I don't know. There are so many answers to that question. Or versions of it.

It think Milan has an identity crisis. Money alone won't do the trick , and let's be honest , Milan never could compete with outgoing transfer sums with the likes of Barca , Real , ManUtd , ... But Milan had that winning DNA as we once all said . Relatively unknown players with immense talent combined with experienced top class players , an intellegent coach with a working plan and a management capable of producing a healthy balance between buying top players , producing talented youth and have scouts roaming the globe. I believe it was that what made Milan truly great. To be an absolute world class team with less "resources" than other team.

But then I remember those words from Uncle Fester that Milan cannot be that same club anymore and we must focus on youth alone. And I knew then , many years ago , that this would be Milan's downfall. After the last generation of world class players left like Nesta, Maldini , Gatusso , Pirlo , Seedorf , etc I knew we would come to this where we would end up with a pool of substandard players trapped in this surreal situation where the only thing that makes this club a topclub is it's history , that's it. We have a great history.

The future , even if we get funds from a new owner is "lost" in my oppinion. We lost that Milan DNA , that Milan Identity if I can call it that , when we let our old lions go and replaced them with players who are not cut out for a club like Milan. Suddenly players like Bonera became our new Nesta/Stam/Silva and we ended up with a puddle of , sorry for my languague , cr@p players/coaches/management.

There is nothing solid we can build a steady club on , our pilars are gone. I have been a Milan supporter since the Van Basten days , that's about 20 years now , and I really fear for the future of our club. I don't care about the money when it's our soul that we lost.

Mind giving me one? Aside from the usual "you should support your club in the better and worse" talk.



Indeed my friend, your perfectly summarized the feelings of every Milan fan. And the worst part of all this is that we don't seem to learn from our mistakes.

It became quite clear that relying on rookie coaches was not the way to go since Leonardo left, so who do we hire instead? Cagliari's Allegri, then Seedorf and Inzaghi with zero experience, and now another rookie in Mihajlovic. Outcome: the same usual bullshit.

But that's not the end of it. It seemed like we were trying to get rid of all these "rotten apples" we had in our dressing room, by gradually releasing the likes of Boateng, Muntari, Balotelli, Niang etc. only to get them back without any real plan or idea. Boateng's potential signing this January is mind-boggling.

Not to mention the usual Galliani panic buys at the last moment, the latest example of which being Kucka.

Nothing really seems to change, and it won't change until Galliani is shown the door for good, or at least somebody else is put in charge of signing the players, as Maldini suggested a few days ago.

My question is, how long can Galliani's leash really be? Eventually Berlu is going to lose patience with him, at least thats my hope and he will be the one on the chopping block. I'm surprised this hasn't happened already. Guys like Maldini, Nesta, Gattuso, etc should be with the team, as coaches or scouts or something. I think that would be the only way for us to rebuild that culture.

Why does Berlu have such ties to Galliani? I'm a relatively young (22) fan so my Milan history doesn't run as far back as some. I missed a lot of the golden days but I am thankful to have caught the great Ancellotti years. I got to see my team in the Champions League final 3 times. That is something many fans may never see. I'll never give them up even if we get relegated. The anger that I feel week to week can be washed away by the pictures and videos of those teams, and the hope that one day I will get to see a captain of Milan lift that cup again. Then all of this bs will seem like a distant memory.

Ancelotti's rejection this summer was the turning point. I am positive that if Carlo had accepted, not only we'd have a top class coach, but we would have attracted bigger names as well.

Just to be clear, if we win tonight we'll face Carpi in the quarters and the winner of Alessandria-Spezia in the semis. In other words, we'll have the path paved to the final. Let's see...

Couldn't watch the game... We can even reach the final and lose against a Cl qualified team and
still qualify for the EL. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

Some seriously huge ambitions right there (IMG:http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/hand-gestures/rocking-banana-smiley-emoticon.gif)