Radja Nainggolan - CM - Cagliari/Roma (19 Viewers)

Asamoah or Nainggolan?

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Jem83

maitre'd at Canal Bar
Nov 7, 2005
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Because the common fan is easily impressed by those endless tides of CMs and SSs, mostly because of that!
Sad but true... and i cant do anything about it, this is just the way it is and whats worse is that in the past decade, our transfer directors, have preffered to feed us with such tools, regardless of our need, mostly because of that! They attract the fans attention more than any other players! They sell more jerseys and create more awe.
Even in the Uefa and golden fee awards, there is a tendency to favor such players above other positions, the whole industry knows that.

It still remains a live and present danger for us, as this would have been the first season we wouldnt be investing the majority of of our transfer budget on more CMs and SSs...
We have yet to become officially ridden of that habbit.
The combined fee on Tevez and Naigo would simply further expand the legacy...

This would ruin much of the progress we made in this very transfer window!
We obviously have no need for that, chasing him solely for the impressions, while holding back that budget for our needs would cancel many of our deeds...
 

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May 22, 2007
37,256
I think Cronios is the best dribbler.

I don't think it makes a lot of sense but I'd love to have Nainggolan here, so I'll fanboy out slightly. It would be nice to prevent Inter getting him with that Indonesian owner.
 

Cronios

Juventolog
Jun 7, 2004
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Players you called dribblers are Borriello and Nainggolan, these are not players that awe and sell jerseys, how the heck do they attract fans attention with their fancy dribbling?

Why is it it SOOO hard for you to simply say he is just not a priority due to our available CMs already, he is an excellent ballwinning CM, but not close to a priority, especially for that price, its that simple, why do you need to invent reasons to criticise this in some weird conspiracy?
Tiago, Almiron, Iaquinta, Amauri, Diego, Melo, Quaq, Vucinic, Matri, Vidal, Pirlo belong to a certain player profile, (and i really doubt tackles or clinical finishing is their common characteristic)
they form the center of creating scoring chances, with penetrative runs, through passes and yes dribbling past their opponent when needed.

We had more defensive oriented options, but they were swiftly given the axe, Sissoko and Melo being some prime examples of them, constantly criticized for the lack of abilities that would help them contribute in the offensive built up, thats why we have turned attention to CMs and completely ignored DMs.
The special characteristics are randomly overlooked, as the true aim, was to win the impressions for the fans and actual tactical advantages that would improve the performance of the team, had lesser relevance.
For example Melo was flawless defensively, but he became the ultimate scape goat, only for not offering much offensively, despite the fact that he was a Brazilian, and it wasnt never his role to do that...
It wouldnt be the first time we would act with little prudence and get carried away, by the offer.

Naiggo holds some hype in Serie A, for his dominant appearance, being the star in a mediocre team.
Being in Cagliari, also makes him an easier target rather than lets say, De Rossi, we have made far too many transfers like that to ignore the pattern that repeats its self.
I made my self clear, (if that wasnt already), regardless of the true reasons of our interest.

Thankfully this interest is solely manufactured by the press, which follows they common's fans logic and promises him, what he wants to hear.
The section of our fans that hyped and chanted over the acquisitions of the players i mentioned, regardless of their tactical need, will be easily moved by the Naiggol rumors,
these rumors, IMO, are adressed to them, Italians press have always used this tactic to sell papers.

I really believe/hope that the appearances of this summer mercato are not that misleading and we have switched strategy to upgrading performance!
 

Bianconero_Aus

Beppe Marotta Is My God
May 26, 2009
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Tiago, Almiron, Iaquinta, Amauri, Diego, Melo, Quaq, Vucinic, Matri, Vidal, Pirlo belong to a certain player profile, (and i really doubt tackles or clinical finishing is their common characteristic)
they form the center of creating scoring chances, with penetrative runs, through passes and yes dribbling past their opponent when needed.

We had more defensive oriented options, but they were swiftly given the axe, Sissoko and Melo being some prime examples of them, constantly criticized for the lack of abilities that would help them contribute in the offensive built up, thats why we have turned attention to CMs and completely ignored DMs. The special characteristics are randomly overlooked, as aim was to win the impressions for the fans and actually tactical adavantages that would improve the performance of the team.
For example Melo was flawless defensively, but he became the scape goat for not offering much offensively, despite the fact that he was a Brazilian...
It wouldnt be the first time we would act with little prudence and get carried away, by the offer.

Naiggo holds some hype in Serie A, for his dominant appearance, being tha star in a mediocre team.
Being in Cagliari, makes him an easier target rather than lets say, De Rossi, we have made far too many transfers like that to ignore the pattern that repeats its self.
I made my self clear, if that wasnt already. regardless of the true reasons of our interest.

Thankfully this interest is solely manufactured by the press, which follows they common's fans logic and promises what he wants to hear.
The section of our fans that hyped and chanted over the acquisitions of the players i mentioned, regardless of their tactical need, will be easily moved by the Naiggol rumors, these rumors, IMO, are adressed to them.
I really believe/hope that the appearances of this summer mercato are not that misleading and we have switched strategy to upgrading performance!
:tup: amazing post. Would read again.
 

Cronios

Juventolog
Jun 7, 2004
27,519
There is a pattern that repeats it self, in the very first year i noticed, it was debatable, far fetched maybe, but after a decade long of being repeating ti self each and every year, only a fool would ignore it or a hyppocrite.
Some are obviously fools, yet i still struggle to explain to them, for the hyppocrites that simply pretend that the elephant in the room, just because the argued against when it wasnt all that obvious, there is nothing that can be done...

There is a certain reason we have been signing and attracted by CMs and SSs, ragadrless of how everybody sees it, the fact remains that we did it for far too long and it has to stop sometime!
This ought to be the main topic, not the ''dribble'', but if course in lack of arguments for the main issue, the only option is to draw attention from it...
 

Ocelot

Midnight Marauder
Jul 13, 2013
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I think the only reason Marotta and Conte want him is for next year, in the post-Pirlo era. This might mean getting him now to prevent any other teams snapping him up instead.
 

Cronios

Juventolog
Jun 7, 2004
27,519
Pirlo said that he will move on, when he will feel that he wont be a starter.
We are still somewhat Pirlo dependant. It is unclear yet, if Pirlo will not be able to keep up in this level as of next year.
It is a bit premature to buy his successor atm. Esp considering that there is no immediate need, as Pogba can already offer a decent starter option.
so no, it is not because of Pirlo, when Pirlo leaves, we will be interest of a player of this caliber then.

There is no real tactical or strategical need of Naiggo, as Naiggo does not share Pirlo's tactical skills, neither his class.
The only thing that Naigoo offers, is an influent presence in the midfield, without specialisation, this sounds more like Marchisio...
but it still is early to make a permanent choice for his future as well, so the only real motive behind the hypothetical interest on Naiggo is vanity, sign him because he is rated and because we can...


PS: well said Dule!
 

napoleonic

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Sep 7, 2010
4,129
so the only real motive behind the hypothetical interest on Naiggo is vanity, sign him because he is rated and because we can...
if I were you, I'd start getting suspicious because maybe just maybe... Marotta is stalking you on Tuz, at first he was curious about you and then after you started all the whole fancy ss dribblers he decided to troll you, that's why we got and interested in so many dribblers ss and cm.

:shifty:
 

Linebreak

Senior Member
Sep 18, 2009
16,022
Pirlo was always a 2-3 year stop-gap measure.

Nainggolan is not a suitable replacement though. Verratti is the type of player we need if we want to continue playing a similar style game.
 
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