João Mário

[M.Adnan]

I mean look at our treble squad who of them peaked at 24?

They weren't peaked at 24 but they were pretty damn good and well-established in Serie A.

Zanetti, Cordoba, Samuel, Ibrahimovic, Vieri, Crespo, Chivu, Cambiasso and so on have peaked later but they were already first team and well established players at 24. Icardi is following the same steps.

Mario, however, is failing to break in a mediocre midfielder with no serious competition. Cambiasso came here at the age of 24 and immediately earned a starting spot at a strong Inter side. Mario just got replaced by... Eder.

 

[Nyall]

We can't rely on him for goals as our number 10.


That is a problem.

 

[ChillBro]

Ya he is a CM or we can try him as a RM. He is not a 10 or able to play in the CAM or most advanced midfield position.

 

[ADRossi]

Our tactics do not suit him.

 

[Palacio]

Our tactics do not suit him.

Actually, he isn't a serie a material. I said it many times. We should have sold him in the summer.

 

[Wobblz]

Players usually peak at 26-7. NORMAL players. I think we've been spoiled with guys like Neymar, Pogba, Mbappe lately that are amazing even at 21 that we've become delusional. Those are outliers, not the fuckin norm. A statement such as "players are in peak performance when they're 23-4" is just laughable. Have you been 24 for god's sake!? You're still pretty much a kid at that age, especially professionally. Even more so for people in developed countries.

Where was Perisic when he was 24? I'll tell you - he was at Borussia, where he was considered a flop. Now you're having a hard-on thinking about him. Give me a break.

 

[varmin]

Players usually peak at 26-7. NORMAL players. I think we've been spoiled with guys like Neymar, Pogba, Mbappe lately that are amazing even at 21 that we've become delusional. Those are outliers, not the fuckin norm. A statement such as "players are in peak performance when they're 23-4" is just laughable. Have you been 24 for god's sake!? You're still pretty much a kid at that age, especially professionally. Even more so for people in developed countries.

Where was Perisic when he was 24? I'll tell you - he was at Borussia, where he was considered a flop. Now you're having a hard-on thinking about him. Give me a break.

Absolutely the same with Gagsy. Many people here already labeled him as a flop.

 

[ChillBro]

Absolutely the same with Gagsy. Many people here already labeled him as a flop.

gagliardini being considered a flop is a total joke. The guy is good, just needs to get consistency in system/position.

if we continue to use a 4-2-3-1...in my opinion, the only acceptable options for the midfield 3 (2 deep, 1 advanced) are as follows:

vecino - gagliardini
brozovic/eder

Valero-vecino/gagliardini
eder/brozovic

Mario-vecino/gagliardini
eder/brozovic

That is as far as it goes. Mario can not play in an advanced MF role. And Mario and Valero shouldn't play together as the 2 man midfield.

 

[Wobblz]

Absolutely the same with Gagsy. Many people here already labeled him as a flop.

Yeah, next in line is Skriniar, I wait for the moment this forum turns on against him and this will happen, sooner or later.

 

[wera]

He's a good player. I hate when people act like he is worse than average Serie C players.

 

[IRR26]

Our tactics do not suit him.

Nice one. It is always the tactics or then if it is not then it is because the teammates are retarded.

JM is a good midfielder (not attacking midfielder) but not as good as the sum Inter paid him. Inter managed to spend 80 million for two defensive midfielders (Kondo and JM).

 

[Palacio]

Nice one. It is always the tactics or then if it is not then it is because the teammates are retarded.

JM is a good midfielder (not attacking midfielder) but not as good as the sum Inter paid him. Inter managed to spend 80 million for two defensive midfielders (Kondo and JM).

How can he be a defensive midfielder when he himself admits that he lacks the skills for that. He also doesn't have the speed, physicality or workrate. He is beginning to look more like another (weaker and less confident) Guarin.

 

[IRR26]

How can he be a defensive midfielder when he himself admits that he lacks the skills for that. He also doesn't have the speed, physicality or workrate. He is beginning to look more like another (weaker and less confident) Guarin.

Well I labelled him as DM for that last sentence.

Yes, he himself think he is better in attacking than defending but all I have seen him playing (at Inter) it is the opposite.

He also doesn't have the speed, physicality or workrate. I think those are actually his strengths. Also I think he is good in battling in those situation when no one has the ball in their control and pretty good stealing ball from the opponent.

 

[firmino]

Absolutely the same with Gagsy. Many people here already labeled him as a flop.

in his case, it looks to me more a psychological thing, like he is somehow stuck.

 

[Armes]

We can't rely on him for goals as our number 10.


That is a problem.

I'm fucking embarrased he's our number 10 to be completely honest.

 

[NIKES0CCER14]

Why is it that nobody has considered using candreva behind icardi..hes played there his whole career before moving to lazio

 

[Rasha]

i dont wanna consider candreva playing at all

 

[bolo]

wow wow wow
i know we upset about bologna match
i know it's not his best match
i know he can't score many goals (right now)
but he's a good player

should we sell him to liverpool for 10 mill?
or swap him for that ox chamberlain?
or swap him for Milan's Montolivo like we did to Pirlo for Andres something?
or we can bring back guarin?

give him more time
we need to start develop patience in our players
or may we ask him to change his jersey number?

but yeah maybe spall can try another role for him in field

 

[Adriano@10]

I just wonder what makes people think brozo is a better AM then mario or is more fitted for the AM position?
I mean other than shooting what has Brozo over mario that is usefull in that AM position?
Imho Mario is the better passer and has the better technique then Brozo when he s not putting up a stinker like against bologna.

Anyways i start to fear that we have another Kondo case on our hands, imho mario is a very good player but he seems to have confidence issues very fast.
I mean how come the player who was one of our most technical players and showed so in many games last season, cannot stop a simple pass without it bouncing 3 meter of his fuckig feet against bologna?

Yes the Am position is part of the problem but other than the shooting imho Mario has all the attributes to play there and still is by far the best fit we got for that position in our current squad. And people should not forget that AM is not a specific enough position to just dismiss Mario playing there. What do i mean with this well lets say a özil is a very different kind of player from a Naingolan yet they both are capable to play that AM position and deliver great performances there.

The thing that pissed me off most about Mario against Bologna but also in other games last season is that it seems like he stops to try if stuff is not working out for him. Instead of tracking back when he missplaced/lost a ball he just threw up his hands and started walking back slowly such attitude is not acceptable in a team like Inter especially not if you are not contributing ATM you can do that if your the star of the team and we are leading in the game but not when you put in a stinker and we are losing.

Anyways what i m trying to say imho mario in that AM spot is not over and still our best option, but spallo needs to put in a lot of work to make him regain confidence and to make sure that he fucking puts in the work even if things are not going his way.

 

[Palacio]

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Anyways what i m trying to say imho mario in that AM spot is not over and still our best option, but spallo needs to put in a lot of work to make him regain confidence and to make sure that he fucking puts in the work even if things are not going his way.

If we are going to be patient, then it is best to give the chance to a much younger talent of Inter youths who really needs it and who is more skilled and not to this 40 m loser.