Re: Serie A Thread - 2010/11 Season
yep, i completely agree with u mate. i also like palombo (A LOT!) and i believe he could be the perfect replacement for motta.... but just like u, i don't follow serie b, so i don't know how good he is right now.
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little not about palombo: man, something must have gone terribly wrong in genova. i don't know what happen last december, but what i do know is that suddenly palombo didn't wanna be there anymore (wich is extremely weird). mind u, it's not like he moved because a big club made an offer. he was determined to leave no matter what (infact palermo and lazio were already preparing to negotiate his transfer, before inter showed up).
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anyway, even if palombo will turn out to be that amazing player we remember from 2 years ago, that would still be not enough to get inter back on track.
interista said:
When Ranieri came he did what he does best, he found a formation that atleast gave us some stability, a simple 4-4-2, we had a good run albeit we didn't really play good football but got the results. Problem was that during this period Sneijder was injured. Now that he's back Ranieri had to start trying to new things, he tried him as a support striker, a trequartista and as a winger. Till now he can't seem to get the best out of Sneijder, also Sneijder is not the same old, he seems to have lost interest and Ranieri already hinted that he might bench him soon.
yep, he really looks like he can't be bothered right now (a bit like diego, during his juve days). imo ranieri has no other choice than dropping him.
u see the trequartista is a huge burden to carry for a midfield. from a tactical point of view the trequartista is the nightmare of every coach, because by lining up a player in that position, u lose something in terms of coverage, in terms of pressing, and u seriously mess up the balance ot the team.
the thing is, as long as your midfield is energetic enough to cope with the lack of support from the trequartista, and as long as the trequartista does his magic on the pitch, well, u will be willing to compromise.
but right now this is just not a viable solution for inter. not only snejder is not performing good enough to justify his presence on the pitch..... but right now also inter's midfield just can't afford a trequartista (not even a good one).... they just don't have the concentration, nor the muscle to handle the midfield with a 3 men setup. they really need all the help they can get there... and if that means sacrificing snejder, so be it.
interista said:
Another thing to look at is the defence, during the 7 match win streak we had a good defensive record and had a clean sheet in most of the matches, the added problem on top of the formation change is Samuel's injury... Even at his age he is our best defender by FAR. I just don't get how some people rate Lucio more than him.. Problem started during the crazy match with Palermo which ended 4-4 and Rannochia and Lucio were starting (Sneijder also played), from this stage onwards the team just seems to have restarted to the stage we were before Ranieri came, players look unconcentrated and all is needed for us is to concede a goal and the comical defending starts. If you have seen the match against Bologna the players lacked guts, it always looked like every player just wants to get rid of the ball, you know there's a problem when everyone is looking to pass the ball to Nagatomo to create something! Because he's the only one that's fast and won't stop running.
indeed. however the situation is less terrible than it might appear right now. sure u need moratti to start to invest again (and, even before that, he should fire the entire board and hire some proper professionals), but it's not like u have to rebuild the entire team. part of the spine of the future inter is already there. u got pazzini, who is an amazing striker (i know he's not doing well right now, but let's cut the guy some slack, that's the first time in his entire carreer he's not scoring for fun... and right now even messi wouldn't perform in this inter team).... then u got poli at midfield.... i'm telling u, this kid will become a great football player one day. and also that faraoni kid has been very impressive. and finally u got one of the most promising young defenders in europe in ranocchia (i know he also has been pretty poor lately, but again, is there a cb on the planet who would be able to perform in this inter team right now?).
so imo u just need 4\5 major signings, and inter might be a title contender back again.
interista said:
So in the end I don't know what's going to happen, with Financial Fairplay coming I don't know what Moratti has in mind as he always stresses that this is holding him from spending, so IMO Sneijder will be sold and some players' contract will expire so that should help him break the bank.
about that mate, don't buy those bullshits about financial fairplay. moratti has been using it as an excuse to justify his lack of investments for 2 years now... it's quite ridiculous really. besides, if anything, the upcoming infamous financial fariplay rule, should push big teams to spend like crazy (before it's too late), not the contrary.
and anyway, we still don't know anything about this financial play rule (most important, we don't even know what will be the consequence of a violation of this policy).
