QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Oct 13 2011, 05:52 PM)
My post was exactly targeting the likes of you .. Those who believe the management is taking the club below its standards. Weren't they the ones who set the standards for this club in the first place? And if not for their 'wise' management we would have been long gone as a club, probably split in two with one part bankrupt.
Your post above paints a story of the management trying effortlessly in taking this club down. As if blinded by 'legends of the past decade' .. Regardless of their track record in presenting the team with strong players that provide the difference time and again.
Times change, my friend. How can you expect a management to retain high standards for 26 years? It's impossible. We had our ups and downs during the Berlusconi era, but we always managed to get back on our feet due to the generous investments of our owner. Right now, however, I don't see it happening. We stopped being competitive after we won our last Champions League. Since then, we've been mocked and ridiculed plenty of times, on both national and European grounds.
The answer may appear simple, really. It's all about investing after all, no? Well, it's about
investing wisely. The lack of champions and the over-abundance of elder players is destroying this team. We need a rejuvenation as soon as possible. We must change strategy entirely, and put our absolute faith in youngsters. And I don't mean unproved youngsters, but players that can guarantee you a certain level of success in the long-term. There's plenty of interesting assets out there. However, if you don't splash the cash and believe in what you're acquiring, then it's all fruitless. No crazy signings, no. I would never want us to spend €45 million for someone like Falcao or Aguero. That is downright crazy and illogical. But if we can't afford even the likes of Montolivo, Eriksen, Ganso, Cissokho etc. then tell me how exactly is this management trying to get us back on our feet again? By renewing the contracts of the Seedorf's and the Ambrosini's and the Gattuso's and the Dida's and the Oddo's etc? Because this is exactly what we've been doing for the last 3-4 years.
QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Oct 13 2011, 05:52 PM)
Struggling to survive as a club ?? Seriously, is it all gloom and doom on your side of the spectrum? In the past two years, didn't you notice a shift in transition? A shift that got us a Scudetto? Or was that just Ibra and a strike of luck?
Regardless, it is based on your vision ... Are you looking at short-term results? If so, then you probably will find matters that will validate your post above. However, if you take a long-term vision and assess the club 26 years ago to-date, you will find your post doesn't weigh a grain of salt.
Of course our last scudetto was a strike of luck! What did you think, that we dominated and played flawless football all season long? We were brilliant only during scraps of periods, but in reality we were struggling to find an identity that we found and lost many times in the process. I can generalize our triumph as a mixture of luck, the Ibrahimovic factor and the declining competition in the Serie A.
Last season we didn't face any threats at all. Not because we were too strong, but because there was no-one there to challenge us. Inter, Juventus and Roma had an awful season, not on par with expectations. Only Napoli tried to scare us off, but even they fell, considering their emergence is only recent and not yet complete. Our worth last season was proved in the Champions League. Out of all qualified clubs from the group stages, we had the least amount of points (8), and we were defeated in the first knock-out round by a mediocre team like Tottenham. It was our third consecutive elimination in the round of 16.