Clrnc wrote:
jones wrote:
Atalantas wing backs are ridiculous. Looking like 2016 Real Madrid wingers out there
Its the system. Their wing backs get more goalscoring chances and are more dangerous than our winger.
It's not just the system to be fair. Atalanta, more than any other team I can think of, are more than the sum of their parts, but there's more to their success. Gasperini finds these guys and turn them into stars but they're also good footballers in their own right. If it was just the system then everyone would reap similar rewards by playing the same way.
He has two criteria whenever they sign someone: they have to have impeccable work ethic and they have to excel at beating their man. He spends absolutely no time on players who don't fit his philosophy, he just disposes of them. If they don't revel in training twice as hard as your average footballer they're not worth his time. All of them are technically gifted no-nonsense players, and when that's your basis for selection you rarely go wrong in my opinion. Half of their team could go to Juventus before transfer deadline and I reckon they would instantly boss things there too.
