Pre-Season 2019/2020

[militoscores]

As the start of the season fast approaches, I have been thinking about my Inter and trying to understand our prospects and what might happen this season. I start this post by readily admitting that I have an issue with change. It makes me feel uncomfortable and unsettled. For the last few months, I have been grappling with what has been happening at Inter and there are times during the summer when I have felt overwhelmed. Admittedly, I am grappling with a whole host of thoughts and feelings that I cannot describe other than to say that this Inter does not feel like my team.

I feel like I am caught in a tug-of-war. I know that what we achieved last season was not enough and that I wanted things to change for the better. On the other hand, I did not expect things to change so much in terms of our coach, formation, attitude at the club, the attitude of management and the changes in playing personnel.

I felt that we could not continue with the dysfunction caused by Icardi being at the club and wanted Inter to bring in someone new but at the same time, I am struggling to move on from Icardi and cannot not bring myself to embrace or love Lukaku. I wanted a player that was as prolific as Icardi but realise that Lukaku is a different player and although he may not be as clinical as Icardi, he will contribute to the team by hustling, fighting, and playing from the front. I think about the money spent on Barella and I am not convinced and feel conflicted: is he going to contribute and show his promise or is he just going to make up the numbers? I think about the possibility of Sanchez coming to Inter from Manchester United and I feel conflicted: eight years too late and a player that for whatever reason has failed to convince since moving to Manchester. In one way, I feel that we are a dumping ground for under performing, over hyped and overpaid players and question the wisdom of transfers like Lukaku and possibly Sanchez.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I feel very conflicted and unsettled. I have felt like this since Conte was first appointed. I thought the feeling might dissipate with time but it has not and I am posting my thoughts as I am wondering if anyone else is feeling the same way. It may be the case that this feeling will pass when I see us in action and can point to something definitive in terms of the way the team is playing. But right now, it feels like I have no point of reference or comparison other than meaningless friendlies and whole lot of unsettling and dramatic change that makes me anxious.

feel free to go support another team

p.s cool story bro

 

[SiamoNoi]

The mercato is not perfect for now. Maybe decent, for now something is for sure missing.

What made me feel "positive" in this 2 months is the respond on the field from the team. Yeah this are only friendly games , i don't care about the result. But the way we played is a lot improved from what we saw with Spalletti.

We played good in preseason even with Spalletti.

 

[n4l]

We played good in preseason even with Spalletti.

this is just the start...i'm waiting for the inevitable (1) we're better defensively (2) our attack is so fluid (3) better 'cohesion' etc etc coming our way. Maybe even after our first win (v lecce coming up)..

it's coming...

 

[wera]

Everything was going our way at the start of the previous two seasons. Maybe we weren't exactly Guardiola's City or Klopp's Liverpool, but it's not like it was all luck for us.

If we avoid the nosedive, we'll reach the CL spot a lot sooner than last gameweek. The problem is that certain teams definitely got better over the summer, like Roma and Milan. I expect a furious battle for the CL spots, but I totally expect us to reach top3... But we still don't know our first 11 imo (Icardi might be staying or maybe SMS incoming)

 

[varmin]

Everything was going our way at the start of the previous two seasons. Maybe we weren't exactly Guardiola's City or Klopp's Liverpool, but it's not like it was all luck for us.

If we avoid the nosedive, we'll reach the CL spot a lot sooner than last gameweek. The problem is that certain teams definitely got better over the summer, like Roma and Milan. I expect a furious battle for the CL spots, but I totally expect us to reach top3... But we still don't know our first 11 imo (Icardi might be staying or maybe SMS incoming)

I think Suso's experiment as AM will be a fail and if Piatek is keeping his poor form, a lot of pressure will lay on Gampaolo's shoulders.
Roma got interesting bunch of players but they've lost three key figures - De Rossi, El Sha and Manolas.

 

[SiamoNoi]

this is just the start...i'm waiting for the inevitable (1) we're better defensively (2) our attack is so fluid (3) better 'cohesion' etc etc coming our way. Maybe even after our first win (v lecce coming up)..

it's coming...

I can see the third.Not sure about the rest.

 

[snake]

I have said this countless times in the whatsapp group, Vecino to bench Barella. Ya'll gonna cry but the dude is reliable tactically and he can fucking run, run, run and score, score, score.

Ouch