yeah, miccoli was obviously ready for an operation while he was playing, so i believe it would have worked fine.
sateeh, i'm not sure if i understand why you have appiah and davids as DM when the team has big striking abilities. the way i see it is that Tacchinardi sits back infront of the defence and can help out the likes of a Legrottaglie or Tudor if the otther team has tall big strikers.
and with davids and appiah, one has to be the anchor man, and i think they are too similar to play together. but of course, we are yet to see if it works so it might be worth a try.
the only other thing i want to mention is pace in the centre of defence. Montero has obviously lossed a lot of pace. Last season, we saw this lack of pace cause him to bring down players in the penalty area and he does get exposed easily when playing against the best strikers in europe. Legrottaglie and Tudor are good but are not pacey defenders either. Ciro, Iuliano and even Fresi are not either.
so i believe this is the only weak spot in our team. The only solution i can think of is putting Thuram in the centre, but then we lose big at right back especially since our formation relies on the full backs heavily.
i'm thinking that Tudor and Legrottaglie should be the centre of defence. tudor isnt very fast, but he does stop his man through his strength and height. Legrottaglie is similar, and they both are not losing their qualities such as pace and agility like Montero and Ferrara are.
this is also why i think Tacchinardi must be played at all times, because he sits back the most out of davids, appiah and maresca. Maresca is able to do this also, but his natural instinct is to attack when he can, even if his coach tells him to sit back.
what are your thoughts?