Simone Inzaghi

[andrei]

I'm grateful for three cups, but I really doubt that Inzaghi is the right man for current Inter. If we had money enough, to provide him solid players, he would be able to win even the scudetto, I guess. But right now, he cannot develop even a single young player like Asllani, who looks ready to step up. He relies only on veterans like Mkhiky, Darmian etc. His obsession with Correa is also cancerous. Correa deserves to be the first one to leave, but most probably we'll keep him, because he is licking Inzaghi's balls.
I'm surprised how Pioli, Allegri, even Mourinho have the courage to put in some young boys if their teams do not have enough finances or if the things don't go well, but our mister is over relying on the same people again and again, till the point when everyone turns to a shit.

I agree with you here, bar Correa things. If we would have an offer for Correa, he will go. But there is none.
Otherwise, as you pointed out, his biggest minus is the inability to develop young players. The top 4 is obvious, but the second priority is developing the young players. Without that we are fucked.
We have a broken owner, Inter had a mountain of debt and the second payroll in Serie A (127m, second to Juventus of 159m). We are haemorrhaging money year after year. Without scouting and developing young players we have no ceiling, no future. We can continue this agony with grandpas free agents and scavenging some players the rich teams don`t want. But we won`t come out of this purgatory.

I know that many here are dreaming of a sugar daddy who will put tens or hundreds millions in Inter`s ass. Unfortunately I don`t see any rich potential owner rubbing his hands waiting to splash the cash on our team.

 

[kurt0411]

Starting Gags instead of Asllani yesterday was a sackable offense

 

[Damageplan]

Our strongest point was our midfield and Brozovic was pretty much the most important piece. I am not a fan of 3-5-2 myself but our team currently just looks out of balance all around with this type of formation. There is no serious tracking back to help the defence from the midfield and that link that is provided by Brozo is currently lacking. On top of that our defence has been shaky as fuck. You definitely need particular players to pull 3-5-2 off, we sort of have those players but some are injured some are out of form and some are on their way out.

On a side note: Milan is getting butt raped by Sassy

 

[RickyMaravilla'sRightFoot]

Inzaghi teams usually hit one unbeatable run of form per season. We haven’t seen that this year so I hope we get it in February and March because CL progression is crucial for us to salvage any success from this season.

 

[YoramG]

This guy and cup games, a match made in actual heaven. Fair fucks, never looked concerned tonight and played good football.

 

[Helenio Herrera]

Underrated coach, deserves at least another season.

 

[varmin]

Underrated coach, deserves at least another season.

Wait first to make it in top 4. He is good tournament coach, but if we miss CL money next season, that won't matter.
Anyway, I don't like how he uses Lukaku. The latter should start the games, because he obviously needs like 15-20 min to step up in the match. When he puts him in the last 15 min, there is no use of it.

 

[Helenio Herrera]

Wait first to make it in top 4. He is good tournament coach, but if we miss CL money next season, that won't matter.
Anyway, I don't like how he uses Lukaku. The latter should start the games, because he obviously needs like 15-20 min to step up in the match. When he puts him in the last 15 min, there is no use of it.

I'm quite confident about us making top four. In fact, I expect us to finish second quite easily barring some sort of injury crisis.

We might repeat in the Coppa Italia with some luck. Again, I'd say we are favorites on that front except for maybe against Lazio.

I think Porto is quite underrated and that tie is 50/50. I don't have any expectations on that front but a deep CL run would be fun and it's not out the realm of possibilities if the draws go our way.

Anyway I'd say we're in a transitional period and as long as he establishes a good strong game character (of which there are early signs) and makes the CL spots with good cup runs, I'd be on the side of giving him more time.

As for Lukaku, as he slowly regains fitness, surely he'll return to the starting lineup. However, I disagree with the notion that Lukaku is useless as a sub. He was great as a sub for Belgium. When he's fit, he can run at tired defenses and expose them. He's also quite fast so would be a good counterattacking option when we're trying to protect leads.

