capello:"I don’t really read the newspapers or watch television, so I always tell my players to focus on what’s happening on the pitch"
.. ohh what a pity if only he came to the juventuz forum!
On the appiah issue. Well yes he was a great ball winner as much as he was a ball loser. However his qualities resemble the likes of blasi but the former has much more physical strength in my eyes and yes if we used him properly we may have even developed a person who can create some chances. The main problem is we aint using the players in the right manner. A perfect example was that of henrys' when we had him we used him on the wing, now that was lippis fault, I think in general lippi made his fair share of mistakes but yeah during his first part of the era he had a team at his disposle that shared a great share of determination and ambition. Lippi was also then known for his dressing room tactics in the form of having a go at players and stamping his authority, is it the same with capello now?. I really dont believe so I think capello is only picking on certain players who his targetted and leaving out those who really should face a little discipline.
All in all we aint used the players to there full abilities. Players aint been tried in different position and tactics aint been used in training as it should have been. Those who have been tried in different positions are only used because there is a big shortage in it and not because it will bring out the best out of the player. An example is that of blasi, now although blasi is a defensive midfielder he has at times been used on the right back position simply because there was a fear of shortage due to the zebina "crisis" and we didnt exactly have balza or if im right chillini then. Giannichedda was bought for his versatility, he can be used as a defensive midfielder and as a defender. As a whole juventus only knew this by looking at how lazio used him. In return we saw tudor going off to siena. Now although tudor became injury prone and began being inconsistent, he is much more valuable than Giannichedda, simply because tudor has the height and has scored fair amount of goals.
Overall the problem lies with how we are using the players and yes capello is the man in charge so simply he is the one to blame. As for those who believe its unfair targetting capello? well I think the general dislike of capello has been cumulative. Yes his own the scudetto a few times but we musnt forget that the CL was a priority yet its understandable that we lost poorly against the eventual champions liverpool last year. But to lose again this time against arsenal, and once again not showing any form of ambition and determination, really shows capello has no idea what the CL is really about. If it was his priority he should have told moggi he required some attacking midfielders as thats no doubt crucial in europe but it seems his preparation was a big problem.
Finally to play awful against werder and luckily qualify should have been a wake up call for capello, yet it seems it only helped him in falling back asleep. Now to be perfectly honest if we dont atleast play good against arsenal at home, i really think he should leave.