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Interisms
Moratti's Flying Circus On the Road Again Part. 47
So close but still so far
(29-Dec-2004)
Here are some common things I've noticed among Interisti thoughout the years.
1. Pessimism
The pessimism among Interisti is just overwhelming. Certainly it is a defence mechanism: you can't be disappointed if you expected a diaster in the first place. The 'dry years' during the 80's, 90's and early 21st century (only 1 scudetto in 23 years) have probably created this mentality. I'd really like to know an Interista who has experienced the golden era from 1952-71. I'd like to know whether they are as pessimistic as we 'newer' Interisti are.
From pessimism it's easy to go to:
2. Must wins and fear of losing
Every freaking match is usually a 'must win' for Inter. I just can't understand why. All the other top teams lose or draw sometimes and they can live with it, but every time Inter loses it's the end of the world. "This season is finished!" and "Waiting for the next season" are quite common phrases Interisti use. The fear of losing was extremely characteristic for Inter during Cuper era. Our team played always like they feared to lose and winning came only second after the fear. Obviously this season has taught us that it's better to lose and win than to draw always.
3. Bad luck and 'not our fault'
This is very usual mentality in Italy, it's also common for Inter fans. We always seek the reason for losing from somewhere else than from ourselves. The referee is always the culprit. He is blind or bribed or whatever, but we always fail to see our own fault in every incident. Then we might say, that we controlled the match for 90 minutes, but we we're just unlucky in finishing. Newsflash: you score more often with your skills and rarely with your luck. Of course a little bit of luck is needed sometimes, but you really can't base the results on luck or the lack of it.
4. Extreme opinions
Players are either fantastic or utterly crap. If they play one good match, they are divine and if they fail in the next match we wish them a good trup to hell. We seem have forgotten the shades of grey and our world is a bit too black and white.
And then we go to:
5. Life on a rollercoaster
This is similar to the previous title. This is just the way things are. After a win we praise our team to seventh heaven and after a defeat we totally fall apart. This is extremely consuming mentally and personally I've experienced problems because of it. I've heard more than one Interista (excluding myself) said that someday Inter will cause a heart attack for them. Why is it so freaking hard to be an Interista and if it's usually torture after suffering, why do we go on with it? Wouldn't it be easier just to hang up the boots?
I'm guilty as charged to all of the above and while I know that without Inter my life would be much easier, I just can't let go. Maybe it's because the little moments of joy always wipe off the tears of eternal anguish. Just like yesterday, when I saw Vieri and Adriano embracing each other after Bobo's goal. (And no, I'm not gay, nor enjoy watching gay porn ). I immediately forgot all the horrible draws and thought only about that great joy of a 5-0 victory.
Life as an Interista is hard, but who said life was supposed to be easy in the first place?
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'Moratti's Flying Circus On the Road Again Part. 47'
(06-Aug-2004)
At last our coach situation has been confirmed and Mancio replaced Zaccheroni,
who turned out to be nothing but disappointment. He wasn't given that good chance
in the first place, signed during the season after Cuper's strong influence
(I still think we should've kept Don Hector), but giving another season to Zac
would've been a waste.
I really don't think Mancio is a rainmaker, in fact I'm not sure he was the best possible choice, but at least he has potential and I'm sure we'll be playing entertaining football (so at least we get something, even if we don't win). It's just that only recently I've been bothered by Mancini's effect on our transfers.
The transfers right... I don't know what Moratti has been eating or has he only now found the paradise of the Bosman ruling. To me the only sensible transfers has been buying Burdisso. And in fact I would've signed Ferrari instead of him in a blink of an eye. He's a proven defender in Serie A and even an ex-nerazzurro.
I've always disliked Davids and furthermore hated Mihajlovic and actually getting Sinisa has made Mancio look bad in my eyes. Ever since I've started supporting Inter over 15 years ago, Mihajlovic is by far the most disgusting player we've signed. I truly hope he doesn't play a single minute. Every now and then we've bought players that I have disliked, but this summer has been extraordinary Miha, Davids and Veron... Well getting Veron the good thing is that it's a loan deal and we can get rid of him. It was just a sign of distrust towards Emre to get Veron.
