Catch Up Mode

By: InterMAD | January 26th, 2012

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Okay, I’ve been out for a while with a couple of issues, none of them serious, but all time consuming and important, so I wanted to get an apology out of the way first – yeah, yeah, I know, ‘ings is tough all ovah…

On to more important questions like “How can I watch the Inter Babies beat Sporting?” or “Is Andrea Poli the man to make me forget all about Galloppa?”

Genoa

I think that this game is significant for all the young players that we put out there. We used 8 players who were at or under the age of 25 and they looked… okay at the very least. I get that we weren’t getting the full strength Genoa here, but that’s kinda the point, you know? We were getting a look at like against like. Our youngsters looked better than theirs, and Genoa is a very decent team.

Poli really impressed me and I am left wanting more. His movement is just wonderful. I get why he isn’t used – see above about needing every point. You can’t bench Cambiasso or Motta for Poli, not if you want a job next season. Believe it or not, I was really happy with Castaignos. I thought that he was really improved his ability to hold the ball up and fend off Serie A defenders. He’s not great at it yet, but then again when he came to us in August all he could do is run onto the ball and shoot.

Faraoni continues to play well. Obi was monstrous. Sneijder didn’t look great but he was definitely trying to get back into the swing of things. I thought that Ranocchia looked good as well.

In fact, the only thing that I didn’t like about the performance last Wednesday was the formation. The 4411 isn’t one that I think suits us. I think the strategy is sound – defend with the most people possible and then counter attack with 2 guys until the posse can fill in, but Sneijder isn’t really well suited as a second forward. He drops too deep and there is too much real estate for him to make up on his own to get the ball forward, in my opinion. Besides, to my mind, by attacking with only one or one and a half – which is what this essentially is – invites the fullbacks to join the attack. With Sneijder and two forwards in the game, instead of one, most teams would opt for 4 players back, for numbers. We give up a body in the defense but we force two to hang back… does that make sense?

Lazio

Some people might have a problem with the Lazio game but I don’t. The mentality was solid – we are playing a very good team, we need points make the CL places and even 1 point is helpful as we don’t give up ground to the team in front of us. I don’t have any problem with that.

SOCCER-ITALY/

As far as our player performances go, I thought that Lucio was disastrous in the first half, but that is not exactly news, is it. I thought that he picked it up in the second. We were lucky not to concede before Rocchi put one between Samuel’s legs – especially on the ball that Lucio messed up on. Some interesting things I was thinking about Lucio as I was watching: he’s the best defensive player in the world when it comes to interceptions, statistically speaking – no player has more or has a better percentage of interceptions in the past couple of seasons. He definitely has his moments, though.

I really liked Alvarez in this game. He took his shots, including the conclusion of a great move that unfortunately he fired right at the keeper. He sent a long ball to Nagatomo that nearly turned into an excuse for the newest iteration of the greatest goal celebration ever. Alvarez holds the ball incredibly well and his passing at times is absolutely wonderful. His defense is very spotty. Can he play as the deep lying passer? Here’s my concern – he doesn’t look like he was ever taught any tactical restraint, it seems like he was only ever allowed a free hand to drift all over hell’s half acre. If he can learn to be a disciplined ball player he would be a wonderful deep playmaker… the problem is that at his age, it might be too late.

Considering the formation, this game was a bit of a head scratcher, though. I would have either left the team that worked well against Milan together or I would have just gone for the straight 4312 if predictability is an issue. I think that when things were reshaped to a configuration that the team had been using most often was when things really picked up for us.

I don’t think it was wise to bring in Chivu as a starter taking into account his last meaningful amount of game time was Dec 3rd against Udinese. Even more puzzling to me was the use of Nagatomo in the right midfield. He was doing wonderfully as a left fullback overlapping into the box and giving adequate cover defensively. Don’t get me wrong, I understand what he was trying to accomplish – he wanted more defensive cover in the fullback but still wanted Naga’s forward runs – it’s just my opinion that he overthought the whole thing. Lazio is a good team and we could have probably benefitted more from people being in their “spots”. I think it’s telling that the team played better just by moving Naga over and then again when we moved him back to fullback.

