The Rumour Commode XLVII: Foamseca is out

[Forza AC Milan]

Most of the transfers were duds. Reijnders was the only real success from the RB era. Selling Tonali was one of the only good things RB did. The management is garbage, they can’t even hire a sporting director.

Cardinale is a fraud. He’s been found out. We won’t progress until he sells the club.

Pulisic has been a fairly successful transfer too but most of Red Birds transfers have been a bust

 

[Ludwig]

The key to Inter's success is their players' experience, many of them are over 30. Similar to 2003-2007 Milan.

Theo & Leao would fluorish in Inter, because the veteran players would make them behave.

 

[Ludwig]

And vice Versa, guys like Thuram & Dumfries would become Origi 2.0 if they come here

 

[ibelongtomilan]

I genuinely thought we would be where Inter are now back in 2022.We were building something special. Our squad was good, ofc we were missing certain pieces to make it elite. We still needed to invest but we were getting there. But then Redbird bought the club and they finished us

But then we cannot win the financial scudetto which is the end of the world.

 

[MilanBG]

But then we cannot win the financial scudetto which is the end of the world.

We won’t win it anytime soon either. Missing CL is a big blow and merda will probably reach 500 m in revenue this season.

 

[Hitchens]

I'm starting to wonder if keeping Conceicao might be the right move, and have some actual stability around the team.

- Renew Theo and Mike, sign a LWB competitor for Theo.
- Sell Thiaw and/or Tomori, replace with better defenders.
- Prolong Walker and have him and Jimenez own RWB.
- Sell RLC and Musah, replace with Ricci and maybe the experienced midfielder I've been asking after for four years.
- Sell Chukwueze and replace him with Chiesa.
- Keep the three strikers.

Let the group grow under Sergio's direction. I think he will undoubtedly make top 4 next season.

 

[MilanBG]

I would love to be wrong, but I think merda already won the CL. Their most likely opponent is PSG who play the exact type of football as Bayern and Barcelona - deep pressing and full control of the ball. It looks like they are dominating, but in reality it's merda's territory. That's the exact type of football they play best against. PSG will control the ball for 65-70% of the time and will look like they will destroy merda but at some point in the 2nd half merda will score from a dead ball situation/counter and put the game to bed. They thrive when the opponent takes the initiative and they only have to defend and counter. And this is exactly what would happen against PSG.
Ironically, Arsenal may be a worse opponent for merda, but they don't have the big team mentality and will likely play their worst game of the season at the final and walk away with shit stains.

 

[MilanBG]

I'm starting to wonder if keeping Conceicao might be the right move, and have some actual stability around the team.

- Renew Theo and Mike, sign a LWB competitor for Theo.
- Sell Thiaw and/or Tomori, replace with better defenders.
- Prolong Walker and have him and Jimenez own RWB.
- Sell RLC and Musah, replace with Ricci and maybe the experienced midfielder I've been asking after for four years.
- Sell Chukwueze and replace him with Chiesa.
- Keep the three strikers.

Let the group grow under Sergio's direction. I think he will undoubtedly make top 4 next season.

Scenes when they use missing out on CL as excuse to spend nothing and the roster stays the same or even worsens.

 

[CDarius]

Damn uefalona`s defence is pure trash .
Beside Cubarsi (because of his age) who also had a stinker last night...the rest is pure garbage.
The full back in Garcia and Martin are Udinese level...and the so called by my uefalona friends "ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT" Inigo Martinez..is nothing more than and Sergio Ramos Temu wannabe lol. Also he is a disgusting human for spitting towards Acerbi after inter`s 2nd goal.
Also Araujo..what the feck man...got outplayed by ACERBI the greatest CF and poacher ITW..................and Fratessi of all the players..
Also they subbed in at RB a guy called FORT..nite wtf

Both teams displayed a really hungry attacking phase..but the defences were trash..which is surprising for me when it comes to inter.

 

[Hitchens]

Scenes when they use missing out on CL as excuse to spend nothing and the roster stays the same or even worsens.

The moves I'm describing aren't even that great of a spending spree.

Money wise, even without CL, I think we easily have enough to significantly increase the level of the team. If spent wisely.

If we can create a strong defensive line and have a more balanced midfield we're already much stronger.

 

[MilanBG]

The moves I'm describing aren't even that great of a spending spree.

Money wise, even without CL, I think we easily have enough to significantly increase the level of the team. If spent wisely.

If we can create a strong defensive line and have a more balanced midfield we're already much stronger.

We have enough money and we don't need to spend like crazy, but you will see how they will fuck this up.
These guys took a team that had just won the league and 3 years later we are 9th. And it's not caused by financial issues and the need to sell valuable players. There are no excuses that can be made. It's entirely on mismanagement.

