Getting 20 mil back for Bertolacci would be like winning the lottery...but also just as unlikely.
Before it's all said and done, I really want to see Bertolacci in an advanced position behind Bacca. Now that Niang is injured and Balotelli/Menez haven't done anything to deserve a minute on the field....I would like to see Monto/Kucka as pivots with Bertolacci just ahead free to make runs into the box and support Bacca.
It should also give us more solidity because we get really stretched with this 4-4-2 at times. The midfielders many times push up together and leave a gap behind them...and too many times for my liking we see the other team running straight at the heart of our defense. The fact that our CMs lose the ball the most (when they should be losing it the least) doesn't make things any better in this aspect.
I'm not saying we should scrap the good work we've done so far and change formation, but this might be our best option right now. It also shouldn't change the shape all that much anyway.
Before it's all said and done, I really want to see Bertolacci in an advanced position behind Bacca. Now that Niang is injured and Balotelli/Menez haven't done anything to deserve a minute on the field....I would like to see Monto/Kucka as pivots with Bertolacci just ahead free to make runs into the box and support Bacca.
It should also give us more solidity because we get really stretched with this 4-4-2 at times. The midfielders many times push up together and leave a gap behind them...and too many times for my liking we see the other team running straight at the heart of our defense. The fact that our CMs lose the ball the most (when they should be losing it the least) doesn't make things any better in this aspect.
I'm not saying we should scrap the good work we've done so far and change formation, but this might be our best option right now. It also shouldn't change the shape all that much anyway.