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No he isn’t a coach, but then again he is an ex-Inter player? But I was inspired to open this thread after reading comments like these…
Fair enough…
Proper players? Right price? Surprising comments, how can a technical director be hated when he’s only been on the job for two years?
I’ve been inspired I’m going to make it my mission to discover if Marco Branca deserves to be such a hate figure! Very brief intro - he was appointed in June 2003 and is an ex-Inter Milan player (obviously) A striker signed back in 1995/1996 and left the team in 1997/98, he’s fluent in both English and Italian (I apologize if this information is wrong). & Now comes the techincal stuff :stress: I'm gonna rate each major signing and departure since his appointment. Here goes: -
Marco Branca
2003/2004
IN:
Helveg – Was useful, and a majority of the fans considered him Zac’s personal poodle, gotta give this rating a 2/5
Kily – Has an amazing attitude (Even though it can turn nasty sometimes) and nice work rate, I think he has improved quite a lot since Zac tried him out as a LB! His defensive abilities improved quite a bit, I don’t think he was this good in Spain. If only he would cross more often 4/5
Van der Meyde – Changed his act recently, I think he started to appreciate our Mikey Mouse league very dangerous going forward and that’s about it…3/5
Karagounis – Come on, everyone loves Karagounis! 5/5
Luciano – Disaster, I won’t blame the man, I just think lady luck was pretty harsh on him 1/5
Lamouchi – Overall, I would have to rate his brief Inter career as being average…I honestly think Di Biagio could have offered a lot more. 2/5
Pinilla – Chile’s wonder kid, why did we send him to Chievo? ******* mistake, I’m sure he learned a lot cause he’s the toast of the town in Sporting (Well not really, Liedson is their favorite, but they do realize they have a talent in Pinilla…Honest! ) 5/5
Fadiga – I can’t help feel sorry…Failed his medical and you can’t blame that on a transfer guru, but how good was Fadiga at Auxerre? 5/5
Cruz – Juve’s boogeyman, and I think he has won quite a few admirers this season (& we certainly know how fussy Inter fans can be) 5/5
Brechet – Not the talent he was in Lyon (Full french International) but that didn’t stop him from establishing himself in Spain, a good defender but is still guilty of making a few mistakes every few games (Reminds me of Ferrari, the guy was ********* awful during our First leg Final ) 3/5
Adriano – Come on it’s the Emperor? (Could have used a cooler nickname, oh well it’ll win me over soon? What's that? What nicknames have I come up for Adriano? Well I'm glad you asked Kico, it sounds stupid but it has a deep meaning for fans of Flamengo, has something to do with Zico but that's another story ) 5/5
Stankovic – Not our savior, as some of you predicted (I told you it’s dangerous, so don’t go expecting Samuel/Chivu to change things either) Funky coup nonetheless! 4/5
OUT:
Guly – Was somewhat of a joke, lets be honest...5/5
Gigi Di Biagio – Fans called for his head after he scored that own goal (When we played Roma) I personally think it was a stupid decision to let him go 0/5
Almeyda – Was a constantly complaining, not sure why…But sources tell me he wasn’t happy with the contract negotiations. Good player but awful professionalism. 4/5
Morfeo – The irony, Italy considers him Parma’s danger man and Parma's engine, but yet some Inter fans think he’s the worst player ever when we stupidly played him out of position. 2/5
Okan – Never really established himself, so I’ll just blame Lippi for that! 5/5
Conceicao – No comment, well only one…I actually like the guy. (I’m not the only one, if I recall correctly, BDdragon is either a Conceicao or a Morfeo fan, hehe sorry if that information is pure ******** :grin: ) 5/5
Crespo – Hate it, but at least his departure opened the door for Adriano/Martins. 3/5
Dalmat – He had such huge ambitions, always clueless as to why he wasn’t called up to the French squad (Maybe it's because you weren't good enough) just look at him now? 4/5
Ventola – I blame his injuries, the kid could have gone places, but it just won't work out. 3/5
Serena – Out of luck veteran 5/5
Vivas- Same as above 5/5
Umit Davala – A bit of mystery (Why did he hate us so much?) can't really talk about it 5/5
Caneira – Yup, he’s the guy who Adriano punched, it’s strange to think they were roommates once. (Or is that just pure *******?) 4/5
Anonymous poster A said:I think we should stick with Branca
He will improve in the next 20 years
Fair enough…
Anonymous poster B said:Ha ha very funny
Let's get rid of them bouth and get one who acctually know somthing about getting propper players to the right price. and selling players to the right price, and who can resist offers for our best players.