I thought that Ranieri is smart in bringing Sneijder back a little at a time. Not only does he get healthy without overdoing it, but he also gets a good look at Alvarez while on the bench. Pride is a deadly sin, sure, but it’s great motivation for someone with as big an ego – in a good way – as Sneijder.

Napoli

The general consensus is that the second half was better than the first, and I agree, but I think that we had some chances in the first too. I don’t think that our problem is that we were too defensive; I think that our problem is that we didn’t put the chances we created away.

Obi is probably going to be slated by the Inter faithful but the truth is that he was very decent against a good team – and that’s not a bad thing. I think he held his own at least. Was he spectacular? No. Was he good? No, I don’t think so. Was he decent? Yes, and that’s good enough for me right now.

Of the back four I think that Samuel was the best of the bunch, not for anything spectacular but because he did his job. I think that Ranocchia was fair to good. I have confidence in him against a team like Napoli, and I think that’s significant. Napoli is a good, organized team and that front group of theirs moves around a lot. Ranocchia was able to hang in there and do a good job. I don’t blame him for the last goal – the team was playing everyone up, including Samuel, it was an all or nothing deal. Losing by 1 or losing by 2 in a knock out round is the same thing to me.

Sneijder looked like he was getting his game back some in the second half. His first half looked disjointed and his foul on Gargano will leave a mark. A red for that, as Mazzarri claims it should be, seems harsh considering that Gargano was up and walking around in about 1 second. I probably could have lived with a caution and the make up card was given moments later.

Motta was disastrous. Many people blame PSG, but I don’t. Motta isn’t a kid to get his head wrong because of some rumors or agent talk. He just had a bad game. He was moronic for fouling Cavani, there were two people in front of Cavani and he was moving sideways. If he’s moving sideways… let him go. You want to make a desperate foul on a guy, wait until events are desperate – there’s a 1v1 or you are the last man. Don’t do it when people are in place and the guy isn’t even facing the right way.

Likewise Maggio’s two handed grabbing of Milito was equally stupid. Any other referee, minus you-know-who and the loser we actually got, gives a penalty and a red for being the last man. It’s only an equalizer, take it and live to fight on… assuming the ref is part way competent. I like Maggio and I wish that Inter were smart enough to have gotten him way back when, but that was a stupid move and both he and his team are fortunate/lucky.

Maicon disappointed me a lot because he looked disinterested. Considering how he was flying around the field against Genoa in a Coppa game it was just depressing for him to be so obvious about going through the motions.

We went back to the 4411 formation that I don’t like in this game. Sneijder’s not a great fit for it and frankly, there is only so long we can fool people into thinking that we can pull off an actual 442 until they realize that we are just using smoke and mirrors to disguise a slightly wider version of the 4312, let alone pull off a 4411 with no wingers and no actual second striker. But that’s how it goes. It might be that insecurity about the components of the 442 that we use that has Ranieri scrambling to find another formation that we can squeeze into better. I don’t think that the 4411 is it, Claude.

Inter Babies

Last night while I was watching the Napoli – Inter game I caught the second half of the Sporting – Inter game. It was impressive to watch the young’uns fit into their lines for defense and launch the counter. It was impressive to see how physical the game was and how eager Inter Babies were willing to mix it up. There was no backing down, even though Sporting thoroughly thought that they were the better side. It was all over the faces of these kids that they knew they were better. I hope these guys don’t gamble because their thoughts were all over their faces.

If you want to watch the whole game here is a link to the Youtube entry that will allow you to do that in somewhat questionable quality

The Babies went ahead at about 60’ on a header from a defensive player I never heard of on a corner taken by Bessa. Bessa is the playmaking catalyst for the team and he’s been with Inter forever it seems. The Babies then held on… sometimes with only fingernails for the next 30ish minutes for the win. The Portuguese team looked very technically gifted and they had obviously been together a long time. They were the team of the group stages plowing through without a loss and suffering only 1 draw. They even were the high scorers. Even when they were down they looked confident of equalizing.

Talking about gaining and keeping confidence… if you saw Lorenzo Crisetig’s face last night it was brimming with confidence. I think he was smiling the whole game long, like he was party to a joke only he knew about. Or that he was party to an epic practical joke. Anyway, Inter were the obviously much better organized side. It was stark when one looked at both teams playing. I am going to be watching the next game for sure, I think it was better than watching a Serie B game.

