the problem definetly is the coach. we stated that CL was our main object this season. we had taken the seria a titel again and should have wanted more. Capello made some mistakes last season in CL, so i atleast thought he has got his lesson. And he would make changes, this time when we met england club, but no.
Some say dont change winning team or should i say formation(winning in seria a), but still, we got some new players after summer, good expierenced players, mutu and vieira. Our confidents was high, we seemed to have a lot of good quality players in our team. Still when the season started, cap didnt change his formation, he got rid of tacchi and just subs him with vieira in the lineup, what imo is already the first mistake. How can you possible think this kind of swap in the midfield is gona work? ok, it seemed to work, vieira even scored in seria a matches, but still, now we see something is wrong with our midfield.
Another quality player, mutu, didnt get much chanse to play at the start of the season, again, cap didnt seem to even think to change the formation so new players qualitys would come out the best way (something what should be done with ibrahimovic as well), instead capello starts using mutu as a sub for wingers, or sometimes gives him 15 minutes subs him with trez or ibra, but very few times, once if i am right, in CL groupstage game, where mutu scored also, dont remember anymore was it brugge or the other smaller club. So he gives mutu a differant position, and now soem fans say he dissapoints them, i do think mutu is a good player, and the mistake is the position where he plays. If he would play AM then he would do much better, but as a winger, he cant attack and has to play. Actually its like a torture, he is a striker and a player who scores, but cap expects him other stuff.
Now cap defenders come out: if camo or nedved is injured, who else should play in that position then? but as i said already, why cap didnt think about that at the start of this season. Why not make changes in the formation? Or make changes in the formation if starting players are missing from that 4-4-2 formation? Its funny to watch that capello who is so highly rated and well he is a coach who has won a lot, thinks that its enough when i just replace one player with other.
When i hear aboud Henry, all say ancelotti was stupid look how good henry is and what a wrong position ancelotti used henry, but capello is doing the same thing with mutu! but the response usually is: who should play in nedved/camo position then? but i ask again, why cap didnt thought about this at the start of the season when he KNEW what players he has and he knows what can happen in football.
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About ibra. his young, he definetly can and will improve, but his not doing well this season, and i blame the formation in here again, but also tactics. If his not doing well, dont start with him. Saying that his our future and needs to play is wrong, why? if he starts always and doesnt play well like now, then moggi and co might really take that chelsea cash and give him to mourinho.
Selling ibra and keeping capello is not the solution. capello will find another love. maby cassano or who knows who would come to juve then. My opinion: we need a coach who can use players in their best positions so their best qualitys would come out. Ibra is not playing well as a striker, some say his not gona work in the midfield, some say he will be good as a striker next season. But why not try him other position. Like that henry situation, ancelotti used him midfielder and he was bad, now henry is one of the best strikers in the world, maby ibra would be one of the best attacking midfielders? who knows?
I mean if ibra has a good day, he makes lot of assists, his not so good with scoring anyway, well i guess he never will, particularly i think its his body what is the problem, too tall, cand run fast.
So if you want to see improvement in europe and also in seria a, in the gameplay, there just isnt any other way to just sack capello.
Now some say, well cap used differant formation in roma days, but i repeat it again, at the start of the second season, he just replaced tacchi with vieira and used mutu on the wing, while he could have come up with a new formation, why he didnt do that then? why he kept the formation? maby we should have invest to AM already in the last summer, riquelme or someone else, because nedved had those injure problems last season.
I also remember some said that 4-4-2 was effective, but i still would say, it is just too ugly, the way we play is ugly, not caring about that and thinking about 3points is wrong. So basicly, why i am mad about our result against arsenal is the way we played, poorly. we didnt fight and nothing to admire. under lippi we atleast played some nice football, one thing is to loose but play atleast nice football, other thing is too loose and play some ugly football.
over and out!