I don't need to find the post. The majority of the games this season he has been on the left and I don't think it's fair to criticize him for invisible performances. It wasn't like Amauri whom never did his job (score) and was just taking up a roster space. With Marchisio, he still, as you said, does his job. He tracks back, contains, gets stuck in, good passing and winning the ball back, scores some really nice goals. He does his job and I am not sure exactly why he gets criticized other than being invisible. Maybe some who don't like him can elaborate? He doesn't make any costly mistakes and the ones he does make are no different than other players mistakes and all players make them.
I don't see anything about his play that screams SELL at all.
I don't see anything about his play that screams SELL at all.
For the record, here it is.
All (or at least most) of the games he has gone "missing" in have been while he has played out of position and in a team that hasn't been playing well. It shouldn't be any great surprise that he struggles to get involved sometimes. Even at that he hasn't made glaring mistakes like Grygera, Grosso, Bonucci, Iaquinta, Pepe etc have.