Transfer

As I write this Thiago Motta is in stay/go mode. I think he’ll go only for an outrageous sum. Inter bought Thiago from Genoa for about a few million + a passel of youth players so that the total was somewhere between 10-15 million combined ( I regularly use the Forza Inter Forums to get a lot of this data and they say it was 2 mil cash). PSG’s offer is lower than that and I have heard tell of totals from 5-10 million. The problem is threefold – 1. Motta earns more than Inter would like to limit him. 2. Motta is 29 and athletic he ain’t. 3. His contract is up in a year + a couple of months and Inter aren’t sure they want to resign him, but they are sure that they don’t want to pay him his current contract. So the conclusion to all this is going to be either they resign him to a lot less money or they sell him to the first team that gets close to 10 million. It’s been well documented that the coach and the other players would rather he stay and that tells me something about his ability to be part of a team.

Thankfully, it seems as though we have Juan Jesus and he’s in Milan on the team – not loaned out. There are rumors over lots of other players, but the most significant are:

1. The exit of Muntari to Genoa. It’s hoped that this will unlock Veloso or Kucka but I don’t think that Genoa want him for the half season until Milan do their usual bargain basement shopping and take him. I don’t think that Genoa will let either of those two without a hefty fee. I think Veloso is intriguing but not worth the amount that Genoa wants.
2. Inter and Parma entered into several youth player exchanges including Crisetig. I recall reading that many were upset about this but I am not. It’s just insurance. He’ll go there to play for a while and if he’s any good he’ll come back. If he’s not than he’ll be Parma’s problem. Inter made the same deal for Obi and look! He’s back.
3. Coutinho wants to be loaned to San Paolo in Brazil for the half season. He’s not playing here and he really wants to get a shot at the Olympics which are a much bigger deal for the Brazilians than they are for us. It’s the Olympics that are holding Lucas in Brazil. And coincidently enough he’s at San Paolo too…hmm.
4. Reps of Guarin and/or Porto are meeting with people here. The papers believe this is proof positive that Inter are selling Motta this winter. I suggest that if the papers believe this then it’s a good reason to be skeptical of this plan. Inter have known that they need a new midfielder for ages. On this very website I have been crying out for a new midfielder since August. This might be it, heavy emphasis on might.

I believe that this winter Inter will buy as little as possible. I didn’t think that the Tevez thing was real, just a way to make Milan pay for a product. Juan Jesus was worth less than 5 mil, I think. There was the purchase of a new striker from Cesena for the Primavera and there were a few youth sales/exchanges that even I threw up my hands at. It’s going to be a long trip into the black of the ledger sheet. Those young’uns who are coming back from Portugal better grow up quick.

FORZA INTER

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Vinod

Since Jo seems busy, the match is a few hours away, and I have entirely too much time on my hands, here's a quick preview on our side:

1. Juve beat Udinese 2-1 yesterday (or earlier today, depending on what part of the world you're in). We have a real shot at getting that last CL spot today, and we CANNOT slip up.

2. Our squad list:
Goalkeepers: 1 Julio Cesar, 12 Luca Castellazzi,21 Paolo Orlandoni;
Defenders: 2 Ivan Cordoba, 4 Javier Zanetti, 6 Lucio, 13 Maicon, 23 Andrea Ranocchia, 25 Walter Samuel, 26 Cristian Chivu, 37 Davide Faraoni, 55 Yuto Nagatomo.
Midfielders: 10 Wesley Sneijder, 11 Ricardo Alvarez, 18 Andrea Poli, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 20 Joel Obi, 29 Philippe Coutinho;
Forwards: 7 Giampaolo Pazzini, 22 Diego Milito, 28 Mauro Zarate, 30 Luc Castaignos.

2a. Notable absentee there is the notorious PSG target, Busquets hitman, holder of my favourite number, and my personal choice for MVP (Most Vital Player) in our squad -- Thiago Motta. Ranieri says he's hurt his calf and hasn't trained for a couple of days, and I'd *like* to believe him. I really would.
2b. I was hoping a few more of our regulars would have rested against Napoli, but no point bleating over spilt milk. They're going to have to dig deep and play their asses off. Glad that Lucio and Pazzo have recovered from their flu, and got a bit of a rest because of it.
2c. Notable addition to the squad is young Coutinho, cited by MAD as angling for a Sao Paolo loan for the rest of the season. His presence adds weight to Ranieri's words that he's not going to drop a player due to mercato speculation, but I doubt he'll even make the bench today.

