Lecce - Inter (29 Jan 12)

[emcct]

Ranieri: 'Sneijder doesn't fit'

Great quote you FUCKING FAG! I bet either Sneijder is gone in the summer or Ranieri is.. Guess who Im hoping for?

 

[apahllo]

Fuck, would you shut up with the Alvarez assists shit? He's leading in assists, fucking amazing. During the other 95% of the time when he's not assisting against the likes of Parma and Lecce, he's fucking terrible.

are you joking? if anything it shows that he has been in the right place at the right time 6 times and even added to tally twice. didnt he have a great assist against lazio. he controls the pace of the game when he is on the ball, which is honestly what we need against teams like lecce and parma.
he needs to be on the field WITH sneijder not as a sub for him.

 

[Batman]

Why after every loss its the same discussions. Every loss seems to get put on one person, alvarez.

Hal da gawd!!

 

[Verathia]

CR wins seven in a row.... fans: forza ranieri!!!!1!1!!!!

lose one game.... fans: omg ranieri you suck you should be fired!!!111!!!!

...shut up.

 

[Choppin Onions]

Miuch like the weather in Lecce, what a miserable performance by Inter. Everyone was fucking shite. The previous run of victories we had in the league just masked the problems at our club.

I'm not gonna get into each individual performance here but I will say this: Ranieri is a clown. He's scared of changing anything. That fucking 4-3-1-2 is a bloody mess. 1 creative midfielder all the time backed up by 3 DM's? What a recipe for success.

 

[Coasterfreek]

I couldn't wake up for this one. But it sounds like I'm better off not watching the replay from reading these posts. No ratings from me this time, unless I do find better tape to see.

 

[Choppin Onions]

Btw some of you lot that rag on Ricky constantly need to be smacked. Not on the ass like you do with your gf/wife/random girl when you're fucking her from behind. No, you need to be smacked in the face. When a player is surrounded by DM's and fullbacks that just don't give a fuck sometimes (Maicon) and static forwards, it puts a lot of pressure on that one AM.

 

[nurko]

It's interesting how people love to bash Alvarez.

First - the guy has got talent, he can achieve a lot more than he is showing right now! Arsenal didn't want him for no reason in the summer. Let him breathe and settle in.
Second - he needs confidence, he's obviously not some "I'm the best in the world" kind of person (alike Balotelli), hence the reason why he needs time to take a shot (he hesitates) and why he always tries with his left foot, he's afraid of failure.
Third - he didn't perform as bad as you say compared to others on the pitch
Fourth - he always stated where he likes and wants to play - behind strikers, yet Ranieri deploys him on the wing (with defensive duties) and lets him cut in which is not always easy when the opposing team is defending with 8 players, he doesn't get the space to do that.

.. there are more things to say in his defence, but I somehow feel that it comes to no effect because some of you just want to blame it on someone

 

[Wallace]

Btw some of you lot that rag on Ricky constantly need to be smacked. Not on the ass like you do with your gf/wife/random girl when you're fucking her from behind. No, you need to be smacked in the face. When a player is surrounded by DM's and fullbacks that just don't give a fuck sometimes (Maicon) and static forwards, it puts a lot of pressure on that one AM.

You can clearly see this pressure from watching Zarate's play after coming on, being the playmaker trying to exploit the defence. His moves ended up either losing the ball or crossing the ball into the keeper's hands.

And I can't even believe there's people who even go as far as saying Zarate played better than Alvarez.

I guess Alvarez is the new Pandev here in FI.

 

[Nyall]

It must be nice living the oblvious world you all do.. Alvarez can do no wrong, as everything he does has an excuse.. yet you start a fuck you zarate campaign.. even though alvarez was as bad or even worse as he contributed the same amount in more time than zarate.. 0 in 15 minutes > 0 in 45 minutes..

I'm not too bothered, because I am fully confident that I am right in saying that, once Inter the Inter board wakes the fuck up and starts spending again, Alvarez will be the first thing to leave the first team.

 

[Starmo4]

It must be nice living the oblvious world you all do.. Alvarez can do no wrong, as everything he does has an excuse.. yet you start a fuck you zarate campaign.. even though alvarez was as bad or even worse as he contributed the same amount in more time than zarate.. 0 in 15 minutes > 0 in 45 minutes..

