2013

[magik9113]

Really disappointed that it looks like Roma are gonna fork out ~20mil for Iturbe. Id rather we'd spend that money on Shaqiri, for the same price as Iturbe we could get a better player with more potential imo.

Idk man, Iturbe is a couple years younger and has carried a mediocre Verona team (along with Toni and Jorginho). I'd prefer Shaqiri also, cause we've seen what he can do, but I think Iturbe has so much potential. I don't think anyones scored more goals in Serie A this year from outside the box than him

[Doormatt]

hes scored some screamers with his left foot, but hes mostly a one footed player at this point. my problem is if were going to be spending ~20mil on someone it better be a guy that will for sure help us take that leap into serious european and domestic contention. knowing saba he will probably pay only half that and go for co ownership anyways, so i would probably not be too mad if that happened.

[magik9113]

I'm really curious to see where the likes of: Berardi, Cuadrado, Gabbiadini, and the Torino trio of Cerci, Immobile, and El Kaddouri will be playing next season

[Doormatt]

dont juventus have co-ownership over immobile and gabbiadini? one thing juve really have going for them is that they co-own a lot of solid players right now.

and also i love cuadrado, might be one of my top 3 favorite Serie A players.

as for cerci i would not mind seeing him back in rome for the right price, he would really bolster our attack, we need depth more than anything and he would provide that.

[magik9113]

dont juventus have co-ownership over immobile and gabbiadini? one thing juve really have going for them is that they co-own a lot of solid players right now.

and also i love cuadrado, might be one of my top 3 favorite Serie A players.

as for cerci i would not mind seeing him back in rome for the right price, he would really bolster our attack, we need depth more than anything and he would provide that.

yup, Juve co own Immobile and Gabbiadini, and they loaned Berardi to Sassuolo. They even co-own Sassuolo's Zaza but his stock is no where near as high as the other young guns.

Cuadrado...What a beast he is, I expect his value to soar after the World Cup.

[magik9113]

http://soccer.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar ... ve_to_win/
the guy is delusional

[Doormatt]

inter just dont have very good team. apart from guarin, theres no one really scary in that attack. hernanes is there only world class player. i think they play that 3 defender formation too much as well. palacio is getting old and i heard they were interested in torres, which doesnt really make sense sense honestly.

the only thing inter having going for them is the young trio of kovacic, icardi and belfodil. and i guess the keeper position as bardi will easily be a class keeper imo. will be interesting to see what the new ownership do, and how much money they will throw around in the next few transfer windows.

i know theyve already signed vidic, but they really need some more talent in that team. another winger, a quality central mid and another striker as well. ive heard that vidic is trying to get dzeko to join him, but honestly dzeko is not more like a plan B striker than #1 choice. hes quality but not the type of player that will get inter into CL contention.

[der Schweizer]

inter just dont have very good team. apart from guarin, theres no one really scary in that attack. hernanes is there only world class player. i think they play that 3 defender formation too much as well. palacio is getting old and i heard they were interested in torres, which doesnt really make sense sense honestly.

the only thing inter having going for them is the young trio of kovacic, icardi and belfodil. and i guess the keeper position as bardi will easily be a class keeper imo. will be interesting to see what the new ownership do, and how much money they will throw around in the next few transfer windows.

i know theyve already signed vidic, but they really need some more talent in that team. another winger, a quality central mid and another striker as well. ive heard that vidic is trying to get dzeko to join him, but honestly dzeko is not more like a plan B striker than #1 choice. hes quality but not the type of player that will get inter into CL contention.

You obviously haven't watched Inter this season. Guarin is probably the biggest negative on the team. Palacio was on fire during the first half of the season. Alvarez for the first quarter when he was played as a forward, but Mazzarri moved him to LCM for some stupid reason and played Guarin as a forward. Now Icardi is playing great with Palacio playing off of him.

Mazzarri only has himself to blame. Only he would play trash like Kuzmanovic over Kovacic game after game. His stupid formation where the wingbacks play as far up as the strikers and Cambiasso as the only DM who doesn't have the legs to get back and help the CB's on the counter is also a huge problem. Give Inter a decent manager who will play 4 at the back and buy a good DM, not Obi Mikel, and we will challenge Roma for 2nd next season.

[magik9113]

Guarin is class but since the transfer failure he's been worthless. Alvarez was playing good but I do not think highly of him. Inter has been an inconsistent mess all year and have not deserved to win many games.

Palacio and Hernanes are great. Icardi is the biggest bright spot they have, but the whole stealing Maxi Lopez's girl thing makes me think he's a scumbag who is at risk of losing his focus

[der Schweizer]

Hernanes hasn't been that good this year, for either lazio or inter.

[magik9113]

suspended already? sheeeeesh

[Doormatt]

Loool

[Doormatt]

inter just dont have the talent that much is obvious. youd have to be delusional to think that a new manager and a defensive midfielder is all they need to be the 2nd or 3rd best team in italy. as it stands they probably dont even finish ahead of an injury riddled fiorentina squad.

healthy fiorentina > inter by a decent margin imo. will take a lot more than a lineup change to get inter into the top 2-3 again.

