Simone Inzaghi

[brehme1989]

Exactly. FIF went full flipflop again. The main objective is getting into CL spots, everything else is an added bonus. Unless Inzaghi doesn't make it, I'm happy with him staying

Not FIF, just the usual suspects.

If anything, overall there seems to be a better understanding of our situation.

 

[bubba zanetti]

We won scudetto not because of Conte, but in spite of him. Players had to put an extra effort to make up for his mistakes like putting Gagliardini instead of Eriksen in starting eleven against Sevilla in the Europa league final.

Fixed.

 

[nutsncider]

Every manager has a player or two that they illogically think works for their system, despite what everyone else sees. Inzaghi’s “shallow Hal” is gags and Correa

 

[vex]

We reached the CL final not because of Inzaghi, but in spite of him. Players had to put an extra effort to make up for his mistakes

Nah man, this is the same type of exaggeration as when people who defend inzaghi say that only our strikers and missed chances were to blame for the 12 defeats this season. Reality or truth as usual is somewhere in between.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Every manager has a player or two that they illogically think works for their system, despite what everyone else sees. Inzaghi’s “shallow Hal” is gags and Correa

No, Inzaghi uses Gagliardini because he doesn't have anyone else. We've played so much and continue to play two more games within a week after today, so he simply needs to rotate.

How I'm seeing the thought process of Inzaghi rotation here is that he's seeing there being good chance of getting the top 4 with Atalanta-Torino matches. Then he has the Coppa final coming up next. So he thinks, I'll rotate against Napoli as that's the toughest Serie A match anyway so I'll save energy from the starting XI for the final and the remaining league games and try to sneak a result (like a draw) from Napoli with my bench guys.

It was gamble and didn't pay off. But the biggest reason for the loss was the outlier, the red. Not the starting lineup. We could have lost without the red aswell, we could have lost with our best lineup. Inzaghi decided to divide the burden this way and I'm totally seeing the logic.

As long as we make it to top4, nothing of this matters.

 

[Ethor]

Today he gsmbled with starting lineup and having Gags on was fatal. Should have taken him off after the first yellow, but thought Gags would survive till halftime, should have known better. Just beat Fiorentina and secure a CL position, while never play Gags again seems like a good remedy for today and the bumps in the season.

 

[Irequis]

We reached the CL final not because of Inzaghi, but in spite of him. Players had to put an extra effort to make up for his mistakes

Of course, let's use the loss against the champion of Italy because the idiocy of gagsy the dimwit to discredit our whole UCL run against Barca, Porto, Benfica, and milan. Those teams must be so weak that they beat themselves and the wins automatically come to us right?

 

[PHM1605]

Imagine beeing angry with your manager for rotating when we have 4 games left of which two are finals and we have a thin as shit squad...

Problem is not rotation. But over-rotate is a mistake. Unable to react to a early clear red is a mistake. And we have all the rights to criticise such.

Inbefore you call me hindsight...Inzaghi's retarded beloved was making dangerous sliding (missed ofc) tackle all over the pitch while on yellow. It was Inzaghi's job to kick him to the stand as he is not smart enough to be aware of that.

 

[ADRossi]

I don't think anyone here would categorize Inzaghi as a proactive manager. He sticks with what works until it doesn't. And even then, he'll beat it into the ground for a few weeks before he makes any changes.

A bolder manager would have subbed off Gagliardini in the first half when it was clear his head wasn't screwed on properly. I'm not mad at Inzaghi because I've accepted who he is as a person. It's the same reason Dzeko will certainly start the UCL final over Lukaku.

I blame the player.

Now, bottling the 1-1 so quick? Embarrassing.

 

[thatdude]

Inzaghi has subbed off Bastoni in the first half before due to a yellow card. I think that if today were under normal circumstances he might have. However, the whole purpose of Gags even being on the pitch was rotation. If you sub him off after 30 minutes it kind of defeats the purpose, so he basically gambled he could at least make it to half or 60 minutes (in reality he probably intended to play him 90).

It’s inexcusable for a player of Gags’ experience to do what he did today. Regardless of his quality, an experienced player shouldn’t get two yellows in the first half. Also he was lucky he didn’t get the 2nd yellow sooner, the referee gave him a pass on another yellow card offense because the first one was soft and he didn’t want to affect the game so early. It’s to the point now where any time he plays now there is a moment he detrimentally impacts the team. He literally shouldn’t touch the field again this season unless we have a significant lead.

 

[PHM1605]

Inzaghi has subbed off Bastoni in the first half before due to a yellow card. I think that if today were under normal circumstances he might have. However, the whole purpose of Gags even being on the touch was rotation. If you sub him off after 30 minutes it kind of defeats the purpose, so he basically gambled he could at least make it to half or 60 minutes (in reality he probably intended to play him 90).

It’s inexcusable for a player of Gags’ experience to do what he did today. Regardless of his quality, an experienced player shouldn’t get two yellows in the first half. Also he was lucky he didn’t get the 2nd yellow sooner, the referee gave him a pass on another yellow card offense because the first one was soft and he didn’t want to affect the game so early. It’s to the point now where any time he plays now there is a moment he detrimentally impacts the team. He literally shouldn’t touch the field again this season unless we have a significant lead.

So Inzaghi decided to gas out Barella Lukaku Bastoni, forcing them to cover extra kilometers in 10 vs 11 for the rest of the match. Sure, it's better to push to for must-win in Atalanta than park the bus and rest two matches before CL final. Of course, let's continue with 5-men midfield when one is injured and others need rotation.