 

[Kraits]

Result aside.. Insaghi's team is most offensive (interesting) Inter since 199x.. even with the financial trouble
Others are all defensive minded or relying on certain players..

 

[bubba zanetti]

Well his subs were good this time. Which is not suprising when you have players like Brozo, Lukaku and Gosens as subs instead of Vecino, DDA and similiar trash(Gags next season) . It shows you again how important is to have quality roster and you cant always blame coach for his subs.

 

[varmin]

So, the injury of Correa was a blessing in disguise actually. Now, if Gags get injured somehow, it will be even better.

 

[junior55]

I have no doubts that Inzaghi deserves one more year in the same way that i have no doubt that us losing the title last season was on him.
At the end guys you need experience to win the league title not everyone is born a natural winner.

Will all the difficulties we have been through and basically 0 mercato Inzaghi is actually doing great by delivering cups, solid CL performance and solid league performance. Spalleti needed all these years before he is actually close to winning his 1st Serie A title and Guintoli ( his DS) unlike ours did a great job on the transfer market finding gems even in a year where they lost all their core. I have a surprisingly great confidence on the CL too , it couldn't come in a better moment for us so lets hope we get a decent shaped Lukaku until then .

 

[wera]

I've been saying this, HE IS GREAT FOR US atm. Except for the Correa gamble, not liking Sanchez and not bringing Dybala, "his" buys Džeko, Acerbi and Mhiki kinda delivered. With this weird squad he is doing good enough, so obviously I'm wondering what would happen if he actually had his own Eriksen, Hakimi and "the real" Lukaku. I believe in him, but he is getting fucked by our own president and to an extent, Marotta.

 

[brehme1989]

I've been saying this, HE IS GREAT FOR US atm. Except for the Correa gamble, not liking Sanchez and not bringing Dybala, "his" buys Džeko, Acerbi and Mhiki kinda delivered. With this weird squad he is doing good enough, so obviously I'm wondering what would happen if he actually had his own Eriksen, Hakimi and "the real" Lukaku. I believe in him, but he is getting fucked by our own president and to an extent, Marotta.

He hardly make any of those decisions and you know it.

Sanchez is probably the only one where he was influential.

 

[DARi0]

Result aside.. Insaghi's team is most offensive (interesting) Inter since 199x.. even with the financial trouble
Others are all defensive minded or relying on certain players..

This might be true.
Inzaghi won the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana in his debut campaign after replacing Antonio Conte and fought to the end with Milan for the Scudetto.
Unlike Conte, Inzaghi has been able to twice qualify for the Champions League Round of 16 and the upcoming clash is with FC Porto.

Inzaghi’s record on the Inter bench is of 54 victories, 13 draws and only 15 defeats, his team scoring 164 goals and conceding 78.
In comparison, Conte oversaw 65 wins, 23 draws and 15 defeats, scoring 214 goals and conceding 102.

I personally think Inzaghi deserves better funding to put his ideas into practice. I can imagine him winning Scudettos with the kind of funding Mancini and Conte have enjoyed. Given the recent transfer campaigns AND key players injury, I think he is doing an acceptable job.

» What I don`t like:

• playing Gagliardinho ahead of Asllani. G5 has no future in this club
• lack of consistency in preparing league matches: (fuckups like the one against Empoli) where players did not feel the pressure and were not driven enough. They need to have a 2 goals lead before relaxing like that. This costed us last year`s Scudetto and seems that we`ll have the same result this season
• rotation: not playing enough certain valuable players, like Gosens. This costs us in the long run (championship)
• Correa obsession: the fact that he wanted him puts him on a dangerous cycle where he keeps playing hopingt that Correa gains confidence/form/justifies his value. Obviously this will never happen at Inter
• not developing players/helping them reach top form: we could all witness the Conte + Pintus effect on certain players. How many players levels have been elevated by Inzaghi and his staff? I can only think of DiMarco, all the rest seem to have regressed
• young players: not much playtime, but we could argue that we have a very limited number of talented young players in the current squad. Just like you, I would rather prefer we allow 10-15 minutes for likes of Carboni instead of Gagliardinho - especially when we are leading, as we are already out of the Scudetto race

 

[Il Drago]

It will be interesting to see what Inzaghi is going to do now that Brozovic is back? Returning to previous status quo of Brozovic regista and Hakan mezzala? Sticking with Hakan as a regista and Brozovic in a more advanced role?

