i dont know what it is that you want from Tacchinardi, but i dont think he is capable of playing much better than he did last season.
we have del piero, nedved, miccoli, and trezeguet all attacking. zambrotta and thuram push up a lot as well. now with appiah and davids, two very good hardworking players who like to get forward as well, you think that is going to work???
and with our defence, who lets face it, isnt rock solid at the moment.
fellas, i know Buffon is good, but come on, he cant save 100000 shots on goal every game
Tacchinardi is good to have for a few reasons. One, he isnt an attacking minded player. Two, he links the defence with the midfield well which is something that davids doesnt do as he doesnt stay back that far all the time. And the third might not seem important to some, but i believe that his height (not huge, but still tall) is important for our team. juve lack height in their team. we have del piero, nedved, miccoli, davids, montero all being fairly short, average probably 5'10". add appiah in there as well, that leaves us with a dwarf team. tacchinardi might not be as tall as a vieira, although many arent anyway, but still, he gives some height in the midfield and in the team also. but like i said, many might think height isnt important. maybe if tudor and legro both played, it would matter as much.
but yeah, lets not kid ourselves here, if tacchinardi doesnt play, only maresca can replace him for our team to function to its best, not both davids and appiah.
anyway, maybe if lippi tried appiah and davids first, we could get better reccomendations on it.