Rafael Benítez

im surprised there hasnt been many rumors of rafa getting sacked or new ideas for manager in the news?

I agree with Moratti's comments.

Milan weren't so formidable. They played like they set out not to lose rather than to actually win it. Our team just didn't play with any intent; we didn't step up for this Derby. This is very bizzare, because we ALWAYS step up in previous games. Just recall how we totally killed Milan both times last season.

yeah...tha hurts even more..to loose against a milan team who were not at their best either

Macedonian_Red said:

Well, we were under the false impression that the fans and the owner support the manager at Inter ...

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The fans support managers and players who perform. They will not be patient with those who fail to deliver. Support is earned at inter not just given.

I agree with those on Rafa's side, the new coach woudnt have it any easier on his plate.

But it is clear Rafa's approach isnt working, he is unsure and not calm on the inside. However, what shocks me most is all these people here defending Rafa(apart from the fanboys), have you guys considered why soooo many people want him out or you are so confident that the majority here is wrong... I mean a lot of us have been around for years.

Before 2006 we could only dream because we knew our team wasnt good enough to win, now it hurts more because we have the team to win the Scudetto, maybe we lose against Milan, we still should be comfortably on the top of the league. I'm sure 99.9% of people on this forum believed and knew on Sep1 that our squad is good enough for the Scudetto... or did I miss something.

It's not that we want Rafa out.

Sacking him right now would be DISASTEROUS and would guarantee that we will end this season with 0 tituli.

The right approach is to:

1. Change his tactics
2. Instill some faith in the damn team by captivating them the way Mou did (I know, easier said than done but he should at least try)

Suneet said:

I agree with those on Rafa's side, the new coach woudnt have it any easier on his plate.

But it is clear Rafa's approach isnt working, he is unsure and not calm on the inside. However, what shocks me most is all these people here defending Rafa(apart from the fanboys), have you guys considered why soooo many people want him out or you are so confident that the majority here is wrong... I mean a lot of us have been around for years.

Before 2006 we could only dream because we knew our team wasnt good enough to win, now it hurts more because we have the team to win the Scudetto, maybe we lose against Milan, we still should be comfortably on the top of the league. I'm sure 99.9% of people on this forum believed and knew on Sep1 that our squad is good enough for the Scudetto... or did I miss something.

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Our squad was good enough but only if some specific players were performoing and we were not going to have so many injuries. Most people couldn't predict all of these, as well as MM and Branca I think. In sucha mess Benitez deserve to be criticized but not to be sacked. Sacking him is a mistake, even if we don't win next week. In all fairness, a coach with the current situation of having too many off-form and injured players deserve way more time and faith.

There is no way this can continue. Benitez is not up to it.

He doesn't know really who he is going to put on when he has to make a substitution. It happened twice last night, where he changed his mind just as a player was about to be subbed on.

He complains that the penalty altered all our plans, but is again it is revealed he doesn't have a back-up plan, just like at WHL.

He has an issue with Santon, a player who could've caused damage to Milan's weakest point, their full-backs. He opted for four CBs in defence, and still that defensive line looked like slalom slope.

There is no offensive game plan at all.

Sneijder, Maicon, Milito, Pandev are all underperforming and Santon is not allowed to play, even though he has not been disastrous when he has been playing.

His post-match comments are the most annoying and ignorant ever. I get flashbacks to Mancini's "The boys did well" and "We deserved more" of 2004 and 2005. Benitez' comments give me the impression he sees that things don't work, but he is clueless as to how to solve it. Against Lecce he blamed bad luck!!

We have played vs three rivals this year: 0-1 Roma, 0-0 Juve, 0-1 Milan.

We have barely scored in the last matches. Lecce seemed like we were on the up, but last night's match was a complete disaster.

Don't talk to me about the injuries. Yes, they are problematic, but it is possible to get more out of the line-ups we've seen recently, much more.

There are no more alibis for Mr Benitez. I'm fed up with his insecurity, tactical naivety (sp) and passive approach to matches. It has pre-Mancini written all over it.

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Moratti was furious, and it pleases me. Spalletti is done with the Russian season, I say bring him here.

