The Italian player debate

[Kato]

Care to elaborate on why you think he is right??

On the italian talent out there. I would sign Luca Toni if one of adri or crespo gets sold or isn't coming back next season if he acceps that he will fight for the second spot next to ibra as a starter.

I also like Mesto from Reggina.

And Maresca if he is willing to be a rotation player.

The rest I am not convinced about. Qualiarela(the guy from samp) needs to show me he isn't just a one season wonder and Cassano needs to get his head right before I consider him.

No Stefan, they don't have to show u sh!t. Lollll who do u think u are, Branca?

Anyway the clear reason is ITALIANS DO IT BETTER!

Pls summer santa, give us Quagliarella :star::star:

 

[Stefan]

No Stefan, they don't have to show u sh!t. Lollll who do u think u are, Branca?

Anyway the clear reason is ITALIANS DO IT BETTER!

Pls summer santa, give us Quagliarella :star::star:

You never know who I could be.

But seriously it was just an opinion. I don't want him to turn out like esposito. How was hot 2 summers ago but hasn't done shit since.

 

[Kato]

haha well just the way u said it

I think Quagliarella is here to stay. I hope so anyway.

 

[Marcello]

You never know who I could be.

But seriously it was just an opinion. I don't want him to turn out like esposito. How was hot 2 summers ago but hasn't done shit since.

Well it is pretty hard to shine with such a crap team im so impressed of swazo though wish he was italian :grumpy:

 

[Stefan]

Well it is pretty hard to shine with such a crap team im so impressed of swazo though wish he was italian :grumpy:

When Zola was there he shined he hasn't done a thing since zola left. While Zola was there suazo didn't even play allot but these last 2 seasons he has stepped up. Esposito was a flash in the pan. Zola made him look better than what he really is.

 

[Marcello]

When Zola was there he shined he hasn't done a thing since zola left. While Zola was there suazo didn't even play allot but these last 2 seasons he has stepped up. Esposito was a flash in the pan. Zola made him look better than what he really is.

iv never really witnessed the zola days my self though but last season esposito and suazo where heeps dangerous

 

[VLE]

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Donadoni wants more Azzuri in inter, and from other reports in Italy, Mancini seems to go along with it.

 

[Handoyo]

Donadoni can shove it up his.

And yeah, Mancini said something of the similar. But he's sensible because he knows that if there are cheaper, but player of the same quality, foreigner available, he wouldn't pay more money for the Italian. That's enough for me.

 

[Fabio]

Donadoni's first decent comment, it's only logical that he wants Italy's stop team to start having Italy's top players.

 

[Pulsar36]

I agree completely with Donadoni. It's not like he said "Inter buy Italian players" but he suggested that in the coming period of time, when Inter are going to be dominating, it's great to have a few more Italian players here and there....

And one of the best buys of the summer would be Cassano..he's cheap and not overrated in terms of transfer fees like the others...another? Barzagli. How about Danielli?

 

[Stefan]

I agree completely with Donadoni. It's not like he said "Inter buy Italian players" but he suggested that in the coming period of time, when Inter are going to be dominating, it's great to have a few more Italian players here and there....

And one of the best buys of the summer would be Cassano..he's cheap and not overrated in terms of transfer fees like the others...another? Barzagli. How about Danielli?

Cassano has mental issues. till he sorts that out he shouldn't be welcome here.

Barzagli is over rated. Burdisso,Samuel and Matrix are better. and Besides we have our own young italian to step into the defence in due time. Andreoli will be our upcoming italian defender.

 

[Jimmy]

One big reason for why Italians rarely succeed with us, is that they are brought up with Italian football and knows the pressure of playing for a team like Inter. The team whose ambitions have always outdone its performances. They know this. They have lived in that environment their entire lives, while foreigners just knows us as a team who hasn't won for many years.

Personally I don't give a crap where players are from. Most of our foreigners are Italians anyway. Lived here for ages. Meanwhile, the only Italian player that has become some sort of symbol for us in the last years has been Materazzi. A late bloomer whom up intil the World Cup was considered a risky player. Now at 34 years of age, he's brilliant.

We have another World Cup hero too, who's been an absolute flop. Not even I could have predicted that Grosso would be this mediocre and so fast be surpassed by Maxwell.

What seperates Materazzi with Grosso, is that during the last years Materazzi has grown to be an Inter fan. Grosso is obviously not, nor does he have to be. But this club seem to have difficulties finding Italian players that can show as much commitment to the team and the pitch as Materazzi does. Our foreigners however show more passion for this team, especially the South American ones. They weren't brought up with another Italian favourite team or even played for that team.

