Re: Matchday Commentary Thread

[Kaladin]

Right, could he be heading towards his impending doom is what i was trying to say. Surely a change is needed to incorporate Thohir's plans.

[zizzle]

Mazzari is blaming the ref when his team just put on the worst performance of the season   

[Vibe]

TBH I was pissed at the ref too...But Mazzarri should know better,we were just garbage out there.

[zizzle]

Apparently Thohir is pissed. That's good, we only won 1 game since he bought the team

[Robespierre]

imho our season is finished yesterday
no hope to lift, totally resigned

[Vibe]

Our team is very average.

Handanovic,Jesus,Guarin,Kovacic,Alvarez and Palacio are the only above average players in our team.Others are either plain average players,past their peaks or young and not getting minutes.

We need to invest in at least 5 good players if we are to get anything from this season.The Nainggolan boat has already sailed because we're cheap as always,Roma got him for 9.5 million today.We need at least one CB, 2 WB's, a DM and a striker.We could have done without a striker if Mazzarri wasn't such a pussy and left Belfodil and Icardi rotting on the bench,now they are out of form and will get loaned and eventually sold like all of our talented players do.

Every year I get my hopes up that's it's not gonna go the same,but we're just repeating the exact same mistakes every year.

[zizzle]

I dont wanna sound like a spoiled fan and point the finger at the coach at the first sign of trouble but i cant find anyone else to blame right now. First of Mazzari's tactical constipation means our best players are either on the bench or playing out of position. Instead of using a different system to accommodate the defensive disaster that is Nagatomo Mazzari insists on a 3 man defense, our best midfielder is starting from the bench, and our attacking system is non existent. Hell even his substitutions were horrible yesterday !

Anyway the good news is if we're gonna continue like this Mazzari is getting the boot, even if we improve from now on, if our promising youngsters dont get more minutes we'll have to find a coach who believes in them. This season is dead as it seems. we can only hope that next year will be better. And in the meantime we might wanna get used to the EPL or become Barca fanboys

[zizzle]

Squad for Coppa game against Udinese

Defenders : Jonathan 2, 4 Javier Zanetti, Juan Jesus 5, 6 Marco Andreolli, Hugo Campagnaro 14, 23, Andrea Ranocchia, Walter Samuel 25, 35 Roland, 55 Yuto Nagatomo;

Midfielders : 10 Mateo Kovacic, 11, Ricky Alvarez, 13, Fredy Guarin, Gaby Mudingayi 16, 17 Zdravko Kuzmanovic, 19 Esteban Cambiasso;

Forwards : 8 Rodrigo Palacio, 20 Ruben Botta, 22 Diego Milito.


No Icardi

[Vibe]

Botta

No Belfodil either,probably going to West Ham.

[Robespierre]

Carrizo, Campagnaro, Andreolli, Samuel, Zanetti, Guarin, Kuzmanovic, Mudingayi, Nagatomo, Kovacic, Milito

the formation

if we play hoofball with regular players, I can image with this formation

[zizzle]

wtf ! Mazzari is throwing away the Coppa isnt he..
oh well, at least kovacic starts

[Robespierre]

udinese also will play with reserves

UDINESE (3-5-1-1): Kelava; Heurtaux, Danilo, Domizzi; Widmer, Badu, Allan, Pinzi, Gabriel Silva; Maicosuel; Nico Lopez.

I don't know how it will finish
only a thing is sure :
it will be a horrible match

[zizzle]

im not watching

[Vibe]

I'm watching for 2 reasons alone,Kovacic and hopefully seeing Botta in action.

[zizzle]

we conceded just when i started watching...

[Robespierre]

everything as expected

ah there was a penalty on Milito . but nothing, 0 penalties this year..

[M99]

Maicosuel

Kovacic has been so selfish...

[Robespierre]

Kovacic played very bad today.
2nd half we played enough well, better than before but nothing...the ridicolous refereeing has contribuited to the disgust
season finished already in January

[moutinho98]

sigh.

[zizzle]

well at least Mazzari made some courageous subs, but with a starting line up like this he only has himself to blame

[Vibe]

Kovacic from 1st minute versus Chievo, Kuzmanovic replaces suspended Guarin

Saphir Taider is back training in group and should be ready against Genoa. Regarding the upcoming match versus Chievo, there is one doubt that Mazzarri has: who will replace the suspended Guarin?

“Likely that we will see Kovacic again with Kuzmanovic as favorite over Zanetti to take the midfield with Cambiasso and Alvarez,” said Gazzetta dello Sport.

Source: GdS

[Vibe]

Goalkeepers: 1 Samir Handanovic, 30 Juan Pablo Carrizo, 12 Luca Castellazzi;

Defenders: 2 Jonathan, 4 Javier Zanetti, 5 Juan Jesus, 6 Marco Andreolli, 14 Hugo Campagnaro, 23 Andrea Ranocchia, 25 Walter Samuel, 35 Rolando, 55 Yuto Nagatomo;

Midfielders: 10 Mateo Kovacic, 11 Ricky Alvarez, 16 Gaby Mudingayi, 17 Zdravko Kuzmanovic, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 21 Saphir Taider;

Forwards: 8 Rodrigo Palacio, 20 Ruben Botta, 22 Diego Milito.

[zizzle]

Hope to see Kovacic in the middle and Alvarez as a second striker, the formation that worked wonders in the beginning of the season

[Vibe]

Won't happen though...Kovacic will be behind Palacio.

Alvarez has higher work rate than both and contributes more defensively and Mazzarri is a pussy that way.Ricky was fantastic at SS,once we changed that our performance declined.

[InterMalia]

........................................Palacio.............
..........Botta......................Kovacic........................Alvarez.....
......................Traffic cop................headless chicken................
..........Naga.....JJ...................HC...................JonaGoat............
..........................................Handa.........................................

[Swanhends]

Agreed with vibe and zizzle, ive thought from day one that kovacic is a cm not an am, and alvarez is best in the middle

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