Mauro Icardi

[Palacio]

Universe has been very vocal about Wanda's looks for years.

Yeah. Icardi should have listened.

 

[Maslany]

Rumor is Wanda went that far with her talks on Tiki Taka that she said Mauro could choose with his finger who plays a match and who doesn't. He had that much power in the team?

 

[CafeCordoba]

I don't understand why Icardi is not called to Rapid match.

Is he punished for something? In addition to stripping his captaincy.

 

[ScottishInterista]

Rumor is Wanda went that far with her talks on Tiki Taka that she said Mauro could choose with his finger who plays a match and who doesn't. He had that much power in the team?

If he had that power he would still be captain

 

[M.Adnan]

Hope Icardi travels to Austria and sits in the stands next to JZ etc.

Hopefully he does. He needs to take a breath and listen more to Zanetti and less to Wanda. He can still remain one of our top players and Inter's star. He doesn't have to be the captain to be that. Hopefully Zanetti puts some sense into his head and make him realize that.

Captain does not automatically imply to best player. Gattuso was a top captain material but also a shit footballer. Icardi is the opposite specially with Wanda around.

 

[ElDuccio]

im waiting for hes instagram statement talking about how it's important to support the club even in bad times... cunt

 

[Bergpavian]

I don't underestimate the effects of having a real captain on the team's morals and performances. This is not Zanetti, Maldini, Baresi etc. Not having a captain contributes to the circus we've been seeing all these years. Everyone could see that there's something not right with the way the team plays since that idiot Mancini has given Icardi the captaincy (I'm not talking about the technical perspective). I've said before that we need like 5 years to clean up the mess Mancini has caused at Inter, and this is one of them.

Yeah, I remember Inter's amazing years from 2012 to 2016. Especially the golden years from 2012 to 2014 when Zanetti was still captain.

 

[Adriano@10]

One question if this backfires spectacularly who are we gonna blame? Cause as much as everybody seems to be happy with this what if it backfires?
I mean ideally Mauro gets the message and starts performing again.
But what if Mauro takes this the wrong way? I know if he does he s an idiot and deserves to be sold anyways but it would still put us in a shitty situation!

Lets assume mauro does not recover from this and neither lautaro or Keita are capable to step up and we miss out on CL all while slashing the price of one of our most valuable assets in half. Then who the fuck are we gonna blame? and who will need to be fucken fired?

I m not saying this will happen but it is a possibility and if it happens who ever took the decision to do this now will need to deal with the consequences. Cause we easily could have waited will summer to do this.

 

[M.Adnan]

Yeah, I remember Inter's amazing years from 2012 to 2016. Especially the golden years from 2012 to 2014 when Zanetti was still captain.

You've missed the sentence between the brackets right afterwards.

 

[phonk]

Rumor is Wanda went that far with her talks on Tiki Taka that she said Mauro could choose with his finger who plays a match and who doesn't. He had that much power in the team?

Wanda is full of shit.

I don’t believe a second that Spalletti gives a flying fuck who Icardi wants to play with. Not that it matters anyway with the attackers we have at our disposal

 

[n4l]

One question if this backfires spectacularly who are we gonna blame? Cause as much as everybody seems to be happy with this what if it backfires?
I mean ideally Mauro gets the message and starts performing again.
But what if Mauro takes this the wrong way? I know if he does he s an idiot and deserves to be sold anyways but it would still put us in a shitty situation!

Lets assume mauro does not recover from this and neither lautaro or Keita are capable to step up and we miss out on CL all while slashing the price of one of our most valuable assets in half. Then who the fuck are we gonna blame? and who will need to be fucken fired?

I m not saying this will happen but it is a possibility and if it happens who ever took the decision to do this now will need to deal with the consequences. Cause we easily could have waited will summer to do this.

You really have to ask? Doing this right now, publicly, is the dumbest thing of all time. Period.

 

[Ziyad]

I would think his attitude and the fact the new contract isn’t signed is because he flirted with another team. It’s good bye and just hoping it’s not Juve. Even if Marotta wants Dybala we shouldn’t exchange him with Icardi. Sell somewhere else and buy Dybala, who iM not too keen on by the way.

 

[Bergpavian]

You've missed the sentence between the brackets right afterwards.

Nah, I just don't get it. Because 1. Inter finally made it back into CL in Icardi's second season as captain and 2. Icardi had his two best seasons as captain.

 

[CafeCordoba]

You really have to ask? Doing this right now, publicly, is the dumbest thing of all time. Period.

This. If and when Icardi didn't asked for this, I see simply no reasons to do this mid-season. Like, why now?

 

[Adriano@10]

You really have to ask? Doing this right now, publicly, is the dumbest thing of all time. Period.

Well it seems like most of the forum is celebrating this move as if it was a great decision so i m just pointing out that the jury on whether this was smart or not is still out.

 

[firmino]

It's not a matter of smart or not. There are non-negotiable values, a captain must act like a captain and be worth the armband he's wearing

 

[Guz]

It is high time Icardi realised that wearing the armband is a privilege, but also entails certain responsibilities, among which is that of setting a positive example for the rest of the team. And while I have never questioned his professionalism on the pitch, letting his agent create constant turmoil among the fans and, most importantly, inside the locker room with her silly and inappropriate weekly comments certainly is not something befitting a true captain. He must understand that he is responsible for whatever is agent may do/say on his behalf and that, as long as he stays silent and lets it happen, he endorses these actions/words.

The club gave him plenty of time to figure that out of himself, but since he remains blind to such an elementary logic, there was no other course of action to follow. FFS, he and his wife had just agreed to tone it down, and now - less than a month later - she goes on tv to inform the world that Icardi doesn't score because his teammates are not good enough to assist him. Which is not devoid of any truth, granted, but fact is he took 16 shots at goal over the last two months and scored 0 open play goals. Should his teammates feel entitled to complain publicly about his lack of accuracy, then?

Personally, I would have given the armband to Skriniar, but Handanovic is also a good choice. The guy is reliable, restrained, well-liked by his teammates. He speaks very little, but when he does he ponders his words carefully. Furthermore, he went through almost all the post-treble shitstorm (wasting his best years in a team below his potential), and asked to leave just once. When he was denied, he just resumed doing what is paid for and end of the story.

Lastly, this situation could be Lautaro's opportunity to finally rise through the ranks. So far, he's been given very few starts and a lot of sub appearance in desperate situations. Let's give him a streak of games and see how he fares.

 

[Linege]

i hope vecino will get it, perfect resemblance to inter

 

[Dogen]

Rumor is Wanda went that far with her talks on Tiki Taka that she said Mauro could choose with his finger who plays a match and who doesn't. He had that much power in the team?

For the record, the reference is not to Tiki Taka, but to a radio interview that Wanda gave in Argentina back in May 2018, right after Lazio-Inter and the CL qualification.
She was talking about Icardi not being called-up by the national team and how Mauro never wanted "favouritism" to be a factor in his career.

"For example, Mauro plays a major role inside Inter: he could raise a finger and kick anybody out, if only he wanted to. But he's an humble man and he keeps a low profile: he's the captain and he would never think to do such things."

I remember this particular quote and I remember being surprised that it went under the radar.
It was probably her best display of hybris. Underrated gem (partially unvoluntary).

 

[Bergpavian]

Well it seems like most of the forum is celebrating this move as if it was a great decision so i m just pointing out that the jury on whether this was smart or not is still out.

Most of the forum also wants to lynch Handa when he doesn't jump to get a ball he's never able to save and criticize his attitude. Now they're celebrating our new capitano for his deserved armband.