I decided to make one single season thread for obvious reasons. Today we jumped to 7th after beating genoa 1-0 with Nagatomo deciding the game with a header. First half we came out hungry and had numerous attempts saved by a very good Sebastian Frey. Almost everyone played with with the exemption of Milito and Faraoni who I think needed to rest. Alvarez played well and contributed to the goal with a nice cross to the shortest player on the pitch who got in the header. Genoa almost equalized but JC and our defense held on for our second straight clean sheet. Forlan made his return but didn't do anything really note worthy. this is the only highlight I could find. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qiTQ18b3Ag"]Genoa 0 -- 1 Inter Milan 13-12-11 FULL HIGHLIGHTS HD(+MEDIAFIRE DOWNLOAD) - YouTube[/ame] With this win we can finish strongly in the top half of the table in December. Next game is away to Cesena this Sunday.
How can I forget about Poli!, played defensively well especially when covering Nagatomo some good touch and passes hopefully he starts building from this. Oh and Forlan actually played better than Milito but that isn't saying much...
Samora you should ask to be the inter forum mod it might help bring in new posters and you could toss out the juve trolls
the way I see it though is what do I have to mod? the few troll posts I just ignore unless they are worth a laugh there's fans out there but I'm not gonna judge, plead or look for them, if they wanna post, post, if not it's all good but I appreciate the thought and thank you for adding some liveliness
Faraoni is looking like he will become something big ! i really hope he doesn't wind up like Davide...
Ranieri is living up to his reputation of being a tinkerman, which is a good thing for the position we are in in which we need to let go of dependency from some old guard members and move in youngsters in to eventually replace them, Faraoni is looking to be one of those young players he needs to get into the game more but that is something that takes time Santon underperformed under Rafa and probably got frustrated with not starting a lot and eventually getting loaned out and replaced by Nagatomo kinda sucks since a lot of interistas thought he could be the next Zanetti
Yea, of course: second striker/winger who almost singlehandedly led his club--U. de Chile--to the Copa Sudamericana title (their first ever international title, equivalent to Europa League). Reminds me a bit of Alex Pato in terms of his first step but in Chile is compared to Alexis though to me Vargas is a little more direct/simple in his approach. His first touch and tactical awareness could use a little work, though but that is understandable considering the guy did not play at youth level at all: won a soccer reality show in Chile and then spent one month each at U. Católica's youth system as well as Palestino, before Cobreloa took him on and gave him his professional debut (Cobreloa is the same Alexis Sánchez made his professional debut on). There is plenty of material on Vargas available on YT but then again, anyone can look great on there. Again, I am usually very apprehensive about (over)-hyping young Chilean players but in this case, this guy may turn out to be the real deal, imo. Ultimately, I'd say that the guy is a wide striker/second striker with a very good nose for goal: kind of reminds me of Tévez when he played for Boca and Corinthians. Lastly, in the last few months he's had his chances with the NT: in the first half of a friendly vs. Spain, he shitted on them (along with Sánchez) and scored a crucial goal vs. Peru in a WCQ match. Both goals are featured toward the end of the vid I posted below. Cheers.
The song is cool on this one, so I mite as well post it: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khYFrW47qrY"]?? Eduardo Vargas 2011 Goles y Jugadas Copa Sudamericana y Seleccion Nacional - YouTube[/ame]
Thanks Metro the reason why i asked is Napoli is making a big bid for him if we get him and he does really well i can see us selling Hamsik!
He would not replace Hamsik, positionally speaking. If anything, he would be a sort of Lavezzi-type player for you guys. If you do sell Hamsik, however, hopefully it will be to Inter.
