Simone Inzaghi

[CafeCordoba]

Well it was not a must-win game. Losing the game would have been a much more catastrophic than not winning it. We're still totally in the race as Napoli drew too.

 

[wera]

We lost the first game against Milan last season and yet, we still won the league. Not saying we'll win the league this season, but we will reach CL spots. We are playing good football, which for now, since our squad looks worse, is a good thing.

I hope we are saving money for some transfers in the summer tho. I bet we are already talking to some agents.

 

[rfU]

His decision making during the game is quite poor and the timing of the subs wasn't the only issue.

It's funny how the biggest Inzaghi haters are the same are the same ones who never wanted him here in the first place. Given 90% of our bench options I think the timing of the subs is negligible. If our players were competent at their jobs, we win this game. Period. Ditto Jube game.

My only major gripe with Inzaghi is that he's not aggressive enough. This group needs a coach who will bark at them from the sidelines for 90 minutes to the point of getting physical. Xavi recently said you have to push a player to give 9-10/10 to get a 8/10 and that will win you the game. Inzaghi needs to get this group to play like their families are being held at gun point.

Meanwhile, let's keep in mind Inzaghi's paid about half of what Conte was paid (and still overpaid, why did we double his wages??) so we're pretty much getting what we paid for. Not perfect but he'll keep us comfortably in the top 4.

Meanwhile Lautoro who can't get a shot on target, DeFry who can't win a header vs a 40 year old man, and Barella/Brozo who are often careless in dangerous areas, want to be paid like treble winners.

 

[brakbrak]

Needs to beat Napoli after the break. No excuses.

We had no excuse too yesterday. This was against the team that had no Theo and Maignan, arguably their most important players while we were playing full squad.

 

[Il Drago]

It's funny how the biggest Inzaghi haters are the same are the same ones who never wanted him here in the first place. Given 90% of our bench options I think the timing of the subs is negligible. If our players were competent at their jobs, we win this game. Period. Ditto Jube game.

My only major gripe with Inzaghi is that he's not aggressive enough. This group needs a coach who will bark at them from the sidelines for 90 minutes to the point of getting physical. Xavi recently said you have to push a player to give 9-10/10 to get a 8/10 and that will win you the game. Inzaghi needs to get this group to play like their families are being held at gun point.

Meanwhile, let's keep in mind Inzaghi's paid about half of what Conte was paid (and still overpaid, why did we double his wages??) so we're pretty much getting what we paid for. Not perfect but he'll keep us comfortably in the top 4.

Meanwhile Lautoro who can't get a shot on target, DeFry who can't win a header vs a 40 year old man, and Barella/Brozo who are often careless in dangerous areas, want to be paid like treble winners.

Definition of a hater: a person who thrives on showing hate toward, criticizing, or belittling other people or things, usually unfairly

What i did was CRITICISING Inzaghi based on specific points i made on my post which i consider fair. They may be right, they may be wrong. But they're always based on observations from the pitch. Not of things i made up or microanalysing little things just to spread hate for Inzaghi. Nothing to do with what i thought of Inzaghi as a coach before joining Inter. I have told you before. When someone joins Inter, he gets a free pass from me, regardless of my past opinion, to show what he can do. Instead i praise or criticise him based on what he shows at Inter. No one is above criticism.

There's a difference between criticism and hate. Else, anyone who dares to criticise any member of the club, player, coach or management, is a hater and we should all be cheerleaders.

 

[bubba zanetti]

Those shitters deserve more than just critique when they are shite. Thats why this forum is fun.

 

[varmin]

I was one of Inzaghi's major critics at the beginning of the season, when we used to play suicidal attacking football, but since he's changed the tactics, I don't blame him too much. The truth is that we lost three super important players and replaced them with minions. And I don't mean that Dzeko is a minion compared to Lukaku, but the guy is 36 years old and has real struggle to play at high level every game. Lukaku was also ruthless from the penalty spot, which has already cost us 6 points. Dumbfries is huge downgrade to Hakimi so far, and hardly will improve to the end of the season. Eriksen is better than Hakan at least in term of consistency. All of that definitely has its impact on the team's results and would be silly to put the entire blame on Inzaghi.

 

[YoramG]

Again, we were super solid yesterday. The balance has massively shifted, we don't let opponents have acres of spaces any more and the defensive trio has re-established their dominance, thanks also in part to much better covering from the midfield three. In short, we look good and we'll be fighting for that Scudetto all the way to the end.

