Comments on: Melo’s Official Presentation

By: roberto

roberto — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:01:23 +0000

Hahah Dan I thought waking up at 8am over here in Toronto was bad…

I’m gonna put up something before today’s game against Sevilla with a couple links for those of you watching it.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:26:45 +0000

Ahh sam, as a fellow melbourne boy, the game is bright and early at 6:30am for us. the joys of following european soccer from the ass end of the world…

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:08:07 +0000

I think one of the main problems we have agreeing who is gonna play where, is that no one have the same criteria regarding positions. We’ve seen that with the discussion last season about trequartista’s role and ADP. Now I think people doesn’t really get the idea of a regista (maybe I’m one of those). I know this is an english forum, but as a reference here you have 2 articles in spanish written by the espn “expert” in Italian football.

Trequartista:
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/blogs/index?name=vito_de_palma&entryID=781072

Regista:
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/blogs/index?name=vito_de_palma&entryID=788610

By: Ivo

Ivo — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:23:24 +0000

Sam, if you go to livescore.com, they tell you the time difference of the moment you are at the site to the moment it starts. I find it very useful.

Unfortunately I have to work while the game is on tonight. Can anyone please post or find a torrent of it after the match or tomorrow? I would really like to watch it. Thanks

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:35:45 +0000

actually its alright, same time diff bettwen aus and turin, and aus and sevilla.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:34:46 +0000

*time

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:48:25 +0000

Any ideas on wat ime the Sevilla- Juventus match is on, Melbourne, Australia time? Im confused, whether the time on the Juventus site is Italian or Spanish time for kick-off.

By: alessio

alessio — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:57:38 +0000

I don’t think Marchisio has the natural vision to be a great regista, but moreso I’d rather him not too. Being a regista would confine his growth, he’s the all around CM, capable of playing anywhere on the pitch. Playing regista, while a very difficult position, would limit his impact offensively. (at least in a direct manner)

By: Armando

Armando — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:25:09 +0000

My prediction is that Marchisio is gonna turn into a great regista. He showed glimpses of it in the last two games of the season, grabbing a nice assist and a goal. If he can keep that up, then we’d have a perfect midfield: A hard-hitting defensive mid (Sissoko), a regista (Marchisio), a box-to-box midfielder (Melo), and a trequartista (Diego). Plus with two attacking midfielders (Camo and Tiago), plus a trequartista (Giovinco), and a great central midfielder (Zanetti) on the bench, we’d be fine. And by the way, with Sissoko and Melo pretty much guaranteed to get those starting spots in the 3-man midfield, i would much rather have Marchisio or Camo then Tiago.

Overall, i think we should sign Caceres, and see how he works as a wingback. Even without him though, we still have Brazzo whose quality, and De Ceglie whose a future star. They just need to be played more, instead of Grygera and Molinaro.

This is how we should play this upcoming season:

————————Buffon
Salihamidzic–Legrottaglie–Chiellini–De Ceglie
———–Marchisio—-Sissoko—-Melo
————————Diego
—————–Del Piero–Amauri

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:59:45 +0000

Yeah, I have my fingers crossed for Tiago, although he already said he likes to push forward without caring that much for the defensive part of the job. Anyway, he might rise some eyebrows.