I'm not too bothered, because I am fully confident that I am right in saying that, once Inter the Inter board wakes the fuck up and starts spending again, Alvarez will be the first thing to leave the first team.

Comes from Zarate lover

 

[Wallace]

Where did I say Alvarez did no wrong? Why do I have to bother criticizing Alvarez when there's another player who rightly deserves more?

I'm simply stating Zarate's play was garbage to say the least in this game, and yet people like you continually trying to support your claims with pure non-sense. Yeah right, he played better because he ran more. Quite frankly, you are the oblivious one here, we are not watching fucking marathon.

 

[Tanel]

This forum today is unbearable.

Everyone having a go at whoever they have the beef with in the side / on the sidelines. Me included with Obi...

Lot of posts that make me want to pick up the old axe tbh... (not Obi-related posts, but some others, but to not offend anyone I rather not mention them).

 

[Nyall]

Comes from Zarate lover

Zarate's lover? I can't stand him being on the field for us. He's selfish, and even know what it means to play for the team.. He showed signs of this today though, but still tried to do it all himself in the end.

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This forum today is unbearable.

Everyone having a go at whoever they have the beef with in the side / on the sidelines. Me included with Obi...

Lot of posts that make me want to pick up the old axe tbh... (not Obi-related posts, but some others, but to not offend anyone I rather not mention them).

Well Inter didn't win today against a shitty Lecce.. We're obviously gonna be pissed.

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Where did I say Alvarez did no wrong? Why do I have to bother criticizing Alvarez when there's another player who rightly deserves more?

So if you feel that you have a right to criticize Zarate, why do I not have a right to criticize Alvarez?

I'm simply stating Zarate's play was garbage to say the least in this game, and yet people like you continually trying to support your claims with pure non-sense. Yeah right, he played better because he ran more. Quite frankly, you are the oblivious one here, we are not watching fucking marathon.

I rated both of them as 0.. they were both shit.. BUT the difference was, one was 0 for an entire half, whilst the other was 0 for 15 minutes.. Alvarez had more time to do something, to establish himself is all I'm saying. So if you or anyone else is going to say Fuck Zarate for today's performance, then surely you must add Maicon as well as Alvarez to that fuck you list as well..

 

[Tanel]

Why not actually look at why exactly did we lose... not use it as a great, long-waited chance to bash your most disliked player in the squad possibility.

I admit I did same with Obi, but in fairness to me I only answered to someone's comment that seemed to indicate that we should pick players based on a criteria of "who gives more shit" on the pitch. I think many people are living in a bit of a dreamland when they watch him play, I don't argue with the fact that he could become a good player, but he needed to be loaned out this transfer window as he needs to play constantly to actually become able to add one player worthy impact to a team. But fact is we could've and should've won the game with or without him on the pitch. Our opponent today was a horrible team.

If I'd give have to give major blame for today's result then I'd have to start from upwards of the club to down - Branca and co have yet to manage add anything to the team in January (and fix shortcomings there that we've had for more than a year now)... and worst is the fact that it looks like they're content with what we have. Ranieri has very poor options available to him, but he still should've been able to pick a line-up that wins, even made this line-up we had win with bit more patience (Captain Hindsight reporting for duty) and not leaving us so exposed for coutner attacks as it was in the first half.

Scudetto is now over sadly, it'd be a miracle. I told to someone some days ago that we needed to win the next 4 games and then we'd be truely in the race, but sadly we failed at the first hurdle. If we manage to lose or even draw to Roma away next weekend we're in a big shit again because Udinese and Lazio are really strong in picking up points in the lesser games, Lazio getting even stronger with Honda arriving.

 

[Choppin Onions]

It must be nice living the oblvious world you all do.. Alvarez can do no wrong, as everything he does has an excuse.. yet you start a fuck you zarate campaign.. even though alvarez was as bad or even worse as he contributed the same amount in more time than zarate.. 0 in 15 minutes > 0 in 45 minutes..

I'm not too bothered, because I am fully confident that I am right in saying that, once Inter the Inter board wakes the fuck up and starts spending again, Alvarez will be the first thing to leave the first team.

