01-24-2018, 11:17 AM
(01-24-2018, 10:01 AM)ACMILAN1983 Wrote: Agreed, but I agree with Maldini's comments last night that judging him on getting CL qualification is too much. That said, anything else might not be enough with names like Sarri and Conte floating around.
Well, there's some obvious similarities there, as both a known for their motivating skills and intensity. Gattuso's also said in the past that Conte impresses him...
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3276/seri...ing-to-the
and when announced as coach, he said he sees himself a little like Conte...
http://www.espn.co.uk/football/ac-milan/...onio-conte
These latest stories are all from Gazzetta. The management haven't at any point said they think Gattuso is their Conte, even if in private they may be seeing some parallels. They should absolutely stand up for their man too if they believe in him. In his early days in Milan, Sacchi was being called to be sacked and Berlusconi basically told the players "either follow him or get out". We know how that turned out.
No offence to you, but you always seem extremely negative with regards to this management and I think you judge them unfairly. There have been issues, but this report from Gazzetta isn't something to criticise the management on, it's a point to acknowledge the positive work Gattuso is doing thus far.
On Gattuso, the guy deserves respect. He came into this job and pretty much everyone immediately wrote him off. He's not had an easy time and has struggled, but his work has shown some promise and now those same people initially writing him off are going back on their words. That's a massive turnaround in image for Rino as a coach.
The medias talking about Gattuso as the Conte of Milan are just as bad as the medias who said Gattuso was a very bad coach.
They're not at the same stage of their career at all, Conte is already a proven coach for big clubs, while Gattuso has his first experience in a former big club.
What I'm sure about and we will all pretty agree is that Gattuso has everything to prove and should have no real pressure actually in Milan. I mean, the guy's been basically nothing as a coach before, his career had never really started (half seasons here and there is not what I call a good career plan - anyway, his career as a player was also weird before coming to Milan). If he fails, well, that will confirm he's not a very good coach or maybe just not ready for Milan. If he succeeds, then he will be seen like a coach clubs in Serie A can trust, and maybe even Milan.
The perfect situation for us would be that Sarri and Conte are available and ready to take the job, and Gattuso succeeds in this second half of season and, let's imagine something amazing, qualifies the team in CL. That would give some headaches to our management though.
One should not speak ill of the dead.
So stop laughing at Juventus !
So stop laughing at Juventus !