Leonardo

[sammy-vine]

I'm very happy with things ...leo has done an awesome job so far....and have no doubt he'll continue doing even better with time...

the only thing i can complain about now is tht we're conceding too many goals for my liking...leo himself acknowledged this and said they'll be working on this which made me happy...:thumbsup:

the defense needs to stop dozing off in the last 15 mins or so....and stay alert until the last whistle....most of the goals we conceded were from set pieces leo needs to do something about tht....maybe its because the players are used to letting julione handling them himself but luca has proved he's a great back up for julione...still when julione comes back i will be sleeping much better thts for sure..

I'm with besnik on Guardiola....leo till 2012 then hopefully the special one will come back and leo will be given another position at the club :thumbsup:

Keep up the great work leo

Boy, Leonardo really did shit on AC Milan. Berlusconi must be having nightmares. Imagine him as a director for Inter. This guy preached AC Milan all his life and even said he wouldn't be able to manage another club because of his loyalties to AC Milan. Times change!!

Unfortunately mate, ''The Special One'' will probs manage United or Portugal when he leaves/fights with Madrid.

 

[viney]

Well, I think Napoli has failed against us, especially one of their key players like Cavani or Hamsik (they were totally silent or invisible). Gotta agree about Catania sentence, they were great (kudos to them), they had more chances than us, but the luck was in our side in that match, however we still managed to show our great character and winning mentality, the second half was everything for us.

I can understand you about second part, but for me that's still huge achievement considering the status of Milan back in the day (when he was in charge). No need to talk anymore about it I guess, we both agree about his success with Milan and I think everyone admits that he did very well considering what he had.

Hmm, I'm undecided tbh, maybe I'm exaggerating because of my confidence but I dont really know how to act if we get disqualified in CL against Bayern. In fact, I don't expect a huge comeback in CL, my aim was to make a great comeback in Serie A and reach our targets that we had before the start of the season. I believed that scudetto race is over (during Rafa's time here), but after his departure I changed my opinion and feelings about scudetto, so everything is still opened. Anyways, talking personally I wouldn't take it as a tragedy if we get disqualified from Bayern (but I highly doubt so it will happen).

I rate Guardiola less than Leonardo because he had and has to work with a huge team, and I think any coach in the world would win La Liga with current Barca's team.. Messi/Xavi/Iniesta are everything there. While Leo is much different story, you already said above that Leo did very well during his time in Milan, and compared to what Leo had, and what Guardiola has, it's like comparing day with the night. I highly doubt that Guardiola would have such success with any different team like he has with Barca.

In all fairness Leonardo has a great team now. Eto'o, Wesley S, Lucio, Maicon, Cambiasso, Milito are some of the best players in the world so he should do well tbh, otherwise he probs won't cut it at the very top. The likes of Countinho, Mariga and Muntari are also great back-ups to have which is why your squad depth is better than AC Milan's.

Personally I think Guardiola would be a good manager anywhere, I just think he has it, same way I did think the same when I watched a young Mourinho at Porto, and the same thing I am saying about Villas Boas at Porto today.

Bayern will be his test. Van Gaal is a very good tactician and he will want to get his revenge for the final defeat. Muller, Robben, Ribery and Bastian are very good players.

Hmmm, is there a difference between Allegri and Leonardo in terms of who is better. Coming to think about it they should have just stuck with Leonardo, he could have been their Guardiola. I don't know much about Allegri apart from he won manager of the year twice or something which can sometimes be deceiving.

 

[Sid]

Guardiola shits all over Leonardo. Barca do have a great squad but if Leonardo managed Barca I can guarantee he wouldn't have done as well. Benitez proved that a great squad doesn't always mean success.

Funny how 3 games in, Leonardo is suddenly a world beating in the making because he beat Napoli, Genoa and Catania. He was beating those teams with the rubbish AC Milan team he had.

He will beat the lesser teams but will be found wanting against better tactical managers.

