Simone Inzaghi

[Il Drago]

2022 was its own thing that's been discussed enough times, but I'm just going to point out once again that Napoli - currently on an 89-point pace - winning the Scudetto with that point tally or better would be much more a matter of them simply winning it more than us losing it. I'll still say that even after last night's game. 89 points or better has only once failed to win the Scudetto, ever.

There's no doubt Napoli benefits a lot from a much lighter schedule than we have, and if they had our schedule they wouldn't be near their currents points tally. But it just is what it is, and we have to deal with it.

You insist on this but i don't think Napoli is going to have an equally strong round. I mean they're coming from a draw against a shitty Roma. They just lost Kvara and basically didn't replace him. There have been parameters that have changed the equation.

 

[.h.]

You insist on this but i don't think Napoli is going to have an equally strong round. I mean they're coming from a draw against a shitty Roma. They just lost Kvara and basically didn't replace him. There have been parameters that have changed the equation.

while i agree with this, it does feel a bit like Inter is the mentally challenged kid who is eating crayons and needs to have a massive diarrhea midway through the cross country run, while napoli maybe have fallen and hurt their ankle a little bit but otherwise are still making good pace, in the league, and have mental competency.

 

[CafeCordoba]

You insist on this but i don't think Napoli is going to have an equally strong round. I mean they're coming from a draw against a shitty Roma. They just lost Kvara and basically didn't replace him. There have been parameters that have changed the equation.

Let's hope this. We won't have a perfect record for sure because of the schedule and now we need to win in Napoli to even get on equal points.

I don't know about these supersmart mentally challenged kid analogies. What the fuck?

 

[Il Drago]

while i agree with this, it does feel a bit like Inter is the mentally challenged kid who is eating crayons and needs to have a massive diarrhea midway through the cross country run, while napoli maybe have fallen and hurt their ankle a little bit but otherwise are still making good pace, in the league, and have mental competency.

Oh. I agree with that. This Inter doesn't give me confidence they can win this Scudetto. Not now but from the start of the season. We started the season sluggish (a bit expected because of international football), we recovered in November-December but ever since 2025 started we're back to our inconsistent form of the start. But Napoli aren't going to be the perfect side that is unbeatable in a league campaign as many fear. The real question is if Inter is capable of taking advantage of Napoli struggles or they will have their own struggles to deal with.

 

[vex]

We don't have the squad thick enough for 3/4 fronts, mister. Please learn from Conte. He literally fielded a reserve team and ditched Coppa as soon as he had chance, Caprile Zerbin Gilmour... and all the scrubs. That's why he is the best league coach.

We, instead, are a new Icarus flying too close to the sun. The ridiculous Super Coppa Saudis tournament. Now, why the hell are we waiting not fielding our Primaveras in Coppa?!?

Champions League should be the only tournament beside Serie A we should put effort, simply because the cash flow is enough to compensate. For the rest, man, "only one match - only two matches... to get a trophy" all such crap, throw it to the bin. Nobody cares about such mickey mouse "trophies", neither does sponsorship. One match less playing saves precious gas for the next Serie A/ Champions League match.

Some fans are greedy "We are Inter we should win all matches" but the same ones are saying "Inter doesn't have a good squad", ironically. The reality is, we should not try to win all matches when the owner doesn't invest. Do Napoli fans care their team lost 1-3 vs Lazio in Coppa? No, they are praising Conte as a god to win their 2nd Scudetto, two times better than us.

Yeah I agree, i m actually not one of those people who claim we have really bad depth, coz overall I think our depth bar maybe two players is fine which in my book constitutes a good depth (we can't have like for like substitutes even if we were much richer) but in these last four years he would have done much better league wise if he was more practical and prioritize certain competitions more like conte who is just doing it without an ounce of guilt. And yeah you will often hear from him or our mgmnt we are inter we have to fight for every trophy, but when you have to bleed every mercato to bring even younger, less proven players to the team that means it's smarter to prioritize.

