José "The Special One" Mourinho

[Nyall]

You want to sell Deki and Zanetti? Are you mad!?!?!?
This will never happen! We can bench them sure, but sell them no way!

Zanetti at 37 at the beginning of next season should either retire/be benched. Deki should be benched. If Jose continues to start them then he's at fault.

 

[Nyall]

J.Zanetti > Keita

Major fail in each and every way.

 

[K.I.]

Thats debatable Hasan....if you want to put 3 of ours over there it would be Sneijder-Motta / Cambiasso-Stankovic. Sneijder i think is as good as Xavi or Iniesta, Keita and Toure arent better than any of our DMs, only player they have an attacking one of and we dont is Ineista, with them he plays either as an AM or a Left Forward, we on the other hand have 1 attacking player (Sneijder) and one 2 way midfielder (Stankovic) who you cant compare with Iniesta. Thats why Jose is building our team around Sneijder, but WE NEED another mdfielder like him in our squad. People underestimate the role of a player like Sneijder, players like him link everything together and can make chances out of nothing, our set pieces become dangerous, its a totaly different senario.

Its riduclous you are talking about Zanetti, people really should know what they are talking about before bashing one of our best players, really i defender him before and wrote alot of reasons why he is in our midfield but nobody cares to read what other people say, one game and people knitpick about things that have nothing to do with him as a player or with his role in our match.

 

[VLE]

A free purse? Trust me if Jose had a free purse we would have seen Essien and Drogba here at least.

I don't think Chelsea boards are that stupid. Not to mention Roman Abramovich isn't really a type of person we can convince with money.

Then there is concern of players pulling Lampard and Deco and turning us down.

 

[Wallace]

one game and people knitpick about things that have nothing to do with him as a player or with his role in our match.

If it's only just one game...

He does have a good game as a midfielder here and then, like against Bologna. However, he's not enough at levels higher than that.

 

[rfU]

Sneijder i think is as good as Xavi

this is a wrong comparison. One is a regista playmaker, the other is an offensive midfielder. We have an Iniesta in Sneijder but what we also need, and badly, is a Xavi type player to hold possession and dictate our play. Otherwise we will continue to concede possession to our opponents and allow them to take the initiative

He does have a good game as a midfielder here and then, like against Bologna. However, he's not enough at levels higher than that.

JZ is excellent as a midfielder, he just doesn't contribute much offensively, doesn't mean he's shit or worthless as a player.

 

[K.I.]

I know rfu, but the is the closest thing to xavi and iniesta in our team.

 

[Wallace]

JZ is excellent as a midfielder, he just doesn't contribute much offensively, doesn't mean he's shit or worthless as a player.

Did I say he's worthless or he's shit? I said he can't play in the level like vs Barca. Being able to play against Serie A teams doesn't mean he's shit at all. In fact, he's good enough to contribute to our Scudetto.

Zanetti can pass better than Cambiasso and Stankovic when our midfield is under constant pressure, but his passes are generally back to our defenders, or across to other players.

We can't have three players doing the exact same thing, it's no wonder why we can't even launch a proper counter attack on Barca.

Answer me, how is Zanetti's role different to having an extra defender, apart from being positioned higher?

 

[minterke]

I think Cambiasso is a good passer of the ball. Better than Stankovic or JZ.

 

[Nyall]

I think all three of them suck at passing and might as well be blind on the field because they have absolutely no vision.

 

[minterke]

Really so when we beat Milan 4-0, Genoa 5-0, or when we destroyed Dynamo in our second half with our quick passing did we suck? No. That Barca game was simply a bad effort from our players especially in midfield but don't believe that Motta and Cambiasso are not good enough for our starting 11. They just had no Sneijder-type of creative player to work with.

 

[Wallace]

Quick passing in the Dynamo game is because we used Motta as the midfield general in place of Cambiasso. When Motta is good, he can really help us in CL, because he can actually pass well under pressure. Where as, Cambiasso can't. I think J.Z might be better in such situation, because he can actually hold the ball well (although a little worse than before).

But I'll wait to watch him a bit more until I make any conclusion, but Motta definitely has to step up more and stop making those stupid fouls like the last couple of games, they totally ruin his contribution to our game.

As for against Milan and Genoa, those are Serie A games, psychologically we are fine with those games generally, our midfield is not pressurized as much as in CL, and the tempo is generally slower. Our players are made for these circumstances, that's why they can comfortably pass the ball around under these situations.

 

[K.I.]

Motta is a player who goes hard in tackles, this is not the first time he has done this, with Barca he was like this, with Genoa...he was the who made the most foules because he tried to get the ball since no one else seemed to want to lol.

 

[spiderninja]

Zanetti at 37 at the beginning of next season should either retire/be benched. Deki should be benched. If Jose continues to start them then he's at fault.

