I agree there.

Actually I would assign ownership with the biggest blame. Maldini and Massara had clear plans for last summer. All of which where thwarted by the needlessly long negotiations for their own contracts, which should have been handled before the summer window even started and a shoe string budget set by the new ownership

Botman and Sanches would have been improvements and stepping stones for what was a good team that won the league but still needed work. Instead we ended up with panic buys and a major mistake in CDK

No, he should go.

Grateful for all he's done, but this team has out-grown him

What was previously an exciting high press system has turned into a stale, static mess.

I'll always hold him in high regard as he is the one who turned this rag-tag bunch of players into champions, but he's reached the limit of what he can give to this team imo. If we keep him next season I fear it will get even worse

Btw, just want to add. What a truly terrible game that was. From both sides. Really horrible. Full of errors and wtf moments. Krunic especially p!sses me off so much when he's f@cking about with the ball in our box. Just insanely stupid at times. Cannot take watching these players start for us anymore.

Messias... My God! Just awful! How is he starting over Alexis? Offers absolutely nothing but mistakes

Krunic. He's a good/average players, but he needs to go back to being our bench option. Not replacing Kessie has proven to be one of the dumbest moves ever and it's basically cost us the season. Now with Bennacer potentially out for nearly 6 more months. We have to go all in for a starting mid, and that cannot be Loftus-f@cking-Cheek! Stop with the bargain buying! We should have cash to burn this summer. It better be used wisely. Milenkovic -Savic is available. He's not going to renew his contract and Lotito will have to play ball or lose him for free. Just go all in for him! And then you can f@ck about going for players like RLC.

The midfield, our strongest area last season, needs serious work. Pobega needs to be moved on, Vranckx isn't good enough, Krunic should be rotation and we'll also need a decent backup for Bennacer.

The attack... We need a proper striker who's strong and mobile. We cannot rely on Giroud like we do now. Messias, Origi, Rebic. All have to go.

The defensive situation is not as dire. A decent backup for Theo and another CB maybe so we can shift Kalulu to the right and we should be fine. Tata and Mirante should be gone with Sportiello most likely being the first incoming of the summer


So much work to be done. Hopefully we have the budget to do it.

Do you want me to dredge the archives here and demonstrate what you actually said about 2011 as opposed to how you're historically revising your views now?

And once again, I want to reiterate that we did not fluke anything last season

We were the best side points wise, we got the most points against the top 6 sides and we had a near perfect 2022. That is not fluking anything.

What we did do is follow up that Scudetto with a straight shot to the foot by not improving the squad and losing a player that made up the backbone of the team


@Fillipo re Kalulu. Let's see. I think a lot of our players are suffering from a hangover following the league win. No one has been up to standard imo.

Kalulu is having a tough time finding his rhythm again following his injury.

If there was a facepalm I'd use it. Pioli gave up on the league months ago - he's been prioritising UCL by a mile, but desperately needs Leao for the return leg. Not sure if Bennacer has a chance of being fit.

We don't have a good enough squad to compete on both domestic and European fronts, so we've picked UCL.

It'll be justified if we get past Inter, but that needs Benna and Leao back.

Can't even muster up the energy to get p!ssed at this point.

Pioli is done

But the complete lack of quality once you go beyond the first 11 is all the fault of the ownership

We won the scudetto last season and instead of taking a step forward we took a step back quality-wise.

The loss of Kessie is a major reason for where we are now imo. We lost the dominance we used to hold in the midfield when we lost him. Krunic is just not good enough and replacing him with Pobega is an insult.

Add to the fact that we lost an important player, we did not improve areas that we've known needed investment for over 2 years now.

Still no decent RW, still relying on semi-retired players upfront, no proper midfield to replace Kessie. The CDK move was a complete bust. Origi was a even worse. The ownership failed this team and Pioli has failed this club as a whole as well. Prioritizing CL KOs when it's do or die in the league to make top 4 is beyond the pale. Consistent CL football is a must. We're going to lose out on that next season so a CL semi this season and getting embarrassingly thrown out by Inter while missing out on top 4 will look incredibly stupid once the season is over

It is clear at this point that certain players cannot be part of the team next season. They cannot be relied on, even for minor rotation purposes, let alone playing top 4 decider games.

All the points we've lost in 2023... Against so many terrible teams, it's just not acceptable. Pioli simply has to go. It's clear there is no longer a clear playing style. I'm back to watching this team as I did during the banter era. With dread about approaching games. It's terrible stagnant football. This team under Pioli was once exciting, quick, high press. Now it's just trudging along and passing aimlessly for 90 minutes while barely creating any clear cut chances against relegation battling sides

Pobega, Ballo-Toure, CDK, Origi, Rebic. Just terrible all season

Taking off Brahim and Theo, our only hope for a goal is just peek Pioli of 2023. Cannot take it anymore with him

Can't believe we're in the semis!!

Has there been a worse defending champion performance before this ffs?