.zero

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Aug 8, 2006
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When we win something, and he completes the squad, I will praise him. As of now, the praise is warranted and reserved for Conte, as he deserves it.

The jury is still out on Marotta.
To be honest, the jury is still out on Conte too, since we haven't won anything yet.
Agreed. The jury is still out on both Conte and Marotta. But that also means that they are excused from daily criticisms since they do not have a full body of work (a full season) to be judged upon
 

Bianconero81

Ageing Veteran
Jan 26, 2009
40,185
You mean tempt? :p

I totally agree with you on that; shows lack of ambition. After all, Tevez is a quality player and a difference maker. I just hope he redeems himself by getting us a quality LB, CB, and RW by next August.
 

icemaη

Rab's Husband - The Regista
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Aug 27, 2008
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Well, we haven't won anything yet, and we won't this season, but as far as I'm concerned, Conte has proved himself.

Great tactician? Check
Great motivator? Check
Gets the best out of his players? Check
Is loved and respected by his players? Check
The jury is still out on that too. I don't think he's a great tactician. Not yet anyways. The rest I agree.

Man City have based their entire strategy around this concept.
:D
 

Ahmed

Principino
Sep 3, 2006
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Asif I think we have to tip our hat to the fact that he recognized the squad's strengths and rearranged his formation accordingly.

even a 'great' coach like Mourinho had to adapt when he came with his preconceived ideas to Inter.
 

Nenz

Senior Member
Apr 17, 2008
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Marotta has definitely improved his dealings on the market in comparison to last year but he still manages to spend high amounts on players that bring zero value to the squad. Last year it was Martinez and now Elia in total amounting to 21 million euros down the toilet. Why was Elia bought when it seems increasingly clear that Conte has no desire to use him? We definitely lack balance with our wingers - Giach, Estigarribia, Elia were all bought in the one mercato for the very same position while none were bought for our right side.

Overall Marotta has done a fairly good job building this squad but he seems to make illogical brain farts and they're quite expensive ones.
 

JuveJay

Senior Signor
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Mar 6, 2007
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It's too early to write off Elia, from the perspective of the player, although his signing was unnecessary if you look at the picture now. When we signed him he was the starting winger who we needed for the left wing forward, but times change.
 

Bianconero_Aus

Beppe Marotta Is My God
May 26, 2009
81,778
Exactly, at the time it seemed that Conte wanted to load the squad with wingers for his 4-4-2, but when he decided that the 4-3-3 was the way to go, maybe one or two of these extra wingers have become redundant.

But yeah, I think it's still a bit early to write off Elia. The signs aren't promising ATM, but who knows what will happen with that twitter loving bastard.
 

frzl

Senior Member
Apr 15, 2006
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We definitely lack balance with our wingers - Giach, Estigarribia, Elia were all bought in the one mercato for the very same position while none were bought for our right side.
i agree that the elia transfer was crap but the balance thing is just not true imo. afaik giach has been a right winger or is at least able to play there without any problems, i´m not sure about esti but it seems like conte wanted elia to play on the right as well because he likes the players to cut inside and finish with their strong foot (elia is a left foot). so elia sucks and giach plays on the left more often than on the right because vucenic doesn´t have pepe´s lungs :). no balance problems there imo
furthermore it seems like conte was eager to play a 442 (424 whatever) with two wingers and vucenic as a SS so we can´t really blame marotta for getting a lot of wingers.
 

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