Lautaro Martinez

[CafeCordoba]

Inter started its preseason on 13th of July. Lautaro played in the final of Copa America on 24th of July. His planned return would have been 8th of August. About 10 days before the start of the Serie A season. Already WAY too late to get to proper fitness.

But as Puma said, he cut even that by 2 days or something to be in the service of the coach. Toro didn't play in any preseason matches before the start of the season.

I bet Vini and Haaland had a bit better summers. Vini was playing in a preseason game in 4th of August.

I think what this summer taught to Toro and hopefully to Inzaghi and the club too that you need to take good care of your players and not take advantage of their sense of duty like this. It might end up biting up your own ass.

 

[dax21]

If Vini was at Inter, you'd be the first to want him out.

Haaland is a top striker, sure. That's two and you're barely 50% right.

Lautaro's agent was constantly comparing him to Haaland when it was negotiations time.
Coincidentally enough this is probably the longest we haven't heard of him.

 

[Il Drago]

Haaland is a very bad comparison. He had a proper rest as Norway didn't even make it to Euro. Even Vini reached only quarter finals of Copa America. Argentina and Colombia players who play at top clubs are better comparisons. Or Euro guys like Kane who reached Euro final.

@CafeCordoba Copa America final was on July 15th.

 

[Glass box]

He was always bitting back even to old man like Sacchi. Seems like he has big ego, can't take criticism. Weak mentality I'd say.

Successful people all have big egos. Those without an ego have weak mentality.

Ego good. No ego - pussy. Lauti good. He just gotta start performing

 

[Adriano@10]

Inter started its preseason on 13th of July. Lautaro played in the final of Copa America on 24th of July. His planned return would have been 8th of August. About 10 days before the start of the Serie A season. Already WAY too late to get to proper fitness.

But as Puma said, he cut even that by 2 days or something to be in the service of the coach. Toro didn't play in any preseason matches before the start of the season.

I bet Vini and Haaland had a bit better summers. Vini was playing in a preseason game in 4th of August.

I think what this summer taught to Toro and hopefully to Inzaghi and the club too that you need to take good care of your players and not take advantage of their sense of duty like this. It might end up biting up your own ass.

Honestly not sure we could have managed it better.... SItuation was shitty as it is and i highly doubt two extra days of "rest" would have made any kind of difference.......

Imho thething tolearn from this is that you d probably need one competitive striker more tha we have atmif shedules are that tight for that long

 

[HernanesLeftFoot88]

Many posters on here are talking as if footballers get two months off at the end of the season before returning to training. Does anyone remember when the season would end in May and footballers would have June and July off and return to pre-season in August? That is no longer the case and fans are expecting the players to perform like they have had an adequate break.

It started with the expansion of Serie A to twenty teams and now there are fixtures, upon fixtures and new tournaments. Why are alot of posters on here not talking about the greediness of the UEFA/FIFA and only focusing on what Lautaro gets paid and the way he is playing?

It is established that he is one of the most travelled players in world football and yet everyone expects him to perform like a robot without a drop in performance.

Coming back early when there was an injury crisis with our strikers was the gesture of a Captain that cares. However, it was not the best decision because he and Inter are suffering now.

The current model of football is broken and unsustainable. It is geared to revenue raising with little regard for the needs of the players and their well-being. Without the players, there would be no show and the powers that be should understand that running them into the ground and only getting a break when they are injured can not continue.

More than anything, Lautaro's goal drought and lack of form highlight the limitations of our squad. This kind of drop in performance was foreseeable because whenever Lautaro stopped scoring or was not in the lineup, the team struggled. Unfortunately, Inter's management have not been able to address this shortcoming and the team is now suffering as a result.

 

[brakbrak]

Lautaro's agent was constantly comparing him to Haaland when it was negotiations time.
Coincidentally enough this is probably the longest we haven't heard of him.

Why would you hear from an agent AFTER contract negotiations?

 

[BasedGodPunk]

We need to start being like English clubs and telling national teams to fuck off.

 

[SiamoNoi]

I don't agree with this at all. He can play for roma or napoli if he doesn't want a pressure of preforming and critiques. In these clubs, you will get your dick sucked just by existing, and they will name a stadium after you if you win them just one title. In milan and torino you are as good as your last game and that's why those three big clubs in italy have almost 80 titles between them and others are not even on the map.

