QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Nov 16 2014, 10:00 PM)
Think acid, its more to do with expectations here than anything else.
Oh, I'm thinking alright brotherman. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/happy.gif) Can't say the same about the guys in our management.
QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Nov 16 2014, 10:00 PM)
Milan is a club with a glorious history, bar Madrid no club could replicate this club's achievements.
Not even them. I don't count their first five wins. Backed by another fascist dictator. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) There was Milan in the 90s, and there was Barcelona in the 2000s, while decade no particular team has been able to cement authority, though there have been a bunch of three or four at the very top.
Then again, this decade is barely half done here, so maybe some team can.
QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Nov 16 2014, 10:00 PM)
Since the dawn of FFP we started to scale down on quality. We have become trigger friendly (as fans). And this is understandable, as our expectations are that of CL finals. Yet because of our lack of quality and lack of results, we quickly point the fingers.
No they're not, this is where we take a different route. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) As I mentioned before, most of us here, at least here on Milanfan, have reasonable expectations. They can live with the results as long as they're met. While being in full knowledge of the all the missteps the management (in particular Galliani) has taken in the past few years.
For me, I don't even care about the results, only the way we conduct ourselves on the pitch. And off of it. If there's a broadcast on, I'll watch a Milan match even if they were playing in Serie B or C or Z, whatever. If not, I'll read up the results on the newspapers and websites. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) But not this mess, not this politicized mess.
I'm interested in the sports of it, not the spectacle. Though that also comes if you the team plays well.
QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Nov 16 2014, 10:00 PM)
We need to downgrade our expectations to what our club's capacity could support. We have to be aligned with this, otherwise we are left with frustration. Sure it is saddening when I go to watch a CL semi final at friends and they tease about Milan, but that is the circle of life if you will.
Yeah, I don't have friends like these. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) I've brainwashed them into believing that their clubs are too mainstream, and are run by corrupt officials. In the case of Madrid it was easy, because or their dirty past and the fact that they've barely developed a player. For Barcelona, they have made it easy with their tactics and cheating.
The EPL clubs there was no need for such mind tricks. So almost everyone I know respects Milan and they don't tease about us, only hope for us come back into the elite circle. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) Obviously, having class acts like Maldini, Van Basten, Sheva, Nesta, Ibra and Silva play for us helps in carving out an image. Subliminal messaging!
QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Nov 16 2014, 10:00 PM)
Berlusconi could throw in 200M, heck 500M the next day, but by doing so we would be barred from European competition and maybe fines from Liga Calcio. It has been cemented in these forums that Berlusconi does not care, that he wants to sell our best players to fill his own pockets, and these accusations/assumptions are fine since it is an internet forum. But for the record, he did do good. He made the Milan we are all fans of. While the current times, not only football, but all of Italy is bleeding. FIAT group spun off Ferrari to raise cash (last week).
Yeah, well Mr. B and Galliani are two corrupt bastards, you know that. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) I like what they've done with the place, and sure we wouldn't be here having this conversation if it were not because of these two individuals. Berlusconi in particular, but Galliani also had a part to play in our success. Just as they're having a say in our demise.
Point being, I respect what they've done for the team, but it wasn't exactly charity. One pocketed millions upon millions for the job, while other used the club to define his politics. It were the players and the fans that built Milan, and they are the real stakeholders. Even if they don't have a place in the power corridors.
But getting back to that point, all I want, all we want is a display of sanity, openness, right selection of players when it comes to transfers, signing up a genuine coach, trimming down of needless expenses, and showing that we have something as a project going on. Self esteem and respect doesn't require funds, now, does it?
QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Nov 16 2014, 10:00 PM)
Looking at Serie A today (or Italy as a whole), you can see the regression throughout. Roma were humbled by Bayern, the Roma for which we all consider title worthy contenders. It is telling of the times Italy's industries/exports are facing, and Milan is a product for which Italy markets. You would have to relate, otherwise it is all guess work.
Milan is more than Italy now. Has been for decades now. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) It's another matter entirely that the management did not have the foresight to market the club right, pitch it to audiences in the USA, the Middle East and the Far East. Even South America. All four are expansive markets, and could have helped us immensely.
They sign Honda now, when we could have snapped him up ages ago. A limited player, I know, maybe he could have developed better in company of legends, but there is no denying that he is the number one player in Asia, and we could have used that to our advantage. Opportunities delayed are opportunities lost.
QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Nov 16 2014, 10:00 PM)
In closing, Inzaghi is a sole we all love. Regardless of his coaching ability. However, after 10 or so matches since his Serie A debut we all have our guns aimed at him. We knew he was a noob and we all knew he could take time to adjust. The question remains is half a season enough time? is a season? what about two? or three? How long did Sir Alex take to start winning? how long did Ancelotti take? etc etc. Sacchi is a different story all together, as he was entrusted with a stellar team at a time when Italy was second only to Germany in terms of industrial capability.
I don't want to talk about Inzaghi, though. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) He's done some good things for us as a player, delivered where it mattered, but even though I have a fair amount of reservations for him as a person, he really should not have been hired as a coach. Not when we don't even has stability in the team, the squad.
Should have gone for a more experienced hand and given him time to do what he wants with the team. I was against the Seedorf appointment too, but at least he had tremendous footballing sense, and was trying to create a system. Failed, yeah, I know, But Inzaghi is just experimenting and hoping for this to coming out good.
And it's not about taking the time to adjust, it's about showing that there are adjustments. Doing the basics right, which he is not. Again, like I said, these are still early days, and I am prepared for a lot more changes in the coming moons. I'm already prepared for things to go a lot bad before they improve.
But that, in no ways, ties into my expectations and wanting things right now like a spoiled child. I'm prepared to wait, and wait for as long as it is necessary. Not like this, though, not what we, very clearly, seem to be going around in circles. And that too, with the so called experienced hands on deck.
Berlusconi and Galliani have been through this in the late 90s, when the cycle ended, and they made the same mistakes again. Missing out on key players, not splashing the cash where needed, and wasting it where it wasn't. Our current mess started right after our 2007 win. Everyone from Ancelotti to Allegri are at fault.
Along with the management, of course. They lacked foresight, and it's come back to bite us where it hurts!