What a genius

 

[thatdude]

So Inzaghi decided to gas out Barella Lukaku Bastoni, forcing them to cover extra kilometers in 10 vs 11 for the rest of the match. Sure, it's better to push to for must-win in Atalanta than park the bus and rest two matches before CL final. Of course, let's continue with 5-men midfield when one is injured and others need rotation.

What a genius

Well Barella was playing because of the Mkhi injury. If Mkhi was fit then Brozo probably plays instead. Lukaku is a second team player for Inzaghi right now. One of Bastoni or Acerbi always has to play because they are our only left footed CBs. That’s an issue with the way the squad is built. It was simply Acerbi’s time to rest.

And to be fair to Inzaghi his first subs off were Bastoni and Barella who are the only first team players outside of Onana that started today.

 

[varmin]

So Inzaghi decided to gas out Barella Lukaku Bastoni, forcing them to cover extra kilometers in 10 vs 11 for the rest of the match. Sure, it's better to push to for must-win in Atalanta than park the bus and rest two matches before CL final. Of course, let's continue with 5-men midfield when one is injured and others need rotation.

What a genius

This is not fair. Inzaghi couldn't have known that Gagliardini will get a red so early. Barella was taken out in the second half, Bastoni too. I don't think there is a problem with Lukaku staying for the whole match, as he didn't play so many minutes anyway. Inzaghi's second subs were Dimarco and Dumfries, where he tried to refresh the wings and potentially to score a goal. We saw that it worked well in some extent. The problem was that the whole team was too exhausted to hold the result. Asllani was just walking after the 60 minutes and he couldn't mark properly Napoli's players.
If N5 didn't get a second yellow, he would have been subbed on the halftime by Brozo. Most probably Lautaro would have come in for Correa as well, and we would have won it. The red card decided the game, not Inzaghi. His idea and substitutes were good.

 

[PHM1605]

This is not fair. Inzaghi couldn't have known that Gagliardini will get a red so early. Barella was taken out in the second half, Bastoni too. I don't think there is a problem with Lukaku staying for the whole match, as he didn't play so many minutes anyway. Inzaghi's second subs were Dimarco and Dumfries, where he tried to refresh the wings and potentially to score a goal. We saw that it worked well in some extent. The problem was that the whole team was too exhausted to hold the result. Asllani was just walking after the 60 minutes and he couldn't mark properly Napoli's players.
If N5 didn't get a second yellow, he would have been subbed on the halftime by Brozo. Most probably Lautaro would have come in for Correa as well, and we would have won it. The red card decided the game, not Inzaghi. His idea and substitutes were good.

He should have known, dude. Gags was literally begging for a second yellow. Like 99% of the fans last night.

Jesus 4-5 Napoli players surrounded the ref TWICE within 10 minutes before. How come did the coach not see??

 

[varmin]

He should have known, dude. Gags was literally begging for a second yellow. Like 99% of the fans last night.

Jesus 4-5 Napoli players surrounded the ref TWICE within 10 minutes before. How come did the coach not see??

This is his only mistake, that he decided to wait couple of minutes more, instead to take him out immediately. Everything else was.on spot by Inzaghi.

 

[CafeCordoba]

And about holding the result, Di Lorenzo scored a true golazo, it's not like the team failed there in any particular way. It's just what can happen sometimes. Opponent pulls off some magic.

Generally, people have complained about Inzaghi taking players off after yellow and now suddenly he should have done it? I'm sure Inzaghi would have taken Gags off at half time or at 60mins as @thatdude pointed out. The whole purpose of using him was the placeholder role, to eat minutes from our other mids.

Gagliardini is the biggest reason for this fuck up, two yellows in 40 mins? You can't do that shit at this level.

 

[Batman]

Imagine beeing angry with your manager for rotating when we have 4 games left of which two are finals and we have a thin as shit squad...

It’s not about rotating, but about how did he rotate. Who never saw Gag will be sent off after 10 mins?

 

[PHM1605]

And about holding the result, Di Lorenzo scored a true golazo, it's not like the team failed there in any particular way. It's just what can happen sometimes. Opponent pulls off some magic.

Generally, people have complained about Inzaghi taking players off after yellow and now suddenly he should have done it? I'm sure Inzaghi would have taken Gags off at half time or at 60mins as @thatdude pointed out. The whole purpose of using him was the placeholder role, to eat minutes from our other mids.

Gagliardini is the biggest reason for this fuck up, two yellows in 40 mins? You can't do that shit at this level.

At such high level of European football, anyone who is free near the box can execute that shot. That is why coach always push a player to make his job harder & block part of the angle. Anguissa 1-0 was the same shit.

And you know the reason there was empty...

 

[Corrode]

We reached the CL final not because of Suning, but in spite of him. Players and Inzaghi had to put an extra effort to make up for Suning mistakes

Fixed

 

[CafeCordoba]

At such high level of European football, anyone who is free near the box can execute that shot. That is why coach always push a player to make his job harder & block part of the angle. Anguissa 1-0 was the same shit.

And you know the reason there was empty...

Yes, we played with man-disadvantage. We don't see such goals too often, it's not like Di Lorenzo is a big threat and shouldn't be allowed to take any shots ever on the edge of the box. There's always someone free when you play man-disadvantage. I don't get what are you trying to imply.

My point was us conceding that goal was not defensive catastrophe by the team. We were defending, it's 85th minute or something and the team had been playing man-disadvantage for almost an hour. @ADRossi's downgrading way of talking about bottling is what catched my attention. Reducing that goal to Inter bottling is just way off in my mind.