Simone Inzaghi

[Il Drago]

As things stand we rank 12th among league defences. We have worse record than Torino, Lecce and Empoli. This isn't going to get fixed by getting better cbs (how much better cbs can we really afford?). It's first and foremost a system issue and a mentality issue.

 

[Il Drago]

Let's try something:

Goals conceded in away matches:
Lecce 1
Lazio 3
(Milan 3)
Udinese 3

After these matches, we had the crisis meeting and started to look a lot better in general (still lost to Roma at home, unfortunately). And yet, we just can't keep clean sheets in away matches:

Sassuolo 1
Fiorentina 3
Juventus 2
Atalanta 2
Monza 2


Goals conceded in home matches:
Spezia 0
Cremonese 1
Torino 0
Roma 2
Salernitana 0
Sampdoria 0
Bologna 1
Napoli 0

So okay, maybe our home game opponents have been worse? So it's been easier to keep clean sheets. Then again we looked defensive REALLY good against Napoli, and that was like 4 days ago. Am I drawing too hasty conclusions out of this atm?

Gonna definitely follow this statistic and will the trend continue.

I don't think you are drawing hasty conclusions at all. I mean we have the worst away defense of the league No way to sugarcoat it. Very spot on post.

 

[wera]

As long as we are top4, I believe in Inzaghi and he should stay our coach. I don't know where the talk about a Scudetto came from? We literally have one frequent goalscorer and even he is old and makes stupid mistakes. Can't depend on Lautaro, Lukaku is horrible, worse than how he played previously for Inter and of course Correa was a colossal mistake. Brozović is injured, Hakan plays in his stead, Mhki plays in Hakan's position, Barella needs to play all the time because we don't really have anybody who can play like him. Our bench options are mostly horrible.

The only thing that really bothers me is that Inzaghi can't fix this defence. If we only had Serie A to play, I would be sure we can reach that dreaded 4th place. But with this squad and our awful management, I really don't want to put most of the blame on Inzaghi for our subpar performances.

What Inzaghi showed already is that when our team is in top shape, they score fucking goals...but with our squad getting slowly worse and contracts situations getting even worse, surely that also affects how the team performs?

 

[wera]

I also trust in Lautaro. Put Lautaro in the right team and he's a menace. He is a star for us, like it or not.

 

[wera]

Well I'm not saying that he is a great goalscorer, but him, Barella and Skriniar are undeniably the stars of our team. Calha, Brozo and Bastoni are still underrated, but I think that's for the better. If we were winning more, we'd lose them already to a richer team.

 

[wera]

I don't care for stars. Give me Maicon, Cambiasso, Milito and Zanetti over stars like Sanchez and Lukaku.

We can make our own stars.

 

[interman]

We can make our own stars.

After making, you have to keep them, that's a whole key.

 

[rfU]

Point is there is certainly something which cannot be explained by simple "players aren't good enough".

I'm not excusing anything, did you read what I wrote? I made a notion. Because the stats show such drastic difference between home and away games, there needs to be something they are doing wrong in away matches.

My simple theory is that our players lack mental toughness.... The home team and fans sense this and aggressively persist for a goal, playing with nothing to lose. Meanwhile we cower and retreat in our proverbial shells, losing possession, making reckless decisions, mis-passes, etc, until we falter and concede.

This is where Inzaghi fails, aside from being too soft, he fails to read the game and adjust accordingly in terms of subs and tactical set up and halt the home teams momentum

But there's only so much Inzaghi can do from the sidelines. Cholo and Conte have proved as much. The players need to step up. Be accountable. Instead our "core" back pedals and/or looks the other way when the pressure mounts.

 

[wera]

After making, you have to keep them, that's a whole key.

Well yeah, we used to, now it's dodgy and I've been hating on that little prick that is playacting preaident of Inter

 

[kurt0411]

Very obvious to anybody with a footballing brain that this man is not Inter manager level and with all the players we have nearing the end of a contract its time for an entire squad shakeup and that has to include a manager. We need to add wingers to the team, players that can take their man on and create something. It is essential for modern football and also go back to using 1 striker up front.

We have a player like Bastoni who is perfect for the new modern tactics most top managers are using where he can act as a hybrid between LB/LCB and allow a more attacking RB while playing 2 wingers and 1 striker

 

[CafeCordoba]

So sell Dumfries and who else to finance these moves? In addition to the costs of sacking Inzaghi and hiring a new coach.

