[arivanjj]

Former Milan star Zvonimir Boban has criticised the current Rossoneri side and insists that they need more than Alexandre Pato to turn things around.

The European champions are in the doldrums after last weekend’s defeat against Roma left them in 13th place.

The Diavolo have pinned their hopes on Brazilian striking starlet Pato, who arrives in January, but Boban is not convinced.

“I strongly doubt that Pato will be enough to jumpstart the Milan engine,” he told La Stampa.

“If the Rossoneri want to compete on all fronts they need one really big signing.”

Boban believes that the priorities at the club have changed since he won four Scudetti at the San Siro between 1992 and 2001.

“Milan have changed their philosophy and now they put the Champions League first and let everything else follow,” he stressed.

“As Europe seems to matter more than everything else, the side are unwittingly snubbing the League.”

The Croatian ex-midfielder concluded by casting a critical eye over the men at Carlo Ancelotti’s disposal.

“It’s a different squad now because you can’t ask the old guard to keep working miracles,” he warned.

“Ancelotti doesn’t have the strikers who can turn a game, let alone a season, like Jon Dahl Tomasson or Daniele Massaro used to.

“Inter have Julio Cruz, Juventus have Vincenzo Iaquinta and Roma Mirko Vucinic, but Milan have nobody.”


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[Zed.D]

Everyone is pointing out what is Milan's real problem, but unfortunately neither Galliani nor Berlusconi don't pay heed to no one. becoming European champions [while it was more like a miracle than anything else] has caused some arrogancy between them I suppose. the team have been playing in the levels of a Serie B team this season (except for one or two one-offs) and all they have to say is that "no worries, we are European champions ans SuperChampions".

This post has been edited by zdrossoneri: Oct 30 2007, 02:43 PM

[Rossoneri7]

Everyone is pointing out what is Milan's real problem, but unfortunately neither Galliani nor Berlusconi don't pay heed to no one. becoming European champions [while it was more like a miracle than anything else] has caused some arrogancy between them I suppose. the team have been playing in the levels of a Serie B team this season (except for one or two one-offs) and all they have to say is that "no worries, we are European champions ans SuperChampions".

I think you just insulted the entire Milan squad's efforts with that comment.

Boban has a point, it will take more than Pato to turn the season around ... It will take a Ronaldo (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Zed.D]

I think you just insulted the entire Milan squad's efforts with that comment.

Hey, calm down! I don't know why you like to be misunderstood by my posts. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) I certainly didn't want to insult anybody. why did you say that? I think you just insulted me! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) you're right about the team's efforts [it's not like only Milan tried to win the title. all the 32 teams tried as hard as we did] but that aside, we were lucky to go all the way to the Athens; we were inconsistent, struggling a bit in the group stages, a lot of injured players, Dida's mistakes, etc. there were two or three teams which were as much qualified to win the title as Milan but luck was on our side more than them as we saw it in the first half against Liverpool. and these are not only my thoughts, in fact Sacchi said more or less the same thing ["Milan made gold out of what was destined for failure"].

This post has been edited by zdrossoneri: Oct 30 2007, 11:19 PM