“We knew it was going to be a difficult game, because Bologna is in excellent form and have not conceded a goal in three matches. We unlocked them and we had several chances to score, I’m satisfied but we can not concede goals like the one at the end, and suffer in the final minutes. I’m sorry for Palacio’s ban which will rule him out for next Sunday.” Then Roberto Mancini spoke to Mediaset Premium after the 2-1 at San Siro against Bologna. There is talk of criticism of D’Ambrosio: “He is a very professional player, he can make mistakes like everyone, but we have great confidence in him. I’m sorry for Icardi, probably Sunday there will be neither him nor Palacio, so I’m worried. When we lost Mauro to injury we lacked we lacked a presence in the penalty area. In the second half the team continued to do well, the problem was at the end when we gave the goal. It was a gift, but I guess we are just like that, we like to suffer until the end. Why did I insert Kondogbia instead of Palacio? We did very well with Juve by not giving them any references, so I thought we could have more chances. We did create chances but the Bologna defenders did very well. For us it was important to win , the championship is still long and anything can happen. Telles? he’s a young guy and has great qualities, he has to grow in the Italian league, sometimes he plays, sometimes not. Miranda at the Olympics? All the players want to play all the big competitions, I spoke to Dunga this morning, we will see what will happen after the World Cup qualifiers. The Olympics will be in August, there is time. What I talked about with Thohir? We have not seen each other yet, I hope he will be happy. “
Source: MP.
i think he said farewell speech, not to make a commentary on match
ppl is not entirely happy with Mancio which is understandable but by checking his numbers he already got 54 points with 9 games remaining, whereas last season we got 55 points at the end. I think results prove that at least he is changing things, but yeah our team lacks of identity. Sadly I don’t like the way he treat some players, specially the ones that we consider our stars-
Mancini is a great coach, but i think we need a coach who takes no bull***. Sort of like Mou. Inter needs someone who can make the players respect him and make each one feel he is is better than Messi himself like Mou did. Mancini, on the hand, seems to make the players fall in love with him, with his sweet phone calls and stuff, but like me, after all the wooing and stuff, he is unable to understand or control or motivate his players and stuff. If he was able to do that, he is the best coach. We wouldn’t have lost after Christmas, all those silly games.
Allegri have won with Bbilan and rube..
Still i dont think he’s better than Mancini..
Mancini have been proven with his capacity of winning in 3 countries..
and it’s not that simple to beat Ferguson team with a lot of new players in your team btw..
Mancini is much more experienced than Allegri..
I still prefer Mancini than Allegri..
we should be more patient now..
give him the support he need..
What did he win in Gala? Why did they fire him?
Turkish cup 2014 in one season..
they didn’t fire him, Mancini left the club by mutual consent..
look, maybe he is not magician, but he is definitely can win if he’s given the time..
you gifted that goal, you idiot, you switched formation without any reasonable explanation. Bologna had absolutely no chance to score, but thanks to your dumb “coaching” decision, they did
maybe we got different television, in my tv it was Kondo who gifted that goal to bologna..
even if Mancini explained why he choose some formation, so it can be looked reasonable to other people, you will say he is full of excuses..
and if he keep doing that, he’ll be predictable by his opponents..
and btw he knows if he keep loosing he’ll be sacked and nobody want to be sacked..
people doing mistake, some of them will rise and some of them will be destroyed..
Mancini have his winning records in 3 countries, i think he is the one that will rise after mistake..
I’m not Mancini fanboy, i prefer Stramaccioni myself, but i belive Mancini is also a good manager that can bring us back to the top, he just need more time..
Inter sacked Marcelo Lippi, see how he won 2006 World cup..
Mou won treble, see now how he’s sacked by Chelsea..
If we sack Mancini, like what inter did to Lippi or Chelsea to Mou(twice), i believe he will won with other team, because he has that capacity..
up until switching to 3-man defense Bologna didnt have any opportunities, so explain what was the reason behind tampering with the formation that worked. and btw, Murillo partook in that goal almost as much as Kondogbia
at least give him chance until his contract expired..
what is missing in our team is obviously a playmaker..
and that make us just passing the ball around until at some point we lost our concentration and our ball..
let’s hope the team can fight well until the end of this season, let them grow and gel together..
and let’s hope next season we got our playmaker..
It is true, the longer Mancini coaches, the longer the team plays together, then the more consistent they will become.
