Kristjan Asllani

[brehme1989]

It appears that Asllani is being held responsible for the team's recent loss against Milan

He's not being held responsible.

His usage is. By Inzaghi. By the club.

What's unfair to the kid is that he's supposed to be a lot better than he is. We can't fault the kid for being the player he is. The club left a big gap there and you can argue that Inzaghi advised against getting a replacement that can do the job.

Asllani just cannot do much in our midfield. There's no role for him.
I hear complaints about Frattesi, too, but the guy can win you games even if he's not ideal for the way we want to play. We don't need to play 90+ minutes the same way anyway, hence why you need players offering a new dimension. We only need that for the defense and maybe wingbacks. Forwards need to offer more, midfielders need to be able to offer something different.


Asllani just doesn't tick any box. He always looks like an amateur corporate league player that can just hit the ball well. He should be 7th choice in midfield but we hardly got the 6th and he's sort of the only replacement for Hakan even when Barella and Zielinski are more suited to that role.

Blame the club.

You can find a lot that Asllani didn't do well in his derby cameo or other games, but this is the club's fault. They know what they're working with.

 

[varmin]

Asllani is 22 years old and you doubt he's going to improve in defending?

I doubt, because he didn't show any progress in that aspect since he joint us.
I don't think that he will improve enough to fill the starter registra spot

 

[Fapuccino]

I just feel getting a 100% passing rate while disrupting the tempo of the team and not being able to cover in defense is at the detriment of the squad. He was brought in for a reason, we all saw some potential with the passing. As I said I used to root for him until this season, bc he isn't showing me enough to be a good sub for that DLP role.

Maybe if Simone change his role or the strategy he can fit in but as of right now : In year 3, Asllani is not good enough for this squad and the way we play.

I wonder what comments would have been made if he was on the field during this, when Pulisic makes 4 of our midfielders and defenders his bitch, like he was prime Messi.

Our established players have established good will, so we let shit like this go. We let Lautaro go when he hasn't scored in fucking 17 games. Asllani hasn't established any good will, so he gets criticized even for shit that is barely his fault.

I don't really care what people think he is or isn't capable of. That's anyone's guess. It's just there is a clear double standard at play here, when 99% of the problem is our starters, and not a fucking substitute midfielder.

 

[Fitzy]

The defending on that goal gets worse and worse on each replay.

 

[Idriss Simon]

I wonder what comments would have been made if he was on the field during this, when Pulisic makes 4 of our midfielders and defenders his bitch, like he was prime Messi.

Our established players have established good will, so we let shit like this go. We let Lautaro go when he hasn't scored in fucking 17 games. Asllani hasn't established any good will, so he gets criticized even for shit that is barely his fault.

I don't really care what people think he is or isn't capable of. That's anyone's guess. It's just there is a clear double standard at play here, when 99% of the problem is our starters, and not a fucking substitute midfielder.

I am the first to say we played like shit. Especially Pavard Mikhy and Tikus. I never said Asllani is the culprit. I said we gave him the chance (something you refuse to aknowledge), he has not shown growth (you finding him excuses). This game just exposed his flaws. You just dont want to understand.

Fine if you dont care what people think. As of right now in year 3, the kid is not good enough. Point blank period.

I ain't got nothing more to say on that matter. We just runnin circles here.

 

[brehme1989]

I wonder what comments would have been made if he was on the field during this, when Pulisic makes 4 of our midfielders and defenders his bitch, like he was prime Messi.

Our established players have established good will, so we let shit like this go. We let Lautaro go when he hasn't scored in fucking 17 games. Asllani hasn't established any good will, so he gets criticized even for shit that is barely his fault.

I don't really care what people think he is or isn't capable of. That's anyone's guess. It's just there is a clear double standard at play here, when 99% of the problem is our starters, and not a fucking substitute midfielder.

Everyone admits that was a total collapse.

You can blame Mkhitaryan, you can blame Hakan for expecting Mkhitaryan not to take extra time, you can blame Acerbi for not taking the risk to tackle, you can blame Bastoni for not being more aggressive (because he assumed Acerbi was gonna have him), you can blame collectively a lot of players. And you'd be right. There's no one player there to blame really.

Now regarding Asllani, of course you cannot blame him for Milan taking us on a counter, which is a thing you isolated, but you can find faults there on him too. Like not being alert enough to a) be in a proper position for that transition and b) fouling the Milan player to stop the break (even if there was a chance they'd keep the ball due to advantage play).

But overall, when things aren't going well, Asllani looks like the player to blame the most. That's why he's being singled out.

 

[Universe]

Asllani being young still doesnt excuse him from not taking the physical confrontation. He averaged 0,3 tackles and 0,5 interceptions last season.