An excuse? Look at our starting for this game dude. Right from the beginning, I knew not to expect much from our central midfield trio. I love Capitano and to a much lesser degree, Cuchu but that doesn't make them exempt from criticism. All three were barely supporting Sniejder/Alvarez and the forwards. And then you add in a disinterested Maicon and a mostly ineffective Nagatomo (though he was trying) and you're left with the AM having to carry the team to victory. Honestly, clubs will rarely get 3 points like that, even against lesser sides like Lecce.

I myself have never said Ricky can do no wrong. I have been critical of him at times just like everyone else. But I also support him knowing that not every player can adapt to Italian football right away and can carry a team on his back in the process. Give Alvarez/Sneijder (or ideally both of them on the pitch at the same time behind 1 forward) some midfield support, whether that be Motta, Poli or someone else, and this team will flourish. I have little doubt about this.

 

[Coasterfreek]

I'm not too bothered, because I am fully confident that I am right in saying that, once Inter the Inter board wakes the fuck up and starts spending again, Alvarez will be the first thing to leave the first team.

Considering he was our most "expensive" acquisition during the summer mercato, that would be foolish to give up on a guy they just purchased. Not happening.

 

[Nyall]

Considering he was our most "expensive" acquisition during the summer mercato, that would be foolish to give up on a guy they just purchased. Not happening.

Quaresma was even more expensive and loaned out, 5 months after signing for us. I can't even say he's got a ton of potential either, because at his age, players rarely develop significantly more than they already are.. which is what Ricky needs to do, to ever be good enough for a team with actual silverware ambitions.

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Why not actually look at why exactly did we lose... not use it as a great, long-waited chance to bash your most disliked player in the squad possibility.

First of all, he isn't my most disliked player, second of all, I've been critical of Ricky for months now.


Oh and I blame Moratti for this loss.. 29th of January and not a single reinforcement.

 

[snake]

Nyall,

Be as critical as you like bro...it's in your right.

It just gets tedious that every time I log on to this site after a loss, it's you and a few others pounding on one person only. And it's a guy who only played 45 minutes.

What bout the guys that played 90 minutes and did fuck all?

 

[Nyall]

An excuse? Look at our starting for this game dude. Right from the beginning, I knew not to expect much from our central midfield trio. I love Capitano and to a much lesser degree, Cuchu but that doesn't make them exempt from criticism. All three were barely supporting Sniejder/Alvarez and the forwards. And then you add in a disinterested Maicon and a mostly ineffective Nagatomo (though he was trying) and you're left with the AM having to carry the team to victory. Honestly, clubs will rarely get 3 points like that, even against lesser sides like Lecce.

With Sneijder a 4-3-1-2 was played.. Alvarez played on the right wing behind Maicon in a 4-4-2.. The midfielders had nothing to do with the fact everytime Ricky got the ball he would take 10 seconds to control, and another 10 to switch over to his left foot before he can cross the ball and give it away. We were pathetic on the right, and somewhat decent on the left with Obi. Not to mention the 2 shots that had no chance of going in even if he had struck them properly, and had no business shooting from their anyways.. If Alvarez had a right foot, it would have made him so much less predictable today, but he doesn't. None of that has anything to do with Zanetti and Cambiasso being behind him.

I myself have never said Ricky can do no wrong. I have been critical of him at times just like everyone else. But I also support him knowing that not every player can adapt to Italian football right away and can carry a team on his back in the process. Give Alvarez/Sneijder (or ideally both of them on the pitch at the same time behind 1 forward) some midfield support, whether that be Motta, Poli or someone else, and this team will flourish. I have little doubt about this.

And this is my problem, right there. The excuse making.. Basically all I keep hearing is don't criticize because he is young and it takes a while to get used to Italy.. To me personally this means that, Ricky can do no wrong because he is still getting used to Italy, so every wrong he does is because he is still getting used to Italy. Oh and btw, Inter have never asked Ricky to put the club on his back.. Ricky has never carried this team through anything! We would be in relegation if that were ever the case.

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Nyall,

Be as critical as you like bro...it's in your right.

It just gets tedious that every time I log on to this site after a loss, it's you and a few others pounding on one person only. And it's a guy who only played 45 minutes.

What bout the guys that played 90 minutes and did fuck all?

I have not blamed any single player for this loss. I put it solely on Moratti for his lack of investment for the past 29 days, for which there was no reason for, IMO.