QUOTE (Fillipo Simone @ Aug 31 2019, 07:02 PM)
But we play goddamn awful against two relegation candidates. All negative aspects from last season are amplified plus Giampaolo experimenting with Samu doesn't help either. This is a complete and utter mess.
I give Giampaolo 2 months. He'll be gone by December. Who should we call next? Ambrosini? Shevchenko? Kaladze?
Agreed about Samu, but I think there were some positive signs today compared to the crapfest we saw last Sunday.
In the end Piatek was unlucky not to score, especially that one right on the line.
If no one else comes in this window, which is looking more and more likely, I'd like to see Paqueta behind the strikers. He's such a quick thinker and he's strong as well. As soon as he moved up the pitch from the midfield position you could instantly see a change in how he played. He's too shackled on that left side.
Hakan was also much better today than last week, which isn't saying much, I know considering the nightmare of a game he had last Sunday, but I was happy overall with how he played.
We can whine and whine, but it seems like these will be the players we'll have for this season, so I'm hoping Giampaolo can get the best out of them and play all of them in the positions they excel in. I'm giving him he benefit of the doubt for now, he needs to get to know all the players well, especially those who were on NT duty this summer, but if he can't get his bearings by the end of September, then yes, he'll probably be gone by xmas.
Allegri was in the stands, what do you think about him returning? I was never a fan but he's a functional coach if nothing else.
QUOTE (Fillipo Simone @ Aug 31 2019, 07:04 PM)
Piatek is rusty and one-dimensional, at least Silva has some intelligence in this utterly stupid bunch of players we have available.
I don't think we're really playing to his strengths to be honest. But yeah, Silva provides a lot more movement, he's rusty too, but he can drift to the wings, go to midfield and still be comfortable, not to mention that he can be quick once he gets going.
I feel like Suso is our most creative player and he's gifted but he's limited as well, and right now, I feel like we're playing to accommodate him and that's not going to be sustainable, because as talented as he is, he is equally limited in the way he plays
QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 31 2019, 07:17 PM)
So, we played bad?
Not really, we had good spells and bad spells, nothing like the Udine game. There's a lot of room for improvement though, and if this is the squad we end up with come next Monday, Giampaolo needs to start utilising all his best players to the best of their abilities, or we won't be going anywhere this season aside from mid-table