In other buyings Cambiasso can turn out to be a good signing, though we are extremely well covered in that department. Favalli is a good player, whom we actually didn't need unless we are going to send Pasquale on loan or even worse selling Coco, without actually giving him a proper chance. Ze Maria is really a player we didn't need at all and I only feel sorry for him, because he's gonna waste next season on our bench, when instead he could've been ruling in Perugia's right flank. He's a great player, way too good to be a backup. Signing Choutos was just waste of time and I hope we send him somewhere ASAP.
All in all, I envy Roma, not because they had major names leaving the side, but because they signed fantastic players. I mean Ferrari, Perrotta and Mexes. Juve has signed great players too Emerson (though he turned out to be an a$$hole) and Mutu (if it's true, one great ex-nerazzurro more...). At the same time Moratti's Flying Circus has managed to provide another disappointment during the summer. I guess some things just never change.
We still have an enormous squad and we should diminsh it to 25 players to get a better team harmony and more chances for everyone to play. I guess Farinos, Lamouchi and Adani are the first to leave. I'm not gonna miss the midfielders, but Adani has turned out to be a real hero and his dedication to the team has been exceptional. I hate to see him leave, especially when he was the 3rd choice in my pecking order in our central defenders. I think he's better than Matrix, don't get me wrong Matrix is a true nerazzurro too, but for some reason I've started to think that he's not that good on the pitch.
The expectations for the next season are to get this squad to play like a true team, I really think we're not gonna win scudetto next spring. Let's give this team time, let's finally stop the circus and start to act like a real football team, at least after we've signed yet another Laziale (Cesar, another player we don't need). Then when the team is ready they will bring the glory to us, I just don't know anymore whether to shout "Forza Inter" or "Forza Lazio"...
Cuper’s
era started in summer 2001 and after that Inter has been performing better than
in years. After Lippi-Tardelli catastrophe Cuper reshuffled the cards and got
the Nerazzurri to play like a real team again. Last year lo Scudetto was really
close, just 45 minutes away. This season we’ve been on top for almost
the whole season and we’ve been doing well in the Champions league too.
But still there are loads of unsatisfied Inter fans. Some of the fans even whistle
and boo us every time at San Siro. It’s obvious that there must be something
wrong.
At the moment we are in a little crisis as we’ve managed to win only one of our five last matches. Still we’re in pretty good positions in both competitions. And last year we were good, only two points away from the top, so it would be foolish to say that Cuper hasn’t brought anything good to the team. But the problems remain, despite of our good results there’s still something wrong. Or why else would there be so much unsatisfied fans?
There are two main problems, which are keeping us away from last step to success. The first one and the more important one is that we never win against big teams and we usually crash against them. These are of course the most important matches, cause the big teams are our biggest championship rivals. The other problem is that we lack control in every match we play, even against the weakest opponents. Still we manage to beat the easier opponents due to a few good individual efforts in a match. Our tactics are usually way too careful, it even seems like we are too often afraid of our opponent and we are just trying not to concede a goal, but aren’t trying to win at all.
It’s obvious that there’s a quite hard discipline in the team and every player has to obey Cuper’s orders quite strictly on the field. That’s good when the opponent is a weaker team, but against better teams you can’t win with this style. Cuper’s style kills all the creativity in our squad. Damn, we have excellent players, several world-class footballers, he should give them some freedoms in the field and let them play in the best way they can. Damn! We are Inter and we shouldn’t fear anyone.
Another big flaw in Cuper is that he’s married to 4-4-2 formation and won’t change it even when we have players fitting better for 3-man defense and using Il Capitano and Coco or Pasquale as wingbacks. I’m not suggesting that we should play more offensive. No, that’s not the point. The point is that we should use the best available players and change the formation always depending on our players’ abilities. That way we could get more possession of the ball, more balance, and control of the match. When you have the ball, it’s easier to prevent opponent from attacking. Our current tactics are mostly using a defensive wall and hoping that Vieri scores from the one single good ball he receives from all those long passes in the match.
I fear that we never achieve anything
big as long as Cuper is in charge. He had similar problems in Valencia, where
he lost two CL-finals. There have been too many last minute failures under his
control and I’m sure they haven’t been coincidences. With Cuper’s
style you can go far, but in modern football that style simply won’t last
to the end. In the past Helenio Herrera managed to guide us to glory with quite
similar tactics, maybe that’s what Massimo Moratti is trying to do with
Cuper: repeating the success we once had with his father and a very conservative
Argentinian coach. Still I would accept all the glory despite of the fact that
we play awful football.
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