3. I know nothing about Lecce this season other than the fact that they're deep in relegation zone, don't look like they're climbing. For those reasons exactly, they're a dangerous wounded animal that we're hunting in their own lair, but we have no option but to get the 3 points, per MAD's Guide to Winning the Scudetto (TM). I also know that Di Michele is a tricksy little fucker, and has been in reasonable form of late. He's the small, creative second striker that gives Lucio and Walle fits, and operates in the tiniest gap between Cuchu and the central defenders. Somebody's got to do a job on him, probably some combination of Cuchu and Lucio.

4. How will we line up? For the love of whatever you hold dear to you, please stop with the 4-4-1-1 BS, Claudio. Lecce will squat in front of their den and expect to weather the storm, and we won't break them with counter attacks. Try getting 2 teams to play solely on the counter attack and we'll have what we in Computer Science call a deadlock. (Come to think of it, a deadlock is probably a term that exists outside of CS, but I'm an ignoramus). I'd love for us to go with a 4-2-3-1 with Wes, Milito and Ricky playing behind Pazzini, and Cuchu and Zanetti anchoring the midfield, but I think we're more likely to see a 4-3-1-2 with Obi, Cuchu and Zanetti playing in the middle, Wes in the hole.

5. Early game for the west, well timed game for the swell folks in India, poorly timed game for the Middle East (everyone would probably be getting home from work and be stuck in some level of traffic). 3 pm Milano time, 9 am on the East coast of the US, 7.30 pm here in India. Sadly, I won't be able to watch the game live (and/or join the potential liveblog) since there are guests coming over for dinner. Parents just don't get the importance of calcio, no matter how old you or they get. ><

FORZA RAGAZZI!
Maryam1908

Excellent preview Vinod! For someone who is trying to escape the boredom
Coutinho is most likely ( i.e 99.9%) not making the bench as its rumored he will be heading for a loan to espanyol by tomorrow.

Its absolutely essential for us to beat Lecce today to officially place in 3rd. However, with that being said, this game has the potentially to be ugly as Lecce will most likely adopt the freaking -parking- the- plane tactic against us and with our amazing attacking"force" this will be all sorts of fun for us to watch.

Hey, at least I won't have to stay up late to watch it this time round, I'll be able to escape from work just in time to catch the game!
InterKabir

Lovely preview Vinod! A couple thoughts:
1. I can't believe a win would level us on points with Udinese in third.
2. I would be quite happy to see the 4-3-1-2 you described. It's interesting that we played these guys barely a month ago and our midfield started with Faraoni and Ricky along with TM and Zanetti. I wonder if CR would be tempted to revert to the 4-4-2 that worked so well then.
3. What kind of self-respecting Indian eats dinner at 7.30? Whereabouts are you in this great land?
InterFC

Hello Guys!

I am glad I found this site and I would like to be more involved in Inter Offside activitites. I love discussing anything about my beloved nerazzuri. Hopefully, I can be an important part of the stable already established (Johonna, InterMAD, Kirby, Drewsef, etc).

I will frequently visit and post more about our team in the site. Looking forward to hear from everybody soon!

InterFC
Vinod

Some points about the very meaty and excellent post from MAD:

1. Agree that Ranieri should stop trying to play Wes as a second striker. He has the skill, and he's closer to goal which lets him shoot more often, but a second striker needs to play at least half the game with his back to the goal. For all of Wes's skills, he doesn't have that one -- he needs to be able to collect the ball and see the field open up in front of him. A 4-4-1-1 is ok when we have Zanetti-Motta-Cuchu-Obi as the 4 and Milito and Pazzini as the 1 and 1, but there's no place for Sneijder in this setup.

