Re: Serie A Thread - 2011/12 Season
Yeah that Mudingayi transfer... considering we aren't spending much could be considered a steal
Seriously though, even though we wont be having a completely revamped starting 11, it will be almost new. We are going to be playing a new formation - 4-2-3-1. We have Coutinho back who gained really good experience by going on loan to Espanyol last season and Fredy Guarin who barely played last year and wasn't fully fit but is ready now.
----------Handanovic--------
Jonathan--Silvestre---Samuel---Zanetti
-----------Guarin----Cambiasso---------
----Palacio------Sneijder-----Coutinho--
----------------Milito----------------------
Sure some old names are still there but gradually the youngsters will be given experience, atleast that is what I want to beleive Strama said last year that the gap between the Primavera and Serie A is soo huge that Primavera is like slow motion compared to Serie A. Maybe Italy should think about having the Primavera playing in Serie B/C.
Anyway what is up with the FFP and is it really going to impact the clubs as suggested? ( They wont enter CL etc etc) Because I don't know if Moratti is just using it as an excuse or he's actually trying to make the club ready for the rule.. I mean sure he may make bad decisions but you cant deny his love for the club and I'm sure he wouldn't want to drag it down. Maybe theres a secret project going.. (like our own stadium
)
that's the thing mate. this isn't really "a new squad project". starting off with a new squad project means completely revolitionise your starting 11... and that's not the case. sure, the transfer window is still far from over, but it really doesn't look like moratti is feeling in the mood to open his wallet and reshape the squad.
so far inter's only moves were replacing lucio with silvestre (good move, but what about ranocchia?) and signing palacio and mudingay (mudyngay!?! wtf!).
yeah, there are a few youngsters coming in from the primavera, but that's just stramaccioni reacting to the fact he hasn't much to work with (he's been coaching those primavera kids, he knows them, and they can come for free, so he's trying to fill the spots on his own.... but let's be honest, those kids aren't there to replace "the starters"... they're only there to give stramaccioni a few options more and some depth on a cheap).
and as for the "offloading old players on heavy contracts", it seems they're doing a pretty shoddy work (as usual). getting rid of lucio was a good move, but why in God's name they gave chivu an extension!?!? that's insane!! and then there's the goalkeeper situation... branca and moratti had the brilliant idea to sign handanovic BEFORE getting rid of julio cesar... they must have thought "if we sign handanovic, julio cesar will realise he won't be a starter anymore and we'll be able to terminate his contract".
LOL! and how did that work out!?!julio cesar got the message loud and clear, but then he realised being a backup isn't so bad, when u got a huge contract. i can almost hear his agent explaining the situation to him.... "listen Julio, inter wanna cut u lose and now that they signed handanovic they're gonna relegate u to the bench if we don't agree to terminate the contract or allow them to sell us. the thing is u still got 2 years left on a 4.5 millions per year contract and, at this stage in your carreer, there's no way we could get such a contract somewhere else.... so it's your call really; u can stay here for 2 more season as a backup and get 9 millions.... or u can accept to leave for a starting place somewhere else, in wich case we'll hardly get more than 2 millions". what would u have done?
i mean 9 millions for a 2 years holiday.... sounds pretty good to me!
so now, instead of saving a couple of millions in salaries by swapping julio cesar with handanovic, inter have both handanovic (2 millions per year) AND julio cesar (4.5 millions per year) under contract....Jesus, they really haven't thought this through
sadly moratti won't ever do that mate, as setting a realistic goal and giving time to the coach would imply an admission of guilt. u see when an owner says "we gotta be patient and give this new coach some time" there's always a subtext:
a) ....because this season we'll have a completely new starting 11 and formation (and that's not inter's case).
b) ....because we have a new young and unexperienced team (and again, this is not inter's case).
c) ....because we haven't been able to give the coach a competitive team (and THIS is inter's case!)
moratti has made it very clear over the last 2 seasons that he doesn't wanna spend money on the market anymore (fair enough, that's entirely his call afterall).... but he also doesn't wanna be blamed for it by the media and the fans. so his approach to inter's current situation is something like this: "the club is fine, the team is perfect as it is, we have lots of great players and if we don't deliver it's only because of poor coaching"
so u can easily see why he cannot show any patience towards his coaches; that would expose the contraddiction in his "it's all the coach's fault" logic.
Yeah that Mudingayi transfer... considering we aren't spending much could be considered a steal
Seriously though, even though we wont be having a completely revamped starting 11, it will be almost new. We are going to be playing a new formation - 4-2-3-1. We have Coutinho back who gained really good experience by going on loan to Espanyol last season and Fredy Guarin who barely played last year and wasn't fully fit but is ready now.
----------Handanovic--------
Jonathan--Silvestre---Samuel---Zanetti
-----------Guarin----Cambiasso---------
----Palacio------Sneijder-----Coutinho--
----------------Milito----------------------
Sure some old names are still there but gradually the youngsters will be given experience, atleast that is what I want to beleive
Strama said last year that the gap between the Primavera and Serie A is soo huge that Primavera is like slow motion compared to Serie A. Maybe Italy should think about having the Primavera playing in Serie B/C.Anyway what is up with the FFP and is it really going to impact the clubs as suggested? ( They wont enter CL etc etc) Because I don't know if Moratti is just using it as an excuse or he's actually trying to make the club ready for the rule.. I mean sure he may make bad decisions but you cant deny his love for the club and I'm sure he wouldn't want to drag it down. Maybe theres a secret project going.. (like our own stadium
)Which situation? I'm sure we don't own Destro anymore.... oh and btw, the way inter are handling the whole ranocchia\destro situation... let's just say moratti is making zamparini and liverpool owners look like clever club owners.
)..... however make no mistake, moratti is using it as an excuse. if anything the introduction of FFP should force top clubs to overspend (until the rule is in play), not the other way around.
