Time for Galliani to go or change his strategy

In another thread, I argued against Carlo being sacked. This is becoming an issue so I think it deserves a thread. Simply becuase Carlo is suffering from Galliani's stopgap transfer strategy. He has filled in so many holes with older players that the water is starting to leak in if it already hasnt.

As far as sacking Carlo goes, changes should never be made for the sake of a change. Before we change anything, we should ask why. There should be rhyme and reason.

The main reason people say is he is out of ideas. Why, because he just doesnt have the players he should have. Real seem to have turned around, why? Not because of Capello who has made some mistakes. But because Perez has gone with his galacticos rubbish. the new man has brought in a defensive coach to fix a tam with defensive problems and bought in one of the best defenders in the world along with the brick wall that is Emerson and Diara.

As I said in another thread, sacking coaches didnt solve the problem. Getting rid of Perez did.

For Milan to move forward, Galliani needs to realise that his policy of experienced and cheap is only good for the short term. But eventually, he has to bring in more than his one token true investment per season(This would be wonderful normally, but we are at a stage where we need at least three of these signings at once). Galliani hasnt been all bad, hes brought Kaka, Gila, Pirlo and Gourcuff who were all young and genuninely had the potential to become the best in the world at what they do. But, out of these four players three are midfielders.

With this positive strategy there is little wonder why we have one of the most talented midfields in the world. To add to the four starters we already have Brocchi is a very good squad player and Gourcuff will eventually take up a spot for himself and in the mean time he provides a good option.

The attack speaks for itself as we still havent bothered to sign a replacement for $heva, but if we do then we could be set for years to come upfront aswel as in midfield.

The defence is the major issue. Cafu, Maldini, Billy and Serghinio are all getting on now. Whether or not we believe they can still perform at the highest levels, no one can argue that they are all being badly affected by injuries. Even the great Maldini isnt having the same affect on games he was upto a year or more ago. Im not suggesting they should all be dumped, but its a major cause for concern. Players like Billy and even Cafu need to be phased out for the sake of our future.

Those who have seen Bonera know he is a centreback and not at all a rightback. Let alone a replacement for Cafu. The only reason we bought him was so we didnt have to buy a rightback. But Milan cant operate like this, not if we are to be succesful. It wont be too long before Nesta is coming to an age we will need to consider a replacement for him. Are we really going to field a central defence the quality of Kaladze and Bonera. And dont even get me started on signings like Favalli.

Its time for Galliani to either change this approach and for him to get out of the comfort zone he is in. We have too many players that make somewhat of a contribution, but cant contribute to us winning a scudetto. Players like Ambrosini, Boriello, Billy and Simic. I wont even put Cafu or Maldini in that bracket even though I cant see a Milan team moving forward with both of them in the team. Maybe one, but not both at the same time.

One thing I have noticed on this forum is a culture develop that refuses to write any Milan player off. Id probably add Galliani to this as he is a fan favourite on this forum. Now, its a good thing to back people, but we need to be realistic. We have been waiting for a world class rightback for a long time. We still havent signed a striker to replace $heva and I wouldnt be surprised if we got Fat Ronaldo in the summer. I dont see us signing a world class defender the likes of Gallas who many thought would come. I told you then he wouldnt, even though we lost stam. And will we still have Ambrosini, of course we will unless Galliani decides to bring in players that the club and its existing champions deserve ie the likes of Alves, Marcello, Gago etc.The truth is, if anyone is out of ideas its not Carlo its Galliani.