I honestly couldn't believe it when we scored the second. Like, my reaction was almost contained due to disbelief, considering that terrible first half. And then the last 10 minutes I was so sure we were gonna concede again, just cos luck is never on our side.

The team really came on strong in the second half. As soon as that good-for-nothing Kessie came off, we started to finally play some football. Inter barely had any shots at all.

Agreed.

Giroud proved his worth. But we need to think our gameplan and gameplay over.

Yup our defense was very solid and stable. Inwas also certain that we will concede sooner than later

The Brahim change was the key imo

And the added bonus of Inzaghi taking off Hakan and then Brozovic helped us out as well. This just proves my theory basically that if Inter have to lose any key players, especially in that midfield, they'd struggle

We've been without 1 or more key players in basically each game this season and here we are. We have shown immense strength and fortitude imo this season. Not to mention getting royally f@cked over by refs on more than one occasion, namely the Spezia and Napoli game and we would still be leading the league today if it weren't for those instances.

All this with injuries piled on throughout the season and a lot of covid cases to deal with as well


Kessie should be perma benched until the rest of the season imo. Only use him to keep Benna and Tonali fresh aside from that he needs to be finished at Milan. He's not wroth what he's asking for. Simple as that. It's f@cking terrible that we're once again losing out on a transfer fee. But as far as I'm concerned, good riddance. 1 good season out of the 5 he's been with us


Top quality. Giroud hasn't been great this season, one has to admit. Covid and the back issues haven't helped in that regard, but the man knows how to score goals, important ones at that.

Still think our best use of him would be as a sub. Rebic if he is ever fit would be my go-to starter


Yeah, with our luck and considering their insane good luck I was expecting some random player popping up with some insane goal for Inter or like the most ridiculous own goal to be scored


Pioli made a mistake. The Kessie in the AM position was a terrible move, one which I must admit was for before the game as I thought he'd neutralize Brozovic. But Kessie was absolutely terrible and on top of that, didn't help Tonali and Benna out at all in the midfield. So they were severely out-numbered in the first half.

2nd half we came out a lot better and once Brahim went on we looked completely different.



Btw, I disagree completely with you about Bennacer. He was very good today next to Tonali. First half they both struggled because we were out-numbered in the middle. 2nd half both Bennacer and Tonali stepped it up imo and controlled that midfield.

As for Sanches. He'd be an improvement to our midfield. Plus he's more versatile and a switch like today's would have worked if we played someone like him in the 10 position as he's mostly a box-to-box player that very technical as well as physical.

Baka is just a player to fill a hole because of the AFCON. Kessie is gone come summer and if we manage to bring in Renato, I personally thin we'd have the strongest midfield in the league, especially taking into consideration the quality in depth

Btw, Ronagnoli played like a player who still wants to be at Milan and is proving why he's also deserving of a contract extension. Great game from him

Kalulu has been nearly flawless this past month. The kid is going to be a top player in a few year's time imo

Last I heard we're offering him 2.8m plus bonuses, he's demanding at least 3.5m fixed.

Romagnoli is a good defender when it comes positioning, intercepting, headers etc. It's on 1v1's that he lacks the most because he's simply too slow. He's kind of like De Vrij for Inter.

I think 3.5m is fair. It's not an insane demand. I know the management seem set on bringing in Botman. But Romagnoli is a very good defender who strengthens our squad.

Yes he struggles against fast players, but unless you have the positioning of Maldini or Nesta, slow defenders tend to struggle against fast players

With Kalulu improving game by game. I think CB should be 4th on the list of imperative positions to strengthen. AM, RW, DM will have to be the first priorities imo. Not to mention we need to get a striker who's a long terms solution. We should just go with 60m to Lille and get David and Sanches rather than Botman

Jonathan David? Is he any good?

Anyway, if you told me to set aside the CB position in order to invest in a RW and CF, I'd be all for it. We saw today that against the strongest side in the league Kalulu and Romagnoli did fairly well, and they're both second choices to Tomori and Kjaer.

I think the CF and RW positions in particular are in dire need of replacements. Zlatan at the end of the season needs to say goodbye. With a top CF, Giroud and the new kid Lazetic I think we'd be fine. And of course a RW as we saw today (and throughout the whole season) Saelemaekers and Messias are too mediocre.

By the way, did anyone read Inzaghi's post-match comments? Whining about the "foul" on Sanchez before our first goal. STFU you sore loser! Not only that wasn't a foul (the ref let many identical situations flow throughout the match), but it was in the midfield circle. You think VAR is going to intervene for that? What an idiot. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Instead he should reflect upon his terrible choices, as soon as he took off Lautaro, Perisic and Calhanoglu his team crumbled apart. And it's not the first time he does it. Same thing happened vs Lazio and Juve.

He's great. Quick, mobile, good finisher. Exactly what we need to take our attack to the next level

RW, AM, CF are extremely important for next season but with Kessie leaving that means needing to fill a midfield position, which would have to make it first priority

Not extending Romagnoli just created another unnecessary headache imo. Exactly as we did with Hakan

As for RW. What do you guys think of pulling a Marotta and offering Perisic a good deal to bring him in for that position? He'd be perfect for us on that right side as he brings in all the qualities we need. Similar to Alexis but obviously a huge jump in quality.

I'd personally allot what we're offering Kessie to him.

That would be one huge hole filled for zero. Not to mention we've really saved up on salaries these past 3 seasons, even with the higher renewals now almost complete for Theo, Bennacer and Leao, we're still saving money considering what we paid Donna, Hakan, Kessie, Conti and potentially Zlatan's salary off the books as well

As for Zlatan, I still think he's a hugely important figure within the team, but he cannot be the starter anymore. And he cannot be our highest earner anymore either. For a highly reduced salary, I'd still give him another year.

Messias and Baka should be sent back once their loans are up. only loanee I'd redeem atm would be Florenzi. Brahim we have another season after this to assess.


Too funny. Giroud clearly got the ball. Sanchez is a small guy so obviously the challenge looks worse than it actually is. Brahim gets bodied like that all game, a foul is rarely called. Limone is such a whiney little b!tch

As I've been saying all season. Take out 3 important players from Inter's side and let's see how they deal with it.

Inzaghi makes terrible in-game decisions, that was the case when he was at Lazio as well

Don't think Perisic is even on the cards, and as much as I think he's a great wingback, for the the RW position we need something else. My dream is Antony of Ajax. Price tag at around 30-35m. If I could direct the funds from Botman to somebody else, it'd be him.

Don't know if that fee is realistic though

In January every source was starting that amount when he was being linked with Barca and Liverpool, now it seems the new price tag is 60m. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Can't blame Ajax, though. They'd be stupid not to overprice their talents when you've got clubs who would spend 60m like they're going to the grocery store.

Still feeling the high today (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Zlatan shouldn't be available for 2-3 weeks, apparently. But Rebic started training with the rest of the team today, so he should be considered recovered.

I want to see Rebic as CF again like at the start of the season when we played some of our best football. Or at least as RW.