Hmmm *sigh* this again? You people really do enjoy being hot and cold... And it seems bi-weekly now.. Will you guys just pick a side already, this constant bandwaggoning is annoying, and tiresome...
I'm tired of Inter switching coaches. If we want to win trophies we can't keep doing that and expect anything good.. Which is the main reason why I believe Leonardo has to stay. If we switch our coach again this summer then the adjustment process will continue to delay us from gelling and solving our issues.. Not to mention how it will mess our summer up, because we'll have to get players to fit the coaches system, etc...
Also, this Leo ruined our season notion needs to be quelled! Are you people stupid?! We were 7th place when he joined and barely qualified for the knockout stages of the UCL in a group we should have won with ease. A combination of Rafael Benitez, injuries and our defense completely forgetting how to defend ruined our season. However, the biggest reason why our season was ruined and why we will be lucky to be celebrating the Coppa Italia this season is Massimo Moratti and his group of incompetent assistants for not capitalizing on our success and expecting anything after that disaster called a Summer Transfer Market.
A coach cannot be blamed if defenders who are paid millions of dollars to stay solid, run like idiots when they are attacked. I mean go look at some of the goals Schalke scored, how is Leo to blame? Time and time again we would see our defenders making the wrong decisions/getting danced around and us conceding. And their replacements are even worse... WAY WORSE! In fact, we all get nervous when the likes of Materazzi and Cordoba play for a reason, and when our midfield tries to help, things don't get any better..
We did not even have to spend big this summer. We just had to upgrade, and there were players available! But instead we did the exact opposite of what we should have done and did the Milan 2007 thing and barked about how we're Champions and good enough! How can you seriously add clowns like Biabiany or inexperienced players like Coutinho to this team, make them backups and expect success?! Especially after selling a quality buffoon such as Balotelli! Back in August, I argued this and right now it's may and its all come to pass. It doesn't matter who is at the helm, guys why can't you see this! As long as our management continues to operate how they operate, expecting success in competitions against teams who are constantly looking to improve their teams that are already better and younger than us is ridiculous!
Our team is way too old, slow and earns way to much, yet our management continues to offer 30 year olds high waged-long termed contracts! This honestly has to end! Even if it means using youngsters such as Crisetig, Natalino, Alibec and Obi as our backups.. There's a reason why Suazo, Muntari are so "attached" to Inter and don't want to leave despite playing a handful of games each season. Too bad the only place we'll ever see that happen is in Football Manager.. In real life we will continue to spend the majority of our budget on wages..
The reason I am saying all this, which may seem off-topic is this: Sacking Leonardo is giving Moratti a scapegoat and removing all accountability of this season's failure from him and placing it on the coach, as sacking Rafa did.
I actually don't give a shit about him always losing to Milan, or maybe Juve, or other big games.
Big games bring you the CL.
But it is the tricky small games that brings you the Scudetto. Extremely speaking, even if Leo lost all his matches to Milan, Juve & Roma (Or any other 4th place team); as long as he wins the remaining 32 matches, we're the champs.
Don't think I'm delusional with this statement, because that's exactly what Leo has done with Inter. Excluding the matches against the other top 4 teams this season (Milan, Napoli, Udinese), Leo has won 46 points from a possible 54 points. (85%)
If he can maintain that record, plus improve his tactics for the big games, than Leo will be one heck of a coach.
This han.. Also, don't forget the fact that with Rafa we failed to beat Bologna, Sampdoria, Brescia, Lecce and lost to Lazio and Chievo. This all happened before Leonardo came and if you minus the Brescia game, were all games that we won with Leonardo. Maybe it's just me, but I when I see fixtures like Bologna, Lecce and Chievo, I see three points, or 9 points out of 9. This season we got 2 out of 9. These are all reason why we're not champions. A single Milan derby did not determine the Scudetto..
10 years of FIF