If the coach and squad finish this season well and with self respect then it is pointless to fire the coach.
Generally speaking, it is great to see Peresic playing confident and comfortable. Even Kondogbia who screwed up is much more effective.
There is hope.
I dont Support Mancio, Jojo, Perisic, whatever.. I just support INTER… I dont know next season Mancio stil in INTER or not but still I support INTER whatever the coach is.. If I do you I will enjoy this Winning and pray hope INTER keep winning and get the CL spot rather than discuss Mancio capability is…
If he stay I hope we keep Winning, if he go just go and bring better coach than Mancio…
I agree with Adrian below, it was stupid pass from kondo that caused the goal
yes, that is obvious, but check what 3-5-2 did with our right wing, Bologna attackers had absolutely no coverage
when we lose everybody complain(including me, but i just criticized and no bashing), when we win, people are still not happy… LOL…XD
I still hope Mancini can be our Alex Ferguson, i don’t believe changing coaches every year is the only solution for bad result..
Alex needs at least 6 years to won his first EPL..
after that his team was always fantastic every year and also become one of the best team and club in the world..
6 years of waiting for 21 years full of glory.. Is it worthed??
Imagine if Ferguson was sacked during thoose first 6 years.. maybe, man utd still a mid table class until now..
WE all knew Mancini is not that dumb and we also knew he have won in his past..
Players needs time to adapt, managers also need it..
especially with 10 new player in the team.. ^^
Ohhh come on. U r comparing Ferguson with Mancini. This is like to compare Mercedes and Dacia. 🙂 I also agree that constant managers change is not helping but we need to find a good coach first and then allow him have time. Everywhere Mancini has been coaching they spend so much money with no results. Mancini is such a lucky coach. We need a proper one who knows how to interact with players, how to construct the game, and how to use his players.
right now we cant sign someone like Mou or Simeone.
and right now maybe the top managers will prefer another team than us.
so i think it’s not a bad idea to support RM at least until his contract expired.
he’s given 3 years contract, it means inter management agreed to give RM 3 years to build inter.
and i dont think his work is a disaster up to this time.
i must defend mancini here. he is the right man for now. he can get his career up and running and inter can build a team. mancini has charisma and leaderships skills very few people have. maybe formation changes isn’t his strongest side, but look at the team he has created. there are a few very strong players and there is potentially a few coming (banega, erkin, etc). he should at least get one more season. believe me, this summer we will get 90% of the remaining pieces of the team. its going to be good. when the team is in better shape, inter also are in a better position to attract better managers (i.e. simeone,etc). as of now the focus should be on attracting the right players.
btw. luck will in a large part be a result of good preparations. always!
agree..
btw why Simeone? Stramaccioni still available XD
strama is the one mentioned in the “etc” part, hehe :))) seriously though, I’ve always liked him. a manager with balls and also trusted the young ones
i really really enjoyed Strama’s formations and tactics..
i will never understand why we sacked him..
he is young, talented, smart or even maybe genius..
it was during his time where i can keep smiling even we lost..
i agree with all of this. i still remember when guarin came late on the back post of casano´s corner – a perfecty executed and smart tactically move. if he could come back i would be very happy.
… and you’re still suck
Is Diego Simeone better than him?
or maybe Guardiola?
go support Atl. Madrid or Bayern Munchen..
Even Mourinho can be the worst manager in EPL with his beloved Chelsea..
Inter(include Mancini) needs your support and lots of good luck wishes not condemn and bad luck wish..
i notice the hate toward mancini become more and more anoying, because this people keep bashing even when we win and still at the top in the first half of the season.. mancini not a perfect coach, but just like nima said he’s the best for us now.. some people are just born to be a hater to look smart mate..^^
Agree all the way
+1
That is not true. I think some people need to take their pink glasses off. There is no hate in people criticizing play. And who is behind this play. Mancini best for us…. you must be joking. We had a great share of luck in the beginning of the season mate. I think that even children know that Inter does not have identity. The team does not know how to play. I do not mind loosing 10 games but loose them with play. Some people should think before they write.
criticizing the play is defferent than bashing with fuck mancini… i criticized some of his decision too.. if you want to change the coach now, who will replace him!? do you think someone like mou or simeone will accept the offer!? be reallistic mate..
