Kristjan Asllani

[Armes]

Why's he getting hate today too and lowest rating in the game?

 

[Gaindé]

I thought he was pretty good, that missed shot was quite bad, even on his left foot he should hit the target at least.

 

[ADRossi]

I thought he was pretty good, that missed shot was quite bad, even on his left foot he should hit the target at least.

I mean, I've seen Taremi take worse shots this season, and he's a striker. As @pier pointed out, Asllani should have passed to Thuram.

 

[Gaindé]

I mean, I've seen Taremi take worse shots this season, and he's a striker. As @pier pointed out, Asllani should have passed to Thuram.

Oh yeas definitely, it's just that I really believe Asllani has a good shot, maybe the ball bounced, but I really thought that would be a goal.

 

[Ethor]

Kinda inconsequential today, got a cheap yellow as well. Very tentative today missed a couple of opportunies on his passing, took the safe route.

 

[Gaindé]

It might sound weird but I like that he is getting yellow cards to be honest, it means he is getting more involved into winning the ball and finds himself in the correct zone of the pitch, it's not bad. Next step is try to be cleaner when trying to win the ball but one step at the time I guess.

 

[pier]

 

[wera]

8-3-5 is not good vs midtable team like Bologna, considering that time Inter started becoming a strong team.

Sometimes a team playing a certain way can be a bogey team, no matter how big is the club. For us, it was Bologna and to a certain degree, Sassuolo.

For Bayern it's Borussia Mönchengladbach. For City it's Tottenham.

 

[DARi0]

With Hakan Calhanoglu still out injured, Kristjan Asllani has been taking the midfield reins at a level he was not entirely accustomed to.

“Kristjan is doing very good things. Clearly, Calhanoglu is ahead of him in the pecking order, but he is working well and is always ready when called upon,” continued Inzaghi.

“Everyone can get a game wrong, but he never gives up, works hard and without the yellow card today I would’ve left him on for the full 90 minutes. He’s sharp in his choices and does what I ask, he has our utmost faith and just has to keep going like this.” - Simone

He keeps praising him, hopefully driving his confidence (and price?) up

 

[Jane The Virgin]

You know, all this criticism of Asllani reminds me of a guy I work with here. He’s from the US, and without getting into whether he's this or that politically, we once had a chat after work, and I kinda understood his perspective. But seeing the way people go after Asllani now? I totally get him.

Basically, even though my friend didn’t agree with everything Trump did, whenever someone from Europe tried to lecture him on how Trump was the worst thing to ever happen to humanity, he’d go full defense mode. He’d start bringing up similar if not worse things that past/present US presidents or even European leaders did, and nobody batted an eye. Sometimes, people even cheered those same actions. But when it came to Trump? "oh no, he bad. oh no! He said he likes to touch pussy"

Now, before anyone starts foaming at the mouth, this isn’t about politics, it’s just an example to help me with my ending point, so if you ignore the football part and start quoting me about Trump, congrats, you’re missing the entire point you moron. And also, please go outside and touch some grass.

Anyway, back to Asllani. The moment he does anything, it’s like 20 people swarm in here faster than a pack of hungry bees, painting him as if he’s the club president’s secret love child who only gets minutes because of some deep state conspiracy.

He misplaces a pass? Boom 10 posters show up like it's an emergency town hall meeting to declare him the worst passer of all time. Meanwhile, every other player in history? Apparently, 100% pass accuracy, never misplaced a ball.

Picks up a yellow? Suddenly, 15 people are here calling him an idiot, like he's out there collecting cards for fun.

Misses a chance? A dude literally posted a screenshot. I couldn't believe that, I really from all the critics I never thought someone would svreenshot an attempt from the box... People didnt do that when that french player didn't pass to Mbapee in the finals against Argentina, to the level people are doing this here. I mean, come on, man! The last time we saw that level of forensic analysis was when Lukaku, a veteran, missed an absolute sitter, and even then, it took the entire global sports media to roast him.

Where's all this energy when other players do the exact same thing? Seriously? Who would you play in his spot? Nobody that we have can cover that place without our team suffering way way more. And fuck it, I'll say it, we're playing the same. We were never a tiki-taka team, with or without Calha.

Going back to the dude from work, I;m becoming that dude when it comes to Asllani

Now, if you can read, you will know what I think of Asllani. Not great, not bad, for what he was bought and for what he is used, he is more than enough. People are coming for Asllani like he was supposed to be a copy-paste clone of Calha, same body, same brain, same everything. Newsflash, he’s not!

 

[varmin]

Asllani is a scapegoat for some users here, and the weird part is that some of them wants Inzaghi to start young players, but in same time they are trashing Asllani in first opportunity.

Anyway, I couldn't understand why Trump was the worst thing to ever happen to humanity?

 

[ADRossi]

Asllani is a scapegoat for some users here, and the weird part is that some of them wants Inzaghi to start young players, but in same time they are trashing Asllani in first opportunity.