Also, not a lot is said about some of these players, and I mean players that are considered our undisputable starters both character and stamina wise and if they have it in them to be serial winners and create a dynasty here. I jokingly said few months ago even when fit di marco always looks like someone who is two sprints away of having an asthma attack and people are rightfully pointing out the liverpool players and someone like salah as an example of a player delivering even when probably not in optimal form. Some of our starters completely shut down when in bad form, recent examples being hakan, lautaro and di marco. Don't know if that's fixable, genetic or whatever, but it's worth pointing out among all of this inzaghi and bad depth talk.

 

[.h.]

Need to bring co tea in as fitness coach

 

[YoramG]

who then has the better bench?

Inzaghi has the same problem as Conte. When plan A ain't woring he shits his pants, as there ain't no plan B.

i am 100% sure that even a terrorist like Allegri would have won a Scudetto with this inter team in 4 years.

Let's do a quick Juve-Inter comparison. Juve's general starting 11, when everyone is fit, is:

Di Gregorio
Kalulu - Bremer - Gatti - Cambiaso
K. Thuram - Locatelli - Koopmeiners
Yildiz - Vlahovic - N. Gonzalez

And their bench: Conceicao, McKennie, Douglas Luiz, Kolo Muani, Veiga, Mbangula.

Our 11, usually:
Sommer
Pavard - De Vrij - Bastoni
Dumfries - Barella - Hakan - Mkhi - Dimarco
Lautaro - Thuram

Bench: Frattesi, Zielinski, Taremi, Correa, Arnautovic, Bisseck, Carlos Augusto, Asllani, Darmian, Acerbi

Is our 11 better? Undoubtedly. I think we win on 8 of 11 positions, depending on where you stand with certain players (e.g. Sommer v Di Gregorio, K. Thuram vs Mkhi). When we move to the bench however, it's a bloodbath. I would happily trade in Taremi, Correa, Arnautovic, and possibly Frattesi just for one of Conceicao or Kolo Muani. Our bench is TRASH. I could do the same with Milan's bench after their winter mercato.

Where I will agree with you, is that we absolutely shat the bed against Milan in 2021. And that Conte's Napoli bench is arguably worse than ours this season, but he has the advantage of basically not rotating.

 

[Il Drago]

Bremer has been out since the start of October. You can't really put him in their starting lineup. Their startig cbs have been Gatti-Kalulu and their starting rb is Savona.

 

[.h.]

Bremer has been out since the start of October. You can't really put him in their starting lineup. Their startig cbs have been Gatti-Kalulu and their starting rb is Savona.

and realistically, can we call a bench of 4 players deeper than ours

 

[Il Drago]

and realistically, can we call a bench of 4 players deeper than ours

Talk about Inter squad depth is really overstated. We have a shit depth in attack. FACT.

But in defence and midfield we have a superior squad depth compared to the competition.

If i have time later i will try to make a detailed post about it.

 

[.h.]

Talk about Inter squad depth is really overstated. We have a shit depth in attack. FACT.

But in defence and midfield we have a superior squad depth compared to the competition.

If i have time later i will try to make a detailed post about it.

Agree with this. And it's basically because Taremi is a fucking flop and Lautaro has been dog shit tbh. If taremi was decent then we'd be no worse off than when we had Lukaku/Lautaro/dzeko

 

[vex]

Bad depth narrative for me falls apart when you see how many matches we won in the last year and a half playing the number of games we played across all competitions and heavily rotating as well. We wouldn't have able to do it with an awful depth, imo. People concentrate too much on few individuals that are not up to par (not completely useless though, except maybe arna) but that doesn't mean our overall depth is bad, especially compared to other seria a teams.

If we are trying to figure out the truth about what's wrong with our recent form, I think the right direction is players and coach responsibility, better management of players energy by our coaching staff (prioritization of games meaning emphasis only on cl and domestic league) considering the type of football we are trying to play and then after all those things are mentioned I would discuss the fact arna is useless fuck or fratessi and asllani can't play as starters in certain games.

