QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 16 2017, 12:30 PM)
If we're going with a 3-5-2 we're looking at any two of Kalinic, Cutrone, Silva and Suso up front. It's not quite MSN but it's not bad and I don't really want to dismiss any of these players for any reason.
I do find it intriguing you don't really want to be positive about his scoring rate; indeed, you're using the same argument against him as many did against Bacca. Are Milan fans against Inzaghi-style players now?
Inzaghi style players are a luxury that most teams cannot afford nowadays. Not even the most fluid and creative sides out there make use of a poacher. When you have someone like that upfront, you generally feel like you have a numerical disadvantage. We did it in the past with Pippo, nowadays it's just not feasible. I'm not going to go all out and say that Cutrone is simply a Pippo-style player, I haven't seen enough of him to determine that. Bacca in his first season offered much more than just tap-ins while he looked lazy and uninterested last season and that hurt our game a lot.
Point is, when you have players like Kalinic or Sila, you have to play them ahead of the poacher, because they will give you more.
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 16 2017, 12:30 PM)
To be a right wing back requires quality in both attack and defence. In truth it is barely any different to RB nowadays. So if you think one is better at defending and one is better at attacking then I'm a little confused as to why you would have a preference at all. For me I think both rotate nicely and both are fine options to have, game dependent.
And I'm yet to see Conti produce a good cross so I'll bow to your knowledge of him there.
Conti was one of the best RWBs in the league last season, no question. His injury will be a massive headache for us.
Abate has been one of my favourite players for a while now, but he's been in a steady decline over these last 3 seasons , he's not as quick, not as good defensively and is getting error prone. A|dd to that he never impressed me as a RWB for Italy, so that's another issue for me
As for defending vs attacking. Let's put it this way, a FB has more defensive duties than a RWB, the positions are different and they're executed differently as well, Conti plays the RWB position perfectly because he loves attacking and is quick enough to get back, I think Abate will find it hard tbh
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 16 2017, 03:16 PM)
Bear in mind, neither of them have scored in Serie A for us. I think this sudden waxing lyrical about them is a bit premature tbh.
Neither has proven a thing, while Cutrone's scored plenty already.
I await the next Serie A match where one or both of Kalinic or Silva has a rubbish match and guys are suddenly screaming for Cutrone or saying the two of them suck.
Meh.
Neither have been given a decent chance in Serie A, especially Silva, so how can they score?
QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 16 2017, 10:40 PM)
I'm not dismissing Cutrone, at all. I'm just saying Kalinic, Silva and Suso offer much more than just tap-in goals.
And if we really wanna talk about scoring rates, then Silva has the best of all our players, every 68 minutes on average.
Wingbacks have less defensive duties, I can't see how you say they barely differ from fullbacks. A fullback in principle is still a defender, whereas a wingback is a midfielder. Obviously both have to defend, but a wingback attacks more and defends less than a fullback.
Oh, and if you haven't seen Conti produce a good cross then maybe you haven't paid much attention to our games.
Agreed