Anyway, I couldn't understand why Trump was the worst thing to ever happen to humanity?

Absolutely no need to bring up politics here.

 

[ADRossi]

This forum has a long history of scapegoating individual players. For my entire time on this forum, there has always been one whipping boy who receives slander, above what is warranted. At first it was Pandev, who everyone thought was overpaid and useless. Then we graduated to Schelotto, Vecino, Gagliardini, and a few others I'm forgetting. It's no different than the summer the entire Inter community convinced themselves Cerci was going to be the best signing possible.

A lot of the criticism of Asllani is deserved. He hasn't played well for Inter. It's extra apparent when he's asked to replace one of the best midfielders in the world. He deserves some slack for being one of the only two young players in our first team, but I don't see the ceiling. There are no attributes that Asllani has shown that make me believe he will ever develop into a player good enough for this level. He's too clumsy in defense, commits stupid fouls that earn yellows, and his passing results in way too many giveaways. These aren't problem I see disappearing or him growing out of. Great if he does, but I'm not holding my breath.

But my god, I am so tired of every match being a referendum of Asllani's career. The amount of analysis that goes into every one for his games is exhausting. Why are people more worried about Asllani than, say, Taremi, an experienced player on significantly higher wages who looks AWFUL? What about Zielinski, who hasn't shown anything for the better part of four months now? What makes Asllani warrant this level of analysis? I don't get it.

 

[Fapuccino]

This forum has a long history of scapegoating individual players. For my entire time on this forum, there has always been one whipping boy who receives slander, above what is warranted. At first it was Pandev, who everyone thought was overpaid and useless. Then we graduated to Schelotto, Vecino, Gagliardini, and a few others I'm forgetting. It's no different than the summer the entire Inter community convinced themselves Cerci was going to be the best signing possible.

A lot of the criticism of Asllani is deserved. He hasn't played well for Inter. It's extra apparent when he's asked to replace one of the best midfielders in the world. He deserves some slack for being one of the only two young players in our first team, but I don't see the ceiling. There are no attributes that Asllani has shown that make me believe he will ever develop into a player good enough for this level. He's too clumsy in defense, commits stupid fouls that earn yellows, and his passing results in way too many giveaways. These aren't problem I see disappearing or him growing out of. Great if he does, but I'm not holding my breath.

But my god, I am so tired of every match being a referendum of Asllani's career. The amount of analysis that goes into every one for his games is exhausting. Why are people more worried about Asllani than, say, Taremi, an experienced player on significantly higher wages who looks AWFUL? What about Zielinski, who hasn't shown anything for the better part of four months now? What makes Asllani warrant this level of analysis? I don't get it.

I remember the same shit happening with Kovacic every game lol. He's not physical enough. He hasn't grown enough in the time he's been here. He's been given too many opportunities.

 

[qb4ever_2k]

I remember the same shit happening with Kovacic every game lol. He's not physical enough. He hasn't grown enough in the time he's been here. He's been given too many opportunities.

It was the complete opposite with Kovacic. Kovacic didn't develop his game one bit during his entire time here, he was the same player when he left as when he came.

Asllani, on the other hand, has shown steady development. He's gone from can't do shits to can be good against smaller teams. And he's only 22. If he keeps up this rate for a few more years, he will be a competent regista.

 

[uny_arturo]

At the end of the day, both Frattesi and Asllani added different dimensions to the team. Fratte with his goals and Asllani with his long passes, but none can be full time starters. As long as they're happy to play 20 mins in a game, that's fine with me. We don't expect everyone to be Messi. We only have troubles when they start moaning (while getting paid millions to train) - their greed is what I have an issue with.

 

[varmin]

At the end of the day, both Frattesi and Asllani added different dimensions to the team. Fratte with his goals and Asllani with his long passes, but none can be full time starters. As long as they're happy to play 20 mins in a game, that's fine with me. We don't expect everyone to be Messi. We only have troubles when they start moaning (while getting paid millions to train) - their greed is what I have an issue with.

I agree for Asllani, but Frattesi is an expensive asset with 3mln net salary. I'd definitely sell him if the right offer arrives, and try to get someone else.

 

[HernanesLeftFoot88]

Asllani is a scapegoat for some users here, and the weird part is that some of them wants Inzaghi to start young players, but in same time they are trashing Asllani in first opportunity.

It is mental.

 

[Fitzy]

I thought he was much better against Sparta than usual. He has his limitations, but that position is also a hard one to learn.

 

[#NotForMe]

One thing I don't get the hate on Asllani is Frattesi actually destroys our midfield and game play way more than him, and is even more entitled, but they hate Asllani more? Maybe cause Frattesi scores? I guess it is hard to argue, cause at end of the day regardless how well you play the scoreline is the result, and if it can be consistently delivered, then what can you really complain about? On the other hand having good midfield plays is the key to more control and consistent results