Antonio Conte

[CafeCordoba]

I think the bottom line is the management expected better from him and now that he's clearly falling short of those expectations, he starts the explaining beforehand.

He simply hasn't got the system running to this squad and everyone is suffering from that fact. Be it improper personnel to the system or something else, it is simply not working well. There's no balance in our play, we've leaked goals like hell in the past 4 months of football (corona break excluded). We've leaked chances all season to the opponents. We cannot overscore our opponents so the results are atrocious.

 

[javier_zanetti <3]

Alexis and Sensi were injured most of the season, Eriksen came only on January. How did you expect us to score more then 2-3 goals at max?

This squad cant fight for scudetto. Conte is right.

 

[CafeCordoba]

That's the requirement that we overscore our opponents because we cannot stop leaking goals to our end. When Spalletti came 3 years ago, he basically fixed our defence. We conceded 30 and 33 goals respectively in his seasons. Problem was the goal scoring and creating chances. Conte has been able to produce more chances but he broke the defence. That's the issue. We need to overscore the opponent because he broke the defensive side of our game. Or then he needs to fix it back.

 

[Il Drago]

Drago, I read the interview and from what I read, I do not feel he is questioning his future at the club. Perhaps I am naive but I felt he was simply saying that assessments will be made come the end of the season and rather than saying anything now, both he and the club will wait ands talk to each other once the season has ended.

I hope you're right and i am wrong. The last thing we need right now is uncertainty about the coach. Inter decided to start a new project with Conte last summer. He needs to get at least one more season.

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It would actually be for the best. Band aid solution rather than fall in a disaster next season with potentially no CL qualification.

The only thing that would save the future is Suning spending 200m more and most of our division rivals choking once again.

Be careful what you wish for because we may end up with Allegri.

 

[Delicate]

I'd be very happy if we end up with Allegri.

 

[monster09]

IMO the sacking him would be madness, he has done the hard work and you have played whole year in a completely different system. Decline in performance is obvious compared to how it was when you were close to Juve in the table but firing him would again reset all the work.

Should give him at least one more year, if he doesn't challenge for title then maybe it's time to change.

 

[dax21]

That's the requirement that we overscore our opponents because we cannot stop leaking goals to our end. When Spalletti came two 3 years ago, he basically fixed our defence. We conceded 30 and 33 goals respectively in his seasons. Problem was the goal scoring and creating chances. Conte has been able to produce more chances but he broke the defence. That's the issue. We need to overscore the opponent because he broke the defensive side of our game. Or then he needs to fix it back.

I'm all for Atalanta approach of sacrificing defense as long as you outscore the opponents... but you need absolutely brutal finishers for that. Lukaku isn't one, and the more the time goes on I'm starting to think that Lautaro won't develop into one either.

Keeping Icardi could've yielded us scudetto this season. But hey it sure feels nice to have principle cabinets instead of trophy ones where you get to see and admire a giant glass contraption filled with fucking nothing.

 

[javier_zanetti <3]

Lukaku scored 20 goals in 31 games. He's not our problem.

 

[dax21]

Lukaku scored 20 goals in 31 games. He's not our problem.

He absolutely is. For this "Conte system" to work we need to score 3+ goals every single match.
Lukaku is having a great season, but it's not good enough for what Inter needs right now. The guy has 5 chances per match and he taps in one, give me a break. And let's not even get into the matches against big clubs where he fails to even have a single chance.
You have to understand that this current football that is being played is insanely high stakes. We are so far gone from the era where teams could lose 10 matches in a season and still win the league. The margin for error is slim (and we should know this the best).
Lukaku's goals are enough to defend him from any blame, but anyone who actually watches the games instead of looking at stats knows that Lukaku fucks up way more than he doesn't.

Either change the strikers for proven, very expensive ones who bang in 3+ goals per every single match. Or change Godin, Skriniar (as much as I don't want it) and buy top tier defenders that are comfortable playing with 3 in the back.
Or change the system. Because this isn't gonna work.

 

[javier_zanetti <3]

So, based on your logic, Icardi would have scored an historic number of more than 40 goals by now. Are you for real man?

I watch games. I know that Lukaku is doing wonderful work and create many chances to others, things that Icradi almost never did. We have many problems as midfield and wings, Lukaku isnt one of them.

The only issue i have with Lukaku is that he doesn't score in critical moments, i give you that. But put this aside, Lukaku is way better than i thought he would be. I dont miss wandas bitch.

 

[dax21]

So, based on your logic, Icardi would have scored an historic number of more than 40 goals by now. Are you for real man?