 

[varmin]

So sell Dumfries and who else to finance these moves? In addition to the costs of sacking Inzaghi and hiring a new coach.

No need to fire Inzaghi, but if Zangs continue with the current trend, we'll have no money to strengthen the team. In that case, the mngmt has to keep the core, sell some players and shape the squad. Dumfries is not so important for us, and he will commands good transfer fee. Singo will be free, and if there is a concern that we cannot fight with another interested in him teams, just get him now for a small fee, and sell Dumfries. Gosens is also not an important player, and if there are any important offers, he should leave. Resolve the Skriniar's situation. If he does not renew sell him not even for 20-25 mln. Acerbi is ok for rotation, so if we can arrange him to stay, would be nice. Get rid of Correa, doesn't matter what Inzgahi will say about it. And speaking of Inzaghi, his opinion about transfers shall be considered only for the type of a player, not for a particular name. We have seen from Correa and Lukaku's cases, that he is not reliable for recommending players.

 

[brehme1989]

We have seen from Correa and Lukaku's cases, that he is not reliable for recommending players.

So now not only Inzaghi recommended Correa (which he didn't), he also recommended Lukaku? Come on man

 

[CafeCordoba]

No need to fire Inzaghi, but if Zangs continue with the current trend, we'll have no money to strengthen the team. In that case, the mngmt has to keep the core, sell some players and shape the squad. Dumfries is not so important for us, and he will commands good transfer fee. Singo will be free, and if there is a concern that we cannot fight with another interested in him teams, just get him now for a small fee, and sell Dumfries. Gosens is also not an important player, and if there are any important offers, he should leave. Resolve the Skriniar's situation. If he does not renew sell him not even for 20-25 mln. Acerbi is ok for rotation, so if we can arrange him to stay, would be nice. Get rid of Correa, doesn't matter what Inzgahi will say about it. And speaking of Inzaghi, his opinion about transfers shall be considered only for the type of a player, not for a particular name. We have seen from Correa and Lukaku's cases, that he is not reliable for recommending players.

My post was a respond to kurt's plans to shifting to winger system.

Changing the system requires resources and that requires sales because we don't have resources to invest.

But your suggestion of selling Skriniar, that would mean throwing this season out of the window, possibly even missing the top 4. I really question that line of thinking.

 

[kurt0411]

So sell Dumfries and who else to finance these moves? In addition to the costs of sacking Inzaghi and hiring a new coach.

If down for me I sell Dumfries, Lautaro, Correa.

 

[varmin]

So now not only Inzaghi recommended Correa (which he didn't), he also recommended Lukaku? Come on man

There were rumors that Inzaghi prefers Lukaku over Dybala, and he insisted to bring exactly him. I was on the same page, mainly due to injury record of Dybala, but even if Luakkau wasn't so out of form and always injured, Dybala would have been better for our style. So, yes, I put this transfer on Inzaghi.

 

[varmin]

My post was a respond to kurt's plans to shifting to winger system.

Changing the system requires resources and that requires sales because we don't have resources to invest.

My bad, I overlooked that.

But your suggestion of selling Skriniar, that would mean throwing this season out of the window, possibly even missing the top 4. I really question that line of thinking.

We can miss top 4 even with him, but at least we'll get some money which we desperately need. It's definitely a risk, buti would take it.

 

[Materazzi_23]

What kind of message it will send if we sell our vice captain? And why should Skriniar leave now when he can get millions in signing money in the summer and probably go to any top club in Europe? And what would be a realistic amount we would get? 15M? 20M? It's not like we can get another player if we sell Skriniar. And god forbid we're going into the second half of the season with a back 3 of D'Ambrosio/Acerbi/Bastoni or even Darmian or de Vrij for that matter.

 

[pazza moratti]

It would be hard decision, but I would sell Skriniar in case he refuse to renew. I would invest that money for the future and make a bid for Scalvini. Maybe trow that Fabbian kid on the deal if needed? I think we would also have option to look for cheap loan deal for players like Davinson Sanchez who are rotting on bench but are decent enough to give us a hand.

 

[CafeCordoba]

If down for me I sell Dumfries, Lautaro, Correa.

Dumfries is indeed good as gone, which makes sense given all the plusvalenza. Correa is sold if we can sell him for a price which don't bring us minusvalenza.

If we sell Lautaro, we need to buy starting striker and 2 wingers. That's very expensive. Basically it would be changing Correa + Lautaro for CF and 2x wingers (as Dumfries sale is only to cover losses for this financial year).