ACMilan- Arsenal Champions League 07/08

well, Real Madrid lost to Roma... I DONT SEE THEIR FANS ASKING THE COACH TO GET SACKED

That's because you're not in a Real Madrid forum. =(

Originally Posted by _Ace

well, Real Madrid lost to Roma... I DONT SEE THEIR FANS ASKING THE COACH TO GET SACKED

If they blow the league they will besides I bet he's gone at the end of the season.

Originally Posted by _Ace

well, Real Madrid lost to Roma... I DONT SEE THEIR FANS ASKING THE COACH TO GET SACKED

When Capello and Del Bosque won La Liga they still got sacked, so really Real Madrid aren't the perfect example.

Im a big fan of Carlo and really I dont think anyone can do better than him here, but you know 6yrs is a long time. Its time for fresh new ideas, fresh new tactics, fresh new faces. I dont think the Gattuso - Pirlo - Seedorf combo should be used again, they have become easy to stop and are way too predictable. If alot of players will be coming in in the summer, then keep Carlo, but if they decide for just a few buys then bring in Lippi.

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

When Capello and Del Bosque won La Liga they still got sacked, so really Real Madrid aren't the perfect example.

Im a big fan of Carlo and really I dont think anyone can do better than him here, but you know 6yrs is a long time. Its time for fresh new ideas, fresh new tactics, fresh new faces. I dont think the Gattuso - Pirlo - Seedorf combo should be used again, they have become easy to stop and are way too predictable. If alot of players will be coming in in the summer, then keep Carlo, but if they decide for just a few buys then bring in Lippi.

Agree on the first, not on the second....

Keep Carlo regardless....

I do understand your final point tho...

I just mean we need to do something new. If we wanted to keep Carlo, then give him a whole bunch of new players so he can try something new with.. because if you leave Carlo with the same players and just a couple of new ones, he will still use the same formation with the same players.. But on the other hand, if we had a new coach, he would want to use his own formation with his own set of tactics. All im saying is that we need to change the way we play, its been the same for quite a long time and that's prolly why it aint working too well..

I tell you guys only two good sidebacks who could deliver the ball and Milan is back Pirlo and Rino can and should stay for at least two seasons as starters the problem is if you have only Pirlo as a source of decent balls from behind it is easy to stop him as it would be the same with any player regardles the form he is in as for Massimo i wold try to put someone younger on his position maybe Gorky and as for Seedorf I really have no idea who from younger generation is right to mach his profile

@Mehdi it's fine bro, I was in a rush so I never really went in to detail and only kept it brief.

To be fair I think everyone had a bad game on Tuesday, I can go on and on the amount of mistakes both teams made but the Milan mistakes were too many. One of the most obvious one's is Cesc was given way too much space for the shot, Gattuso had a very bad game (which really surprised me because I was thinking he would do what he done last year against CR7). I could clearly see Kaka was struggling with an injury and many players were not fully fit.

What would be wise in the summer would be to keep Ancelotti (Getting rid of him is NOT the way forward IMHO) and for Berlusconi to open his cheque book for Carlo. Carlo clearly wanted Riberry in the summer just gone but Silvio just didn't want to take the risk, so the problem is not the coach but the people who are running the club.

Lets just pray that Galliani & Berlusconi have finally seen some sense and are planning a lot of changes in the summer, slightly off topic but I could see in Milan how powerful Berlusconi was. Everywhere I would go I would see his boards/posters and when catching a ride in a cabbie he showed me some of the buildings that Silvio owns. For a man of this calibre and nature a few peanuts for Milan shouldn't really be a problem.

Then again trying to get Drogba, Sheva etc does worry me as that is not the way forward.

Originally Posted by Ghost

Lets just pray that Galliani & Berlusconi have finally seen some sense and are planning a lot of changes in the summer, slightly off topic but I could see in Milan how powerful Berlusconi was. Everywhere I would go I would see his boards/posters and when catching a ride in a cabbie he showed me some of the buildings that Silvio owns. For a man of this calibre and nature a few peanuts for Milan shouldn't really be a problem.

The problem is Berlusconi will be standing for election in April.

Then again trying to get Drogba, Sheva etc does worry me as that is not the way forward.

Nor is Zambrotta who is a favourite (and ridiculous) choice among many here.

Originally Posted by Mehdi

The problem is Berlusconi will be standing for election in April.

So? Why can't Galliani take over and Berlusconi just supervise him?

Originally Posted by Mehdi

Nor is Zambrotta who is a favourite (and ridiculous) choice among many here.

This is what worries me the most Sheva, Drogba and Zambrotta are either touching or over 30 and that is not the way forward.

Originally Posted by Ghost

So? Why can't Galliani take over and Berlusconi just supervise him?

That's been the case for years and why Milan are in this mess. Galliani is an incompetent fool. He is largely to blame for the clubs transfer policy and extending the contracts of Serginho, Cafu and Dida, backing Dida despite his many gaffs, talking Gilardino into staying when he wanted to leave over the summer etc, etc. When Berlusconi was running the show he personally handpicked the likes of Van Basten, Desailly and Savicevic.

Then how long has Berlusconi been the president? Since 2006 right? In that time what has he done?

Originally Posted by Ghost

Then how long has Berlusconi been the president? Since 2006 right? In that time what has he done?

President of Milan? Since he took over 20+ years ago.

Originally Posted by Mehdi

President of Milan? Since he took over 20+ years ago.

No I meant took over the role of president full time because he was no longer the prime minister of Italy.

Originally Posted by jmacpherson

We got knocked out of the champions leagues, time to move on.
It happens to many great clubs every season, there can only be 2 teams in the final.

Milan have been in far worse situations in the past, serie b years ago, negative points last season, exclusion from uefa for an entire season due to complaints about floodlights.

If we finished 10th I would still support Milan. Yes, I would be dissappointed but there is always next season and one after that.

Yes some fresh faces are required in the summer and but a mass overall will cause more problems.

You saved me a lot of time here! I totally agree. Some here have got to learn how to enjoy and appreciate not only the good times for Milan but also the low moments. With all the high times and the low times since following this team back since 1987, I would not trade any other story for it. Let the Story be Told... let the story continue.