QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Aug 27 2014, 11:09 PM)
One defence conceded 39 and qualified for the CL. One defence conceded 49 and didn't.
Napoli are a better unit, not defence, the names they have in that area are laughable.
On the other hand we've been a mess for a while, we only started to do something in terms of team organization to help out the defence under Seedorf last season when we were far more compact and produced far better numbers.
Napoli's defence yesterday just made fools of themselves, that third goal was just idiotic
RE: Benatia, I still think he's good to ok, but he's certainly not a great or top class defender, don't kid yourselves, Roma's system made him look far better than he truly is and to show what a major and total pr!ck he is, he forced his way out to Bayern after Roma put him on the map. The key to having a great defence is having an even better midfield and Roma absolutely have that, same goes with Juve, look at the trio kurt used to hail so loudly of Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli for Italy, they look like bumbling idiots most of the time