well it took me a whole day to calm down and look at the game rationally and here is wat i think.
We played a bad game last night as we have been for a while now, but performances will come as we have alot of injuries and absences.
When we have a full team and play this way then everyone has the right to critisize the team and the coach.
ffs piccolo had his first game of the season and he was out for a long time with injuries.This is how thin this squad is.
Ratings
Gigi-I just hope his injury isnt that bad, as always hes been saving shots left and right and couldn't do nothing about the goal.
Zebina-New position but he did as well as chiellini was doing in that position with the same positioning mistakes,overall he did well and imo was one of the best worth mentioning.
Kovac-Had a better game than his last few games.But still he needs to improve and return to his form last season.
Balza-Hes just continuing his awful season isnt he.He even scored an own goal last night.He contributed sh*t to the forwards and his defense was just average.Next game i would even consider putting Biri on the left and piccolo on the right.Hes playing that bad.
Biri-Should've been covering better in the goal but we've come to accept some mistakes by him but i thought he played well during the game especially during the defensive situations.
piccolo-first game of the season and showed some promising situations and had a fairly good passing game.However i dont think the midfield is his best position.As he looked lost and most times out of position and couldn't provide the best cover to paro and marchisio.
paro&marchisio-Since paro played more games than marchisio and hes older the critiscim will mostly go to him.Most times during the game i saw poor coverage of the midfield between him and marchisio.I always saw them near eachother and they just didnt show themselves enough for the other players which was evident mostly after camo was brought in.
I know both r learning and gaining experience but i saw some things that r just basic steps in the game and both couldn't even do that.
Alex-This game just shows that the captain can't play in the midfield or behind the strikers.Most of our attacks or counter attacks were halted by his inability to produce a killer pass or a even sometimes a proper one instead of just dribbling.The only credit that goes to him is for trying hard all night.Should've been the hero at the end but he ballooned the ball over.
Zala-Invisible in the first half but was better in the 2nd.But the problem with playing him and trezi is that he would be the one who needs to perform some creative touches and hes inable to do that.
Trezi-I dont know why ppl r critisizing him, I dont expect him to run around set up plays and provide nice touches and passes. We just need him to finish the plays that r created for him.The play i saw him trying to finish was some a through pass which he took by himself and was saved by the keeper.When there is proper service and he is missing(like mid of this first half of the season) then we should be critisizing him.
Camo-The other player next to zebina thats worth mentioning as our best player.Came in and provided another dimension to the team and just didnt stop running.
DD-I dont know what was he thinking after the goal was scored against us really.He put in camo and then what ?Everything will just be alrite? It was evident that there was a problem in the midfield.And there wasnt a solution introduced, the thing that infuriated me is that he didnt even try but getting De Ceglie or Venitucci or anyone in from the bench.
Anyway a loss is good for the whole team.Shows them that this isnt a joy ride and that things will not "just be alrite".Gives the youngs ones some experience on how to deal with defeat.
good analysis Sateeh,
i had the chance to watch the game just right now
i ve first red all the comments here and already had an idea about what i was going to watch
so i cant be really objective,
I agree with your comments and i would further add a few more from my point of view:
-It wasnt an offside or own goal, Mantova scored a legal goal and played a good game overall,congrats to them, they werent overdetermined or suspiciously motivated against us,
they just used the space we gave them,
-IMO we entered with the wrong mentality, it was a collective error,
the managers and not only the coach are to blamed for
-we lacked motivation, determination, concentration, squad depth and luck
-it was a matter of time our long injury list would cost us and here it is!
i hope Buffon wont be added too in that list, did anyone heard of any fresh news/announcements about that?
-Balza isnt the same he used to be last year, but he wasnt thaat bad
-Paro maybe be admired for his Pirlo like offensive abilities but he lacks serious defensive skills, he cant handle the defensive part of the midfield alone,
without the support of a specialised player,
(i ve always reapeating this thing and it gets really obvious when he is not paired with Zanetti or even Gianni ;-) ),
this is what EMO was able to offer to our team and half of the forum failed to understand
-DD isnt a high profile coach, not more or less,
he loves the team alright, he has an insight but he isnt as open minded as some of you present him to be
- i dont know whats wrong with Bojinov but there is smth there for sure,
i cant think of any reason that would have kept him on the bench today,
i dont think DD in that dump, there is smth else,
orders from "above" maybe
- it wasnt the worst game of the season and esp considering the circumstances...
but we should have done better, after the Milan game i thought we wouldnt have any determination problems right now, but here they are...