Beppe Marotta

Glass box said:

Unlike the English teams who have unlimited money to spend, there's no excuse to trail behind the Spanish and German teams, like he says.

You can't generalize something that doesn't affect our main rivals so much, who still can spend money, unlike Inter under Suning.

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I can give him Spanish teams but with the exception of Bayern there are no excuses to trail behind Bundes teams. Rest of the league sells their best talents every summer.

The difference with Italian teams is they reinvent money wisely on youngsters while Italian teams prefer spending on "experience ". In Germany they can only dream of offering the wages they offer in Italy. Even with Bayern busy summer Serie A teams still spent more than Germans.

This goes to all our management team, not just him, but we don't have a thread for the whole management or at least I'm not aware of one and he's our CEO

List of fucks up:

1. Failed to offer Perisic a contract in January when the interest from Tottenham was not as strong. Perisic even said it himself.

2. Choosing Lukaku over Dybala on a loan basis for fuck sake.

3. Deciding to get rid of Sanchez whilst still paying for most of his salary without getting a proper replacement.

4. Worst one of all, deciding or at least agreeing to extend Inzaghi's contract.

Anyone cares to chime in more about our management's incompetence?

It’s time we called Walter Zenga!

brakbrak said:

This goes to all our management team, not just him, but we don't have a thread for the whole management or at least I'm not aware of one and he's our CEO

List of fucks up:

1. Failed to offer Perisic a contract in January when the interest from Tottenham was not as strong. Perisic even said it himself.

2. Choosing Lukaku over Dybala on a loan basis for fuck sake.

3. Deciding to get rid of Sanchez whilst still paying for most of his salary without getting a proper replacement.

4. Worst one of all, deciding or at least agreeing to extend Inzaghi's contract.

Anyone cares to chime in more about our management's incompetence?

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I was fuming a whole fucking summer!

bubba zanetti said:

I was fuming a whole fucking summer!

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You hid it well

brakbrak said:

This goes to all our management team, not just him, but we don't have a thread for the whole management or at least I'm not aware of one and he's our CEO

List of fucks up:

1. Failed to offer Perisic a contract in January when the interest from Tottenham was not as strong. Perisic even said it himself.

2. Choosing Lukaku over Dybala on a loan basis for fuck sake.

3. Deciding to get rid of Sanchez whilst still paying for most of his salary without getting a proper replacement.

4. Worst one of all, deciding or at least agreeing to extend Inzaghi's contract.

Anyone cares to chime in more about our management's incompetence?

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You pretty much nailed it. The only thing I'll add is that we signed Gosens despite the fact the manager does not value the player. So either Gosens was approved by Inzaghi and failed to impress him in training, or Inzaghi never wanted him and we signed him anyway.

Clearly Perisic on elevated wages is a better deal than wasting 15M on a player Inzaghi refuses to properly use.

deserves all the blame he can get. Didn't do jack shit other than overpay for an injured player. The worst gm in the world could have done what he has done this season.

brakbrak said:

This goes to all our management team, not just him, but we don't have a thread for the whole management or at least I'm not aware of one and he's our CEO

List of fucks up:

1. Failed to offer Perisic a contract in January when the interest from Tottenham was not as strong. Perisic even said it himself.

2. Choosing Lukaku over Dybala on a loan basis for fuck sake.

3. Deciding to get rid of Sanchez whilst still paying for most of his salary without getting a proper replacement.

4. Worst one of all, deciding or at least agreeing to extend Inzaghi's contract.

Anyone cares to chime in more about our management's incompetence?

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No, its about Suning, Marotta have clear vision. First want sign Dybala, then offer Perisic contract. All of them fail to happen cause Suning. Suning always stop about the deal.

Trust me, Marotta already know this season Will hurt us, after Suning out we Will recover to our peak again.

All of our transfer happen because Suning don't have money, even Marotta have plan. He cant do anything because Zhang.

Even we hire all of the best coach and sporting director, we cant do anything because our transfer strategy will not approved as long Suning here.

Marotta waits Jube to get rid of Allegri, before to fire Inzaghi.

varmin said:

Marotta waits Jube to get rid of Allegri, before to fire Inzaghi.

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Well Allegri loves talking about Inter having the best squad in the league. He can come to Inter to prove it.

Il Drago said:

Well Allegri loves talking about Inter having the best squad in the league. He can come to Inter to prove it.

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Allegri sure want sign Dybala next season from Roma.

magnesium said:

No, its about Suning, Marotta have clear vision. First want sign Dybala, then offer Perisic contract. All of them fail to happen cause Suning. Suning always stop about the deal.

Trust me, Marotta already know this season Will hurt us, after Suning out we Will recover to our peak again.

All of our transfer happen because Suning don't have money, even Marotta have plan. He cant do anything because Zhang.

Even we hire all of the best coach and sporting director, we cant do anything because our transfer strategy will not approved as long Suning here.

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Trust you based on what?

So what good is he if all you are saying is true? Why are we paying 6m if he doesn't have the backbone to go against Zhang's will? If you read clearly, all the criticism I gave had nothing to do with whether or not we have transfer budget, it's all about choice and the management, whether it's marotta or Ausillio or if it's Zhang.