[Lexcalibur]

inter just dont have the talent that much is obvious. youd have to be delusional to think that a new manager and a defensive midfielder is all they need to be the 2nd or 3rd best team in italy. as it stands they probably dont even finish ahead of an injury riddled fiorentina squad.

healthy fiorentina > inter by a decent margin imo. will take a lot more than a lineup change to get inter into the top 2-3 again.

Is this the same Fiorentina who has lost two Inter twice this season? the same Fiorentina who is going to lose Cuadrado and possibly Valero & Gomez since they won't make CL?

This season alone.
Inter have drawn twice to 15th place Cagliari.
drawn twice to 17th place Bologna.
drew at home to 12th place Sampdoria.
drew at home to 16th place Chievo.
drew at home to 20th place Catania.
drew at home to 14th place Udinese.
drew to 18th place Livorno after leading 2-0
and losing at home to 10th place Atalanta.

This isn't a lack of talent. it's bad management and tactics.

That's 21 dropped points. Any competent manger would have picked up at least 15 points in those matches, which would put us ahead of Napoli into the final CL spot.

Unless of course you think Mazzarri is a good manager. The same Mazzarri that finished 5th behind Udinese and Lazio with one of the best attacking trios in the world at his disposal.

You'd have to be delusional to think that with improvement from players like Icardi and Kovacic(8 and 9 starts this season), buying a new DM, and getting a competent manager that Inter wouldn't be challenging for a CL spot.

[Doormatt]

well i would respond but youll just get banned again so whats the point really.

and just so you know, the same people interested in cuadrado are also interested in kovacic. difference is cuardardo is 50% owned by udinese, so it will be harder for him to get moved. and i doubt gomez who has suffered injury problems all year is going to get moved either. plus borja is about to sign a new contract, pretty much no way hes on the way out.

i never said anything about mazzarri, just that inters problems go beyond getting a new manager.

and just to be clear were talking about breaking into the top 2-3, which means they will have to field a better squad than roma or napoli. i dont see that happening anytime soon, especially with both teams improving at a faster rate than inter.

[Doormatt]

another rumor ive heard is scuffet to roma, obviously as the future goalie. desanctis has at least 1 year of high level football in him. but boy what a goalie scuffet will be, only 17 and already so talented.

also been seeing a lot of the jackson martinez rumors. doesnt really make sense since Porto always make people overpay for their players, which doesnt fit our MO. also dont think we should be focusing more on a wide player than top tier striker.

*i have to say though if we somehow get the money for iturbe/shaqiri and martinez, we will be looking awfully scary next season. theres just no way it will happen though, not unless we end up selling pjanic for big $$$ or trick someone into thinking ljajic is worth the potential.

**have to say if the Martinez rumors are true then its extremely flaterring he would turn down clubs like chelsea and arsenal for roma. bodes well for roma's future that big players are interested in coming here.

[Doormatt]

i feel like theres nothing else to talk about since the scudetto race is pretty much over and the CL spots are wrapped up. please lose every game juve to make this interesting.

[magik9113]

Scuffet to Roma would be legit. Idk what the deal is with this guy who keeps getting banned, but Valero and Gomez are not going to leave Fiorentina any time soon. The only true talent on Inter's current roster is Handanovic, Guarin, Hernanes; then you have Nagatomo, Palacio, Icardi, Kovacic.

Doormatt, Any predictions on the strikers that Prandelli calls to the world cup? of course a lot depends on Rossi's status, but I'm hoping to see Cassano there

[DD12]

Cassano should be in. He destroyed Germany at that game 2 years ago. Had a great assist to Balotelli.

How about Di Natale? Do you think Prandelli will call him up?

I dont think we will have a problem in the striker position. We have Osvaldo, Cassano, Balotelli. Insigne and immobile are having awesome year also. Cerci and Destro are great, too.

I really think that we can win this. Our defense and offense looks perfect.

[magik9113]

Cassano should be in. He destroyed Germany at that game 2 years ago. Had a great assist to Balotelli.

How about Di Natale? Do you think Prandelli will call him up?

I dont think we will have a problem in the striker position. We have Osvaldo, Cassano, Balotelli. Insigne and immobile are having awesome year also. Cerci and Destro are great, too.

I really think that we can win this. Our defense and offense looks perfect.

Glad to have you back on our side, brother

Prandelli has said, regarding Di Natale, Totti, and Toni (who probably never had a chance), that they will be called only if there are injury problems to the other guys. Di Natale never shined for the national team like he has for club, I don't think he is needed.

I agree that we are looking great. Everyone is sleeping on us, as usual, and this works in our favor. The defense looks spectacular but wing backs are still my only concern. Abate and Maggio have been the right backs for a while, but they aren't good enough to be starters. Ideally, IMO, we'll have Criscito on the left and De Sciglio on the right. The center backs are set with Chiellini, Barzagli, and Bonucci, and newcomer Paletta who is damn good...I'm excited to see him featured in the squad.

The midfield is so legit that Verratti probably won't even make the team. Pirlo, De Rossi, Marchisio, Thiago Motta, Giaccherini, Diamanti, Montolivo, Candreva

As for the attacking players: Balotelli, Insigne, and Cerci seem like locks. Then take your pick between Destro, Immobile, and Osvaldo...probably two of the three make it.
Also, the current rumor is that Cassano will only go if Rossi is not fit enough. I say take them both.