07-14-2012, 01:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-14-2012, 01:53 AM by devoted_dm.)
I have been thinking a lot about whether I want to continue supporting Milan the way that I do or not. I have been a Milanmania member for 13 years now, and a fan since around 94-95. I have seen Milan end up in 11th place in the Serie A, and I have seen us win everything there is to win. I was angry when we sold Kaka (Sheva wanted to leave, so I don't count him in), but I have never been as upset as now. And like I said in a previous post, it is not even about the sales themselves, because I understand that Milan is in a very difficult financial situation due to reasons that don't necessarily have that much to do with how the club itself is being run.
Italian clubs don't own their own stadiums, they don't get to buy them, and they don't get permission to build new ones. With the new UEFA rules, things are becoming even more difficult, as Milan and other clubs can't rely on rich owners to keep them competitive anymore. Milan will have to start making more money if we want to have a team that is competitive in Europe. To do that, we need our own stadium. But we are stuck at the San Siro until 2016, and the city council apparently wants a ridiculous amount of money for the stadium if we want to buy it. So downsizing seems to be the only appropriate thing to do, given the circumstances. I can accept this.
What I have a serious problem with is how the club treats its fans. I don't like being lied to. It happened with Kaka, and again with Thiago Silva and Ibra. Galliani promises one thing, then does another. Berlu does the same. I appreciate what they have done for the club, but don't treat me like an idiot.
I will continue to support Milan under the Italian creed of "solo per la maglia." I support the shirt and whoever wears it. I will not, however, believe a word that Galliani and Berlusconi say from now on, nor will I believe any player who says that he loves Milan and wants to stay with us and "become a legend like Maldini."
In the end, if the Juve fans could suffer through relegation to Serie B and several seasons in no man's land while the club was being run by incompetent fools, then I think that I as a Milanista can endure the situation my club is in now. I love Milan, and I probably always will, but my support for the current management is gone. Silvio Berlusconi, Adriano Galliani and Ariedo Braida are *not* AC Milan, but merely those who are *currently* in charge of the club, as far as I'm concerned.
Forza Milan!
Italian clubs don't own their own stadiums, they don't get to buy them, and they don't get permission to build new ones. With the new UEFA rules, things are becoming even more difficult, as Milan and other clubs can't rely on rich owners to keep them competitive anymore. Milan will have to start making more money if we want to have a team that is competitive in Europe. To do that, we need our own stadium. But we are stuck at the San Siro until 2016, and the city council apparently wants a ridiculous amount of money for the stadium if we want to buy it. So downsizing seems to be the only appropriate thing to do, given the circumstances. I can accept this.
What I have a serious problem with is how the club treats its fans. I don't like being lied to. It happened with Kaka, and again with Thiago Silva and Ibra. Galliani promises one thing, then does another. Berlu does the same. I appreciate what they have done for the club, but don't treat me like an idiot.
I will continue to support Milan under the Italian creed of "solo per la maglia." I support the shirt and whoever wears it. I will not, however, believe a word that Galliani and Berlusconi say from now on, nor will I believe any player who says that he loves Milan and wants to stay with us and "become a legend like Maldini."
In the end, if the Juve fans could suffer through relegation to Serie B and several seasons in no man's land while the club was being run by incompetent fools, then I think that I as a Milanista can endure the situation my club is in now. I love Milan, and I probably always will, but my support for the current management is gone. Silvio Berlusconi, Adriano Galliani and Ariedo Braida are *not* AC Milan, but merely those who are *currently* in charge of the club, as far as I'm concerned.
Forza Milan!