QUOTE (Zed.D @ Sep 19 2012, 02:56 PM)
I think we played some really good football in Allegri's first season. last season wasn't nearly as good and this season... well, you know.
I disagree. Under Allegri we played dry football based only on the ingenuity of one individual. I acknowledge Allegri's scudetto success, but I'll never acknowledge we played especially good.
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Sep 19 2012, 04:21 PM)
Much better squad? Pretty sure Carlo also had Nesta. He also managed to finish 5th with Cafu, Maldini, Nesta, Pirlo, Kaka', Pato (and Gattuso, Pippo and Seedorf who a number are very fond of).
That's a very selective memory. Because Pippo was out for a long time, while mentioning Nesta is just ridiculous as he practically couldn't play a normal season.
Maldini and Pirlo sure. Pato? You mean the 17 year old Pato? Come on!
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Think you need to remember Allegri has made a profit on transfers in his time as coach. Which other Milan coach has had to put up with that?
Am I saying he's a great coach? No. But expecting a borderline Europa League team to do anything better than maybe qualify for the Europa League is deluded. Or do you share Galliani's delusion that he should be winning the title?
We're not a borderline Europa League team and I'm convinced a good coach would have at least secured us the 3rd spot. But right now Kurt - we're not Europa League - we're playing like a Serie B team, and that has awfully lot to do with Allegri's vision and sense for the game.