You lot are overrating him man.

to non-interistas the last time we've seen our team play and act like the way they did in the last 3 games was like 8 months ago :`( ....leo

the only thing we regret is hiring fat man instead of leo earlier...:moan:

as for the argument he'll fail against bigger teams I don't think he will....he understands our team and our strength and weaknesses,he knows serie A....and will do fine..you cant compare this leo to the leo of last season:nono:....tht leo was a newbie and still did beyond expectations.....this leo more experienced and wise will do even better so tht argument is getting boring..:grumpy:

Leo is an excellent coach :rules:

 

[Sid]

Boy, Leonardo really did shit on AC Milan. Berlusconi must be having nightmares. Imagine him as a director for Inter. This guy preached AC Milan all his life and even said he wouldn't be able to manage another club because of his loyalties to AC Milan. Times change!!

Unfortunately mate, ''The Special One'' will probs manage United or Portugal when he leaves/fights with Madrid.

He's a professional and its their loss really

 

[boateng]

to non-interistas the last time we've seen our team play and act like the way they did in the last 3 games was like 8 months ago :`( ....leo

the only thing we regret is hiring fat man instead of leo earlier...:moan:

as for the argument he'll fail against bigger teams I don't think he will....he understands our team and our strength and weaknesses,he knows serie A....and will do fine..you cant compare this leo to the leo of last season:nono:....tht leo was a newbie and still did beyond expectations.....this leo more experienced and wise will do even better so tht argument is getting boring..:grumpy:

Leo is an excellent coach :rules:

Not an excellent coach yet.

Still think you're overrating him.

 

[Maslany]

Not an excellent coach yet.

Still think you're overrating him.

Only time will tell.

 

[boateng]

Well, I think Napoli has failed against us, especially one of their key players like Cavani or Hamsik (they were totally silent or invisible). Gotta agree about Catania sentence, they were great (kudos to them), they had more chances than us, but the luck was in our side in that match, however we still managed to show our great character and winning mentality, the second half was everything for us.

I can understand you about second part, but for me that's still huge achievement considering the status of Milan back in the day (when he was in charge). No need to talk anymore about it I guess, we both agree about his success with Milan and I think everyone admits that he did very well considering what he had.

Hmm, I'm undecided tbh, maybe I'm exaggerating because of my confidence but I dont really know how to act if we get disqualified in CL against Bayern. In fact, I don't expect a huge comeback in CL, my aim was to make a great comeback in Serie A and reach our targets that we had before the start of the season. I believed that scudetto race is over (during Rafa's time here), but after his departure I changed my opinion and feelings about scudetto, so everything is still opened. Anyways, talking personally I wouldn't take it as a tragedy if we get disqualified from Bayern (but I highly doubt so it will happen).

I rate Guardiola less than Leonardo because he had and has to work with a huge team, and I think any coach in the world would win La Liga with current Barca's team.. Messi/Xavi/Iniesta are everything there. While Leo is much different story, you already said above that Leo did very well during his time in Milan, and compared to what Leo had, and what Guardiola has, it's like comparing day with the night. I highly doubt that Guardiola would have such success with any different team like he has with Barca.



Rafa was crap with us, but he still hasn't managed to show his full potential with us, since he didnt had full squad available. We saw a couple of monster performances like example against Spurs in Meazza (first half), against Werder Bremen.. while in the same time we also lost and get outplayed by Werder Bremen in the second clash. So I'm still sticking with my opinion that any coach in the world would have success with Barca.

Sorry if I exaggerated, but for me he has proved 50%. I mean, I have my faith and my hopes on him. Just think how we beat Napoli in top-form without or key forces like Eto'o and Sneijder, it's just brillant.

Anyways, I'm off now, good night everyone!

Nah it's fine. Life is about opinions mate.

I didn't think you were that much better than Napoli, I watched the game and you were just more lethal. There wasn't that much in it tbh. Anyway I will reserve judgement on Leonardo till the end of the season. I need to see how he does against better opposition.

