Thiago Motta

[CafeCordoba]

You have a point. Motta's role is not a ball distributor or an offensive threat. And you are right that the frustration should go towards Mourinho, not Motta.

Still Motta is not a starting material, in a club searching for CL glory. In this Inter he quite well might be. We have too many conservative players (yes, instructed by the coach for that kind of role) instead of dynamic ones. Because we need more the latter ones than the former ones.

 

[snake]

Cafe & Jimbo Jones,

I agree and disagree with what you guys have to say.

YES, TM is being harshly criticised by the fans. His low levels of confidence can clearly be seen. The same can be said for Muntari.

BUT, I hardly think this can be blamed on Mourinho. Mourinho has to put out what he thinks is the best formation for the team, not for a single player. Motta & Muntari both need to be playing in the middle with a player like Sneijder around them. Unfortunately, Cambiasso is taking up that role.

What does this mean? Mourinho has no other alternative but to use them in an area where they are not playing to their strengths. We are asking Muntari/Motta to distribute/create on the left wing, these players are hardly made for that.

This is almost exactly like putting Samuel at LB then bitching about him all season for not being creative enough on the left wing.

 

[bennyblanco]

What does this mean? Mourinho has no other alternative but to use them in an area where they are not playing to their strengths. We are asking Muntari/Motta to distribute/create on the left wing, these players are hardly made for that.

This is almost exactly like putting Samuel at LB then bitching about him all season for not being creative enough on the left wing.

great post,whack it in the Muntari thread please bros:star:

our right flank has always got some type of support or someone going there as the play always seems to be fluent on the right.. Stanko and Cambi are always running to it or using Maicon wide..why dont they do it to the left flank?

when its on the left most of our players are hiding from the man with the ball,its like they are trying to ignore their duty to assist with the opening of space which is vital.. but on the right its like space galore

maybe its because the serie A has more natural right backs? but the left flank is a cemetary for Inter..everytime we create something on the left i treat myself to a cone

 

[Adriano@10]

Nice post Jimmy i agree that Motta gets blamed to easily in here just like Muntari and eto'o. But despite the fact that most people expect too much from him there is one thing i don t get and that would be his passing game. I mean no matter where in midfield you are playing if u re a good passer then the position shoud not affect the quality of ur passes too much. Now in motta s case, we ve all seen that he s quite a good passer during his time in genoa. But ever since he joined us, all he can do is a short pass to the men standing next to him and that s it.
Now i don t know why his passing game became that bad, but i doubt that Mourinho is to blame for it. Anyway i m still hoping that it is a low of confidence and all those injuries which keep him from being the good passer he was at genoa.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Cafe & Jimbo Jones,

I agree and disagree with what you guys have to say.

YES, TM is being harshly criticised by the fans. His low levels of confidence can clearly be seen. The same can be said for Muntari.

BUT, I hardly think this can be blamed on Mourinho. Mourinho has to put out what he thinks is the best formation for the team, not for a single player. Motta & Muntari both need to be playing in the middle with a player like Sneijder around them. Unfortunately, Cambiasso is taking up that role.

What does this mean? Mourinho has no other alternative but to use them in an area where they are not playing to their strengths. We are asking Muntari/Motta to distribute/create on the left wing, these players are hardly made for that.

This is almost exactly like putting Samuel at LB then bitching about him all season for not being creative enough on the left wing.

So what is your point exactly? Who is to be blamed? You are saying we shouldn't blame Mourinho for using players at wrong roles? I think Mourinho got those players. At this point he has had two summers to build a squad. IMO at least now it's in his responsibility, what the squad looks like.

And I think despite players playing in wrong roles, they can still be blamed for unbelievable mis-passes and reckless tackles (even if the latter ones are sometimes needed to maintain the physical deterrence in the midfield).

 

[CafeCordoba]

Nice post Jimmy i agree that Motta gets blamed to easily in here just like Muntari and eto'o. But despite the fact that most people expect too much from him there is one thing i don t get and that would be his passing game. I mean no matter where in midfield you are playing if u re a good passer then the position shoud not affect the quality of ur passes too much. Now in motta s case, we ve all seen that he s quite a good passer during his time in genoa. But ever since he joined us, all he can do is a short pass to the men standing next to him and that s it.
Now i don t know why his passing game became that bad, but i doubt that Mourinho is to blame for it. Anyway i m still hoping that it is a low of confidence and all those injuries which keep him from being the good passer he was at genoa.

Yes, I agree that the role on the pitch shouldn't affect the passing ability. You should still be able to make good passes if you are a good passer. Not the brain farts like Motta is offering time to time.

But, we can't blame only the ball holder for passes he makes. Other players need to move. This is my favourite statement like some of you have maybe learned by now. There is not enough movement in our midfield, that's why our passing game doesn't look so good, especially against opponents which tend to press hard. There is simply no passing lanes.

 

[F U C K MILAN]

motta isnt world clas thats true but honestly i would rather palay him then muntari or zanetti in midfeild, yes sometimes he doesnt play well and makes mistakes but he has better passing ability then most of our midfeilders and he can pass the ball FORWARD instead of passing it 2316416724 times to the side or back, i do think that we need to bring in another midfeilder to start instead but, i still think he is very useful

 

[jmaster]

A great match tonight! I was surprised from him, he managed to get Drogba out (kinda late though )

 

[rfU]

was a bit of liability with his grabbing and pushing in the penalty area. Very lucky he wasn't caught. He remains, for me, a bench player.

 

[Stefan]

He was good in both games. Much better than muntari,hopefully he stays fit.

 

[Luka]

Deffinetly an improvement since the first part of the season.

One of his best games in Inter shirt. Hopefully he will prove me wrong, about his mentality issues.

 

[Pajo]

Yeah, same here... This was the best game in our shirt, together with the one against Bbilan.. Bravo motta, i was skeptic about him starting this game, but proved me wrong..

 

[szasza02]

it was like he became another player, totally. Great game!

 

[Rimpel]

great game, he annoyed the hell out of chelsea (especially lampard) and got them out of their game.

 

[JohnTheBaptist]

Maybe the most intelligent player in our squad, its a shame cuz he dont give 100% in each game, i dont know what is the problem... maybe fearing that he will get injured or something else. There is a HUGE difference between this 100% Thiago Motta and the average game Thiago Motta, yet I'm happy for his performance tonight.

 

[Luka]

Told you he will play, but noooo. People said Dejan

Told you

 

[CafeCordoba]

He was very good. Was ridiculously good at getting under Drogba's skin and the work paid off eventually.

 

[marchs10]

what a bad ass ! motta is soooo good at getting the opposition pissed off!

 

[n4l]

and once again, the 2 that people love to hate (cuchu and motta) put in another masterclass and rendered both ballack and lampard COMPLETELY USELESS...

can't wait to hear the "tempo" talk again...



once again, motta ran above our team average (9.9km; ave. was approx 8.5km)
i guess to some, he'll still be "lazy" and "doesn't run enough"..

 

[CafeCordoba]

and once again, the 2 that people love to hate (cuchu and motta) put in another masterclass and rendered both ballack and lampard COMPLETELY USELESS...

can't wait to hear the "tempo" talk again...

There was no tempo difference today. Chelsea were simply slow, we pressured them well. They couldn't do shit in the midfield, Lampard and Ballack were utter crap and nowhere to be seen like you said.