[Danny]

http://milanrant.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/th...in-history.html

It's no wonder I've just totally given up on this club.

[Fillipo Simone]

Han, you surprised me there. Weeks ago I asked about Baselli and the "Baselli's of Serie A" - aka - how is it possible that players like Bertolacci, Baselli, etc. excel at the various Genoas, Atalantas and Torinos. Now you gave me an answer (I'm still not sure it's the right one, but it did resonate) that small-team mentality and surroundings make the difference. That playing at Milan takes a whole new level by itself.

No take that as an answer for your own question.

Also, I'd like to think that Mihajlović didn't do anything special. He finished up 7th, yes, with a small team, nevertheless equipped with some good players. In a weak and unstable Serie A this is enough.

[Danny]

Han, you surprised me there. Weeks ago I asked about Baselli and the "Baselli's of Serie A" - aka - how is it possible that players like Bertolacci, Baselli, etc. excel at the various Genoas, Atalantas and Torinos. Now you gave me an answer (I'm still not sure it's the right one, but it did resonate) that small-team mentality and surroundings make the difference. That playing at Milan takes a whole new level by itself.

No take that as an answer for your own question.

Also, I'd like to think that Mihajlović didn't do anything special. He finished up 7th, yes, with a small team, nevertheless equipped with some good players. In a weak and unstable Serie A this is enough.

As an aside, we wanted Baselli and everyone on here mocked the notion. Now he's tearing it up at Torino and suddenly he's anything but a joke.

[han2503]

As an aside, we wanted Baselli and everyone on here mocked the notion. Now he's tearing it up at Torino and suddenly he's anything but a joke.

You think he'd have produced that kind of form with us?

He'd be in the same water as Bertolacci imo. Who was doing great things with Genoa as well but he's simply not good enough to be an integral part of Milan and neither is Baselli, or Bonventura before them, who has produced good performances for us, but he's simply not someone good enough to build around or to take us to the next level.

Players like these would have been bench fillers back in the day at Milan, now we're talking about using them as integral cogs in the team, and we wonder why we can't get into the CL positions

I guess it's the same old thing leading to the question I posed above, why do very average teams manage to have good to great seasons while performing very well, and while we granted don't have top players have a relatively good squad on paper (that granted might not be well balanced or a good mix), but still can't even manage to muster a mildly decent performance let alone a good result.

[Danny]

You think he'd have produced that kind of form with us?

Not every small club player is unable to produce on the bigger stage.

He'd be in the same water as Bertolacci imo. Who was doing great things with Genoa as well but he's simply not good enough to be an integral part of Milan and neither is Baselli, or Bonventura before them, who has produced good performances for us, but he's simply not someone good enough to build around or to take us to the next level.

Players like these would have been bench fillers back in the day at Milan, now we're talking about using them as integral cogs in the team, and we wonder why we can't get into the CL positions

I guess it's the same old thing leading to the question I posed above, why do very average teams manage to have good to great seasons while performing very well, and while we granted don't have top players have a relatively good squad on paper (that granted might not be well balanced or a good mix), but still can't even manage to muster a mildly decent performance let alone a good result.

Because we're expected to win every match and do so with aplomb. And if we don't have big time players then we can't cope with the expectation.

But I stand by my reason that's not what's killing us this season.