runs down the right side , and had some neat crosses in the game .
Trez 5 - He got his chances , he didn't take them . Not much more to say .
Del piero 9 - no comment .
Subs :
Iaquinta 5.5- Did not get into the game and seemed very frustrated at times .
Tiago 6 - He had a couple of nice passes , an overall ok performance by him .
Sali 5.5 - Like Iaquinta , he failed to make his presence felt .
Ranieri 6.5 - He did his job right , We were just unluvky and unfortunate tonight .
you've been here for almost 3 years and only have 2 posts? Have you been in hibernation?
well you were wrong about Inter losing so.......
NO SOUP FOR YOU!
well you were wrong about Inter losing so.......
NO SOUP FOR YOU!
Chiellini will own Amauri so bad that it isn't even funny anymore,mark my words
Camo deserves criticism for his poor attitude and temperament that lead to the sitaution to the goal. Totally moronic.
And Momo directly competes for the MOM award despite there being 2 other players who scored 2 goals each, thats how awesome he was in this game, not just win ball all by himself all over, but directly involved in both goals. Camo was decent, nothing more in this game. His performance tonight is uncomparable to Momos gigantic show.
And Momo directly competes for the MOM award despite there being 2 other players who scored 2 goals each, thats how awesome he was in this game, not just win ball all by himself all over, but directly involved in both goals. Camo was decent, nothing more in this game. His performance tonight is uncomparable to Momos gigantic show.
He was given a 7.5 by goal.com
Although that doesn't say much, cos even Nocerino got at least 3 times the rating i would have given him..
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=649594
Although that doesn't say much, cos even Nocerino got at least 3 times the rating i would have given him..
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=649594