Sandro Tonali Thread

[Charbel]

Come on Sandro. Show us something great.

 

[sheva]

does he suck? is he good? unclear

 

[Thenebra]

Needs a lot of work.

 

[ToonInvader]

does he suck? is he good? unclear

I second that. Unclear to say the least. He seems to want to be effective, playing very "minimally" with good passing skills, but the grinta is clearly not there. Positioning+defensive awareness or agressivity are lacking for DM. Maybe he used to play more offensive? idk.

I thought he was compared to Gattuso. That's the most surprising to me.

 

[joyrider]

He seems limited at the moment.
Maybe these are the instructions of Pioli.
You can see that there is more in him than what we have seen until now.

 

[Ronin]

I second that. Unclear to say the least. He seems to want to be effective, playing very "minimally" with good passing skills, but the grinta is clearly not there. Positioning+defensive awareness or agressivity are lacking for DM. Maybe he used to play more offensive? idk.

I thought he was compared to Gattuso. That's the most surprising to me.

He was never compared to Gattuso. He said that was his favorite player or smth like that

I'm ok to give him time to grow, if the coach sees potential in him, but it's clear that we can't rely on him even for proper rotation. Considering that Scudetto is a possibility and we should go full at it, we'll probably need another DM in January. Maybe Paolo can pull a cheeky loan. I'd take someone experienced

 

[ToonInvader]

He was never compared to Gattuso. He said that was his favorite player or smth like that

oh, he was. Italian newspapers presented him like a Gattuso with good feet

 

[Charbel]

He reminds me a bit of Benaccer last season ( not the playing style ).. Obviously Benaccer started better but looked shaky also infront of the defense and often lost the ball when he shouldnt have. Difference is Benaccer replaced crap midfielders, Tonali is replacing great midfielders ... so the comparison is always going to be tough for Tonali.

 

[Tantalis]

His assist was great. Needs to keep it up with those passes that thread the needle and work hard on his defensive tackling and strength.

 

[Goodfella]

He was never compared to Gattuso. He said that was his favorite player or smth like that

People compared him with Pirlo.
He compared himself with Gattuso.

I'd say he's more of a Pirlo.
A naive Pirlo who attempts ambitious/difficult passes on the ground rather than high balls.

 

[Thenebra]

Look alive today...

 

[Hitchens]

Time to step up now.

 

[Stitches]

bringing this here

replay - https://i.imgur.com/cwL3lOI.gif

 

[vidarth]

All the best �� Hoping for a good game from him today...

For some reason I've felt he'd perform better with Kessie than Bennacer

 

[fray]

Took his chance well and played a solid game today. More minutes awaiting him in the next games.

 

[Birsaforever]

He presses up higher than our other DMs. He has been a nightmare for Fiorentina trying to build possession.

Sooner or later he will learn positional defending too.

 

[helloAgain]

Positioning is a problem with him. He is always one step behind when defending. He is more suited in free role I feel. Playing as dm in current formation requires lots of discipline. He is more of a adventurous type.

 

[Birsaforever]

Positioning is a problem with him. He is always one step behind when defending. He is more suited in free role I feel. Playing as dm in current formation requires lots of discipline. He is more of a adventurous type.

Yesterday Calhanoglu tracked back more than usual, so that Tonali had that kind of free role.

 

[Jivara]

Tonali has a lot of work to do an I believe he is still catching up with the rest of the team firstly because he joined late and secondly because he is young and trying to adapt to a big upgrade.

He is an all rounded player who can do a bit of everything. He brings balance and tempo to the team but he has a lot to learn and improve on.

What he does have that is unique for our midfielders is that he plays good vertical passes that are nicely weighed. This is something we have lacked since Pirlo left the club. It makes us so much more dangerous and adds to an already threatening attacks from the wings and centrally. A player like him will need a good centre forward who believes in Tonalis vertical play. Much like how Pippo was complimentary to Pirlos skill set.

 

[Jivara]

I can imagine the team formation evolving into an Xmas tree formation looking like this

GK
Defence
RDM: Bennacer (a tidier version of Gattuso)
LDM: Kessie (A bit of Ambro, covering Theo)
CM: Tonali (a more advanced Pirlo)
RAM: Calhanoglu (connecting player, Seedorf style)
LF: Leao (player who runs at opponent, Kaka style)
CF: Rebic (player off the last man's shoulder, varies between hold up and diagonal runs Inzaghi/Shevchenko style)

 

[ChinaMilan]

This guy should learn from hauge, the guy coming from different laugue(farmers) doesnt know the language, have very few apperances but somehow make them count, thats a player with real potential and he cost just 4 millions

While tonali played in the league before, italian, had much more opportunities and still nothing to show for other than poor defending and 2 meters passes and he cost all of our summer budget with 35 millions.