 

[Dulcepenetrante]

Interrrrr only in Europe for coefficients
But can’t let them win the title

do you understand how they work

this does not make sense

 

[Milanista from Russia]

Of course, Barcelona's attack is the most powerful, although somewhat monotonous, at least today, but for this very reason there is no balance in the head-the defense is at the level of junior football. But on the other hand, well, that's their style, philosophy. Barcelona was like this in the days of my childhood, youth and further down the list. I don't like this team, but I can't help but give them credit for their commitment to their idea, and even relying on their own strength.

And merda.... Well done. A purely Italian victory in spirit, to endure against all odds. I applaud

Although Paris will win the final, I'm seventy percent sure of it.

 

[vB9]

Man, my massive respect for Acerbi. What a warrior. True lion heart. Man, fought cancer twice and scored a vital goal in a CL semi tie at the age of fuckin 37. We need players like him, who will die for the shirt. I will take 1 Acerbi for 10 Theo, no matter how talented they are.

 

[vB9]

Of course, Barcelona's attack is the most powerful, although somewhat monotonous, at least today, but for this very reason there is no balance in the head-the defense is at the level of junior football. But on the other hand, well, that's their style, philosophy. Barcelona was like this in the days of my childhood, youth and further down the list. I don't like this team, but I can't help but give them credit for their commitment to their idea, and even relying on their own strength.


Although Paris will win the final, I'm seventy percent sure of it.

 

[tonyb]

I'm starting to wonder if keeping Conceicao might be the right move, and have some actual stability around the team.

- Renew Theo and Mike, sign a LWB competitor for Theo.
- Sell Thiaw and/or Tomori, replace with better defenders.
- Prolong Walker and have him and Jimenez own RWB.
- Sell RLC and Musah, replace with Ricci and maybe the experienced midfielder I've been asking after for four years.
- Sell Chukwueze and replace him with Chiesa.
- Keep the three strikers.

Let the group grow under Sergio's direction. I think he will undoubtedly make top 4 next season.

I agree with almost everything.
But Tammy+Jovic+Gimenez isn't strong enough. Tammy hasn't done bad, but we can make improvements there, probably for a similar fee.

And lets be honest. If we go for Sergio, how likely is top 2? Very unlikely. How can you say undoubtedly top 4 with him? We will still undoubtedly be weaker than Napoli, Inter and Atalanta. Then we still remain in a group of Juve, Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina and Bologna. He's had long enough to prove, he's similar to Fonseca. He's supposed to be a coach that prides himself on being solid defensively, first. Before improving offensively. Yet, against the shittest teams in the league - we're never comfortable and always give away chances. Because our luck has been good these last few games, he deserves to be kept on? Nah, the pressure is no longer there, when it was, we crumbled and showed no spirit, no leadership and no fight. We need more leaders on the pitch and in the dug out. We need a disciplinarian. They need to be ashamed of this season. They need to believe we can finish top. Failure should still be a top 4 finish.

What do you actually like about Sergio? It baffles me. Guys were shitting on Pioli so much. Then I saw people backing Fonseca and now Sergio. Things got bad under Pioli but at least he had some success, so I could've listened to the argument of keeping him. Because the players loved him and at least things had worked in the past. Under Fonseca and Sergio, we didn't change our style. That's what we needed to do. Instead we leaned more into, what we were doing wrongly. Defending atrociously and giving away countless chances. Playing an AM that didn't contribute defensively. It's time for a big change.

Conte is the man.

 

[Soldier_of_god]

do you understand how they work

this does not make sense

Do you understand it?

In Europe we support serie a clubs
Period.

But not to win the title obviosuly

Coefficients wise we are third
We won’t get the 5th anyway

But it can help in the following year if serie a teams perform again.

Even if it doesn’t serie a clubs in Europe for life

 

[Soldier_of_god]

Forza inter

 

[Hitchens]

I agree with almost everything.
But Tammy+Jovic+Gimenez isn't strong enough. Tammy hasn't done bad, but we can make improvements there, probably for a similar fee.

And lets be honest. If we go for Sergio, how likely is top 2? Very unlikely. How can you say undoubtedly top 4 with him? We will still undoubtedly be weaker than Napoli, Inter and Atalanta. Then we still remain in a group of Juve, Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina and Bologna. He's had long enough to prove, he's similar to Fonseca. He's supposed to be a coach that prides himself on being solid defensively, first. Before improving offensively. Yet, against the shittest teams in the league - we're never comfortable and always give away chances. Because our luck has been good these last few games, he deserves to be kept on? Nah, the pressure is no longer there, when it was, we crumbled and showed no spirit, no leadership and no fight. We need more leaders on the pitch and in the dug out. We need a disciplinarian. They need to be ashamed of this season. They need to believe we can finish top. Failure should still be a top 4 finish.