I'm saying that he would've 100% scored more than Lukaku does this season, if he was to be given the same service and same amount of chances. Except Icardi also routinely destroyed strong opponents too. Would he score 40 goals? I don't know, but it's possible.

I agree that Lukaku is doing better than anticipated. I'm not saying he is a flop, I'm not fucking retarded. But for Conte's system, he needs to do even more. The amount of his mistakes cannot be ignored just because he scores goals.

 

[varmin]

Inter's main problem is that these fuckers just stop playing once we get the lead. This game was the same. We started very good second half but about 10-15 min since we scored the second goal, the team just stopped and gave up. We're doing this shit almost every game. I don't know it is Conte's fault or not but something should be done in that direction.

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I'm saying that he would've 100% scored more than Lukaku does this season, if he was to be given the same service and same amount of chances. Except Icardi also routinely destroyed strong opponents too. Would he score 40 goals? I don't know, but it's possible.

I agree that Lukaku is doing better than anticipated. I'm not saying he is a flop, I'm not fucking retarded. But for Conte's system, he needs to do even more. The amount of his mistakes cannot be ignored just because he scores goals.

That is clearly not true. Icardi's partnership with Lautaro would never have worked out as both of them are greedy and selfish forwards. If it wasn't Alexis but Osvaldo on the pitch, Lautaro definitely would have gotten some punches.

 

[YoramG]

If he wants to play a 3-4-1-2 then we need to buy him a Kante/Casemiro type. We have no cover in front of the defense when Barella isn’t playing.

 

[javier_zanetti <3]

If he wants to play a 3-4-1-2 then we need to buy him a Kante/Casemiro type. We have no cover in front of the defense when Barella isn’t playing.

Nainggolan and Tonali are good enough.

 

[dax21]

Inter's main problem is that these fuckers just stop playing once we get the lead. This game was the same. We started very good second half but about 10-15 min since we scored the second goal, the team just stopped and gave up. We're doing this shit almost every game. I don't know it is Conte's fault or not but something should be done in that direction.

Because our attacking tempo cannot be sustained for 90 minutes. You can rotate wingbacks but you can't rotate the entire squad. We are probably benefiting the most from these provisional 5 subs because we need it the most, we run the most, yet we still fail to capitalize on it.
Not even 10 Pintuses can get this squad - or any squad for that matter - to run non stop for the entire match. We need to slow down and accelerate in bursts, we need to tire out the opposing team instead of them tiring out us constantly. When you are physically fatigued, your mind gets fatigued immediately too, you need more effort to focus, split second decision making goes out the window.

This is something that Conte needs to understand. He expects unrealistic efforts from our players who have enough issues not under-delivering as it is.

 

[YoramG]

Nainggolan and Tonali are good enough.

I very much disagree with that. Radja hasn’t consistently put in a defensive shift for years and Tonali, while incredibly talented, is as green as they come and I wouldn’t trust him nor expect him to act as a screen for the defense, especially since he’s primarily a mezzala/B2B anyway.

We need proven quality man, I’m sick of looking at Gagliardini running around after the ball while leaving acres of space behind him.

 

[Vertigo]

I very much disagree with that. Radja hasn’t consistently put in a defensive shift for years and Tonali, while incredibly talented, is as green as they come and I wouldn’t trust him nor expect him to act as a screen for the defense, especially since he’s primarily a mezzala/B2B anyway.

We need proven quality man, I’m sick of looking at Gagliardini running around after the ball while leaving acres of space behind him.

Swap Skriniar with Rodri of Man City

 

[Il Drago]

I very much disagree with that. Radja hasn’t consistently put in a defensive shift for years and Tonali, while incredibly talented, is as green as they come and I wouldn’t trust him nor expect him to act as a screen for the defense, especially since he’s primarily a mezzala/B2B anyway.

We need proven quality man, I’m sick of looking at Gagliardini running around after the ball while leaving acres of space behind him.

We basically need a prime Vidal.

 

[Harpsabu]

Because our attacking tempo cannot be sustained for 90 minutes. You can rotate wingbacks but you can't rotate the entire squad. We are probably benefiting the most from these provisional 5 subs because we need it the most, we run the most, yet we still fail to capitalize on it.
Not even 10 Pintuses can get this squad - or any squad for that matter - to run non stop for the entire match. We need to slow down and accelerate in bursts, we need to tire out the opposing team instead of them tiring out us constantly. When you are physically fatigued, your mind gets fatigued immediately too, you need more effort to focus, split second decision making goes out the window.

This is something that Conte needs to understand. He expects unrealistic efforts from our players who have enough issues not under-delivering as it is.

But we had no attack tempo for the first 45 minutes last night

 

[YoramG]

We basically need a prime Vidal.

Pretty much. Where do we find one of those these days?