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post Sep 11 2017, 01:24 PM
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QUOTE (Fillipo Simone @ Sep 11 2017, 10:53 AM) *
Well, we signed Hakan - a real gamble, an inexperienced kid who's had just one good Serie A season prior to transfering to us and Biglia, the only seasoned and experienced player for midfield.

Biglia should clearly be a metronome and substitute Montolivo. But next to that I only see problems. We have Hakan who IMO functions best when played deep down along with Biglia as kind of a "German 6" (a position played by Did Hamann for example), the problem is the pairing of Hakan and Biglia lacks strength and defensive solidity.

Next we have Kessie who - and I'm really jumping ahead here - appears to me as a jack of all trades, a player who might be great with Atalanta but seriously questionable with more ambitious teams. His defensive work is bad to say at least, which is unfortunate - because he has power and strenght and could easily be the next Desailly. But his offensive work leaves also much to be desired, I mean he makes good runs and passes but that's not enough for the modern offensive midfielder to cut the curve. All in all Kessie is, it seems to me, unable to occupy about 75% of the positions in midfield because of some disadvantage. That makes me seriously question him.


Isn't this frustrating? We spend a boatload and yet here we are in exactly the same place, maybe worse, just arguing about new issues.

Incidentally you guys will know Italy had a mare against Spain. Bonucci alongside his old stomping mate Barzagli. That was a four at the back. It seems to me the guy can't play in a pairing. Simple as, really. Commentators made a valid point - at Juve he always knew Chiellini and Bazagli were next to him. Now he doesn't know if he's coming or going.

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post Sep 11 2017, 05:39 PM
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 10 2017, 07:11 PM) *
True the players didn't help out, but I feel like there's a general confusion about each player and their role. Bonucci was all the way up near the opposition's box on their 3rd. Just makes no sense for him to push up so high when you're a 2-0 and still have nearly 45 minutes left to play. Same goes for the 4th.

I think the 4-3-3 is really not helping matters. Bonucci is clearly more comfortable in a back 3. He just looks flat footed atm. Musacchio also looking very suspect. I can't tell if this is because they're getting continually exposed by their midfield and FBs pushing too high, or because they're not yet comfortable with each other and the system or a combination of both.

Kessie is another huge problem for me atm. One moment he does something great, blink and he's messing up. His inexperience is really showing through imo

Cutrone, I've probably said this a million times, but I'm going to say it again, we can't get ahead of ourselves about this kid. He's deadly in front of goal, he's clearly got the instincts but he's just not involved in the general play, which is problematic. So my question is, why do you use him instead of either Kalinic or Silva who have far more experience and are both good in the build up? Cutrone might be good against teams like Crotone when we have 10 players in the opposition's half but he's not ready for a game like this and Montella should have recognised this before hand. I honeslty feel sorry for Silva. For me he's one of our most exciting signings and he's being left out.


True, but imo we showed more signs of life once they came on. Not saying it's not partly due to Lazio handing over the reigns but we actually managed to combine a couple of plays.


The man I'd really want for this job would be Conte. We have a team designed for the type of game he likes to play. Sadly he's unreachable. Carlo has a very different philosophy. I don't think he's switch to a back 3 either tbh


Why Calabria? I didn't think he was that bad, his defending needs more work sure, and it's obvious he's not yet cut out for these games. My question is why not Abate? Why go for the inexperienced kid against the tough opponent FFS? Montella's choices have really been baffling to me as of late.


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post Sep 12 2017, 09:53 AM
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Its only normal to get a result like this when 11 new players are brought in.

You could have the 'origional' galactico of Madrid and they still got their share of hiccups.

Id give the team at least six months to get things together and start playing as a team.

Complaining and crying after a handful of games is unfair both to yourself and the 'new' squad who have yet to form a team.
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post Sep 12 2017, 01:13 PM
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Owners won't give the team or Montella anything like 6 months. If we're languishing around 6-10th by December, I can see his P45 being delivered.

Owners invested big, and they will expect reasonably swift results.

We're not Crystal Palace who sack a boss after four matches, but 6 months is too long.
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post Sep 12 2017, 04:23 PM
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Montella had a confrontation with the Squad because of the lost game against Lazio.
He told the leaders of the Team that from now on he will play with 3-5-2
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post Sep 12 2017, 07:15 PM
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QUOTE (d'Arc.LP @ Sep 12 2017, 04:23 PM) *
Montella had a confrontation with the Squad because of the lost game against Lazio.
He told the leaders of the Team that from now on he will play with 3-5-2
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Finally!
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post Sep 12 2017, 10:34 PM
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Curious to see if he'll go 3-5-2 with two strikers or 3-4-2-1. I'd prefer the latter.
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 13 2017, 12:34 AM) *
Curious to see if he'll go 3-5-2 with two strikers or 3-4-2-1. I'd prefer the latter.


Montella tested Suso beside Kalinic in the 3-5-2 formation in today's training, but Andre Silva-Kalinic remain the likely hypothesis [Sky].
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You can't leave Suso out. Maybe in the EL yes, but in the league he has to always start.
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 13 2017, 12:41 AM) *
You can't leave Suso out. Maybe in the EL yes, but in the league he has to always start.


He wont be out. If we gonna play with 2 strikers we must have at least 4 in total. So, I believe Kalinic and Suso will be starters, while Silva will be the alternative. Cutrone to be a back up.
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EL probable line-up: Donnarumma; Musacchio, Bonucci, Romagnoli; Abate, Kessie, Biglia, Bonaventura, Antonelli; André Silva, Kalinic.
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