Samaldinho
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Aster is getting shit because of his terrible back pass. He ran himself into the ground for his two Belgian compatriots today. So did Pobega.I wasn’t too impressed with Vrancxx frankly. Pobega was far better than him and is rightfully 4th choice ahead of him in the midfield. I see it now.
Nothing Vrancx showed today proved to me that he deserve more than Pobega. Playing Baka over him was weird. Pobega was not.
At some point we might have to consider reducing Pioli’s blame on the signings and admit they actually suck, are garbage and can’t play well. New signings are Dest, CDK, Origi, Vrancxx, Thiaw and Adli.
Dest, Origi, CDK all straight up garbage so far. Vrancx also not too good. That’s 4 out of 6 which are BAD. Thiaw is the only good signing so far and we all agreed Pioli made a mistake in overlooking him but he finally did in late January. Just before our CL knockout games so it wasn’t that that late.
The Adli treatment is the most bizarre one but we have to admit that whatever limited playing time he got, he didn’t set the world on fire either. But again, his treatment is the one I can’t defend Pioli on. Too extreme.
Pioli has his flaws, undoubtedly. The SS at CAM obsession in particular was irritating. Playing Diaz at CAM instead of RW, constantly insisting on a 2 man midfield or Messias/Saele as the RWs.
But the management did not do him any favours at all. Pioli has given CDK more than enough chances, too much if anything. He hasn’t delivered yet. The other signings are also not good enough. Dest is straight up garbage. The management are also to be blamed for this disaster league campaign. Mike was also gone for 5 fucking months and the management wasn’t willing to pay 5m to get Sportiello over the line.
It’s simple, Pioli makes top 4 he stays. Doesn’t then he leaves. But if he makes top 4, then Pioli should deserve much better backing next season. Players that are in line with his system. More experienced ready made players that are actually good, not garbage like Origi.
Vranckx played well, he kept Bologna's midfield quiet and got stuck in. Pobega and Vranckx were there to control the midfield and give a foundation for our attack.
Adli has not been given any time. He looked excellent in preseason. He was one of the few bright spots against Fiorentina, showing a knack for finding the sorts of passes that destroy overloads in opponents pressing. Something we could surely use.
Pioli deserves more blame than the management. The more our new young guys play the more obvious Pioli's misuse of them becomes, whether that's Thiaw or Pobega, it is becoming glaringly obvious that Pioli is the issue here. The complaints about the transfer campaign absolve him of his mismanagement of this squad.