Whatever he chooses to go for, at least we won't have to see Mkhi starting every single game.

 

[IM21]

It will be interesting to see what Inzaghi is going to do now that Brozovic is back? Returning to previous status quo of Brozovic regista and Hakan mezzala? Sticking with Hakan as a regista and Brozovic in a more advanced role?

Whatever he chooses to go for, at least we won't have to see Mkhi starting every single game.

bench Calhanoglu and still play Micky.

 

[Jusef]

This might be true.
Inzaghi won the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana in his debut campaign after replacing Antonio Conte and fought to the end with Milan for the Scudetto.
Unlike Conte, Inzaghi has been able to twice qualify for the Champions League Round of 16 and the upcoming clash is with FC Porto.

Inzaghi’s record on the Inter bench is of 54 victories, 13 draws and only 15 defeats, his team scoring 164 goals and conceding 78.
In comparison, Conte oversaw 65 wins, 23 draws and 15 defeats, scoring 214 goals and conceding 102.

I personally think Inzaghi deserves better funding to put his ideas into practice. I can imagine him winning Scudettos with the kind of funding Mancini and Conte have enjoyed. Given the recent transfer campaigns AND key players injury, I think he is doing an acceptable job.

» What I don`t like:

• playing Gagliardinho ahead of Asllani. G5 has no future in this club
• lack of consistency in preparing league matches: (fuckups like the one against Empoli) where players did not feel the pressure and were not driven enough. They need to have a 2 goals lead before relaxing like that. This costed us last year`s Scudetto and seems that we`ll have the same result this season
• rotation: not playing enough certain valuable players, like Gosens. This costs us in the long run (championship)
• Correa obsession: the fact that he wanted him puts him on a dangerous cycle where he keeps playing hopingt that Correa gains confidence/form/justifies his value. Obviously this will never happen at Inter
• not developing players/helping them reach top form: we could all witness the Conte + Pintus effect on certain players. How many players levels have been elevated by Inzaghi and his staff? I can only think of DiMarco, all the rest seem to have regressed
• young players: not much playtime, but we could argue that we have a very limited number of talented young players in the current squad. Just like you, I would rather prefer we allow 10-15 minutes for likes of Carboni instead of Gagliardinho - especially when we are leading, as we are already out of the Scudetto race

Last season, Inzaghi tried to rotate the squad and would make his subs early. After the loss to Milan, he was criticized for taking off Perisic and Hakan around the 60-65th minute ( can’t recall exactly. He changed this policy, after what appears to be some internal criticism. See Hakan’s comments regarding his substitution, where h publicly mentioned this.

Also, after internal criticism, and the media, he also changed his policy regarding subbing off players on a yellow. What’s funny is that if he followed through with his way, Skriniar’s would have been subbed and that loss to Empoli would likely not have materialized.

 

[CafeCordoba]

What? Skriniar got his double yellow in the first half. He hasn't been taking players off in first halves apart from Udinese match which was about getting a reaction than because they had yellows (surely picked those guys who had yellows but it wasn't the reason)

 

[Jusef]

What? Skriniar got his double yellow in the first half. He hasn't been taking players off in first halves apart from Udinese match which was about getting a reaction than because they had yellows (surely picked those guys who had yellows but it wasn't the reason)

I don’t think Inzaghi really had or has a rule that a player on yellow should be subbed off. I think he tries to play it by ear but this was incorrectly interpreted as a blanket policy.

Now I think he thinks twice about it because he probably received criticism for it.

In this way he is the opposite of Conte, who suffers from being too stubborn in his ways. Inzaghi is maybe too open to change.