Conte is the man.

I'm down for a new striker, but I also think that trio could prove enough. It should be said that I don't see our issues as offensive ones in the main.

I get the rest of your post, and I might even agree with it as well. I just think the line between the mess we've seen this season and significant improvement is so thin. I am too extremely disappointed in how little Conceicao has been able to turn our league fortunes around - but I also think important context here is the lack of any preparation time and a society that no one envies us. Our CL exit and the subsequent collapse in the league is on its own sackable offenses, but up until that point he had been in a hamster wheel of playing games literally every three or four days. The only thing that's giving me pause is that his work is finally beginning to show - and the squad seems behind him. I think he deserves more time, and I consider him a proper coach.

I don't know. I think he is a disciplinarian, and that this would show into next season. I'd be willing to bet that we'd make top 4 with him as our coach next season.

I don't see us hiring Conte, but I would obviously be down for that.

 

[MilanMB]

imagine if they fucking win it... That's two inter CLs since our last one lol

Coppa metti nel culo

 

[Nevermore]

I'm starting to wonder if keeping Conceicao might be the right move, and have some actual stability around the team.

- Renew Theo and Mike, sign a LWB competitor for Theo.
- Sell Thiaw and/or Tomori, replace with better defenders.
- Prolong Walker and have him and Jimenez own RWB.
- Sell RLC and Musah, replace with Ricci and maybe the experienced midfielder I've been asking after for four years.
- Sell Chukwueze and replace him with Chiesa.
- Keep the three strikers.

Let the group grow under Sergio's direction. I think he will undoubtedly make top 4 next season.

Definitely not the right move

 

[tonyb]

I'm down for a new striker, but I also think that trio could prove enough. It should be said that I don't see our issues as offensive ones in the main.

I get the rest of your post, and I might even agree with it as well. I just think the line between the mess we've seen this season and significant improvement is so thin. I am too extremely disappointed in how little Conceicao has been able to turn our league fortunes around - but I also think important context here is the lack of any preparation time and a society that no one envies us. Our CL exit and the subsequent collapse in the league is on its own sackable offenses, but up until that point he had been in a hamster wheel of playing games literally every three or four days. The only thing that's giving me pause is that his work is finally beginning to show - and the squad seems behind him. I think he deserves more time, and I consider him a proper coach.

I don't know. I think he is a disciplinarian, and that this would show into next season. I'd be willing to bet that we'd make top 4 with him as our coach next season.

I don't see us hiring Conte, but I would obviously be down for that.

Am I being too simple or are management just blind to the very simple answer? When I say, Napoli have scored the same amount of league goals as us. But conceded 14 less.
We amazingly didn't feel the midfield lacked a certain player in the summer, and then more insanely, didn't think it was an issue in January. Until that is addressed, no manager can take us forward.

I won't cry too hard if Sergio stays. Because I agree, we should finish top 4. But we should finish top 4, with any manager in the league. Given we have players like Leao, Pulisic, Theo and Reijnders. But I'll sigh, because I want a manager that can give me hope of a scudetto. I'll admit I haven't read everything he says post match this season, but I don't think he's said the right things. Had he shit on the players a little more, and made it clear how much we need to improve next season and the standards we should be setting, I'd be more on his side. Instead, I've seen him patting himself on the back about potentially lifting 2 trophies.

Go back to last summer, see what I said and see what others said. Most people didn't want Conte and probably felt I was blindly wanting an Italian blah blah blah. His record before joining Napoli had me convinced. Then what he's done this season, is his best achievement. Your star striker leaves, you march on. Then your other star man leaves mid season and you still are top. I also said, we should probably only keep him for 2 seasons, and then become a more attacking side.
Would've been like losing Leao and Pulisic, our 2 biggest attacking threats..

As sad as it is, I'd like Allegri over Sergio too. I think he'd guarantee defensive improvements. Sergio has had a while, and hasn't acheived it.

 

[forward]

When two of you most hated teams play (Shinter and Barfa), you end up disappointed either way.

People keep calling Carlo "chocker", if you want to see what a chocker looks like - it's Flick.
Much more talented squad. Barfa was in control in game 1.

What the fuck was the plan for the second match? Pressing high up the pitch against Shinter that scored 3 against you at home on counters?
Fuck Barfa, can't even put this Shinter to bed.

p.s. Go snake, you need to show Kebab who's the boss in the finals.
p.s.2. People keep saying how shit our players are. And it seems like 3 of our ex-players will play the CL final. Shinter doesn't have amazing players, but they have a solid as fuck playing system. Sack the management, sack Cuntceicao and start from scratch.

