What is Inter Milan's biggest issue(s)?

[America]

I want to know, what do you all think is the biggest issue that Inter has been facing since their dip in form?

Why exactly have they fallen from their peak, who is lacking, what is lacking, what do they need to do?

 

[Besnik]

I think the biggest problem is lack of proper administration/management, because in the past few years we have made lots of mistakes regarding transfers and hiring/sacking coaches. For example in past few years we had incompetent coaches, besides of that we have signed a bunch of useless players so of course our problem was getting only worse throughout the time.

But however as for now, I still have faith in Spalletti and Sabatini but too bad our officials aren't ambitious enough to take Inter to the next levels.

Our objective of this season is slowly getting out of hand by dropping points here and there so if we miss out in Champions League this season as well then things will get much worse for the upcoming years. But then again we still have chance to make it, and eventually if we do it then we have to go all in or step back in the summer transfer market.

 

[Nyall]

Our incompetent Chinese owners that don't know shit about football

 

[JJM]

Our incompetent Chinese owners that don't know shit about football

like our sporting director AIDS boy does...lol

 

[Quantum]

Well, Inter's biggest problem sure is management, but the question is more specific in regards to the recent run of results.

While Spalletti has some of the blame for sticking to a tactical system that got old really fast, it's the third year in a row when we were collecting good results, and at the first sign of trouble we self-cripple and become lazy and uninterested. At the end of the day, if we went from Mancini to Pioli to Spalletti and are still facing the same problems, it's high time to sack some of the fucking players who can't get their shit together, just for a change.

 

[ADRossi]

The biggest issue is management's mentality of "we just need to make the UCL and all of our issues will go away." Every season we don't finish within a UCL qualifying spot, we go out and try to make a big buy or two thinking we're a player away from finally getting to that next level. The cycle of insanity continues, as we fire a coach, sign a useless player, and try again next summer.

We have a core of players who are well past their expiration date in terms of chances we've given them to turn this around. We have too many poor performers on high wages, too many useless transfers out on loan, and too much money committed to buying players in future years on loan obligations. What is the end game? By some miracle, one coach will get us into a UCL spot. Then what? We get embarrassed out of our UCL group when we face elite competition (we'll be a Pot 3 team), and end up back in the Europa League after six games.

We need to stop with the half-assed fixes, we need to stop trying to but a band-aid over a bullet hole, and we need to commit to doing a re-build the proper way. This current roster has no promise, not potential, and a low ceiling. That isn't going to change until we change the players.

We all enjoy laughing at Milan, who surely will miss out on a UCL spot this year to the Roman teams unless they win the Europa league. Their summer was mediocre, but they did what we truthfully need to do; they recognized their core of players from last year wasn't good enough, and they went out and try to make wholesale changes. And sure, they signed a bunch of useless players in the process and very well might go bankrupt because Yonghong Li is as real as Tinker Bell, but the principle of what they decided to do makes sense.

 

[Puma]

The biggest issue is management's mentality of "we just need to make the UCL and all of our issues will go away." Every season we don't finish within a UCL qualifying spot, we go out and try to make a big buy or two thinking we're a player away from finally getting to that next level. The cycle of insanity continues, as we fire a coach, sign a useless player, and try again next summer.

We have a core of players who are well past their expiration date in terms of chances we've given them to turn this around. We have too many poor performers on high wages, too many useless transfers out on loan, and too much money committed to buying players in future years on loan obligations. What is the end game? By some miracle, one coach will get us into a UCL spot. Then what? We get embarrassed out of our UCL group when we face elite competition (we'll be a Pot 3 team), and end up back in the Europa League after six games.

We need to stop with the half-assed fixes, we need to stop trying to but a band-aid over a bullet hole, and we need to commit to doing a re-build the proper way. This current roster has no promise, not potential, and a low ceiling. That isn't going to change until we change the players.

We all enjoy laughing at Milan, who surely will miss out on a UCL spot this year to the Roman teams unless they win the Europa league. Their summer was mediocre, but they did what we truthfully need to do; they recognized their core of players from last year wasn't good enough, and they went out and try to make wholesale changes. And sure, they signed a bunch of useless players in the process and very well might go bankrupt because Yonghong Li is as real as Tinker Bell, but the principle of what they decided to do makes sense.

ADRossi, you have made some great points. But the type of wholesale change that you are suggesting can not happen due to FFP and the fact that our owners can not spend on us. Inter are presently trying to fight a heavyweight fight in Serie A with one hand behind their back.

 

[compile]

ADRossi, you have made some great points. But the type of wholesale change that you are suggesting can not happen due to FFP and the fact that our owners can not spend on us. Inter are presently trying to fight a heavyweight fight in Serie A with one hand behind their back.

The changes can happen. Keep 1 player over 26-28 per position (1 CB, 1 WB, 1 winger, 1 striker), sell the rest. Promote the Primavera players for those positions. Play the younger players every minute of every game. Let them develop together as a cohesive unit for 1-2 years and then and only then think about bringing in world class players. There as some gems on the Primavera that won't get ANY playing time with Inter, only to be sold eventually and flourish. It's about time we start using our youth sector for a change.