Hamsik goes invisible a lot he is great when he is on point but other then that he is a let down. Anyways hope you guys have a good season.
these extension contracts mean nothing i dont even know why they bother if the player wants to go he will go.
it cost money to make these contracts, on top of which usually players when given an extension are paid more, so they actually mean something to certain individuals now whether hamsik wants to go that I have never heard, interest from other clubs including our own that I've heard since the last 2 years but with our management looking into younger cheaper options I don't think Inter will bid for him unless he goes for cheap, which he probably won't
Cesena tomorrow in the morning, 6 am pacific, 9 am eastern call up Goalkeepers: 1 Julio Cesar, 12 Luca Castellazzi, 21 Paolo Orlandoni; Defenders: 4 Javier Zanetti, 6 Lucio, 13 Maicon, 23 Andrea Ranocchia, 25 Walter Samuel, 37 Davide Faraoni, 55 Yuto Nagatomo; Midfielders: 5 Dejan Stankovic, 8 Thiago Motta, 11 Ricardo Alvarez, 18 Andrea Poli, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 20 Joel Obi, 29 Coutinho; Forwards: 7 Giampaolo Pazzini, 9 Diego Forlan, 22 Diego Milito, 28 Mauro Zarate, 30 Luc Castaignos. good healthy squad, I'll probably catch the end of it if not I'll look for highlights
saw most of the second half, a Ranocchia header and an extremely important save from Julio Cesar allowed us to leave with a 1-0 and make that 5 wins out of the last 6 games! didn't see the first but the attack was struggling to get any decent chance, both Pazzo and Milito were not performing Cesena was also lacking in attack but started to get more and more chances towards the end and we narrowly were holding on but we got a win and clean sheet so job is done next game is in just 3 days vs Lecce with the usual later starting time
so talk is going around that you guys want Krasic and that juve is asking for Ranocchia perhaps they feel him and Bonucci need to be together again.
we don't need second place bidone d'oro, we got the first! wasn't his dream to play for juve? anyways, even though krasic can go back to form, and add something from the wings, unless he will transfer for cheap or maybe on loan I don't see it happening I guess it all depends on how much krasic and ranocchia are worth
Call up for tomorrow vs Lecce, Goalkeepers: 1 Julio Cesar, 12 Luca Castellazzi, 21 Paolo Orlandoni. Defenders: 2 Ivan Ramiro Cordoba, 4 Javier Zanetti, 6 Lucio, 13 Maicon, 23 Andrea Ranocchia, 25 Walter Samuel, 37 Davide Faraoni, 55 Yuto Nagatomo. Midfielders: 8 Thiago Motta, 11 Ricardo Alvarez, 18 Andrea Poli, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 20 Joel Obi, 29 Coutinho. Forwards: 7 Giampaolo Pazzini, 9 Diego Forlan, 22 Diego Milito, 28 Mauro Zarate, 30 Luc Castaignos. One of the things that baffle me is calling up Poli, Castaignos, and others and not even including them in the bench I thought with the performance Poli gave at genoa he would start again but he has yet to do so on top of players being cleared for matchday and end up pulling out I would like to see this: -------------JC---------------- -Maicon-Frog-Lucio-Nagatomo -----------Cambiasso---------- -----------Poli--Motta---------- --------------Coutinho---------- --------------Forlan------------- as long as we don't see Milito and Pazzini pair up again as for Lecce, we got to watch out since they can score and have shown that in the last 3 games: Napoli 4-2 Lecce, 2-3 vs Lazio, 3-3 vs parma a good test for our defense, since Napoli and roma tied last round so that left us at 5th and if we win we solidify a good december position which is superb considering where we were at
If I just came from my best european season winning mostly everything and seeing Palermo start ahead of me, my confidence would also take a hit line ups Inter: 1 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 55 Nagatomo; 37 Faraoni, 4 Zanetti, 8 Thiago Motta, 11 Alvarez; 9 Forlan, 7 Pazzini. Subs: 12 Castellazzi, 2 Cordoba, 19 Cambiasso, 20 Obi, 22 Milito, 29 Coutinho, 30 Castaignos. Coach: Claudio Ranieri. Lecce: 1 Gabrieli; 30 Oddo, 40 Tomovic, 13 Ferrario; 7 Cuadrado, 18 Giacomazzi, 8 Obodo, 10 Olivera, 28 Brivio; 24 Muriel, 17 Di Michele. Subs:50 Turbacci, 9 Corvia, 16 Diamoutene, 20 Bergougnoux, 21 Grossmuller, 22 Piatti, 77 Pasquato. Coach: Serse Cosmi I think we are playing a 4-4-2, glad to see Forlan given a chance