Simone Inzaghi

[wera]

so much internal drama on the forum for nothing

 

[Adriano@10]

so much internal drama on the forum for nothing

Goes to show how fast expectations shift.....
As if it was easy to reach a quater final in the cl....

 

[.h.]

Yeah he was not great but i dont see how the coach is responsible for the many shit first touches/ passes we saw yesterday.... like our playera fucked up so many attacks because of shit controll.....

oh i agree, and thats why ive said already, i think a lot of this is on the players, not the coach. They looked nervous as fuck out there, but inzaghi did also make some mistakes.

 

[ADRossi]

Ironic coming from someone who began supporting the club in 2010 and then took a hiatus during our banter era and went to the Real Madrid forums as bubba Ramos and only came back when we were winning again

Bubba Ramos, did you ever watched Mad Max movies? Obviously not. So why did I stopped suporting Real? Cause they are still winning Now return to Roma forum you little twerp.

You're both getting banned if you don't shut up. No one wants to read this. Seriously, no one. Talk about the match or move it to DMs.

 

[Harpsabu]

oh i agree, and thats why ive said already, i think a lot of this is on the players, not the coach. They looked nervous as fuck out there, but inzaghi did also make some mistakes.

That's what I'm most disappointed with. I thought after last year these players were mentally tough and stood up to challenges. But they looked mentally all over the place both legs

 

[bubba zanetti]

TThat's what I'm most disappointed with. I thought after last year these players were mentally tough and stood up to challenges. But they looked mentally all over the place both legs

They looked great in first game, I dont know what are you talking about.

 

[Harpsabu]

They looked great in first game, I dont know what are you talking about.

We did not. We were sloppy as hell in the first game. Hakan and mhiki misplaced more passes in the first game than they had all season (until last night). We were a bag of nerves in the first game too, IMO

 

[bubba zanetti]

We did not. We were sloppy as hell in the first game. Hakan and mhiki misplaced more passes in the first game than they had all season (until last night). We were a bag of nerves in the first game too, IMO

We didnt allow Atletico to shoot into our goal,and scored for a win, we did good. I dont know what mental collapse you are talking. Second game yes, but first no.

 

[Harpsabu]

We didnt allow Atletico to shoot into our goal,and scored for a win, we did good. I dont know what mental collapse you are talking. Second game yes, but first no.

That's more due to atletico. Cadiz beat them 2-0 and athletic bilbao 3-0 away from home after we beat them. We looked nervous as hell to me in the first game as well, we respected them too much.

 

[M.Adnan]

Already added more depth in Zielinskii and Taremi, more trademark signings in the summer by Marotta and Ausilio, team getting more experience and cohesion, and next season we'll only get better while steamrolling over Serie A again no matter what Juve and Milan do as we're already light years a head of them.

This exit will give the club more motivation to work harder for Europe next time.

 

[bubba zanetti]

That's more due to atletico. Cadiz beat them 2-0 and athletic bilbao 3-0 away from home after we beat them. We looked nervous as hell to me in the first game as well, we respected them too much.

Tell me, how is possible that we went to CL final last season while having more than 10 defeats in the league? Cause that wouldnt be possible cause we were buttfucked from Monza, Udinese to Sassuolo. And dont tell me that our opponents were crap cause Benfica and Porto beat or outplayed rube, Psg and Atletico that year. And Napoli easily won Seria A just to be knocked out in CL by beelan. Losing to Cadiz means shit.

 

[Il Drago]

I have read many posts on this forum since last night. Some were constructive, some were exaggerations which was totally expected as tensions were running high and disappointment was huge.

So i will try to offer my, subjective for sure, view on last night as well.

Inzaghi approach was very similar with the one against Porto at Dragao last season. We had finished the match with a backline of Dumfries-Skriniar-De Vrij-Acerbi-D'Ambrosio. He tends to go full conservative when he needs to protect a score in CL.

Problem is Atletico aren't Porto. While we were saved by post in Portugal Spaniards had the quality to punish our lack of concentration in those moments. And that's the story of regular time last night. It's the little details that matter in the end and details weren't on our side.

Now about competing in CL in general. Many have mentioned the lack of quality on the bench. It's a fair argument and it would have helped us greatly. But you need more than just quality to win this competition. Man City have had it for years but they had this kind of eliminations many times in the past till they eventually made it. You need to be mentally strong enough to overcome difficulties and stay concenrated in hostile enviroments, you need to be clinical in decisive moments and you also need luck. We had none of those things last night and that's how elimination came.

Quality will take you far but you can't expect to dominate against your opponents every time when you face Europe's elite. You also need to grow mentally as a unit and grind qualifications when needed.

 

[Harpsabu]

Tell me, how is possible that we went to CL final last season while having more than 10 defeats in the league? Cause that wouldnt be possible cause we were buttfucked from Monza, Udinese to Sassuolo. And dont tell me that our opponents were crap cause Benfica and Porto beat or outplayed rube, Psg and Atletico that year. And Napoli easily won Seria A just to be knocked out in CL by beelan. Losing to Cadiz means shit.

That has nothing to do with looking nervous or not though. Atletico are awful away from home this season and that's a fact. We played awful at home and still should have beat them by more.

I do think atletico will have a season like us last year. Shit in the league and end up in the final. They are tough to beat in Europe, pain in the asses!

 

[rfU]

Players should be proud... lol, yea sure.

