Summer mercato 2015 (55 Viewers)

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Zacheryah

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Aug 29, 2010
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Bad idea, but that's what I expect to happen if Cuadrado came, and not 433.
433 would waste dybala and morata, mandzukic wouldnt have proper feed, pogba is a bit more limited

3-5-2 sees two wide players (evra-cuadrado) that can make the backline and cross, and cuadrado in general is horror to deal with down the line. It allows Dybala to play his preferred position, parnerring eighter morata or mandzukic. it would see the midfield with the most freedom it can get, meaning Pogba can be fucking all over the place.


This isnt the regista 3-5-2 with two wingbacks (licht, asamoah) that cant cross for shit.

This is the 3-5-2 with 3 athletic cm's, one beeing extremely gifted and developping playmaking abilities, two wingbacks that can cross and one of them beeing excellent at alot. Dybala can grow exponentially, and both morata and especially mandzukic are way better then "3-5-2 llorente no crosses"

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People tend to forgot that there is quite a big difference in how a 3-5-2 plays out depending on the players
 

Vlad

In Allegri We Trust
May 23, 2011
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Yes, of course, there are variables, but every year, that is what we are trying to reduce for ourselves. The very variables linked to quality signings. Think about it, in a CL final year, winning the double, new shirt sponsor, higher turnover than last year, biggest sale in the current managements tenure, we are discussing how we can't sign two unproven talents, both of whom have been identified by us. Nobody has forced them down our throat. And then we sit and contemplate how injury prone they might be and work out varied methods to sign them. Do you think we got Dybala on our terms for instance? Coz I don't. Do you know why? Because we realised this was a signing we had to make, and we did. Likewise, the AM is a priority and if the coach has asked for it explicitly then the management are obligated to provide him that, especially after sacrificing a WORLD CLASS talent. There are no two ways about it.

Again, it is unfortunate, that every year we gloat about the silverware we have won and congratulate the management, but forget the variables that actually made those possible. Keep in mind, that there was a coach at the start of that winning cycle who had a huge part to play to instill, create and deliver what he did. The team grew at a certain pace because of those successes. Now, we start again, but this time our expectations are realistically deserving of a higher starting point than where we are pegging ourselves at this point in time.

If you can't sign a top player after those impressive amounts of silverware, and a CL final, and a huge sale, then your prospects are hardly ever going to get better. If it doesn't happen now, it probably never will. And that's not just because it's finances and limitations, but also, mindset, approach and ability to function at that level. I want to give the management the benefit of the doubt because there's a substantial amount of time left for ONE marquee signing, but it's worrying when we aren't clear about what we really want.
Concerning Dybala, they have assessed the risks and decided he is worthy of a gamble. Spent couple of seasons in Italy and has valuable experience despite his age. I agree here and he definitely wasnt signed on our terms, but there is so much you can gamble before odds go against you and what you meticulously built starts to collapse.

Credit absolutely goes to all parties involved and I often argued that Conte, eventhough he was important piece of the puzzle, shouldnt be given all the credit. Mgt set the course and we have been smooth sailing ever since, but company of this magnitude requires competence on every level to succeed. Arguably the moves they made till now enabled Juventus to find themselves in this position, an example to follow on peninsula.

Whether we sign marquee AM wont matter much, I think people give it too much of importance. We didnt have one last season and there has been a while since we had player that would fit this profile. My opinion is that we would be better off with all rounded CM and if we can get quality LB like Sandro this has every chance to become 10/10 mercato. Lets wait some more before bringing out heavy artillery.
 
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