Mauro Icardi

[Javier'sSon]

Since Cruz himself said Icardi is his heir I say we compare them.

 

[wera]

Pazzini + Cassano combo in Sampdoria was pretty good. Gotta give props there.

 

[Shaun]

Playing on the counter with Samp with that combo is something completely different from attempting to trying replicate it at a "big" club. Not saying a Cassano type player next to Icardi wouldn't work wonders, but I doubt it'd be as successful as it would be at a smaller club. Cerci and Immobile is another example of a combination that works wonders when at a smaller side.

 

[Ronaldo]

IMO that type of combination works in bigger clubs but you need better players.

Ibra and Adriano worked great for us. Ibra worked with a striker next to him pretty much everywhere. Higuain and Benzema in Madrid next to Ronaldo. Aguero and Dzeko. Tons of examples.

It's just that players like Cassano, Cerci, Immobile, Pazzini are just simply not good enough players. They are good for smaller clubs but not big clubs. It's their failure not the system's.

 

[Shaun]

I would love to see a breakdown for Icardi's goals per minutes with Palacio and without. I get the feeling that he operates far better with his rat-tailed friend than without him.

Hopefully he can build an understanding with Jovetic soon. I feel Jovetic's unpredictability isn't meshing well with Icardi thus far.

 

[Ed.]

You can see there was a lot of confusion between jovetic and perisic also. the trident didn't work well. this is the result of Mancini great tactic 'choose and play'

 

[thatdude]

I would love to see a breakdown for Icardi's goals per minutes with Palacio and without. I get the feeling that he operates far better with his rat-tailed friend than without him.

Hopefully he can build an understanding with Jovetic soon. I feel Jovetic's unpredictability isn't meshing well with Icardi thus far.

Yeah I agree, but he and Palacio also took a bit of time to find their footing if I remember correctly. I know I personally wrote a couple of posts about how Palacio was a goal scoring SS and not a creative one and thus we would struggle to get the best out of Icardi. However, eventually they figured it out.

Jovetic is a baller, he's almost like a street footballer at times out there. There may be some truth in your comment that his unpredictability is hard for Icardi to mesh with. Jovetic would probably be best playing along some one who also plays off the cuff and can reciprocate his creativity.

With that being said it's still early days and I think the 4-4-2/4-2-3-1 will be good for us from an offensive stand point. If we can at least get Jovetic and Perisic playing well we WILL score some goals.

 

[Javier'sSon]

I find it strange when people criticize Icardi for his lack of involvement or on-ball action, surely the manager is telling him not to drop deep and play on the shoulder of the last defender? I imagine the role that Icardi plays is not an easy one as he's always trying to find gaps at the right time and for him to capitalize on his movement to free himself with the ball he actually needs fuckin creative midfielders in the mould of Kova/Cou (sound familiar?) to pass the ball to him when he's in those positions and lest not forget that he was sexually harassed all game by Juve's defenders.

I'm not thrilled with his performance but I'm also not frustrated with it. Lone strikers have it tough and they are invisible for the majority of the game till they score and then we're happy with them, unfortunately this game he did not score for the first time in a long time against the old lady.

 

[Ed.]

He finally stop scoring against Buffon and Juve.

 

[Shaun]

Lone strikers have it tough and they are invisible for the majority of the game till they score and then we're happy with them

You clearly haven't read my posts

 

[Fapuccino]

Watching Icardi reminds of that saying I just made up: Don't expect your car to run well, when you fill it up with water instead of gasoline.

 

[ADRossi]

Watching Icardi reminds of that saying I just made up: Don't expect your car to run well, when you fill it up with water instead of gasoline.

Or don't expect your team to score when they have zero attacking tactics.

 

[I4E]

Poor Icardi, he was made to look like a fool. If he was in a team like Roma or Fiorentina, he'd be on 8-10 goals for the season by now.

 

[Bergkamp]

Icardi is Serie A's version of Harry Kane :trollol:

 

[thatdude]

There actually might be some truth in that. 22 is proving to be a tough year for a few big talents (Kane, Pogba, and arguably Kondogbia and Icardi). I'm sure it's just a coincidence though and they'll all hit form eventually. I honestly don't think K-dog as been that bad.

 

[Fitzy]

I honestly don't think K-dog as been that bad.

I think he's been quite decent.

 

[Wallace]

UEFA.com: Does Josep Guardiola approach you differently when you score more goals?Lewandowski: I don't think so. It's the same. I'm sure he is happy with my goals but he also wants me to play good football and help my team-mates. I know that I don't have to score in every single game for the coach to be happy with my performance. Sometimes my movements on the pitch are more important for him, how I exploit the space and how I generally perform.
Goals not only help me but the whole team. They're something the coach doesn't just expect from me. I am not a striker who is only waiting in the penalty box to score a goal. I move, make passes and look for opportunities for others.

Luckily FIF and Mancini have different set of standards for Icardi.

 

[Marcello]

imo Jovetic is making Icardi look like a ordinary player

 

[Demokritos]

I dont worry about icardi do not score goals. I will be worried if icardi is lazy as fuck and shows no interest for the game.
All the runs helps teammates, creating space to jovetic. His cross is also very good, he needs to improve his ball control which will help him to become confidence with ball on his feet.

From all those wanda saga, you can see at least, he wants to show he is a serious guy. Thats a good attitude.

 

[tonyclifton]

We need Icardi to find his goal scoring ways again. He's been struggling so far this season. I hate to say this, but the only thing that prevents him from eating the bench now is his status as Inter's darling and captain, which he deservedly earned due to his impressive contributions last season don't get me wrong. But so far this season, we have yet to see the Icardi from last season.

I hope he will find his best form again but I'm also afraid it's not going to be easy. His strike partnership with Jovetic obviously hasn't clicked yet. This might be due to the differences in their playing mentalities. Like someone pointed out earlier, Jovetic is an unpredictable player. He is that sort of creative player who has plenty of ideas in his mind, but if you don't understand his style then it's never gonna work. Jovetic likes link up plays, which is something Icardi is not very good at, or average at best. On the other hand, Icardi needs to be fed more directly.

The good thing is Icardi has the right attitude, like Demokritos pointed out. He may seem invisible the whole match, but he's actually always trying. He is also still very young, don't forget that. You can't expect him to improve his dribbling, flair, creativity, or stuff like that so he can play like Eto'o or Ibrahimovic. Those aspects are not in him and he'll never be good at those. But hopefully he'll improve his ability to create space for himself so he can get involved a little more in our attacking play. Not saying his positioning is bad, of course it's good but I'm afraid it's not good enough. Against teams with very disciplined and tight defenses, he's easily dealt with and defenders find it easy to keep him in their pockets.

We just need him to be better than what he is now. He is the head of the spear now. In the past, we had tremendous spear heads (damn, cheesy metaphor I know) who were more than mere goal poachers. Eto'o with his blistering pace, Milito with his brilliant link-up plays, Ibrahimovic and his sheer brilliance, Adriano the complete bomber who had strength, speed, and technique. Ronaldo Fenomeno, there's no need describing him. Even Vieri, who Icardi is compared to, was more than a mere goal poacher. He was a bully bulldozing past defenders with his strength and quite pacey as well for a big striker, and that canon of a left foot of course. Not saying Icardi can't match these players. He can be that legendary goal poacher for us, like Inzaghi for Milan or something like that. Anyway, I believe he will eventually come good again. Forza Inter, Forza Icardi.