ShevaNo7
Starting Eleven
- Joined
- May 24, 2012
- Messages
- 578
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- Fav. Players
- Van Basten, Maldini, Boban, Weah, Sheva, Kaka, Rui Costa, Nesta, Zizou
a house is built from the foundation. a team has to be built from the midfield.
it's the core ... a functional midfield betters the defense, Betters the Attack.
With Suso Leao Rebic Piatek ... we should be scoring 3-4 per game vs the likes of Genoa, Brescia, Udinese ... but with this midfield, they have to come and get the ball at the halfway line ... rendering them useless ... if we get them the ball in the last 30 Yards they will score for fun.
this team literally plays backwards. we can go from the edge of the opponents area, back to Donnaruma from our own back passing.
Biglia: after a midfield of Montolivo and Co which was all over the place... Biglia did bring some structure to the midfield ... we knew he was a facilitator, playing the simple passe after getting the ball to get it out of the congested area. but he has now morphed into someone whose first instinct is to play backward.
he's the one supposed to set the tempo...and he is setting a "backward" tempo
new coach, we'll see if that can be fixed with just clear instructions...
like Most People i'd Start Bennacer he want to go forward ... and hel'll soon be starting because (not wishing but just reality) Biglia will get injured
Kessie's Physicality is Vital to this midfield, without him we're noodles... despite his technical level, his strong runs forward were perhaps our most effective attacking weapon during our last good spell (first half of last season) ... then he would give it to Suso up there, who would not have to run 50 yards (he just can't) and Calabria freeing him with a run behind...
Giampaolo's play seemed prevent him (and many of our other main players) from using their most effective weapons.
i hope to see him that again.
with clear and simple concepts from Pioli (he seems to be a "common sense" guy) we can have a somewhat functional unit between the players Midfielders we have. Bonaventura, Paqueta play forward.
With January coming, a chance to strengthen...taking Experience and leadership in consideration + limited funds and limited quality players available ... a player in the mold of Ever Banega...Dynamic, plays forward, reasonable price, experienced but with at least 2 more years in him ...salary could be a problem... as LCM and RCM rotated with Kessie and Paqueta (Bonaventura and Hakan also in the mix) ... this could be a smart buy that could be decisive for CL qualification if we're still in the mix comes january
It's tough to see what's the best midfield setup from the individual pieces. With Biglia at anchor the team becomes slow and pedestrian. Passing channels are left, right and back only. He takes no positive risks. Ideally this guy should be backup only, he coasts through games and has been coasting through the latter part of his career.
Bennacer looks like he could be the most dynamic passer in the team and is brave and confident enough to try stuff, passing into space, etc. He has looked pretty shaky defensively but in certain situations was not done any favours by teammates. He seems to try this hook tackle technique like Paqueta does quite a bit but you're asking for trouble if you try that in the box.
I kinda wish we still had Baka for the anchor position and could play Bennacer next to him