Piotr Zieliński

[varmin]

It always has been:

Barella / Z
Mikhi / Frattesi

No idea why Limone makes Barella-Frattesi when they have nothing in common.

What common has Frattesi with Mkhitaryan apart from that both of them a footballers?

 

[Alex de Large]

It's not that they have similar characteristics, i'm comparing it with Barella-Frattesi

 

[Broseph]

JD Vance's least favorite player on our team

 

[RotterdamNerazzurri]

TBH Zielinski was in decline in the 2 seasons before he joined Inter. His best seasons at Napoli where those before their Scudetto. I had hopes he would find his best form by changing environment again. But unfortenately for us, that wasn’t the case.

His best days are past him. If we have the change, should part ways coming summer.

 

[Besnik]

TBH Zielinski was in decline in the 2 seasons before he joined Inter. His best seasons at Napoli where those before their Scudetto. I had hopes he would find his best form by changing environment again. But unfortenately for us, that wasn’t the case.

His best days are past him. If we have the change, should part ways coming summer.

This is what I've been saying for a while. He was underwhelming at Napoli aswell on recent seasons. Inter was a perfect challenge to redeem himself. A great environment with a good coach, a strong group and also a team that wins trophies. Zielinski didn't even try hard enough to redeem himself. It's like he already got comfortable with it.

Inter cannot afford to keep a player of his calibre in the bench. He should be one of some others to leave in summer. We need serious changes, mostly in the bench.

 

[Corrode]

maybe Zielinski wants to go somewhere from Inter. His world cup chance for Poland NT will get more shallow if Simone is still benching Zielinski this season.

 

[sdvroot]

 

[Besnik]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1910995994277249034

 

[wera]

Ok, if he comes for the finish, I'm fine with that. I want him ready for the CWC

 

[varmin]

I want him out

 

[thatdude]

This guy really got injured at the absolute worst time. He should be getting significant minutes right now. I don’t think he’s been bad to be honest but he’s never hit top form because of these niggling injuries. Hopefully next season is better for him.

 

[varmin]

This guy really got injured at the absolute worst time. He should be getting significant minutes right now. I don’t think he’s been bad to be honest but he’s never hit top form because of these niggling injuries. Hopefully next season is better for him.

I don't think so, as he was in obviously decline in his last two seasons at Napoli. I had hopes that it could be because of environment there, and to regain his older self with Inzaghi, but that hasn't happened yet.
My opinion is clear. We have to ship him off to Saudis, as we can get few millions and get rid of his big salary

 

[brehme1989]

I don't think so, as he was in obviously decline in his last two seasons at Napoli. I had hopes that it could be because of environment there, and to regain his older self with Inzaghi, but that hasn't happened yet.
My opinion is clear. We have to ship him off to Saudis, as we can get few millions and get rid of his big salary

What do you think he should be doing that he's not been doing?

 

[Besnik]

What do you think he should be doing that he's not been doing?

Try harder

 

[varmin]

What do you think he should be doing that he's not been doing?

Playing well for example? He has 2 goals from penalties so far and 1 or 2 assists. Which is kind a not enough for me, because other than few nice dribbles here and there, he didn't offer anything more than Asllani, for instance, who is heavily criticized every time, when he is on the pitch.
It was expected (at least for me), that Zielinski will put Mkhitaryan on the bench for most of the season, but he is far from that.
For 5 mln salary, I have expected more. He is still only 30, so we can get few millions for him, and now is the moment to do it.
Same applies to Taremi, even though I'm not sure that someone is willing to pay anything for him

 

[brehme1989]

Playing well for example? He has 2 goals from penalties so far and 1 or 2 assists. Which is kind a not enough for me, because other than few nice dribbles here and there, he didn't offer anything more than Asllani, for instance, who is heavily criticized every time, when he is on the pitch.

Define playing well.
Because mentioning he scored PKs or whatever but nothing more, yet this is not what Zielinski has been known for. He could get some goals in of course, but that's not what we signed him to do. The "few nice dribbles here and there" are pretty much why we got him for.

And I don't understand how you measure the bolded part. If it's about goals/assists, then I don't know man. Stick to reading the newspaper instead of watching the game.

It was expected (at least for me), that Zielinski will put Mkhitaryan on the bench for most of the season, but he is far from that.
For 5 mln salary, I have expected more. He is still only 30, so we can get few millions for him, and now is the moment to do it.
Same applies to Taremi, even though I'm not sure that someone is willing to pay anything for him

Zielinski wasn't really fit enough to play consistently and he missed some parts of the pre-season, which is very crucial for players.
He played well in the Champions League first phase and overall he's been decent. You can say stuff about Frattesi or Asllani being subpar for the most part, but not for Zielinski. I get your main complaint is that you had higher expectations, but that's not really on the guy.

New system, new team, new role and bad timing for injuries isn't the best recipe all the times.

 

[varmin]

Define playing well.
Because mentioning he scored PKs or whatever but nothing more, yet this is not what Zielinski has been known for. He could get some goals in of course, but that's not what we signed him to do. The "few nice dribbles here and there" are pretty much why we got him for.

And I don't understand how you measure the bolded part. If it's about goals/assists, then I don't know man. Stick to reading the newspaper instead of watching the game.

I don't read newspapers. Playing well means brings some meaningful contribution on the pitch. Dribbling here and there is nice, but not when one loses the ball afterwards or takes a poor decision. His off ball movement something is questionable as well as his decision making. Defensively he is not as bad as Asllani, but nothing special really.

Zielinski wasn't really fit enough to play consistently and he missed some parts of the pre-season, which is very crucial for players.
He played well in the Champions League first phase and overall he's been decent. You can say stuff about Frattesi or Asllani being subpar for the most part, but not for Zielinski. I get your main complaint is that you had higher expectations, but that's not really on the guy.

New system, new team, new role and bad timing for injuries isn't the best recipe all the times.

My point was that he was in visible decline even at Napoli, and he didn't show anything more than that. It's quite obvious that he is not another Mkhitaryan or Acerbi, therefore we can cut losses and sell him when he still some release value. He doesn't perform as 5 mln salary player, and considering the past I doubt that he will ever be. Regardless the injuries or new environment.

 

[Damageplan]

I expected more from Zielinski in term of creativity and build up but I dont think he can effectively play his game in a 3 man midfield where every midfielder needs high work rate and each has defensive duties. On a technical level he is second to none but he is very far from the intensity of our starters. I also dont see him as a physical monster like Miki that can reinvent himself at 30+. At this point he isnt really justifying his salary performance wise.

 

[CafeCordoba]

I expected more from Zielinski in term of creativity and build up but I dont think he can effectively play his game in a 3 man midfield where every midfielder needs high work rate and each has defensive duties. On a technical level he is second to none but he is very far from the intensity of our starters. I also dont see him as a physical monster like Miki that can reinvent himself at 30+. At this point he isnt really justifying his salary performance wise.

I feel this aswell. That he hasn't adapted to this kind of higher intensity game. Our mezzalas need to run up and down, they need be a bit of all over the place. Intensity needs to be there.

Miki being kind of the benchmark here, which might be unfair given what kind of a physical monster he is, but still.

 

[Fapuccino]

If we want a proper Mkhi replacement we need to pay for it. Like MINIMUM 40-50 mill pay for it, not get free agents like Zieli or 15 mill like Asllani, but a large sum of cash (or player trade).

Zieli is fine for a backup, but he's not really at the level of Barella or Hakan.