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[ayt]

It seems Ac Milan are in a duel with Inter for the services of Rui Costa... and Rui himself prefers Ac Milan to Inter... ohh well... looks like he'll be headed to Ac unless Inter comes up with a big big big offer...
maybe we should think of an alternative playmaker??

How about Nakata from As Roma, he sits on the bench and doesn't do much... and the merchandise you'll sell with his name on it in Asia will more than recoup the amount of money you buy him with.

[Severus]

i still think inter should give pirlo a fair shot. you may have that magnificent playmaker in your own system but the owners are just too blind to notice...

[Hannie9]

I agree, Pirlo must be given a fair chance to prove himself as a playmaker.:D

[Alvin]

Yes...Pirlo is talented.
We should give him a try..and yet i don't understand
why they never give him a chance..
He proved that he's a great player in the italian u-21 squad....
rui costa is great ..but i think we can offload seedorf to get him...with rui costa and pirlo, we'll be strong enough to challenge the title..
yeah.....

[Garrincha]

Frankly, I think Inter's problem isn't only in midfield. The system being used doesn't seem right. There's a problem on the left side of the team, where nobody has played really well since Roberto Carlos left... sorry, it's my opinion... Zanetti has played there, but he works much better on the right... also, Vampeta should be given a chance on the squad, he's a great player, Inter fans will go nuts when they see the quality that's been on the bench all this time.
And frankly, I think they should STOP hiring attackers, and ask the coach which position is in more need. I mean, the president wanted to hire Romario, who is arguably the best attacker in the world (Maybe Batistuta comes close, no other, trust me), but the team is *full* of strikers! Try gettin' some new defenders, man!

[nade_ali]

yeah i think that pirlo should be given a chance...... but i dont think that he is quiet upto the challenge of being inters goto man in midfield.....we definitely need a classy playmaker in the side.....n yeah rui costa would be ideal for that role...... he can make an immediate impact and can also kind of mentor pirlo....i think the best thing inter can do right now is get a well-established playmaker.....n keep pirlo on the bench....but substitute him regulary into the game...so that he gets experinece and gets chances to play alongside the experienced playmaker(hopefully costa)..... that way we can have a player wholl make an immediate impact next season and another player wholl be getting good grooming for the future.....
hopefully we wont be selling pirlo off in the summer and as for vampeta i heard we'll be exchanging him for peter luccin this summer...luccins a defensive midfilder who can also play sweeper in defence
so i guess that wont be a bad move an dplus he is french so no EU problems like the ones attched to vampeta......
the inter-online site said that inter had already made a massive bid for rui costa and that we've probably outbidded milan for him....hopefully that true and gori rejects milans bid for ours......thatll b nice

[ilfenomeno14]

No, not Pirlo, to young, and hes not that good, I dont know what u see in him.

Nakata or Rui Costa would be a good signing, altough I don't know why Rui Costa prefers Milan... He will probaby get a bettter contract in Inter, Inter is a better team than Milan plus, inter will probably be in Champions League or UEFA CUP. Plus would he like to serve balls to Ronaldo and Vieri or Stupid shevchenko and one of the slow giants he polays with , Bierhoff.

Nakata is a great player, trust me, he is very good,

saw him versus France yesterday, even if they lost, he had like three or four shots on goal.

[Severus]

Originally posted by Garrincha
I mean, the president wanted to hire Romario, who is arguably the best attacker in the world (Maybe Batistuta comes close, no other, trust me),

trust you why? because you're brazilian and only brazilians no something about futbol. give me a break! romario is old and thats the bottom line. he's certainly not the best now and frankly, i don't believe he ever was, not even in 1994. if he was so great then why couldn't he penetrate the italian defence? why did the highly skilled brazilians have to resprt to pk's to beat italia? however, he can score 6 goals against that futbol power bolivia so he must be the best right?

batistuta comes second...LOFL!!! romario isn't even in the top 10...if brasil are still relying on him than they're not in good shape at all...sorry...my opinion.

[ayt]

Nakata would be great... because Rui Costa seems to prefer somewhere else...

