Simone Inzaghi

Think one could save this thread by not exaggerating his feelings about the CL exit..

Just noticed that appart from Pavard and of course Sommer, every player in the starting eleven have scored this season in Serie A (Be it De Vrij or Acerbi, Darmian of Dumfries, it fits).

If we go to subs that plays regularly, only Carlos and Klaasen are missing.

ath said:

Just noticed that appart from Pavard and of course Sommer, every player in the starting eleven have scored this season in Serie A (Be it De Vrij or Acerbi, Darmian of Dumfries, it fits).

If we go to subs that plays regularly, only Carlos and Klaasen are missing.

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Poor Pavard. Despite being one of our best players this season he's the only regular starter who hasn't scored yet. Even his sub Bisseck has scored two.

Pavard was also injured for a chunk of the season. He'll get his goal sooner than later.

andrei said:

Brehme was also against Inzaghi and Conte. He wanted always Mourinho back. I understood his reasons even if I don`t agree with them.

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I don't recall being against Simone tbf. Always rated him as a coach but obviously didn't expect domination from him.

If anything I recall complaining that he didn't get the management's backing like the gobbo cunt.

10 league wins in a row for Inzaghi. It has only happened twice before in the history of the club. 2006/07 under Mancini and 2020/21 under Conte.

tbh, stats like that are great but I'm a little less fussed about that

the REAL one for this season is our big teams minileague record. Does anyone actually have it to hand? Cuz if you look at Cafe's thread - https://forzainterforums.com/index.php?threads/matchup-results-compared-to-2023-2024-season.16088/

just eyeballing it, we're taking shitty results against big clubs last year and flipping them into wins

Inter Roma - last year loss, this year win
Juve - Inter, last year loss, this year draw
Napoli - Inter, last year loss, this year win
Lazio - Inter, same story
Inter - Juve, same story


lets hope we do the same with Milan this year and use it to win the league at "their" home game

This whole ridiculous claim that this is one of the best Inter ever has only one purpose. To blame Inzaghi if he fails to beat Atletico. Its so obvious. And pathetic.

.h. said:

Yeah I apologise for the big fail. I'm a flippant communicator with my language. Disappointing is the correct word

And tbh while the finances are part of it they aren't the big thing
This is arguably the best, and no one would disagree 2nd best inter in the last twenty something years. I think our full potential in this team and manager is as one of the absolute top clubs in Europe. It would be disappointing not to see us match that potential.

And to be clear yes I put a LOT of that down to Inzaghi.

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Yeah we're playing the best football, it would be disappointing if we get knocked by ATM.

I read your "what if" post about Lukaku in UCL Final. I agree with you, things could be different if we played Lukaku from the start. Dzeko was a ghost and did nothing during the final game. Lukaku couldn't do worse than Dzeko if he started since min 0. Sorry for the off-topic.

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Yeah we're playing the best football, it would be disappointing if we get knocked by ATM.

I read your "what if" post about Lukaku in UCL Final. I agree with you, things could be different if we played Lukaku from the start. Dzeko was a ghost and did nothing during the final game. Lukaku couldn't do worse than Dzeko if he started since min 0. Sorry for the off-topic.

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Thanks my dude. Nice to have someone around here understanding what I'm getting at

bubba zanetti said:

This whole ridiculous claim that this is one of the best Inter ever has only one purpose. To blame Inzaghi if he fails to beat Atletico. Its so obvious. And pathetic.

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I'm not agree that this is the only purpose. For me this is maybe the most fluid Inter team which I have watched. And I don't think that being eliminated by Atletico will affect my opinion.
In games like that, not always the better team wins. A small mistake, red card or a harsh penalty could decide everything.

Let the man work and bow down to his excellance!
No matter what happens against Atletico, this season goes into history books!!

varmin said:

I'm not agree that this is the only purpose. For this is maybe the most fluid Inter team which I have watched. And I don't think that being eliminated by Atletico will affect my opinion.
In games like that, not always the better team wins. A small mistake, red card or a harsh penalty could decide everything.

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yeah exactly.

Plus, if this inter isnt one of the best in the last 25 years, which is? Mourinho's treble Inter? You could certainly argue either way, to be honest. I'd say its better than any Inter of the 00s.

Dont know why bubba has it in his head that this will be used as a 'holy fuck I cant believe Inzaghi failed to beat Athletico with this inter' - as stated REPEATEDLY (as ever), there's loads of reasons we COULD lose to Atheletico which wouldnt be his fault. I'm just admiring the fact that he has put together probably the most competitive Inter of my life time so far.


