Simone Pepe (32 Viewers)

[Bianconero_Aus]

he proved himself again in this match as the best winger juve has atm

This. And the truth seems to hurt for a lot of people.

That airswing . But besides that good display tonight, great assist and good shift he put in on the wing.

 

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[X Æ A-12]

In a game like today (well, first half especially), where we were in complete control--high pressure winning the ball back instantly after losing it, and keeping possession for large spells, he's more suitable than guys like Krasic and Elia. When we have to chase a goal with not much time, we're better off without him. Crossing is shit, can't dribble, can't create. He makes good movements, retains the ball well, presses like no other on the team (except Vidal) and of course, has his famous work rate.

I don't know where you got that conclusion from. I agree with your assessment of his abilities, but I would rather have him on when we need a hard worker, someone to chase and harass. When the team is on top he is a total liability in possession and frequently ruins attacking moves.

His assist tonight was sublime but that's not typical Pepe. No matter how hard he runs I still don't think he's good enough to start.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

He's not better than someone like Quag, and I'm not saying he should start over Quag (fuck Krasic and Elia), but we wouldn't have been able to press as much as we did without Pepe. Quag might give us more and better qualities, no doubt, but Pepe was important to the way we played in the first half and did a lot of good dirty work in the second half. I do see value from him in our team and he can be appreciated more when he's playing alongside skilled players like Pirlo and Vucinic who are not merely "try-ers". It's when he's playing in a team full of runners without inspiration like Delneri's team, you can really hate him because he's not much use at all.

 

[X Æ A-12]

He's still too detrimental to our attack. Perhaps if we had a player on the left who was more likely to score than Vucinic it would be less of an issue but that's not the case.

 

[Juve_fanatic]

MOM in my opinion. Worked his ass off for the team, and got an assist...... Keep it up Pepe.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Heh, well maybe it's Vucinic that's the problem Nah, ideally Pepe would have some kind of talent, but for what we have, I think he's useful for our team.

 

[Red]

Dont think he was awful, fairly useful out there, but not as a winger, it says everything about him that it was his task to cover for Lichtsteiner who played like RW alot for a while, and did it rather well. Pepe was mainly busy covering the right flank defensively, then hounding everyt loose ball .

 

[ALC]

His miss today reminded me of this

At least Pepe doesn't go out for months when he misses.....I still have feelings for you RvP

 

[X Æ A-12]

Starfox64

 

[ALC]

Nintedoh

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

His miss today reminded me of this

At least Pepe doesn't go out for months when he misses.....I still have feelings for you RvP

Nintendo 64 games

 

[Dominic]

His runs, pressure and movement were the key to always finding an available player yesterday. Good game.

 

[Dominic]

Dont you have any doubts that last years pattern will come back?

I dont see much difference atm.

Our performances are way better. We clearly have an imprint which we convincingly use. Conte has managed to give this team identity and style in only a few matches.

 

[Ahmed]

first 20 mins were poor but after that, he was inspirational.

Angelo di Livio would be proud

 

[Buck Fuddy]

His runs, pressure and movement were the key to always finding an available player yesterday. Good game.

Yup.

Pepe by himself is one of the main reasons why we managed to win yesterday.

 

[Raz]

Yup.

Pepe by himself is one of the main reasons why we managed to win yesterday.

And one of the main reasons why the match was hilariously entertaining too.

 

[Buck Fuddy]

2 birds, 1 stone!
It doesn't get better than that.

Seriously, it probably won't

 

[Suns]

first 20 mins were poor but after that, he was inspirational.

Angelo di Livio would be proud

You praise Pepe yet you think Vidal is shit? How is that even possible?

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

He's trolling and doing quite a good job at it too, evidently.

 

[Albertmare]

He did very good last match , so far best winger we have right now , he has a superb work rate , tactical disciplined , fantastic stamina ( full stop )