QUOTE (I_Rossoneri @ Mar 29 2011, 12:36 AM)
The big point that you're missing is that leo actually came out and said "I couldn't manage another team in Italy" and promptly went running to the dark side. As for Carlo, he often spoke of one day managing Roma so that is a totally different story.
Roma to me is okay. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) They are the little kids of Serie A, those who walk on all fours. There are only three big clubs currently, all the other ones have either fallen from grace, or were never that big to start with. And as for Leo, it is okay to point fingers at what he did. And maybe he should not have done it, but you have to put yourself in his shoes and then think: Will you (or anyone else) ever get a chance to coach the top club in world football at the moment and deny that?
It's not the money, it's the recognition that matters. Maybe he will leave/get kicked out at the end of the season in a couple of months time, but he got the necessary exposure. If he had not taken it or the Brazil NT job, then it's back to the drawing board. Managing a Serie B/C club or a similar one in any other league, 5-10 years trying to establish himself, and then any other big offers. That too, maybe, if he had it in him and got a chance to prove himself. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) He is not Italian that he may get many chances at this stage or other here in this league, so like I said it was back to Brazil or any other obscure league.
There were people in the Milan management itself who said that they were okay with Leo leaving and coaching inter. To them, they were rival clubs, not enemies, you can dig out the direct quotes. Of course, Berlu and company will make you think otherwise, that is where the $$$ is. This is professional football people, not a WWII theater of war, please. Let's not be
melodramatico.
QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 29 2011, 12:56 AM)
The key word is prior to.
Yeah, but he was a Milanista and a Romanista as a player, right? (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) That matters not, he did not have any trouble going to Turin even after spending all those years in Milan and winning stuff. And to me Juve is the real enemy, not the pesky turds at inter. Beating down inter we will just be the best club in Milan, the real competition is the big one in Turin. It does not hurt me as much to see inter over take us in terms of Scudetto as seeing us on a standstill and Juve just a few away from a third star.
In any case, these last few years were the perfect opportunity to close the gap on the Zebras. But no, we have to beat the little blue guy (which we failed terribly at), while the black and white one was checking out the weather in Serie B. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) These special signings we made this year, the cash should have been splashed after the 2006 scandal - this way both inter would have been in their place, while we would have caught up with Juve, and who knows maybe won another CL to go with the 3-4 Scudetto trophies.