Week 10: Milan - Roma November 2 2025 20:45CET
#41
(11-02-2025, 11:20 PM)xudong Wrote: 5 for Fofana is way too generous, considering what he did in this game. Maybe a 3 would be more fitting. It almost feels like he was trying everything to throw the game. (I was surprised that Allegri didn't take him off right away after that FK, or after that PK. I am sure that would have killed Fofana's morale, but I was really pissed and worried about our game at that moment not knowing what next he may do.)

HUGE 3 points. The first half was so bad that I thought that it was worse than our game against Atalanta (our worst of the season), but then everything was turned around. Still, you can see that we need a target CF and Modric needs support.

Our main guys will be back very soon. That fills my heart with hope and happiness.

Its easy to highlight the penalty situation and those misses, but overall, he wins a lot of duells and has a big engine as always, yes he is terrible in important situations, but you cant forget that he contributed to this win also. To get a 3, he must have done a lot more damage in my opinion. 5 is low for a winning side. I considered 4,5, but stayed on 5. Besides those huge misses, he should have a little credit to get in those positions. He needs to make som good moves to ge there.
Reply
#42
Fofana is the top graduation from French football academy. He has everything in term of football.
But somehow, his mind is not 100% on the match, maybe a split of second late, but that has result a lot of bad moments, which is very crucial in high level football.
Rabiot is not really better at base abilities, but he makes decision quickly and changes that decision also quickly enough if things not happen like expected.
So Fofana should be a sub than a starter.

RLC is easier to use as he is only good at attacking with the ball on hit feet.

On the bright side:
- Pavlovic & Saelemaekers are like new transfers. Great job from Allegri to trust them.
- Bartesaghi & Ricci have another match to grow, and De Winter, too. Tomori's level can't be higher, so we need De Winter to step up.
Reply
#43
(11-03-2025, 12:05 AM)Bennacer Wrote: Its easy to highlight the penalty situation and those misses, but overall, he wins a lot of duells and has a big engine as always, yes he is terrible in important situations, but you cant forget that he contributed to this win also. To get a 3, he must have done a lot more damage in my opinion. 5 is low for a winning side. I considered 4,5, but stayed on 5. Besides those huge misses, he should have a little credit to get in those positions. He needs to make som good moves to ge there.

Haha, I said 3 out of spite. 

However, it truly was a disasterpiece by him. Two sure-goal misses, gifted an FK then PK, but that's not all. There was one dangerous giveaway in the second half, and a ridiculous "cross", and several headless-chicken moments. 

I was calling Allegri to take him off right after the FK foul, then he immediately caused the PK. LOL.
Reply