Felipe Melo

[Dylan]

"If I have to slap an Uruguayan, I will" - Felipe Melo, 2017

Mystic MacMelo.

 

[Cómi]

Role model or village idiot?

 

[Kakaroto]

A man of the people. Kept his promise.

 

[firmino]

Role model or village idiot?

A role model for a bunch of village idiots I guess.

 

[Zeila]

He may be reckless but this guy is mature and honest enough to air his opinion. The things he said about the great logistical difficulties of the preseason was spot on.

 

[Ronin]

The things he said about the great logistical difficulties of the preseason was spot on.

What did he say?

 

[Zeila]

He said a lot, but this quote sums it up.
“Last summer was difficult, everyone remembers the big defeats we got between the United States and Oslo, but how many say that we did thousands of kilometres with hardly any players to choose from?

“The same players always played, and we spent more time on aeroplanes than working on the pitch.

“I think of the Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain players, I spoke to them and they couldn’t believe the situation we were in, these great logistical difficulties.

“Mancio was really angry about these issues, and at the same time there was no clarity from the ownership. There was so much confusion.

 

[M.Adnan]

“Mancio was really angry about these issues, and at the same time there was no clarity from the ownership. There was so much confusion.

Interesting piece of information. Mancini should've cleared this out in public after he left to defend himself instead of whining every few months about how they didn't give him his Toure.

This is probably due to the change in ownership at that time. Unlucky timing I guess.

 

[JJM]

getting rid of Manshitni so I can have Spalletti now...KIND OF WORTH IT tbh...

 

[Y&h]

Well, Handanovic came out in August last year and criticized how the preseason tour was organized so we've already known about that issue.

He said a lot, but this quote sums it up.
“Last summer was difficult, everyone remembers the big defeats we got between the United States and Oslo, but how many say that we did thousands of kilometres with hardly any players to choose from?

Weird argument since the preseason games are irrelevant.

 

[Bluenine]

He said a lot, but this quote sums it up.
“Last summer was difficult, everyone remembers the big defeats we got between the United States and Oslo, but how many say that we did thousands of kilometres with hardly any players to choose from?

“The same players always played, and we spent more time on aeroplanes than working on the pitch.

“I think of the Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain players, I spoke to them and they couldn’t believe the situation we were in, these great logistical difficulties.

“Mancio was really angry about these issues, and at the same time there was no clarity from the ownership. There was so much confusion.

Some of the truth from the summer of disaster is now trickling in. Just as I had suspected, we fucked up our summer training by a badly planned friendly schedule after a gruelling summer of international competition. No wonder our squad was ill prepared for the start of the season. And to make it worse, we let the coach go at the last minute and brought in a rookie to Italian football.

I hope Suning have learnt valuable lessons from fucking up their first season in charge.

getting rid of Manshitni so I can have Spalletti now...KIND OF WORTH IT tbh...

You could have got that anyways this summer, and perhaps qualified for the CL as well. Who knows, maybe we would have got better than Spalletti in that scenario...

 

[Il Drago]

Some of the truth from the summer of disaster is now trickling in. Just as I had suspected, we fucked up our summer training by a badly planned friendly schedule after a gruelling summer of international competition. No wonder our squad was ill prepared for the start of the season. And to make it worse, we let the coach go at the last minute and brought in a rookie to Italian football.

I hope Suning have learnt valuable lessons from fucking up their first season in charge.



You could have got that anyways this summer, and perhaps qualified for the CL as well. Who knows, maybe we would have got better than Spalletti in that scenario...

I agree with you though, to be fair with Suning, the fucked up planned friedly schedule was probably Thohir's fault. I doubt we waited till June to set our summer schedule.

 

[JJM]

the level of defense the lunatic Manshitni gets here...:yuck:

 

[Adriano@10]

Some of the truth from the summer of disaster is now trickling in. Just as I had suspected, we fucked up our summer training by a badly planned friendly schedule after a gruelling summer of international competition. No wonder our squad was ill prepared for the start of the season. And to make it worse, we let the coach go at the last minute and brought in a rookie to Italian football.

Even if what you say is true should mancini not have realized earlier? I mean wtf was he thinking if the shedule was so fucked up tell sunning then and if they disagree quit then and there not fucking two months later when everything is already fucked. So either mancini thought pre season was ok or it did in fact upset him more that he did not get Yaya, which imho both is not acceptable.

 

[Il Drago]

Even if what you say is true should mancini not have realized earlier? I mean wtf was he thinking if the shedule was so fucked up tell sunning then and if they disagree quit then and there not fucking two months later when everything is already fucked. So either mancini thought pre season was ok or it did in fact upset him more that he did not get Yaya, which imho both is not acceptable.

You're absolutely right. Mancini has given many interviews since he left Inter. He never blamed the summer schedule for leaving Inter. Not even once. Either the badly summer schedule didn't bother Mancini or he thought getting Yaya Toure was more important than preparing the team for next season.
Melo's attempt to defend Mancini actually confirms FdB claims of serious issues with players fitness. Claims that Mancini had rejected.

 

[Kakaroto]

There was so much confusion.

Its not like there is much clarity now.

 

[douglasthiago]

So... Felipe Melo seems to be on the way to leave Palmeiras after a short time. He has a contract until the end of 2019 though, so I don't know how easy that'll be.

The manager was the driving force behind the decision and though some players claimed to be saddened by it, it appears to have had a positive effect on morale.

 

[kameru]

Lol, how ironic could that be. Just like some of our player who cry when Mazzarri dismissed

 

[douglasthiago]

Lol, how ironic could that be. Just like some of our player who cry when Mazzarri dismissed

To be fair, when people started talking about him coming back last year most of them were expecting the 2010 version, with high work rate and who could attack and find key passes every now and then. He arrived as an almost purely defensive player with good passing but nothing more to offer, so they probably saw that they could get more value for money from younger players.

 

[kameru]

Yeah, should have expect his latest play style not something long ago.