Here, if you receive almost ten mil a year, and you are captain, it's unacceptable to enter the season in this form. And i m not talking abut his lack of goals or stats, the dude is unrecognizable as a complete package. And it's not a start of the season either, that time frame ended in September. So yeah i m against insults especially on social media but critiques he received regarding his salary and the state of his form are completely in place if you ask me.

And that is everything what was wrong with this club for a long time. How about we are not returning to that level again.

 

[Glass box]

And that is everything what was wrong with this club for a long time. How about we are not returning to that level again.

You have some weird takes lately man

 

[vex]

And that is everything what was wrong with this club for a long time. How about we are not returning to that level again.

I'm praying to god these standards continue, that's the one of the main prerequisites for this club not going the route of napoli or roma, where they have collective orgasms on airports when they are welcoming players from frosinone and are satisfied with winning a title every 20 years.

That's the type of "supporting" environment that approach ultimately leads you. It leads to coddled players thinking they are bigger than the club. And we had that in banter era until a certain someone didn't come and straighten things up. And he straightened things up on the poster boy example of what happens when you ignore certain things and pat players on the back no matter what.

 

[CafeCordoba]

@CafeCordoba Copa America final was on July 15th.

Sure but irrelevant to my point.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Honestly not sure we could have managed it better.... SItuation was shitty as it is and i highly doubt two extra days of "rest" would have made any kind of difference.......

Imho thething tolearn from this is that you d probably need one competitive striker more tha we have atmif shedules are that tight for that long

The target for Lautaro to start playing was the Atalanta match, 30th of August. Genoa was two weeks before that, so Toro started playing two weeks before he was suppose to. With 10 days preseason, all this was very suboptimal. I'm very certain this played and maybe still plays a role in Toro's game when he missed like 75% of the preseason.

 

[BasedGodPunk]

I'm praying to god these standards continue, that's the one of the main prerequisites for this club not going the route of napoli or roma, where they have collective orgasms on airports when they are welcoming players from frosinone and are satisfied with winning a title every 20 years.

That's the type of "supporting" environment that approach ultimately leads you. It leads to coddled players thinking they are bigger than the club. And we had that in banter era until a certain someone didn't come and straighten things up. And he straightened things up on the poster boy example of what happens when you ignore certain things and pat players on the back no matter what.

I second this. As a college football fan in the states this is what separates programs and it’s the same in all sports where teams/programs are consider “bigger”. Great, excellent point

 

[wera]

If Vini was at Inter, you'd be the first to want him out.

Haaland is a top striker, sure. That's two and you're barely 50% right.

The difference is that Vini, a winger, scored more important goals in his career than Lautaro or Haaland. He is a cunt and not a striker, but he is the most clutch out of these 3.

 

[SiamoNoi]

I'm praying to god these standards continue, that's the one of the main prerequisites for this club not going the route of napoli or roma, where they have collective orgasms on airports when they are welcoming players from frosinone and are satisfied with winning a title every 20 years.

That's the type of "supporting" environment that approach ultimately leads you. It leads to coddled players thinking they are bigger than the club. And we had that in banter era until a certain someone didn't come and straighten things up. And he straightened things up on the poster boy example of what happens when you ignore certain things and pat players on the back no matter what.

Not sure we are talking about the same thing.

 

[brehme1989]

The difference is that Vini, a winger, scored more important goals in his career than Lautaro or Haaland. He is a cunt and not a striker, but he is the most clutch out of these 3.

Clutch or not, he's not showing up for Brazil where he's expected, but he's showing up at a well drilled Real Madrid that teams expect to lose from. When they don't have that attitude, he's usually nowhere.

Very bad mentality of a player, you can call him clutch, and he's had his moments, but he's not a winner. Plus he's definitely more inconsistent than Lautaro, and that says a lot.

 

[vex]

Not sure we are talking about the same thing.

Yes we are, you want fans to pat him on the back, wait for him, be patient and have understanding, I say fuck that and let him receive every bit of criticism he can get for being in a disaster of a form close to a middle of the season. And no amount of success last season can excuse what we are seeing this season, especially with a new pile of money he got.

 

[SiamoNoi]

If pat him on the back means don't attack players on social media then yeah.

 

[BasedGodPunk]

If pat him on the back means don't attack players on social media then yeah.

Attacking and abusing is the biggest difference.