 

[forward]

I'm starting to wonder if keeping Conceicao might be the right move, and have some actual stability around the team.

- Renew Theo and Mike, sign a LWB competitor for Theo.
- Sell Thiaw and/or Tomori, replace with better defenders.
- Prolong Walker and have him and Jimenez own RWB.
- Sell RLC and Musah, replace with Ricci and maybe the experienced midfielder I've been asking after for four years.
- Sell Chukwueze and replace him with Chiesa.
- Keep the three strikers.

Let the group grow under Sergio's direction. I think he will undoubtedly make top 4 next season.

A lot of "IFs" in keeping Sergio and making it a success -
- Will we fix our midfield problem? We don't just need transfers, we need successful transfers. If we buy two Musahs, we are back to where we were.
- Will Gimenez grow or do we need yet another ST?
- Will we finally sign good alternatives to Theo and Walker at FB?
- Will Sergio start learning quicker from his mistakes? That 4-2-3-1 ten match streak with Musah double pivot fucking killed us. We could have made top 4. Could have made CL playoffs.

Sergio's stubborness is his worst enemy.

 

[ymsv]

If we hire Conte, he’ll bring Lukaku with him

He is vital for Inter finals .

 

[BrianAC]

imagine if they fucking win it... That's two inter CLs since our last one lol

Coppa metti nel culo

imagine if they lose - they will be rembered as the ultimate losers. Zero tuttili.

Guess my preference ..

 

[WILL2K]

Without Lukaku to stop them, Inter has a good chance in the final.

Flick also played into Inter’s hands. I think PSG can do it if they go through.

 

[pippofan]

These were probably the most exciting two match semifinals in the history of CL: 13 goals scored, late come-backs, incredible saves, and fantastic goals. A classic that will not be forgotten by most fans and I can only imagine the joy felt by the home crowd, wish we could experience that kind of elation anytime soon and wonder if asshole Gerry even watched the match or knew that it was being played.

If I had to rate Inter players I would say Dumfries, Sommer, Acerbi, And Thuram were tops. Dumfries has been world class, improved dramatically since first couple of seasons, Sommer made one of the best saves I've ever seen on Yamal's shot that commentators thought was a deflection but replays showed a finger tip touch by the keeper. Acerbi, that many here think of as fodder, has been amazing both at Lazio and Inter, a player that Inzaghi was smart to bring along. At 37 was still going strong after playing 130 minutes or so. Same with Thuram who was actually in doubt coming off an injury but played his heart out and at the end was running on fumes.

I hate Inter but admire how hard the players fight for the jersey, not a lazy one among them as opposed to our club full of drama queens and primadonnas. Lots of the credit goes to Inzaghi who has brought discipline and order to the squad and to Marotta for hiring him. Replacing Conte was not an easy task but Simone has done even better with his second UCL final in 3 seasons and I think they will win it this time.

I must confess that once Acerbi tied it I rooted for Inter to win, maybe my Italian bias kicked in but at the end of the day believe they deserved it more. The first half was all Inter, the second Barca, but overtime the nero-azzurri were better. Incredible stamina, including Barella and Hakan, their athletic staff must be out of this world. I really liked Frattesi's goal, not rushing, measuring his shot with his off foot hitting the far corner perfectly, and Acerbi who looked like a top striker. The unselfishness of Dumfries who didn't shoot but provided a perfect assist to Lautaro.

It was a win for Inter but also a triumph for football, if one likes offense.

 

[pippofan]

A lot of "IFs" in keeping Sergio and making it a success -
- Will we fix our midfield problem? We don't just need transfers, we need successful transfers. If we buy two Musahs, we are back to where we were.
- Will Gimenez grow or do we need yet another ST?
- Will we finally sign good alternatives to Theo and Walker at FB?
- Will Sergio start learning quicker from his mistakes? That 4-2-3-1 ten match streak with Musah double pivot fucking killed us. We could have made top 4. Could have made CL playoffs.

Sergio's stubborness is his worst enemy.

I don't want Conceicao back and will be very angry if we let him stay. You can't keep someone that finishes 9th, it would mean we're satisfied with mediocrity and a few wins at the end of the season doesn't get him a reprieve, not to mention the disastrous performance in Champions League.

 

[MilanBG]

imagine if they fucking win it... That's two inter CLs since our last one lol

Coppa metti nel culo

Just picture Gerry’s next interview
‘We had a great season. Inter win the CL but that’s just one trophy while we won 2’