Zlatan Ibrahimovic

[Hammoudi]

Hamed don't u think it's a bit cruel to say Cruz/Martins need to go cause we have better strikers? i agree Ibrahimovic is more talented player but who were the players who fight vs corruption all this years? 2 of them are CRUZ AND MARTINS, and i can't agree about selling them out.
Ibrahimovic will be perfect for CL.

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Alex, yes it's cruel. Trust me, I try to find the right balance between 'morality' and the need to win. Being an Inter fan I value them both equally, so it was cruel of me to say that Cruz and Martins need to go.

However, putting corruption aside, I found both players to be not of the quality Inter benchers should have, specially Martins.

I know that Cruz was our top scorer, but I don't like his playing style. I love Crespo because Crespo comes out with the idea to score goals. Cruz comes out like he wants to win FK's and PK's. I don't know how to explain it, but I hate players like him, CR7 and Figo: they rather get a call than make a pass or keep play flowing.

As for Martins, I swear, I found myself staring in disbelief the last two seaons. The guy seems to be brainless at times. I haven't played professional soccer, but I know that you have to be still when receiving a ball. Otherwise you will fall and miss the pass: something Martins apparently can't figure out.

This is not a school, if players don't improve then they should leave. And Martins won't learn from the bench.

Zlatan is not a good signing, he may turn out to be, but at this current moment he is not a good signing because of form last season. I don't see why people use Adriano as a way of justifying Zlatan's signing, yeah Adri had a bad season, so how does that justify signing another player who had a terrible season??

Well Cat, Adnan had the perfect rebuttal to your claim.

Like he said, Samuel, Cambiasso, Figo and Crespo had bad seasons before they joined us, but class prevailed at the end.

 

[K.I.]

The thing is the transfer is already done,nothing can be done,we all know how good zlatan can if he is on form,the transfer is a gamble,but as bad as he was in not scoring,he still tried alot and player well in setting up,anyways he is here,so as i said nothing can be change,the way i see it we have to sell or loan out 2 or at least 1 of recoba,martins and cruz OR sell adriano.

Alot of people here make great points like catanha,handoyo and jimmy but also people like adnan and hamed also make so good points,in my opinion its a gamble,i think adriano-ibra-crespo can be a great attack,so lets hope for the best from this transfer.

 

[Hammoudi]

Well Khaled, there are two points that I think people are confused about:

1) Crespo isn't a starter, he more or less said that in the interview that Frisko summarized. Crespo will sub for either players (most likely Adriano since I see him as the CF.)

2) Zlatan was never ever a pure striker that gets goals. The most goals he had was 16 goals in his first seaons in Serie A! Even in the 'Mickey Mouse' Dutch league, he never scored more than 13 goals.

The guy is a set-up man, if you think he is only about goals, then you are wrong! But he has the potential to be a goal-scorer.

 

[K.I.]

Exaclty,thats what i said hamed,but i have to disagree with you in something hamed,as i said in a previous post after you made the same comment about crespo,crespo should and hopefully will be our 1. striker and starter and hopfully along the season if he does what he does best.

Crespo is what we need and he is what we got,a goalscorer,as far as i am concered,he is our no.1 striker,he said that he will do his best and the coach will decide,like everyone else says,but hopefull we will play a 3 man attack cause adrian-ibra-crespo can be a great attack force.

 

[Hammoudi]

Well, I guess we will have to see what Mancini decides!

BTW, I am loving the new Khaled. Capitalization, paragraphs, commas etc. Did you go to the 'Tim Grammar School' in your time off earlier this month?

 

[K.I.]

lol Hamed well actually i first didn't think it would matter how i write,and normally on the internet i got used to writing fast but some poeple here like tim,handoyo and frisko told me it would be better if i would write with better grammer so that's that lol.

 

[Sisenando]

I don't want to get involoved in this 14 page argument it has sparked. Its either Zlatan is that damn good or that damn bad that such an outcry has evolved.
Anyways, all transfers have good and bad sides, let's hope the good ones overshadow the bad ones as already mentioned in this thread.
I'm in the opinion that this is a good buy. I'm sure now that Oba Cruz or Chino will have to be sacrificed. Yeah, due to our emotinal attachments to them over the years, it may seem heartwrenching to see either one go, but if its for the best of the club, its for the best of my interests.
Zlatan, let's go kick some Milanista ass

 

[micah ken]

yeahh Ibra is a best partner 4 our CF Adriano.. with Zlatan, Imperatore will score more than 20 goals this season. for sure!

