I have always believed in rebuilding teams with youth. I would like Inter to take the older players and sell them all away. Bring in new young talent to build on. This may take a season or two but when these players being to gel than we bring in reinforcments to become Serie A powerhouse again. Do I think they will do this? No I don't think they will. Do they need to do this? No again I think this would be the best way to end a Schudetto draut that is going on 15 years. Luckly retooling the team won't take as long because Inter has $$$$$$$$ What do you think? Should they keep giving this group chances or should they rebuild, tank a year or two, than Reload better than before?
First of all, WELCOME to Big Soccer, NERAZZURI!!!!! Great to have you here. I agree with you, building a cohesive club starts with your youth program. STOP changing squads every year or 2...grrrrr. Inter Milan has plenty of $$$ to buy talented players in a few years. You have to ask yourself, is the current side able to honestly compete for Lo Scudetto as is...the answer is NO! They are good and compete, but it just isn't in the cards right now. Are they 1 or 2 players away from being a great squad...who knows??? But Massimo never gives them 2 or 3 years minimum to gel.
Actually, Milan were not in such a different situation from Inter just a few years ago. Just couldn't quite break through .... didn't seem to have the chemistry necessary to win championships ... and, lo and behold, a Nesta here and a Pirlo there ... and here they are, the best team in Italy. So I really DON'T think the answer is building from your youth squad. Pretty much, these days, you just have to fill your gaps with the best players you can buy and hope that your coach can get the team to come together, get some good results, and with luck, win something. So, what does Inter have - a potentially great striker in Adriano a classy leader (if not exactly an offensive threat) in Javier Zanetti a really solid keeper in Toldo some decent but defensive-minded Italian internationals in Cristiano Zanetti, Materazzi, and Cannavaro What's really lacking is a creative force in the middle of the field. Not exactly a dime a dozen, that ... but not something either that you generally find in the youth squad. Any Kaka clones around?
No I don't think so. I don't think Inter should keep changing players over and over. They need time to get more teamwork, and Inter lack in tactics rather than quality. The players are great, it is just that the coach can't combine those talents together. That's why
Building a team straight from the youth is a what a small club does to have a couple decent seasons and make cash by selling their players when they mature. It is quite common practice look at say Parma or maybe even the new Lazio. These teams dont generally have a relly good run of it but they play on this youth and the team chemistry aspect to put together a good run here and there. The big three breed young players to use in swaps with other teams for proven players or primarily for shoreing up deficencies in the first team. Take Martins for example Inter at one point had a lack of good striking talent in a small power forward type of player. A look at the youth team sees a certain Martins ripping apart records and there you go problem solved. (Too bad we cant do that with all the positions ). Inter need creativity in the midfield and support in the backline. Oh and one more thing team chemistry, wheather it be in the form of team harmony. But perhaps my favoured option is united team anger against every other team. No more of this we are serene and calm crap after a bad game. I want to see a player flip out and lose it at all the players. Not like Vieri did, but more of in a encouraging manner to pick up their game and produce like they should be. Toldo definetly and hopefully put it right Inter are like Ferrarri long winless drought and now they cant stop winning. Here we come next year Constantly the optimistic Inter Fan Forza Nerazzurri
Try to explain this to a Chicago Bulls fan, but not very closely. The franchise decided to rebuild with a core of young players (Crawford, Chandler & Curry) three years ago and they´re going to year seven after MJ without any result except losing and still waiting for their development. SueB is right, isn´t a smart thing to do. You can have youth, but not just that. Nerazzurri, talking about youth, you have any news about Leandro Depetris, a 15 years old boy that Milan hired four years ago and is developing his skills there in River Plate? I knew he recently joined your U-17 National team. Is he that good?
Having lived in Chicago most of my life and I'm a huge Bulls fan, you should stick to stuff you know about like producing great footballers and winning the World Cup. That is NOT why Bulls fans are MAD! No offense.
I don't think they should go to that extreme like the Chicago Bulls did. Also you can't compare the NBA to world football. The NBA has a salary cap and a draft. They can't just buy everyone like Chelsea (few can). I'm saying instead of signing older players coming down in their careers, we should go after the Cristano Ronaldo's or the Deco's or the Carlos Tevez's out there. Then when we start to gel we bring in the proven vets to solidify the group. And in soccer this process doesn't take long at all especially with a big club like Inter Go after the next generation now for less $$$$ and then we can turn them into the best team in the world. Is there risk YES! Not every young talented player becomes a superstar but we can sign 2 of them for every 1 superstar. Not to mention they have their whole careers in front of them. This team has had a shot for some time now and now I think we should look to the future. ManU is doing this same thing now. In the long run I think it can work to perfection. As far as the River Plate player you mentioned I haven't been watching him to much. Seems like a great talent prospect but he needs to prove himself in Primera. He should get a shot in 2005 or 2006 for sure. If hear anything I'll try and let you know.
Thanks! As for Carlito, I think he´ll be a star in a near future, but I don´t see him going to Europe soon, because he seems to love Boca.
They carn't possibly hope to rebuild with youth if they keep letting talented young players such as Jeremie Brechet go, which i believe they have just done to Real Socidad for a couple of million.
brechet may have been a good prospect but an team in Inter's situation have no patience to rebuild a team they need gurantees and success and they need right NOW. Brechet didnt settle into the team well at all. He got injured really early and that greatly reduced his chances. What he had to do was stay fit and jump in when all thos players got injured in January Furthermore Inter have an abundance of players on the left back Coco, Cordoba, and Pasquale. Looks like Pasquale has been loaned out though so that will be better for his development rather than rotting on the bench. But whats this Inter haven't broken from their old age and proven performer signing groove. We have just signed Favalli. Decent move but would have been better last year or the year before as he is noe 32. He is part of the national set up though so he can definetly bring experience and class to the team. Lets hope he doesnt get injured and can stay fit and perhaps have a season like the one past at Lazio. Screw the children lets stick with the Geezers!!! Forza Nerazzurri.