Thats hilariously low, for ANY player in ANY position at ANY age. Most forward/strikers put up better stats. Even Eriksen who people here whined about not taking the physical confrontation, never had this low defensive stats in his entire career, even playing as AM.

Which lead me to the theory that he is simply afraid to take the physical confrontation and just tries to screen when near an opponent.

That is not DM material by any means. Perhaps he should be transformed into a midfielder that plays further up the pitch with less defensive duties, but unless he learns to read the game better and be more physical, he will obviously never be a top player since its not he shows some standout qualities going forward either.

Great stuff.

Hilariously whenever he does get a yellow card it’s usually due to some idiotic late challenge born out of frustration. Useless fuckwit.

Asllani is 22 years old and you doubt he's going to improve in defending?

Yes. Once a bitch, always a bitch. Just see Lautaro.

Don’t @ me. I’ll be

 

[Universe]

What's unfair to the kid is that he's supposed to be a lot better than he is. We can't fault the kid for being the player he is. The club left a big gap there and you can argue that Inzaghi advised against getting a replacement that can do the job.

I can and I will. We were close to securing Maxime Lopez on loan - a move which would’ve benefited all parties - only for the deal collapse due to this retard rejecting the move.

 

[CafeCordoba]

And where is Maxime Lopez now?

 

[Besnik]

@Universe seems to be on some heavy stuff lately.

 

[brehme1989]

And where is Maxime Lopez now?

That's not really so valid. There are very fine margins in terms of player quality and other factors that lead there.

Zambo Anguissa comes to mind as an example. If he hadn't gone to Napoli and stayed playing 2nd tier English football he could have ended up at some low table French club now with no one to be looking at him.

Obviously not saying we should now go sign Maxime Lopez, but at the time he appeared to have the traits we needed for that role. Another such player was Jordy Clasie, who ended up at Alkmaar and didn't really amount to much in his career despite having the traits big teams find useful. One bad choice ruined his chances (5 year deal with Southampton). There's dozens of players that have the traits we needed, at least one of them has the quality and mentality to play second fiddle to Hakan. All we know is that Asllani can't be it.

 

[Damageplan]

For me Bernabe from Parma is a player that interprets the Regista role really well. Just checked and he is 23. I can see him easily moving to a big team in the near future, maybe after this season if he keeps form. The way he plays and moves I feel he would be a perfect fit for us. I can see him replacing either Hakan or Barella. He will probably be worth 20-30 mil+ tho so slowly creeping out of our range.

 

[Jane The Virgin]

Criticizing Asllani when we lose is the same as sucking his dick when Inter wins.

We haven't lost a game because of him and we haven't won a game because of him. Nor we ever fucking will.

When the team plays well and wins, him getting those 20 minutes by the end, make him look like a mature player who rarely makes a mistake, covers distance, is always there for the teammates, etc...

When the team loses, he looks like crap.

That's all there is to it.

And if this makes you write 10km posts about how he is the biggest trash, idk man... You need a hobby.

 

[Universe]

That's not really so valid.

Typical Cafe argument to support his religiously pro-establishment agenda

 

[CafeCordoba]

I can and I will. We were close to securing Maxime Lopez on loan - a move which would’ve benefited all parties - only for the deal collapse due to this retard rejecting the move.

How is Asllani is a retard when he is now a Scudetto winner, with few hundred minutes played in CL football while Maxime Lopez plays in the second division in France at the moment?

 

[CafeCordoba]

That's not really so valid. There are very fine margins in terms of player quality and other factors that lead there.

Zambo Anguissa comes to mind as an example. If he hadn't gone to Napoli and stayed playing 2nd tier English football he could have ended up at some low table French club now with no one to be looking at him.

Obviously not saying we should now go sign Maxime Lopez, but at the time he appeared to have the traits we needed for that role. Another such player was Jordy Clasie, who ended up at Alkmaar and didn't really amount to much in his career despite having the traits big teams find useful. One bad choice ruined his chances (5 year deal with Southampton). There's dozens of players that have the traits we needed, at least one of them has the quality and mentality to play second fiddle to Hakan. All we know is that Asllani can't be it.

Of course there are different trajectories for players, it was just a rhetoric to ridicule these name-drops like Lopez. It's PURE speculation what Lopez might have been here, a claim he would have been better than Asllani has no value really.

 

[brehme1989]

Of course there are different trajectories for players, it was just a rhetoric to ridicule these name-drops like Lopez. It's PURE speculation what Lopez might have been here, a claim he would have been better than Asllani has no value really.

Of course, but the claim that his traits are better suited for that role than that Asllani can do isn't

 

[bubba zanetti]

Stayed on a bench. Good.

 

[Pimpin]

Stayed on a bench. Good.

Yeah we had a midfield masterclass for a change

 

[Besnik]

Maxime Lopez and his better traits