Proper players? Right price? Surprising comments, how can a technical director be hated when he’s only been on the job for two years?
I’ve been inspired I’m going to make it my mission to discover if Marco Branca deserves to be such a hate figure! Very brief intro - he was appointed in June 2003 and is an ex-Inter Milan player (obviously) A striker signed back in 1995/1996 and left the team in 1997/98, he’s fluent in both English and Italian (I apologize if this information is wrong). & Now comes the techincal stuff :stress: I'm gonna rate each major signing and departure since his appointment. Here goes: -
Marco Branca
2003/2004
IN:
Helveg – Was useful, and a majority of the fans considered him Zac’s personal poodle, gotta give this rating a 2/5
Kily – Has an amazing attitude (Even though it can turn nasty sometimes) and nice work rate, I think he has improved quite a lot since Zac tried him out as a LB! His defensive abilities improved quite a bit, I don’t think he was this good in Spain. If only he would cross more often 4/5
Van der Meyde – Changed his act recently, I think he started to appreciate our Mikey Mouse league very dangerous going forward and that’s about it…3/5
Karagounis – Come on, everyone loves Karagounis! 5/5
Luciano – Disaster, I won’t blame the man, I just think lady luck was pretty harsh on him 1/5
Lamouchi – Overall, I would have to rate his brief Inter career as being average…I honestly think Di Biagio could have offered a lot more. 2/5
Pinilla – Chile’s wonder kid, why did we send him to Chievo? ******* mistake, I’m sure he learned a lot cause he’s the toast of the town in Sporting (Well not really, Liedson is their favorite, but they do realize they have a talent in Pinilla…Honest! ) 5/5
Fadiga – I can’t help feel sorry…Failed his medical and you can’t blame that on a transfer guru, but how good was Fadiga at Auxerre? 5/5
Cruz – Juve’s boogeyman, and I think he has won quite a few admirers this season (& we certainly know how fussy Inter fans can be) 5/5
Brechet – Not the talent he was in Lyon (Full french International) but that didn’t stop him from establishing himself in Spain, a good defender but is still guilty of making a few mistakes every few games (Reminds me of Ferrari, the guy was ********* awful during our First leg Final ) 3/5
Adriano – Come on it’s the Emperor? (Could have used a cooler nickname, oh well it’ll win me over soon? What's that? What nicknames have I come up for Adriano? Well I'm glad you asked Kico, it sounds stupid but it has a deep meaning for fans of Flamengo, has something to do with Zico but that's another story ) 5/5
Stankovic – Not our savior, as some of you predicted (I told you it’s dangerous, so don’t go expecting Samuel/Chivu to change things either) Funky coup nonetheless! 4/5
OUT:
Guly – Was somewhat of a joke, lets be honest...5/5
Gigi Di Biagio – Fans called for his head after he scored that own goal (When we played Roma) I personally think it was a stupid decision to let him go 0/5
Almeyda – Was a constantly complaining, not sure why…But sources tell me he wasn’t happy with the contract negotiations. Good player but awful professionalism. 4/5
Morfeo – The irony, Italy considers him Parma’s danger man and Parma's engine, but yet some Inter fans think he’s the worst player ever when we stupidly played him out of position. 2/5
Okan – Never really established himself, so I’ll just blame Lippi for that! 5/5
Conceicao – No comment, well only one…I actually like the guy. (I’m not the only one, if I recall correctly, BDdragon is either a Conceicao or a Morfeo fan, hehe sorry if that information is pure ******** :grin: ) 5/5
Crespo – Hate it, but at least his departure opened the door for Adriano/Martins. 3/5
Dalmat – He had such huge ambitions, always clueless as to why he wasn’t called up to the French squad (Maybe it's because you weren't good enough) just look at him now? 4/5
Ventola – I blame his injuries, the kid could have gone places, but it just won't work out. 3/5
Serena – Out of luck veteran 5/5
Vivas- Same as above 5/5
Umit Davala – A bit of mystery (Why did he hate us so much?) can't really talk about it 5/5
Caneira – Yup, he’s the guy who Adriano punched, it’s strange to think they were roommates once. (Or is that just pure *******?) 4/5