First of all, I really want Gattuso to succeed. He has shown flashes of brilliance and an ability to learn. He is a legend, the players love him. Most of the fans love him. But Milan requires results. 12 points out of 24 is a dismal amount.
And if we went out there against Inter playing our usual game and went down fighting at least there's that. But trying to outmuscle and outbully Inter and not playing to our strengths as others have posted, together with the subs and Cutrone as a left winger have really made it hard for me to defend him. I don't want him to go yet, but it's really hard to stand behind him at the moment for those reasons above.
As for replacements, I don't want Rino to leave now, but I don't know how much longer we can wait. If we fail to reach top 4 this season it's going to be hard to keep our best players and attract new players.
Conte:
Pros - great motivator, great tactician, can build a team up, a proven winner of leagues.
Cons - Juventino (I know that is personal, but such a big thing for me, hated Mihaljovic as our coach for that reason too)
- back three (again a personal thing but even during Zaccheroni's time it looked odd for our team to be playing a back three)
- not aesthetically pleasing football
Wenger
Pros - believes in youth, aesthetically pleasing football
Cons - he is 70, quite stubborn in his ways which do not always guarantee success but instead is the "Wenger way" for better or for worse.
Donadoni
Pros - Milan legend, has some tactical nous
Cons - not really aesthetically pleasing football, not proven at higher level clubs
Jardim
Pros - Tactically adept, appears to adapt well as he has coached in different countries, develops players very well, is a proven winner having managed to win the French league ahead of PSG and competed well in the Champions League. Plays attractive football.
Cons - has not coached in Italy and will need time to adapt and learn the language, has not managed a team with the level of expectation as Milan.
This Guardian article is quite a good profile of Jardim:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/11/monaco-leonardo-jardim-manager-ligue-1
People are even mentioning Jardim as a candidate for replacing Mourinho despite the dismal results this season (the article also gives a compelling reason why Monaco have failed so badly this season).