2. Also, the 4-4-1-1 just a plain boring-ass formation where nobody attacks. Like MAD points out, it does nothing but serve as a point of confusion for our own team, forget the opponents. We got lucky to pull off points against Lazio. We're not going to get so lucky every time. It pains me to see that the babies are also playing this formation thanks to the youth-senior team integration that Mourinho setup. Alborno, for instance, is a wonderful attacking winger, and its sad to see him restrained like that. My overall point is, yes, we're getting the results, but there's a lot of luck in our recent results. We're scoring mostly because our opponents are making the rare mistakes and our forwards are smart and in good enough form to capitalize on them. This approach is not going to scale, especially if we get scored on like against Napoli.

3. Totally agree about Ricky's tactical constraints. I had been bleating about how useless he is on the left wing on Ranieri's 4-4-1-1 and how much more dominant he is playing in the middle. Deep playmaker, though, I don't know. Defensively, he's very very awkward. Its like he has no clue how to make a tackle, and in a tight defensive situation, he'd just be a useless pair of limbs ready to concede a fk/penalty. I really enjoyed the way he and Wes linked up in the 4-3-2-1 that we played in the second half vs Napoli, and I think thereabout is Ricky's ideal role. He does a wonderful job retaining possession and spraying the ball around in the middle and final third, and that's exactly where we want the ball.

4. If Muntari leaves for Milan and turns into the Ghanian Pirlo I swear I will choke him with my bare hands. If he turns into the Ghanian Gattuso I'll be thoroughly satisfied.
SunRiver

Totally agree on the second point.

Aside from our boys experience and the youth improvement and desire, we had our good share of luck in the last couple of games. Viola missed their key player at the warm-ups. Lazio hit the bar at a crucial time. Milan had the Pato drama.

I'm not saying luck the only factor in our game lately, we changed drastically in the defense with CR. I mean come on, luck is a crucial part in many occasions for many team. Look at our lovable competition in the league. A couple of repeated handballs from the striped donkeys, and a a consecutive amount of penalties to our cousins in red...

At the back we, based on the numbers, are quite improved from last season and early this half. What I believe is our weakness, is our forward approach. We need to improve more in our offensive play and most importantly the finishing.... Ricky with Milan & Napoli comes to mind.
Vinod

Agreed with all of the above, especially the part on improving our offensive play. My key worry with the 4-4-1-1 is that we don't create nearly enough chances. Rather, we have a pretty one dimensional game -- we wait for our opponents to conceded possession deep in our territory, look for Motta to make the crucial first pass to kick off the play, look for Sneijder/Ricky/Maicon to make the final ball, and look for Milito/Pazzini to finish. Its on rare occasions that we play the ball around and cut/force open the opposition.

With Mourinho's 4-2-3-1 and Leonardo's 4-3-1-2 / 4-2-4 (both of which are just slight variants of the 4-4-1-1), we could produce some sustained offensive pressure that would force the opening, in addition to our counter attacks. Of course, its another matter that Leo's team didn't know how to defend, but lets not go there.
Inter_Milan

A little bit off-topic but did anyone see Andre Dias knock out Mark Van Bommel in Milan-Lazio's coppa italia match? Dias just straight up got a hook on Van Bommel and then he hit the ground.

Just saying, he would never do that to Pazzini. Dias would die
Vinod

I don't think he'd want to do that to Pazzini anyway -- for all his faults, Pazzo is not an obnoxious jerkwad. Secretly I think whole world cheered for Dias a little when he did what should have been done a long time ago, probably by Van Bommel's parents when he was 10.
Inter_Milan

yeah man that is very true..pazzini wouldn't provoke anyone in any way.

How do you feel about guarin as a nerrazuri? I think he has alot of potential, so a loan deal shouldn't be out of the question.
Vinod

Not saying that Pazzini doesn't provoke people, that would be a stretch by any imagination. :) Just that he's not a thug like Van Bommel.

Also, sadly this is the first time I've heard about Guarin, so I have no clue what kind of a player he is or how good he is. From wikipedia, the only useful facts I get are that he's Colombian, 25 years old and reasonably healthy. The fact that he wasn't a starter at Porto as recently as the start of last year, at his age, worries me a little, and I'm hoping we don't pay through the nose for him. If its a loan deal, I'd be very happy but reports suggest we're trying to buy him.

