Wesley Sneijder

[Bob Sacamano]

Why? Cassano isn't even a natural AM...

Crazy line-up would this be:

JC

Maicon Lucio Samuel Santon

Capitano Cuchu Muntari

Sneijder

Eto'gol Militogol

Bench o.a. Toldo, Chivu, Matrix, Cordoba, Motta, Deki and SuperMario...

 

[KsE]

Sneijder knows he is a starter for sure if he comes, Hleb not so much, actually i think Hleb rejected Inter cause he knows he is not good enough to play here.

Yeah, I also think he whimped out of it. His old club was the safe choice for him, otherwise his decision doesn't make sense.. And good riddance, there were better options for us anyway.

 

[Jimmy Page]

Well it would be a nice addition to our squad, my biggest fear is that our mercato is now our and we wont be seeing Cassano in Inters colours, which really would be a bad thing for us. Having only Snejider as our only creativte force, well thats just not good enough.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Van der Vaart was also mentioned a couple of times, the difference is that Raffie wants to leave, he just said that, and Wes said a few weeks ago he wants to stay, but that was before Kaká's transfer. So if it won't get around with Sneijder, we just could try it with VDV.

 

[el_dude]

Hi everyone,

I think Sneijder would be a great buy, especially if Jose is going to try 4-3-3 again (although I don't know that he'd make a very good trequartista for 4-3-1-2, since playmaker is not really his natural position). Sneijder is a good rough and tumble player and will come back to help the defense when necessary. My guess is that Jose will try to use him in Frank Lampard role for the 4-3-3:

-------------Julio Cesar---------------
Maicon----Lucio----Samuel-----Zanetti
--Sneijder----Cambiasso-------Motta--
---Balotelli------Eto'o---------Milito---

 

[lonewolf19]

Good one el dude, that is pretty much the formation I am looking for except switching Milito and Eto'o

 

[Luka]

As I feel I've done numerous of times before, I merely point out that neither of us can know for sure and everything is assumptions. I'm not saying you are wrong, maybe the deal should be cheaper for us, or right. There are so many details with any contract anywhere. We have no ways to know the complexities of the deals.

You can obviously feel that the fee should be lower and argue that you wished it was, but at the end of the day I think one should be careful judging these things when one doesn't know all the details. You saying Inter's management is crap for buying Sneijder for 21m is as farfechted as Luka finding every path to praise it.

I don't understand how I find every way to praise it ???

I don't comprehend how people can see me that way.

Just because I don't bitch on constans basis for every deal, although it is good, mean I'm a board praiser ? NO. It only (in this case) means I'm not negatavi towards it, that's all. It doesn't say I praise them. For that I have to actually WRITE openly that it was good, they are great etc.

Why people don't find me 10 my posts from different operations, where my first post after is "This is a great deal, and piece of business from our board." or something close to it ? I dare anyone.

All I'm doing(for the most, MOST part, I'm not saying I don't praise from time to time) is weakening the negative responses and "try" to look at the bigger picture, not like it was the "easiest job in the world". way.

In fact I said many times what you just wrote in the first paragraph. But because I constantly try people to realise this, I am in an instant made as "board praiser".

I wrote many times in these occasions, that "I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE PERSON I'M QUOTING IS NOT RIGHT".

I was against Nedved too, but I guess it "had" to jump off the wall of "Luka the unstopable board praiser"

I'm really starting to get sick of it.

 

[Adam]

Why? Cassano isn't even a natural AM...

Crazy line-up would this be:

JC

Maicon Lucio Samuel Santon

Capitano Cuchu Muntari

Sneijder

Eto'gol Militogol

Bench o.a. Toldo, Chivu, Matrix, Cordoba, Motta, Deki and SuperMario...

For the reason you just showed. That starting lineup would amount to nothing. To be an effective AM you need a great first touch, dribbling ability and vision. Sneijder has the latter but is somewhat lacking of the first two. Cassano has it all.

 

[el_dude]

Good one el dude, that is pretty much the formation I am looking for except switching Milito and Eto'o

Eto'o out wide? I don't know if he'd be very good at that (lol he's too much of a CF). I think Milito might do a better job of cutting into the box from the left and finding a shot, at least from what I saw during pre-season.