What do we need Spaletti for? Winning Coppa italia?!

I blame Rafa for this loss.

He got it all Wrong from the start off the Game. We have actually have no idea how to play, even after 11 vs 10, we play Awfull and creating 1 or 2 chances. Someone said he is tactical Genius, i just don't see it.

But the question is? who can inter got for now to replace Rafa?

Benitez has his faults ofcourse but i still can't blame him for the majority of what's happening to this crumbling team. Motivation, injury or lack of form of our key players as well as the sale of a match changer like balotelli and not replacing him are reasons behind this crisis at inter. If people want benitez sacked then i suggest they get ready for the vicious cycle of changing coaches that took place before calciopoli.
Benitez has to be given till the end of the year and a cheque to buy at least 2 world class players in january before he is judged.

Motivation ? He is hired and Paid to Motivated the Team.
Injury? this one he is not to blamed.
Lack of form? After 14 Games?
Balloteli Sale nothing to do at 11 vs 10 and Clueless.

Club World Cup semi final exactly one month from today might be a turning point of our season becuase we sure are walking like a dead men at this point..It can lift the players spirits or failing in it , Moratti will start looking a new coach. It has to be won.

Stefan said:

The fans support managers and players who perform. They will not be patient with those who fail to deliver. Support is earned at inter not just given.

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Stefan, you gotta understand their mentality -- they're accustomed to finishing 7th, 4th, 3rd, 5th....i.e. ziru trophies, but the blame falls squarely on the owners only.

Inter Inter said:

Stefan, you gotta understand their mentality -- they're accustomed to finishing 7th, 4th, 3rd, 5th....i.e. ziru trophies, but the blame falls squarely on the owners only.

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The prob is we re more successful than ur history. What kind of thing ur accustomed to in the previous decade? Name calling deos not help. I think there are too many injured and off-form players. Surely that has to play a part.

RafaTheOne said:

The prob is we re more successful than ur history. What kind of thing ur accustomed to in the previous decade? Name calling deos not help. I think there are too many injured and off-form players. Surely that has to play a part.

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Only to some extent not to this extent were the side has no structure and look clueless in each and every game.

I don't intend to offend. But some name calling is not needed.

Spalleti is good option. Is Italian and plays good football. Moreover who the fuck are the other options.

Stefan said:

Only to some extent not to this extent were the side has no structure and look clueless in each and every game.

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What basically can be done about it? Is it due to tactics or motivation...?

We can blame Rafa for yesterdays Derby loss, afterwards everyone knows better. Playing Matrix, not playing Santon etc. was wrong. But remember Santons performance against Lecce, it was horrible. Many people have a short memory, Rafa had his reasons. But in the end they were wrong, so he did his part in loosing.

But the whole situation we are in is much much worse and is a mixture of many things:

Moratti for not spending in market and selling instead ( thinking that this team is perfect is one big mistake )

A team that won everything and as a consequence isn't that motivated anymore. It is normal and no coach can do something against it. This happens to every team.

Our most important players not performing and only thinking of new fancy contracts or transfers : Maicon, Sneijder, Milito.
It's like we lost these 3.

Injuries making about the half team unavailable. Like in old days.

So blaming the coach would be shortminded. Mourinho wasn't that Mister Unreachable as some people are making him to be. He lost us games like Benitez yesterday. Only difference the whole situation is fucked up so every error counts ten times. Rafa will be the scapegoat for people who don't go under the surface, none can stop this. But we should know better.

Rafa did mistakes yesterday but so did Mourinho. What worries me is that Moratti hires a coach who has a different way to approach the game but refuses him any transfers. We knew what we get when we hired Mouinho and he got his players. But to hire Rafa and not giving him some players is something I don't understand, even more if the squad has no depth at all. To think that our players, especially our midfield can play the football Rafa prefers is just fucked up.

Everyone makes mistakes but it has no sense to give Rafa the blame for everything. We should see the whole picture. The errors began at the top and ends at the bottom. We can only hope that we don't lose to much ground until january. But this transfer window won't solve us all problems.