Anyone else know the scoop on Guarin?
Chalon

I know Guarin better than most here cause i'm from South America. So I've watch this guy plenty with Colombia. He is exactly what we need. A physically imposing, fast ball winner that can pass and shoot well. He has a bomb of a right footed shot. Reminds me of a younger Stankovic but better at short passes and better ball stealer.
Vinod

That sounds pretty promising! What about distribution though? Do you think he makes long passes well too?

Also, from what you've described, he sounds like a bigger stronger version of Poli. i just hope they can play together rather than one or the other.
Barbodicus

i know that in football manager 2003/4/5 (i forget which), he could be bought for less than a million and turns into one of the best players in the world, used to sign him every time, no idea if he is anywhere near that in real life though.
InterMAD

Kudos on the use of the word Jerkwad. Also, kudos on the correct definition, to whit, van Bommel.
Mhd

so whats the scoop ? is caveman coming or what ?
http://www.fcinter1908.it/?act...
Quattro stelle

Motta's move will be a disaster for the club, I think we can rule out CL. All year I've felt that he made the most valuable contribution to the squad, but this article really affirms that logic:
http://www.football-italia.net...

"In Serie A this season, when Inter have had Motta on the pitch, they have won 90 per cent of games, have improved their goal difference at an average rate of +1.5 goals per game and have conceded just three times in his presence. Without Motta on the pitch, Inter have won just 22 per cent of League matches this season, have worsened their goal difference by an average of -0.6 goals per game and have conceded 17 goals."

"The Nerazzurri’s win percentage from the start of 2009-10 to now with Motta playing is 75 per cent, without him it is a staggering 43 per cent."
Kazaan

About our transfers>

In conclusion, whatever we do in the last few days we will not improve the squad, immediately. And the only long term improvement is Juan Jesus, who maybe isn't even an improvement

The best we can expect is to keep the same one, which is not so good having in mind the first part of the season

This sounds like a mid-table team philosophy. Are we turning into Udinese?

Branca did very good job with Tevez, obstructing our rival, but that's it - as usual. We are mainly defensive and celebrate our hold on key players as some kind of a transfer coup which is also questionable in the case of Eto'o

I am very optimistic about Poli and Obi, though

If Ranieri achieves any success with the team this season it will be in spite of, not thanks to, Branca
Abyssight

If Motta goes now, our chance for getting the important 3rd spot will be much lower than now. Cuchu and Motta remain the best midfield duo we have. His passing ability is essential to our build up.

IMO the prudent way forward is to slowly integrate Poli and Obi into the first team. Cuchu and Motta cannot play every game. If Motta goes in summer, by then Poli will be ready to be a regular, assuming Ranieri is not too cautious about rotating starters.
ajay2

Hey, do you reckon Obi can be taught to play in Cuchu's position? I think he has everything in his arsenal that would allow him to become an effective DM. I think that if we can get him to play there while also helping him to retain his ability to play where he currently does, he may become even more useful than he is already projected to be.
Kazaan

and though I am glad that we'll keep Motta, I am sad that I am glad because Motta should have been a replacemnt for our new world class CM, deep lying pm or whatever, long time ago
SunRiver

Thanks!

I haven't seen the Genoa game and that second video was the best. My heavens, we have that kid in our squad!

Who needs Banega people...
SunRiver

That last pic of Nagatomo & Klose looks like an epic fight between a dragon and a tiger..
PDubz18

This strangely sounds a tad racist lol
ajay2

Lol, it was funny though you gotta admit...even though I agree with you.
Mhd

that's our game with sporting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
edorantau

Great post Mad! been waiting for this post.

After viewing the Poli's video, it just strike me how good he is. He even reminds me of Pirlo. Too bad - just as you stated it - replacing Zanetti/Cambiasso for him is a bad maneuver, but it is a wise for not doing so.

"I thought that Ranieri is smart in bringing Sneijder back a little at a time. Not only does he get healthy without overdoing it, but he also gets a good look at Alvarez while on the bench. Pride is a deadly sin, sure, but it’s great motivation for someone with as big an ego – in a good way – as Sneijder."
This! I thought the same thing for this. I hope this may reduce his tantrum's level.

"I hope these guys don’t gamble because their thoughts were all over their faces."
Lol they got no joker face.