What we gained from hauge transfer we conpensate it by failing with tonali's.

Thats my opinion so before his mothers come to defend him i would say fuck you i dont care, as long as he is sucking in my view,i will keep bashing him.

 

[Birsaforever]

What a player, i really like him

 

[Milan10]

Good appearance today as he continues to head little by little in the right direction.

I can’t wait to see how he’s playing a year from now. Ideally, he needs to be paired with a strong defensive presence like Kessie IMO, so that just magnifies the importance of us finding a vice-Kessie to be Tonali’s primary partner. Then you have Kessie-Bennacer and Tonali-Insert Beast and then those four players can rotate.

He’s going to be an exceptional player, it’s just a matter of him finding his confidence and gaining experience. I’m excited to have him on our team

 

[Nestafan]

This guy should learn from hauge, the guy coming from different laugue(farmers) doesnt know the language, have very few apperances but somehow make them count, thats a player with real potential and he cost just 4 millions

While tonali played in the league before, italian, had much more opportunities and still nothing to show for other than poor defending and 2 meters passes and he cost all of our summer budget with 35 millions.

What we gained from hauge transfer we conpensate it by failing with tonali's.

Thats my opinion so before his mothers come to defend him i would say fuck you i dont care, as long as he is sucking in my view,i will keep bashing him.

Why didn't you mention the amazing defence splitting pass to create our opening goal in the away game against Lille? You seem like you just hate him.

I agree he has to show a lot more but he's plenty of time to get there.

 

[mumbojumbo]

This guy should learn from hauge, the guy coming from different laugue(farmers) doesnt know the language, have very few apperances but somehow make them count, thats a player with real potential and he cost just 4 millions

While tonali played in the league before, italian, had much more opportunities and still nothing to show for other than poor defending and 2 meters passes and he cost all of our summer budget with 35 millions.

What we gained from hauge transfer we conpensate it by failing with tonali's.

Thats my opinion so before his mothers come to defend him i would say fuck you i dont care, as long as he is sucking in my view,i will keep bashing him.

easy... easy.... He is improving. Playing as a DM is harder thinner margin of errors.

 

[Ash]

This guy should learn from hauge, the guy coming from different laugue(farmers) doesnt know the language, have very few apperances but somehow make them count, thats a player with real potential and he cost just 4 millions

While tonali played in the league before, italian, had much more opportunities and still nothing to show for other than poor defending and 2 meters passes and he cost all of our summer budget with 35 millions.

What we gained from hauge transfer we conpensate it by failing with tonali's.

Thats my opinion so before his mothers come to defend him i would say fuck you i dont care, as long as he is sucking in my view,i will keep bashing him.

Pathetic



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[Balo45]

This guy should learn from hauge, the guy coming from different laugue(farmers) doesnt know the language, have very few apperances but somehow make them count, thats a player with real potential and he cost just 4 millions

While tonali played in the league before, italian, had much more opportunities and still nothing to show for other than poor defending and 2 meters passes and he cost all of our summer budget with 35 millions.

What we gained from hauge transfer we conpensate it by failing with tonali's.

Thats my opinion so before his mothers come to defend him i would say fuck you i dont care, as long as he is sucking in my view,i will keep bashing him.

Nah shut up lol. Did you even watch the game today. Him for krunic helped the game a lot. He?s been growing each week and still has a lot to show but this ain?t it chief, not after this game. Should have picked a different one

 

[Sognatore]

Vintage Yonghong

 

[Hitchens]

Good appearance today as he continues to head little by little in the right direction.

I can?t wait to see how he?s playing a year from now. Ideally, he needs to be paired with a strong defensive presence like Kessie IMO, so that just magnifies the importance of us finding a vice-Kessie to be Tonali?s primary partner. Then you have Kessie-Bennacer and Tonali-Insert Beast and then those four players can rotate.

He?s going to be an exceptional player, it?s just a matter of him finding his confidence and gaining experience. I?m excited to have him on our team

+1

Some people were making fun of Devilo, but in odd moments I see a lot of truth in his comment about Tonali being able to play higher in the pitch as well.

I'd like to see how he'd do in Hakans position.

 

[yonggoh]

I like how we are gently massaging our young and new guys into the squad. Tonali is improving his grip on things without standing out too much. That’s fine by me and we have seen how one can over hype and over expect from wonderkids in the past...

Someone mentioned learning from hauge? Well hauge also had a less than stellar match just a few days ago vs Fiorentina and he came good today. Same will happen with Sandro, he will have ups as well as downs. Important thing is to gain some reliability. We don’t need 9s and 10s from him every game. Mostly 7s and the occasional 8s and I’d consider it a good season.