Simone Benedetti

[.h.]

thats correct. we swapped half of stevanovic for half of benedetti

 

[junior55]

Yes but I think Junior55 got the background story mixed up. We got Faraoni on a free when his contract ran out and Lazio wasn't offering him first team opportunities. I could be completely wrong, but I'm pretty sure we only own half of Benedetti.

Probably

 

[Raul Duke]

A friend of mine who follows and watches a lot of Serie B says Benedetti is one of the best young CB's he's seen in Serie B

 

[.h.]

he is a great young prospect, theres no doubt about it. bearing in mind some of the people who've played in Serie B in the last few years, like Ranocchia, Ogbonna, that's not a bad endorsement at all.

 

[Raul Duke]

he is a great young prospect, theres no doubt about it. bearing in mind some of the people who've played in Serie B in the last few years, like Ranocchia, Ogbonna, that's not a bad endorsement at all.

He did state that Ogbonna was more impressive, but still seemed very impressed by Benedetti. This guy was also talking up Verratti before anyone heard of him

 

[Fitzy]

From what i saw of him while he was here he looked very promising... Hope we didnt fuck him off for good

 

[Choppin Onions]

A friend of mine who follows and watches a lot of Serie B says Benedetti is one of the best young CB's he's seen in Serie B

Good to know. What does he think about Caldirola?

 

[Raul Duke]

Good to know. What does he think about Caldirola?

Caldirola was one of the players he mentioned to keep in eye on, but he seemed to think Benedetti was more talented (and a year younger)

 

[.h.]

Caldirola is a good 'foil defender' as I Would call it.

As we've seen, all the best defensive partnerships are created by two dissimilar centre backs. And it's not just as easy as saying 'hes a good defender', 'hes a bad defender'.

What it is about is a player's ability to work with his defensive partner, too. You can take two great centre-backs and have a poor partnership, and similarly, two average ones and have a great partnership.

Luca's very talented at working around his team mates, providing a 'safety net' when they do something more aggressive, things like that.

I think Caldirola is an absolutely top defender - look at what he did to Brescia when he first went there.


I don't know enough about Benedetti's style, but between Ranocchia-Juan, Juan-Caldirola, Caldirola-Benedetti, Ranocchia-Benedetti, I think we're set for a few years.


The question, of course, is how we can accomodate 4 good young Centre Backs. That's not so obvious to me. Even if we play them all in the same team as 3 CB back line, Ranocchia Juan and Caldirola all play the LCB position (primarily) - not to imply, of course, they can't learn.

 

[thatdude]

Rano doesn't primarily play the LCB position in a 3 man defense. Caldirola and Juan would yes. I wonder if Benedetti could play the RCB position well.

 

[.h.]

Rano doesn't primarily play the LCB position in a 3 man defense. Caldirola and Juan would yes. I wonder if Benedetti could play the RCB position well.

he did at genoa. he hasnt so far at inter, but thats because we dont put him there. he even said, he preferred the LCB position in a 3 man defense.

 

[thatdude]

Can you find the link where he says that?

 

[.h.]

uhh, it was back under gasperini, i tried briefly but i couldnt find it quite yet. it was either at genoa or under gasperini at inter, though.

 

[Fitzy]

Was expecting a long-ass browha post after the talk about defenders... and got it...














and thanked.

 

[.h.]

ask and ye shall receive



except, no homo.

 

[.h.]

benedetti, our supposed shining light defensively in the youth sector, has started 3, subbed on for 2, for spezia. even less playing time than crisetig


edit;

actually i dont trust the stat site, they've got bardi down as 2 games and that's clearly not true

 

[geva]

according to some sites he played 12 games in the serie b so far, and 2 games in the italian cup.

 

[Dylan]

He scored today against Vicenza.

 

[.h.]

benedetti's agent confirms co-ownership extension. unknown where he will be playing.

 

[junior55]

We got all benedetti and torino got all Stevanovic in return.

Good deal overall. I've always rated higher Benedetti and stevanovic is just not professional enough to make smth out of his career.