 

[sammy-vine]

He's a professional and its their loss really

TBH Van Basten has said that he would never switched the way he did, likewise Maldini so this suggests some people still wouldn't cross that line.

Galliani looked really sad when he was asked about it. I think he wanted him to say but the owner wasn't impressed or whatever. Yep, maybe it will be a big loss for them. They have Allegri who is promising so that may soften the blow.

 

[Sid]

TBH Van Basten has said that he would never switched the way he did, likewise Maldini so this suggests some people still wouldn't cross that line.

Galliani looked really sad when he was asked about it. I think he wanted him to say but the owner wasn't impressed or whatever. Yep, maybe it will be a big loss for them. They have Allegri who is promising so that may soften the blow.

with leo personally i think he wants to coach brazil one day but to do tht he's going to need an impressive resume....if he stays at inter and does well he'll get a chance at the national team....so its all professional and in reality has nothing to do with him wanting to get back at bbilan or something....whenever he spoke of them its with utmost respect and affection so its buisness nothing more nothing less...the fact he said yes and was willing to be with us shows he's a true professional :thumbsup:

Allegri to be honest I don't see anything great about him he seems average to me...a team with ibra,pato,robinho will do well with any coach...then you add a player like kevin-prince to their midfield and you get the point.He failed against the big teams....Leo definitely had it tougher last season and he did well....so leo is better than allegri in my opinion...

 

[jura]

Great coach. Keep winning! Forza Inter!

 

[boateng]

with leo personally i think he wants to coach brazil one day but to do tht he's going to need an impressive resume....if he stays at inter and does well he'll get a chance at the national team....so its all professional and in reality has nothing to do with him wanting to get back at bbilan or something....whenever he spoke of them its with utmost respect and affection so its buisness nothing more nothing less...the fact he said yes and was willing to be with us shows he's a true professional :thumbsup:

Allegri to be honest I don't see anything great about him he seems average to me...a team with ibra,pato,robinho will do well with any coach...then you add a player like kevin-prince to their midfield and you get the point.He failed against the big teams....Leo definitely had it tougher last season and he did well....so leo is better than allegri in my opinion...

Incredible bias there. What did Leonardo do against the top teams? Ermmm let me think a 4-0 loss to Inter?, a 2-0 loss to Inter? a 4-0 loss to United where they were completely outplayed. You can look at the AC Milan players that he had but tbf the wins shouldn't have been that easy for both Inter and United. He went to Old Trafford, playing 3 lazy strikers. Great management that.

Don't bring the win that AC Milan managed against Juventus into it. Juventus were rubbish last season so you can't even call a win against them, great.

Allegri did well with Cagliari which is why he won manager of the season twice. Would Lord Leonardo have done the same with that team.

Allegri playing KPB is down to AC Milan having an ageing centre mid, so he needs young legs in the team. A midfield of Pirlo, Seedorf and Gattouso would be blown away by even rubbish teams. I'm sure if Allegri had a better midfielder he would play him instead.

I understand that Leonardo is your new manager and rightly so your going to stick by him, but please be realistic.

One season in managing a decent side, and suddenly he is better than most managers. He is not a better manager than Allegri. Even if he does well at Inter, you can also throw a Guardiola at him and say he has a fantastic squad at his helm.
At least with Allegri he proved that he can get weak, limited teams playing.

 

[viney]

Incredible bias there. What did Leonardo do against the top teams? Ermmm let me think a 4-0 loss to Inter?, a 2-0 loss to Inter? a 4-0 loss to United where they were completely outplayed. You can look at the AC Milan players that he had but tbf the wins shouldn't have been that easy for both Inter and United. He went to Old Trafford, playing 3 lazy strikers. Great management that.

Don't bring the win that AC Milan managed against Juventus into it. Juventus were rubbish last season so you can't even call a win against them, great.

Allegri did well with Cagliari which is why he won manager of the season twice. Would Lord Leonardo have done the same with that team.

