Paolo3

Paolo3 · 04-10-2007, 23:31

To be fair the 2nd one was won mainly because of Carlo, not because of the management, he did miracles with the squad he had. Calciopoli or not they did it really bad on the transfer market last year and they did it even worse this one.
To me a team that is looking forward to January for re-inforcements (when not needed becasue of injuries but becasue of the performance) is a team that didn't do it so well when planning for the season in the summer, last January we had to buy 2 players (I'm not counting Grimi) and barely made it to the 4th place.
We got Oddo for pretty much the same price he had in the summer, so even knowing that Cafu was no longer the same we did nothing about it, to replace Schevchenko, who at that time was one of the best strikers in the world, we got Oliveira!, then when we realized that he sucks we got Ronaldo, who is still being good but injury prone, so again we let 1/2 season go on the striker department, no replacement for Maldini and/or Costacurta, no goalkeeper to challenge Dida, no one to step up in case of injury from Pirlo or Gatusso, and as expected we struggled all year long. Then there was the Athens night and the management had the illusion that we really are the best squad in the world when in reality we are a team that is screaming for replacements since years ago, they were arrogant and naive, giving many "if" for granted:
If Ronaldo doesn't get injured we don't need another Striker.
If Pipo can repeat Athens 30 more times this year we'll won everything.
If Dida can recover form we'll be fine, so no need for a good backup keeper.
If Gilardino can ever find the net again, If Maldini can play forever, etc.

To many questions and very little answers......and even when we all know that we can't win everything every year, we Milan fans (or at least this fan) expect to have a competitive squad every year, and is very hard for us to see our beloved team weakening and getting older with each passing year without a proper answer from the management, we are Milan damn it!! we are not Catania, Recreativo Huelva or Sheffield Wed or Sunday or whatever! As I said we are expected to have the elements to compete at a top level every year!

Sorry for the long post and for my exaltation, I guess I'm very frustrated, but I just can't understand why the management doesn't wake up.

As always:

Forza Milan!!!

04-10-2007, 23:31	#123
Paolo3 Registered User Join Date: 07 2007	To be fair the 2nd one was won mainly because of Carlo, not because of the management, he did miracles with the squad he had. Calciopoli or not they did it really bad on the transfer market last year and they did it even worse this one. To me a team that is looking forward to January for re-inforcements (when not needed becasue of injuries but becasue of the performance) is a team that didn't do it so well when planning for the season in the summer, last January we had to buy 2 players (I'm not counting Grimi) and barely made it to the 4th place. We got Oddo for pretty much the same price he had in the summer, so even knowing that Cafu was no longer the same we did nothing about it, to replace Schevchenko, who at that time was one of the best strikers in the world, we got Oliveira!, then when we realized that he sucks we got Ronaldo, who is still being good but injury prone, so again we let 1/2 season go on the striker department, no replacement for Maldini and/or Costacurta, no goalkeeper to challenge Dida, no one to step up in case of injury from Pirlo or Gatusso, and as expected we struggled all year long. Then there was the Athens night and the management had the illusion that we really are the best squad in the world when in reality we are a team that is screaming for replacements since years ago, they were arrogant and naive, giving many "if" for granted: If Ronaldo doesn't get injured we don't need another Striker. If Pipo can repeat Athens 30 more times this year we'll won everything. If Dida can recover form we'll be fine, so no need for a good backup keeper. If Gilardino can ever find the net again, If Maldini can play forever, etc. To many questions and very little answers......and even when we all know that we can't win everything every year, we Milan fans (or at least this fan) expect to have a competitive squad every year, and is very hard for us to see our beloved team weakening and getting older with each passing year without a proper answer from the management, we are Milan damn it!! we are not Catania, Recreativo Huelva or Sheffield Wed or Sunday or whatever! As I said we are expected to have the elements to compete at a top level every year! Sorry for the long post and for my exaltation, I guess I'm very frustrated, but I just can't understand why the management doesn't wake up. As always: Forza Milan!!!