Davide Santon

[.h.]

santons at his worse is far worse than pereira. at least pereira is okay defensively, and a bit invisible. santon was actually very deterimental to our play. remember that game against palermo where he came on at half time, we were 4-0? up, and then we conceeded like 3 goals in 20 minutes all from santons side? sums it up nicely.

i much rather pereira over santon, tbh. santons recent semi revival is testimonial of moving to newcastle in a less pressure side than anything... he was never going to cut it at inter, his mentality was just in the wrong place. he didnt pull himself up, but rather, let the depression get to him and it just went on a downward spiral.

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it has to be said, the only reason anyone gives a shit about santon is a run of 16 consecutive games nearly 3 years ago. thats it.

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aside from those 16 games, he doesnt deserve any placement over, say, natalino, hes just played more games to the same level... tbh, i think faraoni is better than him. less spectacular so far, but solid, plays alot... who does that remind you of? obi... one of the quietest players in recent times to have clocked up over 50 appearances... its not always the ones you expect..

 

[Pajo]

I'd rather have him as back-up RB than Johhny tho...

But he is not better than Pereira and especially Naga.

 

[.h.]

oh sure, im not saying i wouldnt have liked to have keep him... hes still not a terrible option..

but in terms of career for him, being benched as 3rd or 4th choice at inter would result in him being a serie b player within 3 years... he had no chance to develop here anymore - rightly so, sadly - but he would still have been, from a completely selfish perspective, still a good backup option.

sadly, this is how it goes. he needed a move, we needed the money

 

[Y&h]

Micheal's site says Milan are intrested I'm Davide..

 

[Pajo]

Let's get De Sciglio then

 

[ADRossi]

Micheal's site says Milan are intrested I'm Davide..

Santon and Abate at the the two wing back positions for Milan? That's like two double agents working for Inter instead of 1

 

[Batman]

I remember once Davide said he will never join Milan or Juve as a respect for Inter..

 

[Pajo]

They always forget

 

[Batman]

They always forget

True, sometimes these kind of words means nothing, plus he said that when he was here, so maybe he would will his opinion because we sold him

 

[Pajo]

And he said he is Milan fan as well

Btw, it will suck for us if this deal happens. It'll mean Abate will leave, no more Abate for us.

 

[.h.]

well, if i remember correctly, the whole thing was
"Yes, its true I was a milan fan when i was growing up, but I'd never play for Milan or Juventus now out of respect for Inter"

 

[Trublue]

I think Newcastle is not the right club for him. He should aim higher, I think that he would be a great player for a Bundesliga team like Bayern or Dortmund.

 

[Pajo]

Or not. Newcastle is EXACTLY the team for him. Will fight for Eurpope, no pressure and so on.

 

[Sokrates]

Why should "no pressure" be good for any player in this world?
Pressure is good and makes you better, if not you failed.

 

[Pajo]

Santon already failed under pressure. Even i Newcastle fails when it gets little higher, especially after a mistake. He always starts well, one mistake is all he needs to start panicking.

 

[Sokrates]

If that's true, he doesn't deserve a "better team"

 

[Pajo]

That's my point

He might set his mentality better since he has ALL the talent he needs to make a great full back... If he does, then he could make a success in big club, if not, i doubt he can ever play for club bigger than Newcastle. Liverpool/Arsenal tops, clubs with history, but not top clubs.

 

[Hugo Boss]

I just saw Santon assist Gutierez when we still waiting for Pereira learn how to cross...

 

[jmaster]

I just saw Santon assist Gutierez when we still waiting for Pereira learn how to cross...

 

[Pajo]

That's Santons third assist his entire career

edit: fourth now