Mark wrote:
Good point that. How has he taken a treble winning team to 6th in serie a? Is it the owners?
He's obviously struggled in Italy, but Inter have had quite a lot of injuries, which have resulted in Rafa having to change formation/style quite a bit. Still, injuries aren't an excuse for poor results, they have the best squad in Italy and should be doing a lot better.
I think he'll do well if they keep him there, but it's obvious that taking over a side that's just been coached by Mourinho wasn't a great idea. As I've mentioned before, Mourinho is a massive psychological coach, he works so hard on developing the us versus them mentality, whilst he also creates a 'family' mentality amongst his teams, where they'll run through brick walls for their coach. I'm not saying Rafa couldn't develop that or the players don't have faith, it's just that Rafa is the complete opposite, a purely footballing coach who has no relationship with his players and distances himself from any kind of non-professional relationship. Still, if he doesn't win Serie A, he should deem his season as a failed one, unless he wins the CL.