I wouldn't mind having more Italians in the team either, but they have to make sense. Surely a player like Samuel could be replaced this season by an Italian. But are we ready to pay a lot of money on a back-up defender just because he's Italian (and that would be Barzagli obviously)? Which Italian player can replace Figo? Which foreigners should be kicked out of the lineup just to make room for an Italian? Grosso has had his chance, but failed to Maxwell.
Considering we more or less have our starting eleven for next season, this transfer market would be ridiculously big just to sign a bunch of Italian back-ups. They cost way more, and in the last decade they haven't performed as good either. This might change with our Scudetto now, though.

 

[Suneet]

Jimmy is right. The only thing that would make it perfect is the answer to Figo's italian replacement.

Rosina of Toro. I have a gut feeling this guy will do wonders with us if we manage to get him.

 

[minterke]

Jimmy, getting Grosso obviously gives a bad name to making our squad an Italian one, but get me a proven Italian player like Cassano, Toni or Zambrotta and then we'll see if they flop or not. Grosso was never really a good player until the WC.

Anyways, I'm happy we have players like Bonucci and Andreolli for the future. And I hope we either sign Cassano or Quagliarella in the summer.

 

[Handoyo]

In one neat, tidy and fantastic post worthy of any journalist, Jimmy pretty much sums up my messy numbers of posts made all around the forums in stupid forms.

Maybe if we gave Grosso the same chance that we did Matrix, Grosso would turn out to be a better player for us. I don't mind that, but what we have to remember for now, is that Maxwell is the more in-form player of the two and thus, the Brazillian should be the starter. I'd be more than happy if Grosso stays to fight for his place and may the better player win.

 

[minterke]

Han it's the overall Italian player debate not the Grosso vs. Maxwell debate. That's like comparing Iaquinta to Ibrahimovic and saying well I don't think we should use Italians because Ibra is clearly better.

 

[Jimmy]

Mika, you saying you don't think Grosso was that good of a player before WC, just proves how little you've watched him. Ever since the Perugia days (yes, he's played for Perugia, I assure you) he has been one of the best left backs in Serie A. He was what Pasqual is today (the dude who plays in Fiorentina if you've missed it). When we signed him he was rated as a great defender, not someone who just burst into this world, like the World Cup made it out to be.

Can't help laughing either that you use Cassano as an example. You do realise he was sold outside Serie A because none here wanted him?
If I'd bother to find a quote from Grosso throughout the WC, I bet I'd find one from you stating what a world class player he is. All of a sudden Maxwell is Ibra and Grosso is Iaquinta. Grosso is a bad player. Which he is surely not. Grosso is still a marvellous player, but like many others, he doesn't cut it at Inter.

 

[minterke]

Sure I praised him in the WC because he had a world-class WC, but he was never a world class player IMO. I guarantee you every single Italian in the world was suprised with the performance he put out, even Palermo fans who have watched him every weekend.

he has been one of the best left backs in Serie A

I don't agree with that either bro. I've watched Grosso plenty of times with Palermo and he has always been a defensive liability. What I can say that Grosso has that's world class is his crossing and his shots/free kicks but as a LB he lacks speed and defensive qualities which are the 2 most important things.

I like Grosso and would like to keep him because he's a decent player, with time he can probably get back to the form he was in last year but to do that he'll need some confidence and he'll need to cross the ball more because right now he's not playing the same game he usually plays. The Grosso we see play for Inter often tries to do too much with the ball and tries to go for the most complex play when the Grosso from Palermo played a simple game and scored some freakish goals and assists.

 

[Hussein]

I think Grosso’s main problem with Inter is his continuous injuries. He hasn’t played regularly for us this season and I really he needs some time to come back to his best.

As for other Italian players, I totally agree with Mancio when he says that good Italian players are hard to get. For example, it won’t be easy for us to lure De Rossi, Toni or Buffon. Those players will hurt Inter’s budget if we tried to get them and I don’t see why we should since we can buy high quality players with cheaper price from abroad.

As for players like Quagliarella and Rosina, I just don’t believe that they are Inter’s quality because simply they’re inconsistent. However, I won’t mind seeing them with Inter’s jersey.

These are the Italian players who I feel worth of wearing our jersey:

• Buffon
• Toni
• Pazzini
• De Rossi
• Pasqual
• Dainelli
• Mesto

 

[minterke]

Lucarelli, Quagliarella, Cassetti, Tavano, Zambrotta (who cares if he played for Juve so did Baggio). And I would definetly take Totti if he was willing to come here lol