Allegri playing KPB is down to AC Milan having an ageing centre mid, so he needs young legs in the team. A midfield of Pirlo, Seedorf and Gattouso would be blown away by even rubbish teams. I'm sure if Allegri had a better midfielder he would play him instead.

I understand that Leonardo is your new manager and rightly so your going to stick by him, but please be realistic.

One season in managing a decent side, and suddenly he is better than most managers. He is not a better manager than Allegri. Even if he does well at Inter, you can also throw a Guardiola at him and say he has a fantastic squad at his helm.
At least with Allegri he proved that he can get weak, limited teams playing.

Woah lol.

Yeah I rate Allegri. He is like the Italian version of Owen Coyle. I also agree with you that you can't say Leonardo is better than him just because he got AC Milan to 3rd last season. He is still very in-experienced and didn't prove anything against the big teams despite not having the best of squads.

Mourinho managed to beat United with an inferior Porto team in the CL, so it proves that it can be done with a great coach which Jose is.

I do think like posters have said, some people are really making Leonardo to better than he actually is. He hasn't proved anything in the game yet.

Anyway, clubs do start well when they get a new manager, it is inevitable really.

 

[Sid]

Incredible bias there. What did Leonardo do against the top teams? Ermmm let me think a 4-0 loss to Inter?, a 2-0 loss to Inter? a 4-0 loss to United where they were completely outplayed. You can look at the AC Milan players that he had but tbf the wins shouldn't have been that easy for both Inter and United. He went to Old Trafford, playing 3 lazy strikers. Great management that.

Don't bring the win that AC Milan managed against Juventus into it. Juventus were rubbish last season so you can't even call a win against them, great.

Allegri did well with Cagliari which is why he won manager of the season twice. Would Lord Leonardo have done the same with that team.

Allegri playing KPB is down to AC Milan having an ageing centre mid, so he needs young legs in the team. A midfield of Pirlo, Seedorf and Gattouso would be blown away by even rubbish teams. I'm sure if Allegri had a better midfielder he would play him instead.

I understand that Leonardo is your new manager and rightly so your going to stick by him, but please be realistic.

One season in managing a decent side, and suddenly he is better than most managers. He is not a better manager than Allegri. Even if he does well at Inter, you can also throw a Guardiola at him and say he has a fantastic squad at his helm.
At least with Allegri he proved that he can get weak, limited teams playing.

we're not discussing how well allegri did or did not do with cagliari....and you forgot the real madrid game....the fact remains leo did well with what he had to work with....the fact he was new to coaching but still managed to place them 3rd spot and have them play well in the process is the reason why I think leo is better than allegri...allegri has been coaching longer than leo but even with a stronger better squad than the one leo had he has failed against top teams terribly....do you think allegri would have gotten a better result than 3rd spot last season?

whatever man....you think allegri is better fine thts your opinion ....I disagree to me allegri is an average coach ...next...

 

[threesics]

It is extremely unfair to compare the current AC Milan team and the last year one.
Their defender was old and hurt last year. In the front line, they have Ibra, Robinho this year.
And their boss is going to invest a lot this year.

Remember how Inter Milan failed 2 years ago in Champion League. And last year, the volcano exploded
and it was very unfavor to Barca as they needed to take bus for 10+ hours. Inter Milan is not as strong
as you think. Barca, is still the best team in most of the fans believe.

At least, I can see Inter Milan is in different form, with mid field talents and creativity in the last 3 matches.
It is good enough now.

 

[Trippi]

Incredible bias there. What did Leonardo do against the top teams? Ermmm let me think a 4-0 loss to Inter?, a 2-0 loss to Inter? a 4-0 loss to United where they were completely outplayed. You can look at the AC Milan players that he had but tbf the wins shouldn't have been that easy for both Inter and United. He went to Old Trafford, playing 3 lazy strikers. Great management that.

