On the plus side, I'd say the starting 11 was probably the best we could have chosen at the moment.
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vlahovic's replacements this season:
cl:
- adzic against stuttgart, 22 minutes (plus stoppages), 0g0a
- weah v lille, 22, 0g0a
league:
- weah v napoli, 45, 0g0a
- mbamgulka v inda, 13, 0g0a
- cisco v udine, 19, 0g0a
neither of them are 9's of course, but 0 contributions in over 100 minutes is a bit worrying. also when we took vlahovic off we only scored against inda (those two yildiz goals). other than bremer's injury, this is our biggest riddle to solve. is afena gyan in that bad form?
cl:
- adzic against stuttgart, 22 minutes (plus stoppages), 0g0a
- weah v lille, 22, 0g0a
league:
- weah v napoli, 45, 0g0a
- mbamgulka v inda, 13, 0g0a
- cisco v udine, 19, 0g0a
neither of them are 9's of course, but 0 contributions in over 100 minutes is a bit worrying. also when we took vlahovic off we only scored against inda (those two yildiz goals). other than bremer's injury, this is our biggest riddle to solve. is afena gyan in that bad form?
Like I said after the Parma game, I'm starting to see very little improvement overall. We're just too static tactically, sit too deep, don't play well on the counter and too slow in possession and our gameplay doesn't really suit the players well. This 4231 system just doesn't get the most out of our defense, Yildiz, Vlahovic and midfield.
Hato to say it, but this squad should play 3-5-2 if we want to utilize most players
Without Bremer Id say our D isn't strong enough
Vlahovic struggles as a lone #9, Yildiz isn't a LW either, wasted out there. I reckon a lot more scored would be scored.
Koop is fine as a 10
Weah and Cambiaso can cross and play that fullback role well.
Fagioli/Loca as a DM regista
Hato to say it, but this squad should play 3-5-2 if we want to utilize most players
MDG
Gatti Kalulu Cabal
Weah Fagioli Thuram Cambiaso
Koop
Yildiz Vlahovic
Gatti Kalulu Cabal
Weah Fagioli Thuram Cambiaso
Koop
Yildiz Vlahovic
Without Bremer Id say our D isn't strong enough
Vlahovic struggles as a lone #9, Yildiz isn't a LW either, wasted out there. I reckon a lot more scored would be scored.
Koop is fine as a 10
Weah and Cambiaso can cross and play that fullback role well.
Fagioli/Loca as a DM regista
you guys need to stop this obsession with false 9.
do you guys remember when conte took over? he was known for his 424 formation. he took over, saw he didn't have the players for it and played a
352 that became the basis of juve's 7-8 out of 9 consecutive titles.
he needs to play the players in their best positions instead of making the players fit his favorite formation.
do you guys remember when conte took over? he was known for his 424 formation. he took over, saw he didn't have the players for it and played a
352 that became the basis of juve's 7-8 out of 9 consecutive titles.
he needs to play the players in their best positions instead of making the players fit his favorite formation.
Whatever way you look at it we were chasing the game in that second half, he then scored the equalizer, soon after we were basically trying to win it, momentum on our side and then we go on to take off our main striker/goalscoring threat and replaced him with an average backup winger.
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You can occasionally rest your main and only ST who also happens to be the highest paid player, but not when you are pushing forward and looking to score a winning goal tbh, we chose to rely on counters and it clearly did not work out that well.
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You can occasionally rest your main and only ST who also happens to be the highest paid player, but not when you are pushing forward and looking to score a winning goal tbh, we chose to rely on counters and it clearly did not work out that well.
So much this. Everyone is adapting to ideas and wishes of our pretentious coach, while coach isn't adapting anything to players. Some of our best players have been playing out of position in many of our games.
He's inexperienced coach and on top of it he still doesn't learn and adapt. That's the worse part of our current situation.
If he would give up on his stubbornness and pretentiousness he might even become a good coach and move down to level of clubs like Roma, Foirentina and Lazio, where he might even do well.
He's inexperienced coach and on top of it he still doesn't learn and adapt. That's the worse part of our current situation.
If he would give up on his stubbornness and pretentiousness he might even become a good coach and move down to level of clubs like Roma, Foirentina and Lazio, where he might even do well.
You know we usually get along, but currently i really wonder whether you are seriously content and defending this draw vs Lille or just triggering others? Talking about lowering the standards…
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You just know it’s not even that funny anymore when even @Lion makes so much sense in some of his posts.
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You just know it’s not even that funny anymore when even @Lion makes so much sense in some of his posts.
Aston Villa are a very good team though, with a very good coach who has been there for 2 seasons. Gasp has been at Atalanta for 75 years. Are we really splitting hairs about teams 1 point ahead of us after 10 games? Let's be serious.
Just because we are a bigger name doesn't mean we just turn up with a new coach and are automatically an elite club, that's a work in progress.
Just because we are a bigger name doesn't mean we just turn up with a new coach and are automatically an elite club, that's a work in progress.
That i can agree with, and he sure deserves more time to see how far he can take us this season, especially given the injury struggles, but truth is that we are still waiting to see any patterns of real progress, lately there’s been more experiments and sideways/backwards steps rather than actual signs of positive things to come.
Yeah I would have liked to have seen more steady progress, but some of that is down to circumstance, mostly the key injuries so far. He's not as quick as I'd like at finding solutions to problems, but this is a guy with no experience of leading a top club. You can mess around with things at Bologna but there's pressure on us to win every game, and it only gets worse if you don't win for a couple of games.
Sure, we usually often agree, I was plenty of times in Bucuresti btw and did a bit of tour Brasov, Sinai, Bustemi, etc. 
Im patiently waiting to see how this will turn out. It is ok if some people cant hold back, but I think it is too early for drama. With a new coach, a lot of new and young players it was always going to be difficult in the beginning and we are just there, at the start. I see some positives that outweight the negatives atm but it is far from ideal. Losing our best CB took its toll on our defensive solidity. Give it time.
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Brest are ahead of RM, what an example
we are ahead of RM as well.
11/38 rounds played in the league. I just cant
Im patiently waiting to see how this will turn out. It is ok if some people cant hold back, but I think it is too early for drama. With a new coach, a lot of new and young players it was always going to be difficult in the beginning and we are just there, at the start. I see some positives that outweight the negatives atm but it is far from ideal. Losing our best CB took its toll on our defensive solidity. Give it time.- - - Updated - - -
Brest are ahead of RM, what an example
we are ahead of RM as well.11/38 rounds played in the league. I just cant