I am not saying that swearing is the way. But think about it, again who is behind the play. I am also against the change now, but definitely we should get rid of him in the summer. I guarantee you that we won’t make it in the CL. With the team he has that should’ve been the minimum.
nope.. it will be depend on how we finish this season.. if we finish with a high note i don’t think we need a change now.. “With the team he has that should’ve been the minimum.” dude, you have to remember we just make a big change this season, with 10 new players and more than half of them new to serie a.. everybody need times to adapt with each other.. don’t you see the improvement or you ignore to see it.. at time like this, in more than 4 years before this season, we already gave up and wait for next season.. but now at least we have some hope to fight till the end of the season..
how long do you follow football? have you ever played football? there are only INDIVIDUAL improvements, e.g. Kondogbia or Perisic adjusting to Serie A, Palacio plays better than in the last 2 years combined, etc. the TEAM itself still plays like shit, like it or not. you take out certain elements of the team, like Ljajic, and it struggles. there is no consciousness, most of the players are clueless about how to build up an attack or when and where to open up spaces. yet you talk about improvements – and yes, with this squad, the least we have to do is fight for the 3rd spot. this is the best Inter team in years, but everything will be measured by one thing: will Inter get back to the Champions League or not
LOL.. i’ve been in this industry for almost 2 decade now.. do you know in order to improve the team play, every individual in the team should improve as well!? now they start to show improvement.. so stop being impatient, and look at every detail of this team.. be realistic..
no, a good game plan means that every player of a given position knows what, how and when to do, regardless who’s playing. we dont have anything like that. as kofko mentioned, we have no identity. zero. we play games “week-by-week”, sometimes it results 3 points, sometimes 1, sometimes 0. there is nothing consistent with Inter at the moment – and at the moment means nearly one and a half years. is this what impatient means to you?
did you really understand my point!? i’m not talking about relying on individual performances.. but to improve as a team you should improve the individual performance too.. because a team are combination of more than 11 player that played in the game.. do you really believe in the last 3 games we win just because individual briliant!? don’t you see the teamwork starting to spark betwen our attacker!? or you chose to ignored it!?
In order for a team to play better and do what the coach tacticly asks of them a player needs to play well and that means he needs to improve on personal level,because if the coach for exaample wants to attack from the sides and your wingers can’t cross and/or dribble then you have a problem but when a winger starts playing well and be consistent (like Perisic lately) then a whole team can play better because now we have a winger who can get the ball to Icardi (who,guess what,started to play lot better when Perisic improved his play) and even finish chances himself..and just by one individual improvement whole attack now looks lot better,and it resulted in other players playing better as well..
see thats the thing, an individual performance brings something new to our game. you think Napoli or Juve (keeping it in the Seria, but you can substitute a lot of teams actually) are ahead of us because every player plays good all the time? no its because these coaches have a system they stuck with (and wont change it every second day), and every player in the line knows what their task is
i hardly imagine that our players (apart from nagatomo or melo) cant understand what the coach wants, yet there is no system, no identity, cant name one characteristics of the team (but this is not only mancini’s fault, its been going on ever since Mourinho left)
yes we played like shit..
it’s because we don’t have playmaker in our midfield..
let’s hope we get our playmaker next season..
it was like barca when Xavi cant find spaces and Messi marked tightly..
the difference is barca still have the ball, we lost it..
Mancini clearly doesnt want a playmaker. he had every chances to buy one in the last 2 transfer windows, and he didnt. Banega MIGHT come, but he is not the same player who was in Valencia. still better than Brozovic for sure…
let’s hope Mancini learn from this mistake..
sacking him wont do any good, next coaches can also make mistake after mistake..
because managers also need time to adapt..
also right now we cant sign someone like Mou or Simeone..
it’s not mancini don’t want a playmaker.. but we have to set our priority if you want to build a strong team with limited budget.. all mancini team in the past has 1 or 2 playmaker.. he used to sign veron for our team in the past, and then figo.. and in serie a in order to build a strong team you have to build the foundation first.. that is our defence.. and he did that.. our deffence are much better now.. we have to take one step at the time.. be realistic!!