 

[Shaun]

Wow, I don't think Ive ever seen such a issue divide people as much as this at FI. Well personally I have mixed feeling about the transfer, yes potentially this could work out fantastically, but we are taking a big gamble based on Zlatans form last season, I hope it works out. About his partnership with Adriano, why are so many people so certain that it will work well? Yes Zlatan can pass well but he is also very selfish sometimes and we all know what Adriano is like.

 

[Gaetan]

Maybe you didn't read my post correctly. I didn't name any names, I just criticised those who solely based their judgment on the transfer on game ratings. Or by newspaper articles. Those who based their judgment without analysing Ibra's performances for Juve & Sweden and those who just jump at the bandwagon.

If you think you are a reasonable man, don't ever feel offended because my post wasn't directed at you in the first place.

No, you don't understand where I am coming from. You did not specify who or what type of "Zlatan fans" you were writing about, hence why so many of us found your comments to be somewhat out of the line and disrespectful because you categorized us in such a filthy way.

But, obviously, you cooled down and although you still do not see it for how I saw it, we'll put it behind us because there is no sense in prolonging such "debate" (which it never was, anyway).

Just want you to know that me and Stefan do know what you meant, read all of your post thus far and felt like our "kind" were belittled because being a Ibrahimovic fan isn't the "in thing" around this crowd before. I mean, we're questioned more often for any random positive comments more then someone who just brushes him aside because he's arrogant or because he's a former Gobbo.

Do you know what I mean? hope I made things a little more clear. Either way, if you don't we can take this to PM or MSN but hopefully that isn't necessary.

 

[F U C K MILAN]

all i have to say is that I was waiting for this all summer...adriano-ibra...if any of the other teams try to fight with any of our players guess who will be there: viera-ibra-adriano-cordoba-mihailovic-matrix(i cant wait for milan derby)

 

[Lamb of God]

this is the best team in ages i even think this team is better than the golden years we had.i mean we have the best midfield,defence and now the best attack.what can we ask more for.i think we can spend a bit more on goalkeeper ibra-adriano=40 goals for sure

 

[3DnT]

maybe branca and mancio want ibra not as goal getter but as second striker (like totti or Baggio) for suppport our forward ( adri, crespo,cruz)..

 

[Lamb of God]

yeah ibra can be a great second striker as adriano has proven he can no longer do that.i hope adriano would be a box striker.we can play with 3 strikers with adriano-ibra-crespo might be great too with adriano and ibra supporting crespo.crespo can play well as a lone striker.

 

[3DnT]

yeah ibra can be a great second striker as adriano has proven he can no longer do that.i hope adriano would be a box striker.we can play with 3 strikers with adriano-ibra-crespo might be great too with adriano and ibra supporting crespo.crespo can play well as a lone striker.

then who are the Midfield?
i think mancio will play 4-4-2 formation,.
like Crespo--adriano
dejan--viera--cambi--figo
grosso--cordoba--samuel--Zanetti
Toldo
Crespo will be 1st choice to tag with adri coz crespo was laziale once, <==you know what i mean..

 

[Shafs]

Zlatan has a very bad attitude!!!!!!

I hope we don't sell Martins and sell Cruz and Reccoba!!!

We have way too many strikers and we should of buy a playmaker instead of Zlatan.

 

[Lamb of God]

actually im not bothered by how mancini would be playing because i have real confidence in this squad we have because i think we are as good as barca,chelsea and even better than milan.i hope we play 4-4-2 lets see how things go.

 

[Mustafa]

To be a successful team we need to have 3-4 good strikers. Now we have them: Adriano, Zlatan, Crespo and Martins. I think probably Martins will leave.

So, I predict that Adriano-Ibrahimovic-Crespo will score 60+ goasl this season :yeay:

 

[Mustafa]

this is the best team in ages i even think this team is better than the golden years we had.i mean we have the best midfield,defence and now the best attack.what can we ask more for.i think we can spend a bit more on goalkeeper ibra-adriano=40 goals for sure

We have strong defence and midfield, our attack is dangerous. I don't think golakeeper is a serious problem for us now Toldo will be probably our number one this season.

Zlatan-Adriano not 40+, but mostly 50+. Together with Crespo 60+ goals. If Martins stays then 80+

 

[Choppin Onions]

50 goals? 60 goals!? 80 fackin goals!? Pass that sh1t dude. :stoned:

Even if Adriano got into shape, Ibra hit the back of the next instead of Curva Nord (which I'm sure he'll do anyways), Crespo reversed time, Recoba stopped being Recoba and Oba developed a first touch, it'd be damn tough to get 60 goals from our forwards.