stay at worldsoccer dude and dont bother ppl in here with your thoughts

 

Just asking the fans how good is he what is wrong with that.

 

I think he's shown a dramatic improvement. Before he never went forward efficiently and wasnt defending naturally, but now he is going forward better; Just needs to work on defending more.
Sometimes he seems invisible, but when you see replays you realize just how involved he is down the wings. (Like in the previous match)

On Inter.it, he even admitted that he needs to work more on the defensive side because "In Brazil this role is different than over here" as he said (or something along those lines).
He is really dedicated... :thumbsup:

 

Maicon has been a real star. In a previous post, I mentioned how "the emergence of Maicon" (in terms of proving himself in a big team) has been a huge factor for our performance so far this season. He is a player who embodies the swagger and confidence this side has shown so far.

A goal on his part was overdue though. I figured he'd get one soon.

 

our best summer buy

 

No way...that's Ibra fo sho

 

cost-and-eddiciency-wise Maicon could well be ouyr best buy; He's young enough and we've got him at the same price we got Grosso and ACM got Oddo.

 

Quite a great transfer tbh. Very similiar to Cambiasso. Most were like okay what is he gonna add, but now he has broked himself into the first team and he is definately in our plans for long long time. If he can still develop I'd welcome him to finish his career with us and offer him a life-time contract immediately if possible.

 

I've watched Inter on more then a few occasions and he has impressed me so far(besides yesterday, he was actually good). He seems to not be able to read his teammates properly and his passes usually end up at the feet of the oppisition. Maybe it was a confidence problem and it's gone? Who knows but I don't see him ever reaching JZ's level; however, he could become a decent RB for years to come with some improvement.

 

I'm a huge fan of him, especially on this all-star team that retains posession for large portions of the game. I used to think he was shite. Well, he was: passing to no one, giving up the ball, poor defensively, etc. But now, he is really taking advantage of his superior physique and stamina and really steam rolling through. He also is homogeneous in the offence, participating with the 1-2 passing and posession Inter are becoming used to. Great player for Inter.

 

i wouldn't say he's the the best buy yet because the season is only halfway through. He's improving consistantly as time progresses and that impresses the heck out of everyone.

His attacking is quite mesmorising but JZ is still much better overall. He can probably play similarly to JZ but JZ almost never have a bad game. It's going to take time for maicon to be as consistant as JZ. I've seen bad performances from Maicon, but overall acceptable.


I think he can only improve here at inter.

 

Not fair to compare him to JZ, but you know he is that good when the manager has enough trust in you to move a legendary LB like JZ because he knows you will be able to do an excellent job.

Im really happy with how Maxwell is coming on aswell, our flanks have become very dangerous with the stamina and physique of Maicon and Maxwell. Althogh Maxwell must stop with his back heels in the area.

 

I want to continue on candy-man's point and add this: a major part of our revolution in midfield was the ability of JZ to play there.

I can name countless times when JZ's ability to dribble and penetrate turned a time when our box was under fire to a complete reversal and the chance for us to shoot our guns forward

This combined with the energy of the fullbacks (well put candyman) enabled us to constantly put our opponents under pressure.

In the middle? A simple possession oriented scheme with the ideal players.

I think our team is absolutely unstoppable- but of course, we cannot play so lazily as we did against Sampdoria this weekend.

 

+1 on everything up there. Playing Zanetti mid was a huge boost in some games and there seems to be minimal loss at fullback.

 

At first I wasn't sure about him, but he seems decent now. He links up real well with the central midfield and however is on the right. He is real good coming forward.

 

He is playing really well atm..Started off poorly at the beginning of the season, to the extent that some members were sounding his name as the next Wome or Ze Maria. But not to be..he has been immense, his attacking prowess down the right flank has been awesome, his passing has improved, his dribbling to some extent reminds me of JZ . He has a great understanding with the midfielders. Maicon and Maxwell are looking good to be our fullbacks for years to come.

