
What simple minded bullshit, but I'll humour you, as it seems you don't have anything else to add.
It isn't simple-minded at all. You keep presenting stuff you propose as fact despite it being proven WRONG by Inter. Their recent success shows you don't need Italian speakers or Serie A-proven players to be successful, even though we might wish that would be the case.
We don't have a world class coach
Yet we still have players who want to join us because of our
name, not the program or manager. Krasic is one of them... he wanted to join Juve based on our name and that he felt he would get more of a chance here, which is correct for various reasons.
So no, I'm not sure how a world class coach comes into play here. As you said yourself, we can't afford world class players anyway... supposedly.
We don't have the pulling power (maybe money) for a world class coach, that has been made clear over the last 3 years
It might not be capital-related. But even so, we could still bring in a decent foreign talent like Krasic. So that sort of debunks your thesis.
And these points have
nothing to do with us achieving success with or without Italian-speakers or Serie A-proven players, mind you. You are only trying to make the argument as to why we cannot buy them, which at this point is dodgy at best.
We don't have the money to make the signings Inter do
Yes, but nobody said we did. And since we don't, why do we keep paying a premium for Serie A players who will naturally command higher transfer fees because we have to purchase them from the likes of Viola, Napoli, and Udinese... some of which are our rivals? This is a pretty simple concept here, the law of supply and demand.
So while you are right in above statement, this doesn't mean we can't buy good foreign players, or players outside Serie A we deem to be talented. And again, it doesn't prove that we will be more successful with Italian-based players either. But before people jump on me, I'm not opposed to talented players based in Italy or who are Italian... keyword talented.
We don't have the pulling power to sign the caliber of players Inter do from overseas
Krasic disproves this, along with only rumors about Dzeko. So try again, JJ.
We no longer have the monopoly on the better young players and standouts from previous Serie A seasons
This is probably true. But then why wouldn't we look for talents outside of Italy in lesser leagues? Wouldn't that make sense, at least to try to restore our pull on young Serie A talents?
But wait. Why would young Serie A players want to come here when they'll immediately get loaned? Side issue, don't respond to that.
We haven't signed just Italian players
So did you just revoke some of your points above? Yes, we signed Krasic, which disproves some of your theories above. You can't have it both ways, brohan.
Obviously, most of the players we signed are Italian. I'd have no problem with that if they were all very talented, but they don't seem to be. I don't have to remind you how poor the Azzurri was this summer, which wasn't just because of some poor personnel, but it still must be addressed. I will retract my opinions on these players if they prove me wrong, which is only fair.
We haven't signed just Serie A players
Which goes against some points you made above.
We do have to sign hungry players who are either on the younger side or who come from smaller clubs or leagues
We do have to develope those players
We will make mistakes because of that
Agreed. +REP
Most of Inter's recent buys come from Serie A, fact. Need I even remind people about how successful Inter's overseas purchasing spree was prior to Farsopoli? Apparently I do

But sure, Inter are our role model here.
I never said they should be our "role-model". That would be just silly on multiple levels. All I'm claiming is that they have proven you don't need a team filled with Italians, Italian-speakers, or proven Serie A players to be successful. That's just unfortunately a fact now, as pathetic it may be for such a team of degenerate maggots.
Inter did well because they had a world class coach and top class players who suited that coach or who he could otherwise mould into his setup. Players with incredible experience, especially in Serie A, but also the overseas signings they did make were of the caliber of Eto'o, Sneijder and Lucio, the type of massively experienced players playing for top sides that we have NO CHANCE of signing. Everything about Inter is experience.
But that's just not true, dude. Dzeko apparently even said that he would sign for us. We actually had a decent base of players before this summer, something that simply needed to be supplemented by quality.
You criticize Inter for what they happen to be from a squad perspective, yet we are taking Inter-like steps by replacing half the squad during the summer, throwing certain players away after one season, et cetera. You guys
HAVE to show a bit of care in this regard.
Inter's basic 2009-10 squad:
All the players bolded are either Italian and/or experienced in Serie A. So experienced in fact that they have over 3,300 Serie A games between them in their careers. Average age? Nearly 29 years, even with Balotelli, Santon and my generous inclusion of Krhin.
Quaresma was a flop. The players who are not bolded came from Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively. Another 750 games from those three in their club careers, dozens of international caps for strong sides. They are not even close to the sort of players we can attract because of the above. Languages spoken? All but those three spoke Italian by the start of last season.
This is a squad that has been built over years, and with the aid of Farsopoli has been able to ingrain a winning mentality. If you say Inter are the blueprint for our future success I'd say yes they are, experienced players who have a lot of Serie A experience. The reality is that right now we are years away from being back to that level, something you clearly have a problem understanding. But we can do well another way.
Many of those players, like Cambiasshole, Zanetti, Cordoba, Maicon, and Quaresma were not Serie A proven before signing with Inter. Same with Sneijder and Eto'o. So you are actually being intentionally misleading here. Only a minority of players signed from foreign leagues were flops in Inter, Quaresma being the obvious one.
But look at the others, man. Look at 'em. Most have done well. Some of them were nobodies to a Serie A fan beforehand. Cambiasshole and Sneijder were essentially Real rejects.
Most of them arrived from other leagues, most of them did not speak Italian fluently before landing a job in Milan, and most of them are not Italian. Even if we do not have a great manager, that does not mean someone from Serie A will out-perform another player from another league. Just because a player doesn't speak Italian does not mean they will have poor performances compared to a player who speaks the language fluently. And even if certain experience does help a player, it doesn't mean the experience they received in Serie A outweighs experience elsewhere. You simply cannot promote these arguments as fact when they are clearly not fact.
But hey, I'll give you credit for the response. That was a long one. :toast: