12-17-2014, 03:12 PM
I'm sure many have seen the reports doing the rounds where Braida's commented on Milan.
Before I go into that I just want to say that normally while I would post this stuff on other threads (probably the Venting thread), I have had discussions with some posters lately and I think generally it was agreed that one thing the forum might benefit from is having more focused threads (i.e. mercato thread is for mercato, match threads for matches etc.), rather than having less threads to discuss numerous topics. The idea is that it makes it easier to follow discussions, especially for new posters.
Therefore, I've created this thread to try and act on this idea, but it's no good if only a couple of us do it, so if others agree then it would be good to do this as a community here.
Getting back to topic, here are Braida's comments:
http://www.football-italia.net/60152/%E2...g%E2%80%99
http://www.milannews.it/le-interviste/br...eva-162930
http://www.milannews.it/le-interviste/br...lan-162932
I've always thought that while he's partly responsible for many of the problems Milan have faced in recent years (who can forget the failed exploits in South America), he's also a scapegoat from the issues between Barbara and Galliani last year. As far as the comments go, I think he's on the mark almost completely.
He says Vangioni isn't good enough for Milan, but does rate Brozovic, something which I'd say quite a few posters here agree with if comments in the mercato thread are anything to go by. Additionally, he says Milan lack a real CF, which is pretty obvious as we're using Menez as the striker this year.
Apparently he went for Higuain when he was young, but unfortunately the cost was too high and the club lost out to Real.
On the situation at Milan, he says Inzaghi's lead should be followed, as he knows Milan. I don't know if I agree with this, as I think it's hard to judge Inzaghi at this point. However, he does say that Inzaghi needs time to grow into his role, as pretty much no one is naturally born into it.
On the players, he's quite clear. He says this current group of players is not of the quality of those in the past. He also says players who can raise this team need to be brought in. He says there's clearly an issue with the striker position, as Menez is used there and on Torres he refuses to comment (which for me pretty much says he thinks it was a s**t idea). He also says the midfield and defence needs strengthening.
His comments on DES, SES and Balotelli are interesting. On DES, he says we're talking about a great kid, but no Maldini who was able to take on huge responsibility and prove himself a champion in his teens. On SES, he says he has a lot of ups and downs and possibly isn't quite of the level people had hoped. I don't disagree with either comment, though I add the caveat that I do still think both can potentially reach extremely high levels and at 21/22, need patience.
On Balotelli, he politely says he can't handle responsibility, even though he's got potential.
While he states fairly obvious things, I find the fairly candid comments kind of refreshing, showing he's not as clueless as he appeared in recent years.
Before I go into that I just want to say that normally while I would post this stuff on other threads (probably the Venting thread), I have had discussions with some posters lately and I think generally it was agreed that one thing the forum might benefit from is having more focused threads (i.e. mercato thread is for mercato, match threads for matches etc.), rather than having less threads to discuss numerous topics. The idea is that it makes it easier to follow discussions, especially for new posters.
Therefore, I've created this thread to try and act on this idea, but it's no good if only a couple of us do it, so if others agree then it would be good to do this as a community here.
Getting back to topic, here are Braida's comments:
http://www.football-italia.net/60152/%E2...g%E2%80%99
http://www.milannews.it/le-interviste/br...eva-162930
http://www.milannews.it/le-interviste/br...lan-162932
I've always thought that while he's partly responsible for many of the problems Milan have faced in recent years (who can forget the failed exploits in South America), he's also a scapegoat from the issues between Barbara and Galliani last year. As far as the comments go, I think he's on the mark almost completely.
He says Vangioni isn't good enough for Milan, but does rate Brozovic, something which I'd say quite a few posters here agree with if comments in the mercato thread are anything to go by. Additionally, he says Milan lack a real CF, which is pretty obvious as we're using Menez as the striker this year.
Apparently he went for Higuain when he was young, but unfortunately the cost was too high and the club lost out to Real.
On the situation at Milan, he says Inzaghi's lead should be followed, as he knows Milan. I don't know if I agree with this, as I think it's hard to judge Inzaghi at this point. However, he does say that Inzaghi needs time to grow into his role, as pretty much no one is naturally born into it.
On the players, he's quite clear. He says this current group of players is not of the quality of those in the past. He also says players who can raise this team need to be brought in. He says there's clearly an issue with the striker position, as Menez is used there and on Torres he refuses to comment (which for me pretty much says he thinks it was a s**t idea). He also says the midfield and defence needs strengthening.
His comments on DES, SES and Balotelli are interesting. On DES, he says we're talking about a great kid, but no Maldini who was able to take on huge responsibility and prove himself a champion in his teens. On SES, he says he has a lot of ups and downs and possibly isn't quite of the level people had hoped. I don't disagree with either comment, though I add the caveat that I do still think both can potentially reach extremely high levels and at 21/22, need patience.
On Balotelli, he politely says he can't handle responsibility, even though he's got potential.
While he states fairly obvious things, I find the fairly candid comments kind of refreshing, showing he's not as clueless as he appeared in recent years.