Also has anyone considered bringing back ariel ortega back to italy for another stint?? he is doing pretty well in south america i hear...

but my preferences for playmaker (gettable ones ok?) are:
1)Rui
2)Nakata
3)Pirlo

Apparently Emre was being groomed as the next playmaker for galatasaray and he has lots of experience playing off hadgi ... hopefully he'll bring something to inter

[Hannie9]

Naaaaaaaaaaa.
Ortega did not adjust well to Serie A.
Nakata would do.

[nade_ali]

i think my preference for playmaker would be:
1) Costa
2) Beckham
3) Riquelme
4) Rivaldo
5) Pirlo
think rui costa would be first cause he's established himself in te serie A and he's an EU status player
beckham would be first for me...but dont think we'll be able to ever tempt him away from Man Utd
Riquelme is doing great rite now....hes young and im sure he'll improve further
If Rivaldo had been younger i wouldve placed him higher...n plus he is also non-EU
Pirlo is too inexperienced but has sooo much potential...so he makes top five

[ilfenomeno14]

Beckham aint a playmaker stupid!

[nade_ali]

dude he makes plays..... he puts up the crosses...hes great at set plays..... hes a great provider....great free kick taker .....wwhat else would u call him....alex fergusan calls him a playmaker...i dont know about u

[nade_ali]

as for the romario thing....i really dont think he'll have problems playing anywhere in europe even at his age.... he's a great player......n so what if brazil didnt score a goal and needed penalties to win the 1994 world cup...they were still the better team..... n romario played exceptionally well for barcelona.......won some trophies with them..... so no question about him playing in europe......the only thing against him is that is a difficult player to work with and ny club buying him knows that hes not going to play forever.....as for scoring goals against bolivia...most of batistutas record tally for argentina is also against the
'futbol power bolivia ' or teams of similar stature.....and scoring 77 goals in a season in any league is very commendable......dont hear of any other player getting close that tally in most of the other league around the world....
a south american is a key player in nearly all of europes top teams...... n they do come from those same leagues... just that europe has soo much more money to offer

[Severus]

the difference is that batistuta is in the prime of his career while romario is in the twilight of his. and that's what its all about isn't it? so what if romario won championships with barca then. are we living in "then"? do you think romario would score 70 goals in europe where the leagues are a little more competitive then that of brasil? batistuta is dominating italy and has been for quite some time now. are you going to attempt to tell me that its easier to score goals in serie a where life is much more frustrating for strikers? i didn't think so..

romario was a great striker then and thats undeniable but so was roberto baggio. surely both are still very dangerous now because of their experience but they don't have the speed and the durability any more that they had even 3 years ago. both would be exceptional assets on both of their respective benches as subs but thats it. its time to move on...

[lilphenom]

sorry i have not posted in a while i have been on vacation . anyway after reading everything said here is my opinion i think inter should giver pirlo more time to develop somewhere where he will get 90 minutes a match . right now we should try to get a good playmaker and a defender i heard the other day we offereed about 60 million the other day for nesta well that is a lot , and nesta is a great player . rui cosa is probally our best shot . as for beckham i dontthink he is what we are looking for . as for romario he was the best in 94 and he is still a very dangerous player and anyone will tell you that , he is not the best in the world but i would want him on my side that is for sure . but ike someone said we dont need anymore big name strikers

[Chino]

Originally posted by ilfenomeno14
Beckham aint a playmaker stupid!

dude, after Zidane, Beckham is probably the second best playmaker in the world - with the prince Roby Baggio 3rd...

[lilphenom]

there is no way beckham is the 2nd best playmeker in the world he is a great player as much as i hate him but he is not a playmaker

[nade_ali]

no i already said he wont be scoring 70 goals in europe...but what im countering is what u said that he was never one of the best.....n another thing.....i think that the kinda year he had last year...if he had been playing in europe....though not 70 i think he mightve scored probably half those goals in any european league....n even 35 goals in not something we see batistuta doing...even in his prime....n bsides bati might be over his prime too...what with all the injuries nad his age...he aint too young...but yeah at the moment hes a gr8 striker....but dont think he's the best around.....he waisted his best year playing with fiorentina....