Stank benched ? he is Inter's best player this season when he plays as CM and has Sneijder in front of him. He is bad only when he plays behind 2 strikers because that's not his position.

Actually Zanetti had already got many replacement. as RB he was replaced by Maicon, as CM he replaced by Motta and as LB he has Santon.

 

[highbreed32]

Just what I wanted to say - everyone here is talking shit about Deki but nooone actually seemes to have seen him play. Throughout couple of last seasons he could be argued to have been are most consistent player! He runs, he shoots, he scores and he defends!
Like spiderninja said, he has just been forced to play out of position! I say he should be our first-choice DMC because he has the defending skills but can also move ball up front faster and generally better than Cambiasso!

And as for Zanetti, I can't believe the disrespect some of you are showing for him. Someone who's been an Inter fan for a bit longer period of time would not even dream of disrespecting il capitano! He has been with us for nearly fifteen years for god sake! And on the top of this all, he is nowhere near to being our primary (or any problem at all frankly) problem in the midfield...

 

[Wallace]

I say he should be our first-choice DMC because he has the defending skills but can also move ball up front faster and generally better than Cambiasso!

He got some defensive skills, but no where enough to be the first choice defensive midfielder. Cambiasso is actually good at reading the game and the attacking flow of the opponent, he intercepts passes and tackle the opponent cleanly. Stankovic can't do the same tasks as good as Cambiasso unfortunately, therefore putting him there would jeopardize our play defensively.

 

[Puma]

Blanc next after Mou?
Friday 27 November, 2009

Bordeaux boss Laurent Blanc is emerging as a contender to possibly replace Jose Mourinho at Inter next season.

The Portuguese tactician’s future at San Siro is being questioned after the Nerazzurri’s disappointing defeat to Barcelona on Wednesday.

Inter chief Massimo Moratti criticised the performance which has fuelled rumours that his relationship with Mou is not as strong as it once was.

Should Mourinho fail to win the Champions League this term, the prize he was originally hired to deliver, then speculation suggests that a split could be on the cards.

Blanc is today being named as his possible replacement given his stunning managerial career so far.

The former Inter player is highly regarded by Moratti as a man and his success at Bordeaux has not gone unnoticed.

Blanc, whose side taught Juventus a lesson this week, replaced Ricardo at the outfit in June 2007.

He led the team to a second-place finish in Ligue 1 during his maiden campaign before masterminding their championship win last term.

He’s still delivering results this season. Although a recent slump has halted their domestic charge, they have already won their Champions League group ahead of Juve and Bayern Munich.

Blanc was also mentioned as a contender to be handed the Juventus job in the summer before the Old Lady opted for Ciro Ferrara, a former teammate of Blanc’s at Napoli, instead.

 

[Nyall]

Just what I wanted to say - everyone here is talking shit about Deki but nooone actually seemes to have seen him play. Throughout couple of last seasons he could be argued to have been are most consistent player! He runs, he shoots, he scores and he defends!
Like spiderninja said, he has just been forced to play out of position! I say he should be our first-choice DMC because he has the defending skills but can also move ball up front faster and generally better than Cambiasso!

In Serie A Deki has been fantastic but in Europe the only thing he has shown is that he can run.

And as for Zanetti, I can't believe the disrespect some of you are showing for him. Someone who's been an Inter fan for a bit longer period of time would not even dream of disrespecting il capitano! He has been with us for nearly fifteen years for god sake! And on the top of this all, he is nowhere near to being our primary (or any problem at all frankly) problem in the midfield...

No one is disrespecting Il Capitano. But it's plain to anyone with sense that him playing in the midfield is hurting this team more than it's helping. Inter don't need another defender, which is exactly what we get when Zanetti plays, we need a ball playing creative midfielder not one that gets a ball run 5 meters forward and than passes the ball 10 meters backwards. If that's not part of the problem in the midfield then I dunno what is.

 

[Efrain21C]

Really so when we beat Milan 4-0, Genoa 5-0, or when we destroyed Dynamo in our second half with our quick passing did we suck? No. That Barca game was simply a bad effort from our players especially in midfield but don't believe that Motta and Cambiasso are not good enough for our starting 11. They just had no Sneijder-type of creative player to work with.

those team sucks so yes

 

[Efrain21C]

In Serie A Deki has been fantastic but in Europe the only thing he has shown is that he can run.



No one is disrespecting Il Capitano. But it's plain to anyone with sense that him playing in the midfield is hurting this team more than it's helping. Inter don't need another defender, which is exactly what we get when Zanetti plays, we need a ball playing creative midfielder not one that gets a ball run 5 meters forward and than passes the ball 10 meters backwards. If that's not part of the problem in the midfield then I dunno what is.

Remember people will only see what they want, it's true that Zanetti is Zanetti, but he doesn't adds anything to our passing in the midfield area, he could play better in the left back...