Rafa Watch

[danperkins]

Considering that Inter only scraped the title last season and Inter haven't had a great deal of money to improve the team while others have, that is a pretty daft statement.

What about the other 5 consecutive times? Inter have dominated Serie A for years now, there is no excuse for Rafa not to be doing very well at Inter.

[danperkins]

They were challenging on every front last season so obviously the league form is going to suffer a bit. You don't take over a team good enough to win the treble & not win a poor Italian league with it.

[Mattshark]

They were challenging on every front last season so obviously the league form is going to suffer a bit. You don't take over a team good enough to win the treble & not win a poor Italian league with it.

Are they not challenging on every front this season? And have the teams around them not improved?
It was a daft statement.

[Craig_H]

With that team though he should be doing so much better. Expectation is so high after wining league 5 or 6 years on the trot, I'm sure they'll invest in January but Rafa could be gone before then if they don't start winning. Moratti and the fans take no prisoners over there, no forgiveness.

Of course they should do much better. Season's not at halfway point yet though.

I'd be surprised if he lasts the whole season though, Italian football is unforgiving.

[Mattshark]

What about the other 5 consecutive times? Inter have dominated Serie A for years now, there is no excuse for Rafa not to be doing very well at Inter.

Yes, they dominated after Calciopoli, not a shock is it, but they have still not been able to strengthen an ageing squad this season and the teams around them have and it is not like they walked the league last season is now?
Yes, they should be doing much better, but saying there is no excuse to not win the league is a simplistic statement.

[Craig_H]

What about the other 5 consecutive times? Inter have dominated Serie A for years now, there is no excuse for Rafa not to be doing very well at Inter.

That is very different from saying 'there is no excuse whatsoever for inter not winning the league'

[anfieldanfield]

Rafa has done a very, very poor job so far at Inter.

You could argue he has done worse there than Hodgson has done here.

[Mattshark]

Rafa has done a very, very poor job so far at Inter.

You could argue he has done worse there than Hodgson has done here.

I don't think I could agree with that, it is not like Inter have been languishing near the bottom.

[Craig_H]

I don't think I could agree with that, it is not like Inter have been languishing near the bottom.

Not really relevant though. They began from a starting point of treble winners and 6-in-a-row champions. We began from our worst season in decades and 7th place.

[Mattshark]

Not really relevant though. They began from a starting point of treble winners and 6-in-a-row champions. We began from our worst season in decades and 7th place.

Yes but being 6th is hardly like being 19th was either.

2-0 to Chievo now

[Craig_H]

Massive last 10 mins for Inter now. I'm watching it on sopcast.

[Drago]

Just gone 2-0

[Craig_H]

2-0 Chievo

Such a poor goal to concede defensively, too. Very un-Rafa defending.

Yes but being 6th is hardly like being 19th was either.

It's all relative.

And anyway, Inter are currently 6th - we're not currently 19th. You're shifting time to suit the argument.

[Mattshark]

It's all relative.

And anyway, Inter are currently 6th - we're not currently 19th. You're shifting time to suit the argument.

I am not, I am just saying that they haven't been that low, and it was a position that we should have never, ever have been in. Inter should be doing better yes, but I don't think that Rafa has taken Inter down in a way that Roy has done to us.

[destinydude]

He's gonna be sacked I think cos this Chievo game + Twente game was supposed to be his last chance