Simone Inzaghi

[PHM1605]

Well, I like his job so far but Inzaghi needs to win Scudetto to gain credits.

There should be zero excuse this season.

 

[Fapuccino]

Starting to think Inzaghi might never win a title. He seems to be a cup coach.

He has no demonstrated ability to compete in multiple competitions at the same time. The minute we have two competitions (Sociedad), our quality of play fell off a cliff.

Maybe the bench isn't as good as we thought.

Or the starters are overperforming for once in our lives, because we have a proper system in place?

 

[#NotForMe]

I really don't think it is about motivation today, there are at least 4 players that you can see they are tired Dimarco, Mihki, Darmian, Lautaro. (Maybe Hakan too?)

Mind you we had to defend with 10 men for a bit too last game.
Our usual system should work amazing against Sassuolo, and I understand why the hold back for Pavard like they are better at capitalize on that space indirectly, in short, it should be like a game against Forentina, hence the same line up and game plan, trouble is you have at least 4-5 players that are too tired to carry it out.

I am not saying we can start 4-5 different players, given our bench and opponent's style, but I would expect a much better game if Pavard and Frattessi started instead (might drain other players less too with fewer tired ones), and maybe a 60 mins sub for DiMarco and Lautaro if we are still leading at that point.

I still think our bench is good, but how many are injured already? All are impact subs too.

There are things Inzaghi can improve, but I won't pin too much on him for this one, cause if he did the rotation against la Real again today, y'all be wanting his head too..

It is a long season, once the rotation players settle and Inzaghi is more assure of them, we should be like a machine.

 

[CoolMan44]

Last season our best form came when Inzaghi rotated a lot. He pretty much rotated both forwards every second game, and typically made 5-6 changes almost game to game.

I actually feel he should have changed more this game. We played 9 of the same players that we played against Empoli and some of them looked jaded even in the Empoli match.

I think Augusto should have started this one. Dimarco is terrible against Berardi and was really poor against Empoli, with the exception of his goal.

I also feel Inzaghi is overplaying our midfield again like last season. Our backup midfielders (Frattesi, Asllani, Klaassen) have started a total of 1 Serie A match between them. Asllani started the CL match but that's only due to injury. I'm hoping Inzaghi doesn't end up overplaying Mkhi and Hakan. I mention those two because he's actually been rotating Barella more, whether by taking him off by the 60th minute or resting him against Empoli.

 

[brehme1989]

Maybe the bench isn't as good as we thought.

Wait, there's people who thought our bench is good???

We have Frattesi and a few handymen at the back (Darmian, Carlos Augusto + De Vrij/Acerbi)

Anything else is below standards...

The moment either forward isn't playing, we're screwed.
The moment Hakan is out physically or mentally, we're screwed.
The moment Dimarco and/or Barella are out, we're screwed.

 

[junkie]

I don't get him, first we needed subs around 55 min, you could see a drop in performance, then you are down and need a goal, and you take Thuram out, who was our superior forward, then take out Bastoni who was the only one to move forward with the ball, then I don't get why not sub Darmian with Pavard, I am not trying to be genaral after battle but damn,
Pavard for Darmian, Fratessi for Barella and Sanchez for Calha should be first set of subs

 

[bubba zanetti]

We need creative midfielder, been telling this whole fucking time.

 

[Corrode]

Sensi, Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu, Asllani, Klassen aren't creative enough?

 

[Wobblz]

Sensi, Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu, Asllani, Klassen aren't creative enough?

Sensi doesn't exist, he's a mythical monster that people rumour seeing on the pitch.

Calhanoglu and Asllani are both playing as DM... not sure how impactful and creative a DM can be in a game.

Klaassen I don't know.

Miki is the only guy that has actually played as an AM and was "world-class" for a season in that position. Yet the dude doesn't have the legs for it anymore - hence why he's started playing deeper. Or should I say, he was instructed so.

 

[bubba zanetti]

Sensi, Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu, Asllani, Klassen aren't creative enough?

Of course not.

 

[Adriano@10]

You gotta love fif from being one of the best teams in europe to being a shit side without depth within 2 games....

While we were not great yesterday if we replay that game we win it 9 out of 10 times...
We created a lot where we were a inch short of scoring which i put down to luck...

 

[Wobblz]

While we were not great last year, if we replay that season, we win the Scudetto 9 out of 10 times...
We played great a lot where we were a inch short of winning games which i put down to luck...

Fixed.

 

[forzainter257]

Even without the bench our team should be able to beat a team like Sassuolo every day of the week. There's a reason why they are getting paid millions, there's a reason why Inzaghi is paid 5.5M a year. Players got tired, the bench is this the bench is that, fuck those excuses. Just look at the h2h record for the past decade. Only during Conte's helm have we not lost against them.

 

[thatdude]

We need creative midfielder, been telling this whole fucking time.

To be fair management tried and some guys dad ruined it.

 

[IM21]

To be fair management tried and some guys dad ruined it.

Lets be honest, Samardzic would be getting less playing time than Asllani... Inzaghi wants the players to play in a certain way, thats why Vidal said they are all like robots, which is true.

 

[Wobblz]

Since when is being robotic bad? It's called a well drilled team, that's actually him praising Inzaghi for his work.

 

[Corrode]

Of course not.

five creative midfielders are too many though. those five should be enough to generate more creative movement and action on ball. but yeah the team missed Brozovic whom can act as a metronome in attack and defense.

 

[brehme1989]

Lets be honest, Samardzic would be getting less playing time than Asllani... Inzaghi wants the players to play in a certain way, thats why Vidal said they are all like robots, which is true.

Nah, he'd definitely be playing.

Frattesi minutes for sure by this stage, but maybe not a start.

 

[RickyMaravilla'sRightFoot]

Damn this thread went nuclear really quick.

I’m not an Inzaghi apologist but y’all need to chill. We were bound to have a game like this sooner or later. Although we really should have grabbed a point. The loss was because of a typical inter blackout.. what we can’t do now is spiral and accumulate losses early in the season like we did last year. It got away from us before we knew what happened.

This year is different because last season Napoli was flying and no one could keep up. This year we clearly have the best side top to bottom. Less competition, but we have to set the pace ahead of Juve and Milan.

Simone needs to get the rotation sorted because there are too many new players and only Thuram has managed to successfully integrate into the coach’s 11. Our starters shouldn’t look this tired already but that’s another discussion.. we need more flexibility and modularity in our setup. We’re desperately light in attack so Lautaro and Thuram will have to play more than they probably should, but we need to seek alternative solutions. Advancing Mkhitaryan, do something with Frattesi or Klassen further up the pitch, whatever; we need a different look. And our new players need to find their way into the squad dynamic.

 

[delaurentis]

Lets be honest, Samardzic would be getting less playing time than Asllani... Inzaghi wants the players to play in a certain way, thats why Vidal said they are all like robots, which is true.

When I think of robotic players - I think of Vidal's best pal 'Conte'. I still have nightmares on how he treated Eriksen.
Anyhow, in my view Inzaghi gives his team alot of attacking freedom, which in turn sometimes makes them clueless.