 

[Executioner93]

Maicon--------Lucio---------Chivu/Samuel-----------Zanetti/Santon

-------Sneijder--------Cambiasso------------Motta----------

------------------FantAntonio Cassano---------------------

-----------Eto'o---------------------Milito------------------

This team is fucking staked we need Cassano because he can take many ppl on 1v1 Sneijder is the best passer on this team here. Motta and Sneijder with the movement of Eto'o and Milito and Cassano creativity we can create a lot of offense. If this happens and we get Cassano which I doubt Jose will get him as he isn't to fond as him in the CAM role but he can adapt nicely he can easily as he would be more of a CF if Jose wishes it for him to not come back too much and help out the d on counter attacks. Sneijder and Motta would be asked to stay a little back and use their passing skills to dish it out to the three options of top.

 

[beesh]

-------------Julio Cesar---------------
Maicon----Lucio----Samuel-----Zanetti
--Sneijder----Cambiasso-------Motta--
---Balotelli------Eto'o---------Milito---

Don't get me wrong, I love Zanetti but I'd rather have Santon as LB.

 

[Luka]

For the reason you just showed. That starting lineup would amount to nothing. To be an effective AM you need a great first touch, dribbling ability and vision. Sneijder has the latter but is somewhat lacking of the first two. Cassano has it all.

I don't agree with some of your points here Adam.

For example, Riquelme by some was great AM, but he had dribbling abbility worse than Gresko had.

Kaka(for me) is not a great "visionary" comparing to other great playmakers. For me he is nowhere near in this to Iniesta, Zidane etc. To me he has dribbling, spead, first touch, but not the latter.

What I'm heading too, is that there are different players playing that position, and all can be great, or bad. It depends on how the team is constructed. So playing Sneijder there can be both great/bad.

Now about your point that Sneijder should not play there, and you would like him better for the side midfield position, I agree with that, but not because of the reasons you stated. I would much better liked him at midfield, because I think with his workrate he can manage to play there in Serie A, and also give us a lot when it comes to technical abbility in midfield.

But I think he can play also in front of midfield if he has to, or on the wing. Hell, Dejan is weaker version of Sneijder, and he still played there, and did fairly well.

As for formaton, I would love if it would look somewhere like this:

-----------------Julio Cesar--------------------

-Maicon--Lucio/Chivu/Samuel---Javier/Santon---

----Sneijder-----Cambiasso----Thiago Motta---

-----Milito--<--->--Eto'o-------Cassano------

 

[el_dude]

Don't get me wrong, I love Zanetti but I'd rather have Santon as LB.

Yeah but I don't think Mourinho will bench Zanetti. It will be like Manuel Pellegrini benching Raul...the fans would riot:frustrat:

 

[Mustafa]

Yeah but I don't think Mourinho will bench Zanetti. It will be like Manuel Pellegrini benching Raul...the fans would riot:frustrat:

Agreed. Most probable scenario will be Maicon as a RB and Zanetti as LB. If one of them gets suspended or injured then Santon will play, or if Zanetti will play in midfield then Santon will play as LB.

Anyway, that's a little bit off topic.

 

[crzdcolombian]

Yeah but I don't think Mourinho will bench Zanetti. It will be like Manuel Pellegrini benching Raul...the fans would riot:frustrat:

sooner or later we need to weed out Zanetti guy isnt geting any younger and at 35 u think he can play 3 tournies every game.... he will need to share minutes with Santon. In the next 1-2 season he will be replaced. As well as maybe Samuel and Lucio as they arent very young either...

This is why I have been campaigning for Chivu to be sold he is too expensive to have on the bench. If we get Sneijder who would u rather see let go Santon(future italian legend), Zanetti(Inter legend) or Chivu who still worth around 20 million euro !!

 

[Luka]

Neighter!

And I think that's the correct answer

 

[Efrain21C]

none of them, they are all neccesaries in the squad

 

[Forza Nerazurri]

hold on.......lets not get too excited the player has to want to come Inter first....thats the most important thing

 

[crzdcolombian]

they only want 18 million for him and we are going to give them 22??

dam if we going to pay that much for a loan we should have gottrn tevez on loan

 

[Marvinho]

I think Zanetti and Santon will share minutes in a match, say a half each or 60/30 alternating matches kinda thing. unless (assuming we get sneidjer) we don't get Cass, VDV or another player and Jose goes 4-3-1-2 in which case Zanetti would go to Right Mid. As for the issues of the Captaincy raised earlier, i do not believe Santon would be ready for the captaincy yet for another 5 odd years. Lucio no because hes new. If i could select a new captain for Inter when Zanetti is not playing/retires the outstanding candidate is surely Cambiasso!?!? Faithful servant of the club who has been here a while, conducts both our defence and midfield and is often our best player. Keeps us steady at the back and scores important goals, I think he would be a fantastic next captain. Say Zanetti for year or two more until he can't play lots/at all. Then Cambiasso for few years since he will start getting on a bit too then Santon will be ready for the captaincy..