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[LFC2007]

They won the treble last season and havent sold any key players.
They have Coutinho and Biabiany back who they did not last season who both look quality and are still struggling.
Who has strengthened so much ?
Every team in the league ?
6 wins from 15 is shocking whatever way you look at it.

Exactly. Inter won the treble last season and have won the league for the past five seasons. It's a wonder they didn't spend much in the summer

[tubby]

They won the treble last season and havent sold any key players.
They have Coutinho and Biabiany back who they did not last season who both look quality and are still struggling.
Who has strengthened so much ?
Every team in the league ?
6 wins from 15 is shocking whatever way you look at it.

Exactly. Inter won the treble last season and have won the league for the past five seasons. It's a wonder they didn't spend much in the summer

Look they have been without around 12 players all in all. That's enough to hurt any team.

All other teams have invested in their squads heavily whilst Inter have sold their attacking wildcard. They have an aging squad so injuries were always a potential issue.

Chelsea won the double last season but look at them now. Why are they struggling? Is it Ancelotti's fault? They have had massive injuries too. I think you are glossing over that fact too much.

[dawson99]

where is that tiny f*cking violin?

[tubby]

It's up bigmicks ar.se mate

[dawson99]

It's up bigmicks ar.se mate

I'll get me marigolds 

[tubby]

It's up bigmicks ar.se mate

I'll get me marigolds 

[LFC2007]

Look they have been without around 12 players all in all. That's enough to hurt any team.

All other teams have invested in their squads heavily whilst Inter have sold their attacking wildcard. They have an aging squad so injuries were always a potential issue.

Chelsea won the double last season but look at them now. Why are they struggling? Is it Ancelotti's fault? They have had massive injuries too. I think you are glossing over that fact too much.

Where are Chelsea in the league, mate? And where are Inter?

You're mistaken if you think I'm "glossing over" the injury problems they've had to deal with, it's simply that - like Ben said - whichever way you look at it, 6 wins from 15 is shocking. If anyone is guilty of avoiding the truth of the matter it's probably yourself, because neither those injuries nor the fact that they sold Balotelli (who barely featured last season) explain why a side that won the treble last season currently finds itself 10 points behind the leaders.

[metalhead]

Its simple, they are underachieving, whether they will get out of the blip or not, time will tell. Rafa have been there before and he knows how to get out of it.

[Ring-of-Fire]

Look they have been without around 12 players all in all. That's enough to hurt any team.

All other teams have invested in their squads heavily whilst Inter have sold their attacking wildcard. They have an aging squad so injuries were always a potential issue.

Chelsea won the double last season but look at them now. Why are they struggling? Is it Ancelotti's fault? They have had massive injuries too. I think you are glossing over that fact too much.

Where are Chelsea in the league, mate? And where are Inter?

You're mistaken if you think I'm "glossing over" the injury problems they've had to deal with, it's simply that - like Ben said - whichever way you look at it, 6 wins from 15 is shocking. If anyone is guilty of avoiding the truth of the matter it's probably yourself, because neither those injuries nor the fact that they sold Balotelli (who barely featured last season) explain why a side that won the treble last season currently finds itself 10 points behind the leaders.

I would think the fact that Inter played nearly double the amount of games last season as Lazio and most of those above them has got something to do with it. I read somewhere that most of the squad is still physically shattered as Mourinho was always pushing another 10 minutes out of them. An aging squad can't do that for a full season without encountering problems later, IMO.

FWIW, I also read that the players realised that Benitez was getting them to play more stylish football than Mourinho ever did, and they acknowledged that this approach would take time but would be worth it in the end. Of course, a lot of them miss Mourinho, too, but that's hardly surprising after what they won.

[The_Rock]

10 points away from the leaders (like us))............ Seems to me that benitez is proving my theory right. He is the spanish version of roy hodgson   

[Red-er-Dare]

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[TarnRed]

They won the treble last season and havent sold any key players.
They have Coutinho and Biabiany back who they did not last season who both look quality and are still struggling.
Who has strengthened so much ?
Every team in the league ?
6 wins from 15 is shocking whatever way you look at it.

Exactly. Inter won the treble last season and have won the league for the past five seasons. It's a wonder they didn't spend much in the summer

Look they have been without around 12 players all in all. That's enough to hurt any team.

All other teams have invested in their squads heavily whilst Inter have sold their attacking wildcard. They have an aging squad so injuries were always a potential issue.

Chelsea won the double last season but look at them now. Why are they struggling? Is it Ancelotti's fault? They have had massive injuries too. I think you are glossing over that fact too much.

They may have had injuries but they haven't been all at the same time as far as I'm aware.

Should a team consisting of Santon, Lucio, Cordoba, Zanetti, Cambiasso, Stankovic, Pandev, Sneijder, Eto'o be getting turned over by Chievo?.

Should a team consisting of Santon, Cordoba, Lucio, Chivu, Zanetti, Biabiany, Coutinho, Pandev, Eto'o, Stankovic, Milito be struggling to a draw against the perenial strugglers that are Lecce?.

Should a team that were only missing Cambiasso and Julio Cesar be struggling against Brescia at home?.

They are a few examples I could go on, and the answer to my own question is no they should not be struggling against the likes of those teams especially when you can still put out and extremely strong team.

Stop trying to gloss over the fact with injuries as at the minute our ex boss who I have no hatred for whatsoever is making a massive mess of things over in Italy, with a very talented squad of 32 players. He may get it right long term but at the minute he's not and that's plain and simple.

[Ben Patrick]

2-0 down against bottom of the group Werder Bremen inter are currently.
If you count champions league and serie games that is now 9 wins in 21 matches for the treble winners last season.

[Dundalk]

Feckin hell Rafa are you on some kind of a secret mission we dont know about over there?

Am I right in thinking that because they finish second in the group that play Madrid?

[Ben Patrick]

Feckin hell Rafa are you on some kind of a secret mission we dont know about over there?

Am I right in thinking that because they finish second in the group that play Madrid?

No mate IF they finish second they will play one of the other group winners.
They just cant play another italian team or spurs.

So its looking like

Schalke
United
Barca
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Real Madrid
Shakhtar Donetsk/Arsenal