What is going to send me insane is if we lose it by 1-3 points. We're squandering an awful lot, and it's not even his fault. I do agree he should yell at this lot more though. They need it, they get complacent so quickly.

 

[wera]

Those shitters deserve more than just critique when they are shite. Thats why this forum is fun.

I don't think you saw Inter in the banter era or maybe you just fail to remember... this is far from shite. Conte couldn't make Spurs make on shot on target, a club that not long ago was in a CL final. Mourinho couldn't make Roma win against Bodo Glint.

It could ALWAYS be worse and what I saw was a team being dominant. It's no wonder Milan fans are in seventh heaven today, while Inter fans are displeased. We'll just have to do more if we want to catch up.

 

[Bluenine]

We have 4 players who create/score a goal every 90 minutes. Vidal, Sanchez, Dzeko & Correa, in that order. Inzaghi needs to use Vidal and Sanchez more, they are clearly quite effective this season and bring more energy into our play. They should play at least 30 minutes every game, Vidal should probably start half our games.

Inter player stats as of 07 Nov 21:

- For consistency, assists awarded as per legaseriea.it
- kc = Key contributions
- GC = Goal Contributions ie total goals the player has scored or created = goals + assists + kc
- GC% = Percentage of Inter goals the player has scored or created

 

[bubba zanetti]

I don't think you saw Inter in the banter era or maybe you just fail to remember... this is far from shite. Conte couldn't make Spurs make on shot on target, a club that not long ago was in a CL final. Mourinho couldn't make Roma win against Bodo Glint.

It could ALWAYS be worse and what I saw was a team being dominant. It's no wonder Milan fans are in seventh heaven today, while Inter fans are displeased. We'll just have to do more if we want to catch up.

O yess I saw Inter in last 25so years,lots of grandiose epic fuckups,fortunately I didnt discover this forum cause you'll be reading far worse things from me than this haha

 

[rfU]

Definition of a hater: a person who thrives on showing hate toward, criticizing, or belittling other people or things, usually unfairly

What i did was CRITICISING Inzaghi based on specific points i made on my post which i consider fair. They may be right, they may be wrong. But they're always based on observations from the pitch. Not of things i made up or microanalysing little things just to spread hate for Inzaghi. Nothing to do with what i thought of Inzaghi as a coach before joining Inter. I have told you before. When someone joins Inter, he gets a free pass from me, regardless of my past opinion, to show what he can do. Instead i praise or criticise him based on what he shows at Inter. No one is above criticism.

There's a difference between criticism and hate. Else, anyone who dares to criticise any member of the club, player, coach or management, is a hater and we should all be cheerleaders.

i call you a hater because you readily critique every single a mistake or miscalculation. Or maybe I'm confusing you with someone else, whoever keeps bringing up Inzaghi's past in the sense that he's doomed to repeat and fail. I'm not so observant where I am able to pick apart Inazghi's tactics - for example, I don't see how subbing in so-and-so in 68th minute instead of the 70th is a game changer - but what I can say for certain is that the positives far outweigh the negatives. Inzaghi is by no means perfect (no coach is), there are mistakes being made, but again, we are getting our money's worth. And again, if our players are competent and do their jobs, we win these games.

I suggest before critiquing we keep in mind what "tools" inzaghi has at his disposal. Nevermind that we lost 2 very important players and as a result Conte jumped ship, but the fact that Dzeko and Perishit are our two best and most consistent performers this season IMO should render Inzaghi immune from any criticism (at this juncture).

 

[Adriano@10]

We have 4 players who create/score a goal every 90 minutes. Vidal, Sanchez, Dzeko & Correa, in that order. Inzaghi needs to use Vidal and Sanchez more, they are clearly quite effective this season and bring more energy into our play. They should play at least 30 minutes every game, Vidal should probably start half our games.

Inter player stats as of 07 Nov 21:

- For consistency, assists awarded as per legaseriea.it
- kc = Key contributions
- GC = Goal Contributions ie total goals the player has scored or created = goals + assists + kc
- GC% = Percentage of Inter goals the player has scored or created

Are you not infering a bit much from that one stat? Both vidals and Sanchezes goals and assists came mostly in games we already won except for that 1:0 vs sherif.....
Most of the time when they came in and we had to score their output was non existent.

 

[kurt0411]

Forget about Lautaro missing chances, forget about about Inzaghi’s late subs. We have one glaring obvious weakness that I’m afraid isn’t solvable with the current squad and it’s been obvious since the start of the season: we cannot play against a high press/high line team. Like seriously there is nothing we can do about it.

