You say we should play 4-2-3-1 but then you say Pippo shouldn't play Bona as winger/AM. So, where then?

I think he can sit next to De Jong as part of the DP.

He's just as defensively capable as both Monto or Poli imo. And for me, he's naturally a CM, not an attacking player

Also, what are your views on the formation we play?

Do you really think a 3 man midfield is the right way to go for us with the midfielders that we have?

I don't see Bona in the double pivot, I just don't.

I think the best midfield we can play right now is Poli-NDJ-Bona. Whether we go for a 4-3-2-1 or 4-3-3 is relative, I'd be fine with either.



No-brainer for me.

On paper it looks good, but I feel like that on the pitch, that midfield would still be flat, simply because none of those players are natural creators, and that's why we struggle so much to connect midfield with the attack imo

Yes, I get that, but I don't see any other way around it. 4-2-3-1 requires a proper trequartista, and unless Pippo decides to give Suso a shot there, we really don't have anyone else. Bona isn't exactly that, and Honda is just crap.

No, Monto was.

Mediaset says Verona will be Inzaghi last chance.

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Eh...

Agreed on the Menez part. But I think it's kind of unfair to expect this out of Inzaghi, who's a rookie. All previous coaches - Gomes, Spalletti, Ancelotti, Blanc - had problems with him, some of the named benched him or used his services in a limited way. Now, to expect out of Inzaghi what the named coaches failed...is not exactly promising.


Easier said then done. Thing is, Menez has this attitude and he knows he's Pippo's most valuable player and match-winner. I think parting ways with both the player and the manager is what we should do in the end. X-O said it right, it's a "bug", and such things rarely go away. Every once in a while a manager turns up who's able to tame or soften this "bug", but that's unlikely to happen IMO.

As for Cerci, man he looks completely out of shape. Every time I see him play, he reminds me of some past big player who's still (somehow) in form but out of shape. I don't know what to say, but Cerci isn't exactly starting material, at least not for now.

How many times have we heard this now?

It's getting worse than the Allegri saga

Really? I don't remember one single time Mediaset blatantly said it's his last chance.

No, they've said it a couple of times before as well.

I don't know if it was mediaset, but we've been hearing about this "last chance" nonsense since the beginning of January

I agree as well, but atm, things don't look like they're about to change, at least not until summer. And I do think that giving him a more restricted role will sort of "tame" those urges, so to speak. Obviously it won't fix things completely but at least it would help out a bit

With Cerci, I think you know I was a firm no on the Cerci deal. But he's here now, and to not use him while you're playing Honda or Bonaventura on the wing is just ridiculous

And I don't think he's that out of shape, at least not anymore than the rest of our players (who I've pointed out multiple times this season how ridiculously out of shape they look in each game). You also have to take into consideration that he's not been playing regularly throughout this season, even while in Spain. As opposed to last season where he was the first name on the team sheet for Toro. He needs continuity, and the fact that him and Pippo are rumoured to not be getting along does not help in that regard

Cerci just needs playing time. He'll give what he can give, which is surely more than what Honda or even Bona offer on the wing.

Then there's Suso. Who must have had an affair with Pippo's wife or something. His complete absence from the first team or even being used as a sub is bizarre.