Wtf dude. Players are not used to losing? Yea, sure perhaps not this season, but these same players were losing left and right last season.... you just showed that you cant coach a team in two competitons and thats what makes you just good and not great.

I get the feeling you've been waiting all season to say something like this lol

I can’t help but think back to the decision to not play our starting strikers together at all against Sociedad. We never even fought for the first place in the CL group. What that means is you end up facing a powerhouse very early in the competition.

In hindsight the decision looks worse and worse

In hindsight? Sociedad went on to play PSG and lost. FYI there are no easy games in UCL knockout stage. The truth is inzaghi over achieved. We reached a UCL final, took the game to city and FIF thought we were suddenly a top tier team, Toro was a balon dor candidate, barella was the best midfielder in Europe and bastoni was the bergamo beckenbauer. The truth is our players and Inzaghi still have a lot to learn. Simeone / Atleti players are vastly more experienced than us at this level. But we're getting there. Bitter pill to swallow because had Augusto been available and bastoni not subbed off needlessly (injury?) we would have secured the win. But I ant fault Inzaghi. Name a manager who would do better (Conte, tuchel, pochetino?).

 

[bubba zanetti]

I get the feeling you've been waiting all season to say something like this lol

In hindsight? Sociedad went on to play PSG and lost. FYI there are no easy games in UCL knockout stage. The truth is inzaghi over achieved. We reached a UCL final, took the game to city and FIF thought we were suddenly a top tier team, Toro was a balon dor candidate, barella was the best midfielder in Europe and bastoni was the bergamo beckenbauer. The truth is our players and Inzaghi still have a lot to learn. Simeone / Atleti players are vastly more experienced than us at this level. But we're getting there. Bitter pill to swallow because had Augusto been available and bastoni not subbed off needlessly (injury?) we would have secured the win. But I ant fault Inzaghi. Name a manager who would do better (Conte, tuchel, pochetino?).

Well, this is really a painfull season for Inzaghi haters so this was the right and probably only time for them to shine. I pitty them.

 

[Choppin Onions]

Inzaghi can’t score goals for Arna or Thuram. They were in the right situations at different points over the 2 legs and failed to capitalize. That’s not on the gaffer and it’s a big part of the reason we’re out of the competition.

That being said, he rolled the dice on his substitutions and going ultra defense mode. Darmian for Dumfries I can get behind but the constant Acerbi for Basto move is doing my head in. Acerbi shouldn’t be playing anywhere but the middle of that back 3. He’s in his mid 30’s and he was never quick in the first place. Then Bisseck for Fede was the final straw. 5 CD’s meant we had given up on going forward and were hanging on desperately. The thing is Atletico have the talent on their bench to change the game. And they did.

 

[rfU]

You need to be mentally strong enough to overcome difficulties and stay concenrated in hostile enviroments, you need to be clinical in decisive moments... We had none of those things last night and that's how elimination came.

Agreed 100%. But then you realize we're relying on the likes of Defry and Dumfries and you realize what we were up against. Even our core such as Bastoni, Toro, Hakan and even Barella have shown to be lacking in high pressure moments. Given what Inzaghi has to work with and his own deficiencies in terms of man management and player motivation, he's done a formidable job, especially over the last 2 seasons.

Get the man a squad

 

[thatdude]

In hindsight? Sociedad went on to play PSG and lost. FYI there are no easy games in UCL knockout stage. The truth is inzaghi over achieved. We reached a UCL final, took the game to city and FIF thought we were suddenly a top tier team, Toro was a balon dor candidate, barella was the best midfielder in Europe and bastoni was the bergamo beckenbauer. The truth is our players and Inzaghi still have a lot to learn. Simeone / Atleti players are vastly more experienced than us at this level. But we're getting there. Bitter pill to swallow because had Augusto been available and bastoni not subbed off needlessly (injury?) we would have secured the win. But I ant fault Inzaghi. Name a manager who would do better (Conte, tuchel, pochetino?).

At this point I’m tired of explaining how the draw process works. Sociedad drawing PSG does not mean we would have also drawn PSG if we won the group.

The point of winning the group is it gives you the chance of getting an easier draw. If we happened to get PSG then so be it. However the chances were equal that we get Copenhagen.

Winning the group also lets you play the second leg at home, which is a huge advantage now with no away goals rule.

 

[Harpsabu]

Agreed 100%. But then you realize we're relying on the likes of Defry and Dumfries and you realize what we were up against. Even our core such as Bastoni, Toro, Hakan and even Barella have shown to be lacking in high pressure moments. Given what Inzaghi has to work with and his own deficiencies in terms of man management and player motivation, he's done a formidable job, especially over the last 2 seasons.

Get the man a squad

That club should have to apologise to him 100 times for making him have to sub on fucking klaasen in the ucl. His other option was tj.

Personally in hindsight asllani and moving hakan up may have been better. But who cares now. Inzaghi has been fantastic this season and yes, can't blame him for the players shitting their pants. That thuram miss is unforgivable. Barellas, I feel like lautaros pass should have been better

 

[ADRossi]

That club should have to apologise to him 100 times for making him have to sub on fucking klaasen in the ucl. His other option was tj.

Personally in hindsight asllani and moving hakan up may have been better. But who cares now. Inzaghi has been fantastic this season and yes, can't blame him for the players shitting their pants. That thuram miss is unforgivable. Barellas, I feel like lautaros pass should have been better

Barella was out of gas. He knew he didn't have enough speed left to cut down the middle. It was never going to be more than half a chance.