I understand why he chose Inzaghi. The idea was to continue the Conte project with minimum modification. However, he didn't bear in mind Inzaghi's pussy mentality which has been known since his Lazio days. If FIF remembers, I posted that we should avoid hiring coaches like Inzaghi, because Inter players respect only ironhanded coaches and that players won't be taking him seriously.

I don't think that Inzaghi's appointment was a bad idea, and his first season has proven it. But, for me it's clear that Inzaghi has lost the locker room, or a part of it, and he needs to leave. I'd go for a proven coach or for a temporary patch - strong motivator. We still have a quality palyers, and if someone may motivate them, we can get the scudetto considering the competition. But, this means a quick Inzaghi's dismissal.

ADRossi said:

You pretty much nailed it. The only thing I'll add is that we signed Gosens despite the fact the manager does not value the player. So either Gosens was approved by Inzaghi and failed to impress him in training, or Inzaghi never wanted him and we signed him anyway.

Clearly Perisic on elevated wages is a better deal than wasting 15M on a player Inzaghi refuses to properly use.

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I cut some slack to Marotta for it because he did the same with Eriksen who couldn't fit the season he came but the next he was integrated and we won the Scudetto. I'm saying this as someone who from day one was for renewing Perisic over saving a few million.

I realize you can't sign only players the coach doesn't want but what has Inzaghi done with the other players he reportedly wanted?

ADRossi said:

You pretty much nailed it. The only thing I'll add is that we signed Gosens despite the fact the manager does not value the player. So either Gosens was approved by Inzaghi and failed to impress him in training, or Inzaghi never wanted him and we signed him anyway.

Clearly Perisic on elevated wages is a better deal than wasting 15M on a player Inzaghi refuses to properly use.

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Can we add correa too? Pissed away a lot of money there

I'm also baffles that we took lazio manager to allow them to go get a better manager in sarri.

Harpsabu said:

Can we add correa too? Pissed away a lot of money there

I'm also baffles that we took lazio manager to allow them to go get a better manager in sarri.

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They were ready for a change in setup, Inter weren't and wanted to continue the 3-5-2.

Marotta wants to bring a physical specialist ( or whatever it calls it). I guess this means that Inzaghi's team is full with amateurs.
Corriere dello Sport there is a possible entry into the staff: Roberto Sassi. He is a trusted man of Giuseppe Marotta, who had at Juventus as head of the Training Check and Sport Science. At Inter Sassi could have the role of supervisor of Inter's athletic training. As if to say that Inzaghi would need some help on an athletic level. Source: Corriere dello Sport - Andrea Ramazzotti

forzainter257 said:

I understand why he chose Inzaghi. The idea was to continue the Conte project with minimum modification. However, he didn't bear in mind Inzaghi's pussy mentality which has been known since his Lazio days. If FIF remembers, I posted that we should avoid hiring coaches like Inzaghi, because Inter players respect only ironhanded coaches and that players won't be taking him seriously.

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That's where many people and, obviously, our management are wrong. Conte and Inzaghi are actually very different. They both play 3-5-2 but that's where their similarities end. Conte plays with a low defensive line, a counter-attacking football and he is very strict with players positions on the field. On the other hand, Inzaghi plays with high defensive line, a possesion based football and he gives freedom to his players. In terms of tactical setup we're talking about a complete u-turn. We started the season well, also due to the momentum from Scudetto season, but in second round it was obvious squad needed changes in order to play Inzaghi ball.

Instead we spent another summer where management tried to make as less changes as possible. So far mercato looks like a flop. They brought back Lukaku on loan but he looked out of shape, Inzaghi didn't seem to know how to get the best out of him and he also got injured early. Inzaghi doesn't seem to rate Gosens. Mhki doesn't seem to have a role in the system so far. Bellanova and Asllani have barely played. Acerbi looks decent in the middle but he isn't going to make a big difference in our game. The management needs to decide the type of football they want for the club in the long term and build the squad accordingly. We can't expect the team to play Inzaghi ball with a squad that is built for Conte ball. Next summer needs to be one of big changes one way or another.

Harpsabu said:

Can we add correa too? Pissed away a lot of money there

I'm also baffles that we took lazio manager to allow them to go get a better manager in sarri.

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I was also on the Sarri train and i was pissed when they passed on him for Inzaghi but i can understand their reasoning. Sarri would demand a squad revolution to play his football and they wanted to avoid it as they probably thought club could challenge for the scudetto with little changes. And they actually did so you can't fault them for being conservative. The problem is this was never going to be functional in the long term. Sooner or later we're going to need big changes either in terms of playing style or in terms of squad (or probably both).

The lack of pace in the squad is what really rubs me the wrong way. Why are we playing this high defensive line with such a slow team?

We lack the technical prowess to break down a press. Our players lack individual talent and the ability to really retain possession. When you look at English clubs who use the 3-5-2 they typically have converted RBs and LBs playing on the sides of the defense. We're playing three true CBs, and it shows when you're trying to play this possession football. It's probably why Inzaghi insists on benching Bastoni at the first sign of trouble.

Letting de Vrij leave for free, re-signing Skriniar for the middle CB spot, and signing a proper ball-playing RCB would go a long way towards fixing things.