your whole arguement is invalid since Miranda and Telles are on loan, Murillo was dirt cheap. we have an unbalanced squad, a handful of one-dimensional midfielders, he had the chance to sign someone AFTER Guarin’s sale, yet he wanted another attacker. so yeah, it is safe to say he still prefers muscle over brain on the midfield
and maybe you should be realistic aswell, cause our defence WAS much better up until the Lazio game, ever since that it’s shaky as f*ck when it is tested
loan player is a smart move, because it will accomodate our financial.. do you think we can buy every player with todays price tag!? we loaning miranda ror 2 years dude, that’s a genius move by inter.. and mancini already want murillo last year and we got him very cheap, that’s another genius move by inter.. unbalance sguad!? what do you expect when we try build a new team with our limited budged!? we need another attacker and playmaker.. and attacker was what available in this mercato, and we got one.. eder is a good addition to the team.. that’s why i said inter build their squad one step at the time, next season we already sign a playmaker.. so your comment about mancini don’t want a playmaker are false mate.. you need to know with FFP, we can”t sign player easily. especially with the debt that morati left us.. that’s why coach like mourinho reject our offer.. do you think mancini was thohir first choice!? in fact mancini was the third option.. because mourinho and ancelotti reject us.. by the way no top class coach want us with our financial status, and the player we had in the past.. only coach like zenga want us badly.. if i have to choose between zenga and mancini, i will choose mancini.. easy choice.. that’s why i told you to be realistic.. we build a long term project, not just one season project..
ok i dont know if its the language barriers, but you didnt understand me
you said with limited budget he focused on the defence, but in reality, we’ve spent the least money on the defence. loaning telles, miranda and signing murillo in total was roughly 13m total last summer, while loaning Jovetic, Ljajic and buying Perisic and Eder was around like 30-35m
once again, Mancini had every chance (and money) to sign a mid, and he didnt. it had nothing to do with our debts or Moratti or the illuminati
ps: i hope you enjoyed Eder’s performance tonight, really good addition to the team
LOL.. it’s not that we don’t want to sign the midfield.. but no midfield are available for us in this january mercato.. so one game and you judge eder!? what the hell mate.. you forgot to add k-dog for 40-45 m mate..
C’mon mate, our defence is already better than last season..
after Lazio game the team became complacent, maybe because they are surprised by their results and league standing at that time…
maybe, they think they are already solid enough, and that make them lost their high concentration in matches..
then, they start forget to anticipate their teammate move on/off the ball..
why? because the truth is they are not knowing each other that good, they all are new teammate..
Agree bout foundation, look at chelsea or city at their first year of revolution. Chelsea build the team around cech, terry, lampard n drogba while city build it around hard, kompany, toure, n kun.
What i see from mancio, hes trying to build that too by signing k-dog n miranda. Unfortunately k-dog need more time to adapt. So patient guys, time will come when we raise again 🙂
OK fare enough. How would you comment that Mancini has failed to give continuity and fields different players all the time. You are right we should take into account that we have 10 new players but how do you want us to play as a team as he keeps changing formation and lineups . For the players to gel they need to play together. We are the only team that regardless of form keeps changing the starting 11. Mancini keeps failing to keep his players in form because he bench them even if they had a great game. What is your opinion on this
come on man.. there is training ground.. you’ll judge your player not just from the match, but from the training ground also.. sometimes people easy to pointing out this and that.. but they never take responsibility when it turn out bad.. i still remember when people bashing mancini for not playing montoya, and then mancini gave him a chance, and he played badly.. the same person that want mancini to play him, start to to bashing mancini for playing montoya.. mancini keep changing the formation because he still experimenting with the team.. and not satisfied with it.. as simple as that.. no reason for keep bashing, critcized when you need too, but give credit when you have too..
Well you didn’t respond to my question at all mate. Who on earth bench his best players. I can give you many examples with Jojo, Ljiajic, Bozo and so on. So cut the training bullocks and explain this as you are such a Mancini defender. Also how do you explain Mancini keeps playing his players out of position……
You just can’t expect from a coach to imediatly do what you want if you buy him 10 new players,some will not adapt at all,some will take time..building a team is a procces that takes at least 2-3 years to compleate so no,in my opinion CL was not a 100% realistic target..we all knew that we could do it but with lot of luck,luck ran out but we are still close which gives me hope next season we will be lot more constant with some players like Kondogbia and Perisic fully adapted and then 3th spot would,objectivly,be a minimum because we wouldn’t have to adapt lot of new players and (this part should have been done better and that is something i blame mancini for) we would have a clear playing style..
Well i do mind if we have to loose 10 games, cause no team cant rise after such fall