 

Yes Maicon and Maxwell have been two of our best buys, both have finally solved some very key problems in our defense. Plus given a chance to JZ to play in a position where he can give more to our considering his current age. He is still very good in his own possition but he can run game after game covering the whole field like he used to.

 

Maicon is doing what Zanetti would have down had he been playing at right back. The good thing abou Maicon is the boldness and directness with which he launches into his runs, and his ability to execute some very effective one-two's with Ibrahimovic/Cambiasso on his way to the byline.

Against Sampdoria he was almost playing as ou third striker. Needless to say, he really needs to work on his defensive side; more so because his passing isn't top-notc and he often lnds up mislacing a pass and/or giving the ball away leading to a counter attack. But what is saving us is our quality DM-pairing of Cambiasso-Vieira and the emergence of our central defense (Burdisso and Materazzi raiing their games this season).

Compared to Zanetti's 'style of dribbling' Maicon's isn't all hat great. IMHO nobody can beat Zanetti's smooth and fast style of dribbling. But that is immaterial because Maicon is good enough moving ahead and beating players.

What I am concerned about is his crossing. He gets himself into good positions, but his crossing is pretty average. He ought to make use of his position more.

But he is a definite improvement over what he was at the start of the season.

His finish against Samp :eekani:

 

Maicon is doing what Zanetti would have down had he been playing at right back. The good thing abou Maicon is the boldness and directness with which he launches into his runs, and his ability to execute some very effective one-two's with Ibrahimovic/Cambiasso on his way to the byline.

Against Sampdoria he was almost playing as ou third striker. Needless to say, he really needs to work on his defensive side; more so because his passing isn't top-notc and he often lnds up mislacing a pass and/or giving the ball away leading to a counter attack. But what is saving us is our quality DM-pairing of Cambiasso-Vieira and the emergence of our central defense (Burdisso and Materazzi raiing their games this season).

Compared to Zanetti's 'style of dribbling' Maicon's isn't all hat great. IMHO nobody can beat Zanetti's smooth and fast style of dribbling. But that is immaterial because Maicon is good enough moving ahead and beating players.

What I am concerned about is his crossing. He gets himself into good positions, but his crossing is pretty average. He ought to make use of his position more.

But he is a definite improvement over what he was at the start of the season.

His finish against Samp :eekani:

Although his crossing isnt great, he probably has more good crossed in this season alone than JZ in 11 years :howler:

@ CN - I agree, JZ has been excellent in midfiled as he can easily take on a series of players, quickly turning an awkward spot into a potential attack for us, he has that ability of hardly ever losing the ball and he just lays it off to Maxwell or Stankovic when in a danger zone.

 

Any of you guys got is goal vs Samp

 

The match threads always would have Goals 'inserted' ...

but this is for you.. for supporting Maicon

http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showpost.php?p=4964327&postcount=158

 

Although his crossing isnt great, he probably has more good crossed in this season alone than JZ in 11 years :howler:

I don't question that at all. But it doesn't mean that we shouldn't expect our RB to send in good quality crosses.

Zanetti didn't cross well, but other aspects of his game were impeccable. Which isn't really so with Maicon.

 

I don't question that at all. But it doesn't mean that we shouldn't expect our RB to send in good quality crosses.

Zanetti didn't cross well, but other aspects of his game were impeccable. Which isn't really so with Maicon.

No doubt, but I feel that Maicon has been good enough to be at RB, allowing JZ to move to midfiled where he has been is very useful with his tireless running and when with the ball he can get us out of sticky situations :thumbsup:

 

I wouldn't have him in a team of mine.

 

Maicon has improved defensively that is why i think he's doing well. When he first started with us i think many of us including myself thought

"Whos this new Brazilian ass-clown posing as a defender again?"

Now his defending has truly improved and he's always been physical and strong azan ox

We like him don't fear

His defending can only get better we all hope