Let me just say this. We started good. Kessie, Musacchio, Rodriguez, Silva. We were in the meantime pursuing Conti, Biglia and Keita, along with a top striker between Morata, Belotti and Aubameyang. We were going in with the intention of playing 4-3-3. That was the initial plan.
Then we signed Calhanoglu, an AM, who ideally doesn't fit in such a formation. And then we signed Bonucci, a signing many praised but I for starters was not so excited about. It seemed an opportunity buy without much thought into it. And then we failed to sign any of our three big striker targets and ended up with Kalinic in the end.
By the time the league started, Montella's formation was 4-3-3 when in fact we could play anything but that formation, lacking the wingers to do so. And then after being handed his @ss over to him by Lazio, he switched to 3-5-2, a choice dictated more by external pressure than his own vision.
And by today, 1 October, we are a team without identity, without any game plan or ideas whatsoever. We lack the spirit, we lack the tactics, we lack the willpower to become great again. We are a team who've spent 240M in two months but we're playing like we've been playing in the past 5-6 years.
The point that I'm tying to make is that I still think we have a very good roster of players at disposal, and we can still do well. But maybe the management got lost midway through the signing campaign, started signing players without much thought, and Montella is not that good of a coach we all thought he was.
The only way we can salvage this season is by sacking Montella right away and sign Ancelotti. Because if we do nothing and let another loss slip by, it will be too late.
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