 

[armendsh]

I understand everything Inzaghi whas is doing
Only one thing i cant
Why doesnt he love Sanchez? And he loves the likes of Correa and keeps believing him
WE let him go twice for free while he was the best attacker after Lauti / thuram/ Dzeko

 

[YoramG]

Bremer has been out since the start of October. You can't really put him in their starting lineup. Their startig cbs have been Gatti-Kalulu and their starting rb is Savona.

I did add "when everyone is fit", but fair point. By that logic I should also remove Correa and Acerbi from ours since they've been MIA for months now.

I'm aware there's plenty of holes to picked through in my argument, but I stand by my main point that Inzaghi is the last to be blamed for any perceived failure during the season. I'm firmly of the opinion that if you gave him a functional bench for his game (not even good, just functional) with even 1-2 players who could beat a man and had some pace, we'd be an utterly dominating force.

 

[Kramerica Industries]

You insist on this but i don't think Napoli is going to have an equally strong round. I mean they're coming from a draw against a shitty Roma. They just lost Kvara and basically didn't replace him. There have been parameters that have changed the equation.

Then, at the risk of a super boring and response with no depth or substance, let's see where we turn out too.

 

[HernanesLeftFoot88]

Why doesnt he love Sanchez?

Expensive, injured and doesnt really do whats he's told on the pitch.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Bad depth narrative for me falls apart when you see how many matches we won in the last year and a half playing the number of games we played across all competitions and heavily rotating as well. We wouldn't have able to do it with an awful depth, imo. People concentrate too much on few individuals that are not up to par (not completely useless though, except maybe arna) but that doesn't mean our overall depth is bad, especially compared to other seria a teams.

If we are trying to figure out the truth about what's wrong with our recent form, I think the right direction is players and coach responsibility, better management of players energy by our coaching staff (prioritization of games meaning emphasis only on cl and domestic league) considering the type of football we are trying to play and then after all those things are mentioned I would discuss the fact arna is useless fuck or fratessi and asllani can't play as starters in certain games.

It adds up. Last season was last season, doing the same this season is practically impossible. Depth is shit. It's evident now. We added more of it, but it hasn't been what we hoped for.

 

[armendsh]

Expensive, injured and doesnt really do whats he's told on the pitch.

You mean CORREA?

 

[vex]

It adds up. Last season was last season, doing the same this season is practically impossible. Depth is shit. It's evident now. We added more of it, but it hasn't been what we hoped for.

Yeah, I just disagree. The depth we have is respectable and in no way shit despite one or two positions not being up to par. For me, the closer thing to truth is that his football is highly energy costly and that he probably needs like for like substitutes in order to play all competitions on certain level and not witness a collapse.

Btw people are simply way too much concentrated on our depth when in fact everybody right now looks like shit regardless if it's a starter or a bench player despite heavily rotating even in cl of all places. That tells me the recent schedule completely fucked us, and it would have happened even if we hypothetically had a better bench. This all points to a brand of football we are playing, despite all the positives stuff that comes with it.

 

[#NotForMe]

I don't know, people that keep saying our squad is so much better and we are doing so bad and in regard, which team's position would you rather be in?

Napoli? No CL? And leading only 3 points in the league and just abandoned Copa (such good sportsmanship)

JUBE spent crazy and draw most games? CL not too 8?
BBilan? Look at the table? Also CL not too 8?
ATA? Buy cheap young players and never win anything?

I don't know exactly which team you want to trade our position with.

Not to mention, how much new elements were we able to introduce this season? Cause we spent so much on the transfer?

Keep saying we have the highest wage on the team, yea Correa, Arna, Taremi, Frattesi all have high wages we know, but you guys choose to shit on the low wage Asllani LMAO.

I didn't get to watch the game yet though, so Inzaghi might fuck something up, I don't know, but evaluating the season position this moment and go Mayhem for what we have, seems retarded.