So what? Isn't it still a mistake in the midfield? Aren't the (central) midfielders supposed to be the brain of the team? The point was, do they lack football intelligence like Chiellini, according to you guys? My answer is no, for both Chiellini and those two mids.
Anticipation is arguably one of the best Chiellini's attribute, idk why you pulled for it. Chiellini has had some errors and little positioning issues over the years, but, there you go, name me a couple of CBs without any mistakes over their careers...
as i said those kind of mistakes happen and in fact they are not mistakes when davids doens't get the ball no one tells him he made a mistake because he is not supposed to get all the balls if a cb let's as many balls pass as a midfielders than matches would end always in double digits
and what does it have to do with midfielders being the brain ? you just pointed players that run for the team like davids they are not playemakers they are not the brain of the team you are getting confused with positions
i said anticipation because you cannot compare chiellini with someone of cannavaro's cabiler not saying that his anticipation is bad together with marking and his agresivnes are his best points positioning is the most bothersome and his legs
and chiellini doesn't make mistakes he makes errors of the most basics
bonucci makes mistakes coming from inexperience and he has to become more aggresive and with conte he can make it altrough i doubt he could be a top cb even after some years
chiellini makes mistakes of the most basic ones the first that comes to mind is the first goal that we got against genoa one of the first things they learn to cb in that occasion is not to do what he did