See how shit Candreva and Perisic are? We have Karamoh already, call up another winger from the Primavera and play him for 1-3 games. We can't find an AM in the current roster? Call up Zaniolo for 1-3 games. If said players shine after that time frame then keep playing them until they have a string of bad games. The opposite of what's happened the past 3 months. Players that basically do fuck all shouldn't be playing every game, but that's due to the shorter bench (that I don't believe Spalletti really wanted but Suning insisted on to bring down wages).

This team is going no where fast. Focus on Europa league for 2-3 season and then worry about UCL because at this point Inter is no better than the weakest competition in the UCL.

 

[Kakaroto]

Ausilio.

 

[Sassuolu]

I don't remember Ausilio and Branca being problems till FFP came along.

 

[J..]

The main fault is the lack of stability. We have had 12 different managers since 2010 with completely different philosophies. A change of club management as well with three different owners and thereby different people as directors.

Then add the stupid idea that some fans have in terms of how to change this. The idea of changing the coach again, to have a rich owner and buy a lot of expensive players doesnt make the change. You need an experienced core with players that have played together for multiple seasons. Like our treble winning team. Im sure Sunning knows this and are in the proces of doing this. Just give them the necessary time.

 

[Guz]

I don't remember Ausilio and Branca being problems till FFP came along.

Well, if you go shopping with enough money to buy the whole supermarket you'll probably end up buying something useful anyway. The real problem is when you are short of money and buy candies for dinner.

 

[brehme1989]

It's just Inter, not that Inter Milan bs please. Not the biggest issue but it's an annoying one Inter Milan sounds like you're referring to the derby.

 

[Matrix_invincible]

I think our biggest issue is the transfer policy.

We have had a couple of coaches, who had success elsewhere but not at Inter. We spent the second most money (behind Milan) the last 6 year but still couldnt manage to get a good team.

If you look at Roma or Napoli, they spent far far less than us but are better every season for ages because their scouting and buys are decent.

We simply couldnt manage to get creative midfielders, a capable trequartista or simply players with heart and passion!

We chased Dalbert the whole summer and now he doesnt even play. Roma just bought Kolarov and it worked. We are buying players like Candreva, not knowing that he is extremly simple minded. You cant have success with such mistakes.

At the end of the day the players on the field decide the games.

 

[Candreva Crosses]

I think our biggest issue is the transfer policy.

We have had a couple of coaches, who had success elsewhere but not at Inter. We spent the second most money (behind Milan) the last 6 year but still couldnt manage to get a good team.

If you look at Roma or Napoli, they spent far far less than us but are better every season for ages because their scouting and buys are decent.

We simply couldnt manage to get creative midfielders, a capable trequartista or simply players with heart and passion!

You can't just look at the numbers and said we spend the most like there is no context behind to why we spent that much. We had to spend all that money on guys like K-dog, Joao Mario and Gabi because STARS won't join a shit club and that's why we have to spend money on "potential" which isn't equal to success. And on top of that we've had idiots like Branca

 

[Matrix_invincible]

Yeah but thats the same problem which Napoli and Roma have too!

Stars wont go to Napoli and they wont go to Rome either. But yet they barely make such transfer mistakes like us! And yet Napoli was able to get Higuain!

Napoli & Rome have the exact problem like us in this respect + they dont even spent half the money we do but still are far ahead of us.

 

[Sassuolu]

Well, if you go shopping with enough money to buy the whole supermarket you'll probably end up buying something useful anyway. The real problem is when you are short of money and buy candies for dinner.

The only bad transfer market I can recall under Branca pre FFP is 2008 and 2009 which really had it's fair share of flops but other than that I challenge anyone to find a bad summer mercato other than 2008 and 2009, I'll wait.

 

[hitmax]

If you read de boer's interview you will find out what is wrong in our team.
He is a horrible coach but i think he is right about our players.
https://www.football-italia.net/117435/de-boer-inter-players-chaotic

 

[Guz]

The only bad transfer market I can recall under Branca pre FFP is 2008 and 2009 which really had it's fair share of flops but other than that I challenge anyone to find a bad summer mercato other than 2008 and 2009, I'll wait.

Well, 2011 is the first that springs to mind:

- we unwittingly bought Viviano from Bologna (4m) because we messed up filling out the paperwork relating to his co-ownership
- we bought "il divino" Jonathan as "the new Maicon" (5m)
- we redeemed Nagatomo (5m) after having paid 12m in winter
- we took Poli on loan (1m)
- we bought Ricky Alvarez (5m), whom we have already shipped away to a club who has already sent him packing to another club who's on the verge of sending him back to Argentina. And we still haven't seen our money back!
- we bought Castaignos (1m)
- we bought Forlan (5m) not realising that he couldn't play in CL
- we got Zarate on loan (3m)

All this garbage (for one reason or another, they all failed to deliver at Inter) cost us more of less what we made selling Eto'o (our last true game-changer) to Russia. In January we finished the job sending Thiago Motta away, which disrupted the delicate balance Ranieri had so laboriously found.

 

[varmin]

I think the biggest problem is the management's obsession with CL's qualification as ADRossi mentioned. Because of that every season the coaches are changed and the transfer's policy is chaotic and rarely have common points with new coach's requests.
At least last summer the management took into account requirements of Spalletti and have tried to bring the players he needed but due to low budget they got low-cost targets like Valero and Vecino.
For me the first step to make things better should be to keep Spalletti for next season and to try getting players that he wants or at least players for the formation and playing style that he wants to impose.