Verona, Sampdoria, Fiorentina, Lazio, Real Madrid last 30 mins, Juventus last 20mins, Milan 1st half/last 15 minutes. All was the same story, we possess no pace whatsoever with maybe the exception of maybe Correa but he seems to only really be quick with the ball at his feet.

If we had Lukaku and Hakimi yesterday against Milan the game would have been 3/4-0 game over in the first half. You think Milan could have got away with that high line haha? Even fricking Darmian got in behind and made them pay. Same thing in the last 15 minutes, as soon as we drop deep our attack becomes non existent and in modern football you can’t afford to have that.

Imagine we come up against Bayern, Liverpool or Manchester City who will do that to you for 90 minutes? Wtf are we going to do haha? God I’m getting shivers just thinking about it

 

[wera]

Good thing I know for a fact we ain't getting to play against Liverpool, City or Bayern this season, except if they will also play in Europa League

 

[ADRossi]

Forget about Lautaro missing chances, forget about about Inzaghi’s late subs. We have one glaring obvious weakness that I’m afraid isn’t solvable with the current squad and it’s been obvious since the start of the season: we cannot play against a high press/high line team. Like seriously there is nothing we can do about it.

Verona, Sampdoria, Fiorentina, Lazio, Real Madrid last 30 mins, Juventus last 20mins, Milan 1st half/last 15 minutes. All was the same story, we possess no pace whatsoever with maybe the exception of maybe Correa but he seems to only really be quick with the ball at his feet.

If we had Lukaku and Hakimi yesterday against Milan the game would have been 3/4-0 game over in the first half. You think Milan could have got away with that high line haha? Even fricking Darmian got in behind and made them pay. Same thing in the last 15 minutes, as soon as we drop deep our attack becomes non existent and in modern football you can’t afford to have that.

Imagine we come up against Bayern, Liverpool or Manchester City who will do that to you for 90 minutes? Wtf are we going to do haha? God I’m getting shivers just thinking about it

We haven't been able to break down a press for eleven years, minus one short stint under Conte.

 

[Bluenine]

Are you not infering a bit much from that one stat? Both vidals and Sanchezes goals and assists came mostly in games we already won except for that 1:0 vs sherif.....
Most of the time when they came in and we had to score their output was non existent.

I don't know mate, those are just the overall stats. Interpret them as you like. Full listing of these stats can be found here.

However, just because we are leading doesn't mean that the extra goal means less - sometimes making the result safe is quite critical, right? Remember when we missed chances when leading 1-0 yesterday - a goal then would have been quite critical, no? Also look at some of the goals Vidal has scored and created:
- 1st & 2nd goals against Sheriff, 1st leg
- 1st goal against Sheriff, 2nd leg
- 2nd goal against Verona when the score was 1-1

How are these any less important than any other goals? The only goals contributed by Vidal you could say didn't come in a critical situation were the 2 in the first game, but all I can say is I wish more Inter players scored/created such goals when we are leading.

Vidal's stats are very impressive this season, the frequency of goals/assists/kcs is remarkable so far. I hope he can keep this up, and Inzaghi should play him more.

 

[BasedGodPunk]

I think Inzaghi needs to start thinking about playing a 3-4-1-2 with Alexis at CAM. Hakan is not quite the creator we hoped he'd be and it's forcing Barella to be something he isn't. Nico had a much easier time when Eriksen could help dictate pace and pick out passes. Now he's turned into a turnover machine because he's constantly forcing the issue when that isn't his game. Our lack of goals vs big teams is becoming a problem. You don't win games consistently with one goal anymore.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Negative, Hakan playing the way he did against Udinese and Milan is very important. Wasn't a turnover machine in those matches but provided critical defensive coverage and aggressiveness. Sanchez is a forward, plays like one because he has the mindset of a forward. I don't think we can cope with just two midfielders, it would restrict Barella's game too much, he couldn't play his box-to-box role anymore as freely as now.

 

[Materazzi_23]

Why not? We still have 2 wingbacks and 3 defenders. It's not like every team plays with 3 forwards and even if they do we still have Brozo sitting in front of the defence and you could tactically chance the set-up of the team so the wingbacks could support the midfield. 3 attacking minded players shouldn't restrict anyone in the midfield. Usually we have a defender free who hold up the opponent deepest midfielder etc.

Formations etc doesn't really matter, the intention of playing football is more important. You want the opponent to run after you and make them chase you. Maybe against the topteams you are right but against every team below the 8/10th place we should be able to play with Sanchez behind the strikers.