[Fillipo Simone]

Not a nice award, but should be interesting at least.

[Jack Sparrow]

I actually thought Muntari was awesome. He did more for us than Brocchi ever has for example...and I think he costs just as much. I stand by the decision to buy him. He is an excellent squad player to have for that 3rd mid0field spot if/when Noce is out or when our tactics dictate rough housing and physique instead of guile.

[X-Offender]

I actually thought Muntari was awesome. He did more for us than Brocchi ever has for example...and I think he costs just as much. I stand by the decision to buy him. He is an excellent squad player to have for that 3rd midfield spot if/when Noce is out or when our tactics dictate rough housing and physique instead of guile.

You do realize though that Allegri used him as our playmaker in midfield, which automatically makes his performances unwatchable.

[Jack Sparrow]

You do realize though that Allegri used him as our playmaker in midfield, which automatically makes his performances unwatchable.

Yes, but I did say that the man in the hole in our 4-3-1-2 is not meant to be a playmaker. His job is to win the ball back high up the field and release it to the strikers or our box-to-box players. Sure KPB does it better than Muntari...but well...KPB was not available.

And Muntari did pretty well when he was in the mid-field three. Of course he flies into tackles and what not, but there are worse things you can be doing as a player.

[X-Offender]

Yes, but I did say that the man in the hole in our 4-3-1-2 is not meant to be a playmaker. His job is to win the ball back high up the field and release it to the strikers or our box-to-box players. Sure KPB does it better than Muntari...but well...KPB was not available.

And Muntari did pretty well when he was in the mid-field three. Of course he flies into tackles and what not, but there are worse things you can be doing as a player.

But Allegri didn't play Muntari behind the strikers. He either kept playing Emanuelson there or Boateng when he was fit. Muntari played the majority of our games as Aquilani's replacement, and that's what pissed me off the most. Look, we played four midfielders (MvB, Aquilani, Nocerino, Boateng), out of which only Aquilani had the skills to be labeled a playmaker. The other three were mostly DM's and box-to-box mids, with little creativity. So why on earth would you replace the only player who has some vision in our midfield with a brainless idiot that can barely pass the ball to save his life? The fact that Aquilani was injured should have prompted Allegri to play Emanuelson as LCM, and one between Robinho and El Shaarawy as AM when Boateng was out as well. At least that way our midfield would have maintained some little creativity. But with MvB, Noce, Muntari and Emo? Even a club like Lecce could afford a better midfield. And then Aquilani got back and Allegri gave him the cold shoulder. He kept playing Muntari there game after game, oblivious to any kind of logic.