It's different to, say, when Benitez took over a really good Inter - Inzaghi created this one and it is objectively one of the best Inters in a long, long time. The result vs Athletico, unless we get outclassed (which I very very much doubt will happen) wont change it, it'd just be disappointing if we didnt go further

It's Atletico.

My eyes hurt, had to intervene.

.h. said:

yeah exactly.

Plus, if this inter isnt one of the best in the last 25 years, which is? Mourinho's treble Inter? You could certainly argue either way, to be honest. I'd say its better than any Inter of the 00s.

Dont know why bubba has it in his head that this will be used as a 'holy fuck I cant believe Inzaghi failed to beat Athletico with this inter' - as stated REPEATEDLY (as ever), there's loads of reasons we COULD lose to Atheletico which wouldnt be his fault. I'm just admiring the fact that he has put together probably the most competitive Inter of my life time so far.


It's different to, say, when Benitez took over a really good Inter - Inzaghi created this one and it is objectively one of the best Inters in a long, long time. The result vs Athletico, unless we get outclassed (which I very very much doubt will happen) wont change it, it'd just be disappointing if we didnt go further

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So this Inter is better than Conte's?

bubba zanetti said:

So this Inter is better than Conte's?

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IMHO, yes. This season's Inter is a lot better than Conte's. Where Conte was a well drilled, very mechanical unit, Inzaghi has done an amazing job giving the team freedom, while also a large range of tactical flexibility but also drills. For example seeing all 3 CBs advance as a unit, almost 'unprompted', and the way we swap between back 4 (with the CBs), back 3, back 4 (with the midfielders), etc.

Objectively, this is a significantly better Inter than Conte's, and I dont think its a question of players really - there's some better players (e.g. Pavard is a much better ball playing defender than Skriniar), but its not just that. It's like 60%+ Inzaghi's impact, imho?

My previous fears was that he gave too much freedom to the players and struggled to drill discipline and tactics into them. If I had to guess, he gave too much freedom too soon, but he's managed to get them where he needed in terms of the tactics/etc.

Conte wouldn't do better with this current Inter roster IMO.

Whereas if Inzaghi had Conte's best Inter roster, he'd achieved perhaps more. Hakimi, Perisic, Eriksen, Bro,...

@.h. okay I take it back, you do seem more sincere after my post. Sometimes it is very hard to tell. Also it really depends, some people never changed some do.

@bubba zanetti I think we should give him the benefit of the doubts for now, cause he even admits Inzaghi's Inter is a lot better than Conte; I think "massive failure" set a very bad tone for this, which led up to all this.

THB I think we are just very spoiled by Inzaghi right now, that we are craving more than a round of 16 and a second star, if we are out, I would be very sad too, cause our hopes are very high and we dare to dream now, but regardless what happens I still support Inzaghi and hope he can stay with us for a long time, it can only get better, if management and president don't fuck it up.

Honestly, I'll say it again. Inzaghi is reaching levels I never thought he'd be able to get to. This is like, at least two levels above what I thought he was capable of. The last 2 seasons we saw an Inter regressing in the league, with (IMHO - lets not get into an argument again about it now) a lucky run to the CL final. This is like a whole new Inzaghi. I'd love to get the insight into what 'clicked' for him, but if you consider 21-22 and 22-23 Inzaghi as being 'competitive for the CL spots in the league', this one is two levels above ('winning the league', 'dominating the league in a historic fashion').

And, yeah, to be clear, I think that's full kudos to the guy. I'm not sat here like - omfg, carried by {Calhanoglu/Pavard/etc}, its really Inzaghi IMHO.


And, yeah, your last point (I know I'm stressing it but I wanna re-iterate it) hits the nail on the head. This Inter could potentially conquer Europe. My disappointment would be if, for whatever reason, we fail to compete on that level. There are plenty of reasons that might happen. TBH, my disappointment from the first leg is nothing to do with Inzaghi, its on Lautaro/Arnautovic for only scoring one IMHO. I'd be willing to bet like 1k euros, though, that we beat Athletico, and I dont bet often.

I would also say that this Inter is stronger than Conte's. Conte's Inter was similar to Someone's Atletico but with more finesse, imo.

What helps Simone a lot is the fact that he cant pick and choose specific players, but rather he is put in a "survival" mode to make it work with what our finances allow and what Marotta can make it happen. And truth to be told Marotta is a beast at judging players. 9 times out of 10 is a jackpot.

I think it should continue like this though. No matter how far we go in CHL and with how big of an advantage we win the scudetto, I honestly don't think Simone should have a say in bringing a player in, ever.

Idk, that's the way I see it. We wouldn't have this Inzaghi coach development if he wasn't put in a position to "figure it out".