Winter Mercato 2015 (40 Viewers)

[Post Ironic]

Quality football, does it even still exist

Depends on perspective. I watched this match last night. Our 1985 European and Intercontinental Cups winning team was so good. As was Argentino Juniors coming out of Copa Libertadores. What a match.

 

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[Lion]

how does marchisio earn 3m wtf what a waste of 6 million in wages

 

[CrimsonianKing]

It's all about perspective, really. But i think we can safely say that fullbacks, Centerbacks, Number 10's and 9's of today are absolutely nothing compared to anything pre-98.

 

[ZoSo]

Those are still the links from various media outlets, British ones, no more or less credible than the one I posted from GdS. We can't tell with an absolute certainty whether his wages are 4.5m or 5.5m.

Juventus for some reason doesn't disclose this info.

Therefore we can't say our cap is 5m

 

[Vlad]

Therefore we can't say our cap is 5m

Are you for real?

 

[ZoSo]

Are you for real?

Yes.

 

[Vlad]

Yes.

That's unfortunate.

 

[ZoSo]

That's unfortunate.

We can't tell with an absolute certainty whether his wages are 4.5m or 5.5m.

So how can we be sure what our cap is? I would like to hear.

 

[Vlad]

So how can we be sure what our cap is? I would like to hear.

It's irrelevant and wasn't the point that I was trying to make.

 

[Zacheryah]

It's all about perspective, really. But i think we can safely say that fullbacks, Centerbacks, Number 10's and 9's of today are absolutely nothing compared to anything pre-98.

not to mention defensive midfielders. Martinez, Mascherano...perhaps Vidal...and ...?

 

[ZoSo]

It's irrelevant and wasn't the point that I was trying to make.

Irrelevant? Goodbye

 

[Vlad]

Irrelevant? Goodbye

The point is, whether our cap is 5m, or 6m (insert any number here), our revenues have been increasing every year and looking at our future income (sponsorships, television, etc...), this positive trend will continue, therefore we will be in position to increase salary expenses as well, along with some other costs.

 

[Post Ironic]

It's all about perspective, really. But i think we can safely say that fullbacks, Centerbacks, Number 10's and 9's of today are absolutely nothing compared to anything pre-98.

There's some pretty good wingers around today though!

Football has been in a downturn ever since the Premier League took over again in the early to mid- 00s. That run around all match at full speed like a chicken with its head cut off, alongside the hoof it and chase style so often employed there, really destroyed tactical football, especially alongside the ascendancy of spending power of English teams.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

actually mourinho ruined football

 

[CrimsonianKing]

There's some pretty good wingers around today though!

Football has been in a downturn ever since the Premier League took over again in the early to mid- 00s. That run around all match at full speed like a chicken with its head cut off, alongside the hoof it and chase style so often employed there, really destroyed tactical football, especially alongside the ascendancy of spending power of English teams.

Somebody here once posted a Baggio interview where he states the same thing. Not that Football was that good *compared to 10 years before* by the late 90's, it was in it's dying breath but then came the English way/format and that was the nail on the coffin. Serie A still survived for 5 or more years but by 2005/06 it was meh.

I still have hopes that one day things will go back to focusing on the technicality and tactical intelligence of players. This Ping-pong horse-racing Football can only last so long.

 

[Post Ironic]

actually mourinho ruined football

I can't stand how many people worship him on this forum. The guy is the epitome of what's wrong with football today.

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Somebody here once posted a Baggio interview where he states the same thing. Not that Football was that good *compared to 10 years before* by the late 90's, it was in it's dying breath but then came the English way/format and that was the nail on the coffin. Serie A still survived for 5 or more years but by 2005/06 it was meh.

I still have hopes that one day things will go back to focusing on the technicality and tactical intelligence of players. This Ping-pong horse-racing Football can only last so long.

I haven't seen that Baggio interview. Poignant remarks by a smart man.

You see it in a lot of sports now. Athletes are of course in better physical condition, can run faster, are stronger, jump higher, etc due to more focus on physical conditioning, and advances in sport performance training. The problem is that it seems coaches from a young age on up, decided to take advantage of this in the wrong ways by depending on that improved athleticism and ignore the time needed for proper skill development and technique and with this tactics had to shift away from those that require high skill and technical ability. So you end up with a bunch of brainless perpetual motion machines zooming around the pitch. It's quite sad really, though I have high hopes that eventually the compass will swing the other way and someone will realize the benefits of finding the proper balance between skill and physical conditioning.

Even in transfer windows now, all you hear about is pace for forwards and strength for defenders.

 

[Trequartista]

actually mourinho ruined football

Him and Guardiola.

 

[Osman]

Not Guardiola at all, but Benitez too IMO. His impact on EPL was as much (negatively) as Mourinho

 

[GrecoJuve]

Moggi about Mourinho

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

FalcaON: Thanks Juve, maybe in the future

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