New Inter Coach

[Damian_de]

formerly of Genoa.

 

Where are they going with this? Mourinho - Rafa -- Leonardo - Gasperini

 

Not sure I get the thinking there.

[schmuckdonald]

Seems an odd choice, did well with Genoa up until this season, however. And could be said the signings made for him undermined him. Spent a lot of money in the Summer and most of them flopped. Wouldn't say he's top quality, though. But I guess the same could have been said about Allegri.

 

Did get a lot of Motta and Milito at Genoa, though. And should make Inter sexy.

Edited June 26, 2011 by schmuckdonald

[Sion]

He's their Hodgson. They want someone who won't cause a fuss like Rafa did and won't moan when they slash their payroll.

They're hemorrhaging money.

[Damian_de]

Seems an odd choice, did well with Genoa up until this season, however.

He did OK I agree, but this is Inter we're talking about. You'd presume if they had serious intent they would go for a 'marquee manager'.

 

He's their Hodgson.

I guess this is likely.

[Leo No.8]

formerly of Genoa.

 

Where are they going with this? Mourinho - Rafa -- Leonardo - Gasperini

 

Not sure I get the thinking there.

 

I think its fairly obvious the next name on that list is Allardiccio. Not only does it fit the pattern in terms of ability, it fits in terms of rhyming with the first and third managers as well.

Edited June 27, 2011 by Leo No.8

[matty]

formerly of Genoa.

 

Where are they going with this? Mourinho - Rafa -- Leonardo - Gasperini

 

Not sure I get the thinking there.

Moratti's got nosebleeds after a few years of success and has decided to go back to the heroic failure years.

 

You'd think that the high oil prices weren't exactly causing him sleepless nights on the cash front...

[PhilM]

Inter have a worrying lack of long term plan. They should have gone for Luciano Spaletti.

[jimmylibel]

He's their Hodgson.

 

I thought the lesbian owl was their Hodgson back in the day?

[Frosty Jack]

Moratti's got nosebleeds after a few years of success and has decided to go back to the heroic failure years.

 

You'd think that the high oil prices weren't exactly causing him sleepless nights on the cash front...

 

eventually perhaps the bigger picture concerning Rafas tenure will be acknowledged.

 

joke of a summer that.

[goodrobotusses]

Inter have a worrying lack of long term plan. They should have gone for Luciano Spaletti.

 

Spalletti is a top coach, but not sure if he'd have suited Inter (in the same way Rafa didn't). That Inter squad is still the same old (now older) dudes who played deep, containing football under Mourinho and struggled to sustain high-tempo pressing football under Rafa. Spalletti's similar in his methods – asks midfielders to cover a lot of ground.

[Damian_de]

Well, that went well.

 

(*missed Sutty's thread*)

Edited September 21, 2011 by Damian_de

[goodrobotusses]

Inter really are a car without a driver.

 

Their targets pre-Gasparini were Bielsa, Villas Boas and Capello, none of whom are anything alike tactically. Now Moratti's brought in Ranieri to do his old decent but not a winner routine.

 

Calciopoli was the best thing that ever happened to Moratti. He lucked out there, the clueless old fool.

[Maldini]

They're majorly in debt, the chairman doesn't want a good manager he wants a scapegoat to take the attention off them having to sell their best players and reduce their wage bill.

[matty]

They're majorly in debt, the chairman doesn't want a good manager he wants a scapegoat to take the attention off them having to sell their best players and reduce their wage bill.

They kept Sneijder, Milito, Cambiasso, Lucio and Cesar. Hardly a fire sale of their best players was it?

 

2 out of 2 for the Ranierimonster. Good away win in Moscow too.

[muleskinner]

Ranieri is a decent coach, better than he is credited to be IMO, think he will do well at Inter.

[Maldini]

They kept Sneijder, Milito, Cambiasso, Lucio and Cesar. Hardly a fire sale of their best players was it?

 

2 out of 2 for the Ranierimonster. Good away win in Moscow too.

 

The fire sale is on the way I reckon, you probably know better than me but aren't they f***ed financially?

[aka Dus]

There should be a clear out there, conducted by a strong manager. Too much player power there, too many older players. Moratti should have given Rafa the clear mandate to sell and rebuild and get their FFP house in order.

[goodrobotusses]

They kept Sneijder, Milito, Cambiasso, Lucio and Cesar. Hardly a fire sale of their best players was it?

Telling that four of those five are over 30 though. Inter's squad has needed refreshing for an age but they seem mindful of FFP given their high wage bill and lack of saleable assets. They seem stuck between a rock and a hard place in terms of trying to rebuild the squad. They've shifted Eto'o's wages and seemed to be attempting to rid themselves of Sneijder's, who is probably the only player they've got left who'd go for big money. I bet they'd have gone all-out for Tevez a few years ago but seem less willing to pay through the nose now.

Edited October 5, 2011 by CJMcDonald

[matty]

There should be a clear out there, conducted by a strong manager. Too much player power there, too many older players. Moratti should have given Rafa the clear mandate to sell and rebuild and get their FFP house in order.

 

 

Telling that four of those five are over 30 though. Inter's squad has needed refreshing for an age but they seem mindful of FFP given their high wage bill and lack of saleable assets. They seem stuck between a rock and a hard place in terms of trying to rebuild the squad. They've shifted Eto'o's wages and seemed to be attempting to rid themselves of Sneijder's, who is probably the only player they've got left who'd go for big money. I bet they'd have gone all-out for Tevez a few years ago but seem less willing to pay through the nose now.

 

I am trying to work out what Moratti's thinking is. After Calciopoli fell into his lap, Inter were left de fact as the best team in Italy. Mancini did a good job of keeping the ship steady and they did improve. That said, there was still a fair bit of intereference from Moratti. When it seemed inevitable that he wasn't going to win in Europe (always Moratti's touchstone), he got Mourinho, knowing he would have to cede to Mourinho the power he usually exercised himself. They threw money at winning in Europe, but also got the second big stroke of luck when Barca paid over the odds for Zlatan. That allowed them to go for broke, they had the right coach and a very good squad.

 

The buying policy though was aimed at one thing, success in Europe, and now. Mourinho wasn't going to hang around, and Moratti wasn't playing a long game. the team was aging, and players brought in were not for the long-haul. The CL was won, brilliantly.

 

Mourinho was off, and Moratti had his beloved cup, and so could start to do what he wanted again. He made the ideal appointment for the club of Rafa - ideal in the sense of the club's style and the experience they needed to stay at the top. But Moratti was also looking down the barrel of the money spent in recent years, and his own desire to run the club as a proper Italian President. And that's where I think Rafa was naive, by the way. Who knows what would have happened if the injuries hadn't been so bad?

 

Now Inter are back into the old style. Inconsistent on the pitch, sacking manager after manager. Faced with replacing some of the best players of the last ten to fifteen years. God only knows how much more of his personal fortune Moratti is prepared to sink into the club, but FFP will have to be considered, even if in Italy it may be even more difficult to track than for Man City and others here.

 

Maybe Moratti is sated by the CL win. Though he's not prepared to let the club drift into mid-table, neither is he likely to go on the kind of spending spree he used to. Much will depend on other clubs' finances and whether they can tempt Inter's players away. Much also depends on whether Moratti interferes in the playing system again - the fact that he was right with Zamparini's system means he is unlikely to step back.

 

Personally, I think all that can help Inter now is another stroke of luck, like finding a couple of superstars from their youth set up. Otherwise it's a few years battling for 3rd or 4th.