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Allegri: 'I don't feel at risk'
By Football Italia staff

Massimiliano Allegri sniped “some couldn’t wait for us to lose,” but insists his job is not on the line as speculation grows Milan will fire him if he fails to win the Scudetto.

The last week has been disastrous for the Rossoneri, who dropped a four-point lead to fall behind Juventus in the Serie A table and were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona.

“I absolutely do not feel at risk,” insisted Allegri after the 2-1 home defeat to Fiorentina.

“Certain evaluations are down to the club and will only be made at the end of the season. I prefer to concentrate on what we have to do right now.”

President Silvio Berlusconi was critical of Allegri’s approach during the two legs against Barcelona, fuelling speculation failure to win the Scudetto will result in a new Coach.

“We all have to live it day by day, game by game, because too many calculations have been made over the past few days.

“There are still seven rounds to go. Everyone said Juve had a great chance of winning the Scudetto when they were behind us, so I don’t see why we shouldn’t in the same position.”

Allegri also sniped at the media and chasing pack after the shock 2-1 home defeat to Fiorentina, which saw Milan go in front with a very dubious penalty.

“I realised that many, let’s say the vast majority, couldn’t wait for Milan to lose. There, it happened. Now we will move forward.

“Nobody expected this defeat, not even us, but we have the character to get back on our feet. It can happen in a season. Don’t forget we had a long run-up to go four points clear of Juve, so you do pay for this strain. It’s not over yet, though.”

La Gazzetta dello Sport is already speculating on potential replacements for Allegri, including Marco van Basten, Marcello Lippi, Fabio Capello and the promotion of Clarence Seedorf.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Imagine that...

This post has been edited by Zed.D: Apr 8 2012, 03:30 PM

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The thing is, in very little time Allegri has brought us back to the search for top. He has won us a league already and we can possibly win a next one still. Apart from our recent poor set of results and his most recent selection fail, overall he has done good. We can't keep on saying he likes strength over skill so because of that he is better suited for a small club coach; the fact is he is a couple good signings away from having a very good team, at which point we can then properly assess things and look to make judgement afterwards.

Why give him the axe now, to start over yet again? We are can already just continue to heading in the right direction with proper reinforcements & correct player departures.

So to summarize, his first season we got the long awaited Serie A title, 2nd season we are still challenging for it up to the end (and could possibly win it) - If it wasn't for an unexplained number of injuries & unfortunate reffing errors, we could have still been ahead in Serie A, and possibly in the CL Semis. Not to mention that we had an fair showing in the CL (progression-wise) despite coming up against the undoubtedly best club in the world at them moment (4 times).

The guy clearly deserves another season. I think the best is yet to come.

Back to the top? What's that supposed to mean? He won us the scudetto last season, when we practically had no opposition to face. Even a n00b would have been able to accomplish that, having to rely on Ibrahimovic all the time. Don't forget we got kicked out of Europe by frigging Tottenham! And let's not talk about the Arsenal debacle this season that nearly led to one of the greatest humiliations in our recent history. His dodgy decisions lost us the lead in the league, and now we might finish the season empty handed. How exactly does that translate into success? But most of all, the way we play under this guy is plain repulsive to my eyes. He's not and he'll never be a Milan-quality coach.

X-Off, why are you so stubborn? Pirlo left clearly because of contract issues not because Allegri kicked him out. I realize you hate the guy's guts and want to associate him with every single bad thing that happens to this club, but it's obvious in this case what happened.

No, for me Allegri was the main reason why Pirlo decided to leave. The contract was merely a pretext for us to offload him. Allegri didn't consider Pirlo capable enough to play in front of the defense. He wanted a classic DM in that position, which he first tried with Ambrosini and later with van Bommel after we signed him. Pirlo played the majority of games under Allegri as LCM, which was later covered by Seedorf. That's not his position, but Allegri had already decided on the formation. That's why Pirlo said he had decided to sign for Juventus since February. The issue of the contracts was not even discussed back then.