No Sir. As a matter of fact Milan were not outplayed completely, guess what Milan had a better possession % than Man United. I will show you the stats. Coutesy UEFA.com

Match statistics
Man. United Milan
4 Goals scored 0
5 Attempts on target 5
7 Attempts wide 2
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
15 Fouls committed 13
5 Corners 5
1 Offside 4
23' 5'' Possession (time) 31' 10''
42 Possession (%) 58


What struck while watching the match was Usually Italian teams do desperate defending while playing in England,but Milan were almost playing their natural game. Also they had some golden chance with Mr Huntelaar, who screwed them badly.

With some luck actually it could have been a great game. If you see most of the Goals only the one scored by Park couldnt be avoided otherwise all the goals were scored due to some slack defending.

Yes it is a coach's resp of fortifying the defence etc but i would give the Man some leverage as it was his first season and an atrocious management behind him he did quite alright.

Maybe one mistake which he did was not playing Inzhagi from the start instead of the dutchman but then again it takes time for these things to work upon.

 

[Trippi]

Maybe if Benitez was in charge.

Possession would have been 70 30 in fav of United. 3 of Inter players would have abused him after subsititution. In the post Match conference he would have said i have been fighting a lone battle against Milan Management since 1980's and its a miracle we have reached this far.

 

[thorn]

It is extremely unfair to compare the current AC Milan team and the last year one.
Their defender was old and hurt last year. In the front line, they have Ibra, Robinho this year.
And their boss is going to invest a lot this year.

Remember how Inter Milan failed 2 years ago in Champion League. And last year, the volcano exploded
and it was very unfavor to Barca as they needed to take bus for 10+ hours. Inter Milan is not as strong
as you think. Barca, is still the best team in most of the fans believe.

At least, I can see Inter Milan is in different form, with mid field talents and creativity in the last 3 matches.
It is good enough now.

They didnt loose because of fatigue.We were lucky to win the CL but we didnt win the home leg because they were tired..we outplayed them.and for your kind information Inter but not Barca are European and World champions thus making Inter the best team in the world.

 

[GrandeInter10]

It is extremely unfair to compare the current AC Milan team and the last year one.
Their defender was old and hurt last year. In the front line, they have Ibra, Robinho this year.
And their boss is going to invest a lot this year.

Remember how Inter Milan failed 2 years ago in Champion League. And last year, the volcano exploded
and it was very unfavor to Barca as they needed to take bus for 10+ hours. Inter Milan is not as strong
as you think. Barca, is still the best team in most of the fans believe.

At least, I can see Inter Milan is in different form, with mid field talents and creativity in the last 3 matches.
It is good enough now.

Barca this and Barca that. Who won when it mattered? Inter. Who had a clear and decisive 3-1 victory in the first leg? Inter. Who put on a defensive masterclass and allowed one goal in 60+ minutes of being with only 10 men? Inter. Barcelona is a fan favorite because of their name and brand of football, but they are NOT the only team in the world, and they are not the best in the world. Inter proved that in the Semi-Finals of the CL this past year

 

[threesics]

They didnt loose because of fatigue.We were lucky to win the CL but we didnt win the home leg because they were tired..we outplayed them.and for your kind information Inter but not Barca are European and World champions thus making Inter the best team in the world.

No one denies Inter Milan is the CL Champion last year and World Champion this year.

20 years ago, even Brazil lost in the World Cup; people thought that they were the best.
Return to last year, most thought that the contender included:
MU, Chelsea, Bayern, Inter, Real Madrid, Barca.......

Honestly, I don't think Inter may outplay Barca if we play for 10 games.
A better side may lose the game and this is football.

 

[GrandeInter10]

No one denies Inter Milan is the CL Champion last year and World Champion this year.

20 years ago, even Brazil lost in the World Cup; people thought that they were the best.
Return to last year, most thought that the contender included:
MU, Chelsea, Bayern, Inter, Real Madrid, Barca.......

Honestly, I don't think Inter may outplay Barca if we play for 10 games.
A better side may lose the game and this is football.

Same excuses as always...