Clearly? How come?You've already said everything that's going wrong with Maldini's and Boban's tenure. They are already planting articles in the media designed to absolve themselves in case the project goes haywire. They did not sign players who fit the first manager's style. Their decision to hire Giampaolo is officially a flop..
You wait 3 years if your inputs need 3 years to be assessed. Clearly, that doesn't seem to be the case here.
Clearly? How come?
They have upgraded the squad. The GP flop is on GP.
The mercato is extremely dynamic and you cant get everything you want, or even close to it unless you are filthy rich and have no financial constraints put by governing organ to work around. There's absolutely nothing wrong with criticizing Maldini, but there's a way to do it, and not after 4 months in charge. Signing (and sacking?) GP are mistakes, no doubt. But they took a chance and sometimes you have to do that.
It's not signing Giampaolo that's the mistake. The mistake is made up of the following steps: 1) Signing Giampaolo 2) Not selling Suso and Kessie when clubs were willing to pay decent money for them (less than what we wanted but still decent), and 3) Not utilizing that money to buy starters fit for the chosen manager's style.
By doing these things, they made the manager's job much more difficult than it should have been. And when he failed in conjuring up a plan B, they have sacked him and moved on to someone who's the definition of mediocrity.
Currently, they are giving interviews to FT talking about how their path is different from Elliott's but the twain shall meet somewhere etc etc. That is just crystal clear hedging talk to save themselves if the project bombs.
In all this, I don't see the passion, integrity or capability that I had expected from Maldini.
Regarding passion I agree, this fan meltdown could have been avoided if both of them were more visible and in touch with the fans. Can you link the ft article? Paste if it's behind a wall
Can you link the ft article? Paste if it's behind a wall
https://imgur.com/a/3aX0FZW
If you can't view the other person's link to the article, then I'd put it in the above Imgur gallery when it was released. You should be able to access that.
It's not signing Giampaolo that's the mistake. The mistake is made up of the following steps: 1) Signing Giampaolo 2) Not selling Suso and Kessie when clubs were willing to pay decent money for them (less than what we wanted but still decent), and 3) Not utilizing that money to buy starters fit for the chosen manager's style.
By doing these things, they made the manager's job much more difficult than it should have been. And when he failed in conjuring up a plan B, they have sacked him and moved on to someone who's the definition of mediocrity.
Currently, they are giving interviews to FT talking about how their path is different from Elliott's but the twain shall meet somewhere etc etc. That is just crystal clear hedging talk to save themselves if the project bombs.
In all this, I don't see the passion, integrity or capability that I had expected from Maldini.
Give it 3-4 years before judging someone and passing someone as failure or a success.
I am not in favour of the Giampaolo’s sacking or his appointment but give the new management some time.
My biggest concern right now is that ownership & management don’t seem to be on the same page going by Boban’s snippet of interview that he gave after Genoa game. I wouldn’t be surprised if our management resigns or are sacked cause I don’t see them looking in the same direction as Elliot.
But then again, it’s a hypothetical
I remember I brought up this point awhile back and you still supported Maldini back then. But you were pretty high on Sensi and Veretout right? We cheaped out on both of those players, Sensi by close to 10m and Veretout by 3-4m, iirc. Meanwhile we signed Theo when we had 3 LBs, not great ones but also not a position that we must immediately upgrade. Not saying I don’t like Theo or don’t think he’s a talent, but doing that also made selling Laxalt harder as well. Even then, we had a 35m offer for Correa in the end which showed we still had cash to spend just we chose to allocate it per player the way they chose.
In retrospect (actually I thought this at the time but I didnt really want to judge Paolo so early), our midfield needed the massive upgrade and was way more pressing than the LB or any other position, especially after the max exodus after last season, but we somehow found a way to cheap out on position we needed help the most (again it’s not that I don’t like Bennacer or Krunic, but at least in the case of Bennacer it’s rather clear why he didn’t play ahead of Biglia). This isn’t some constraint placed by the management, and part of the blame has to be on Maldini.
Ok I've decided that I can think positively about this situation. What follows is my extremely hopeful, positive scenario. (STATUTORY WARNING: Please read on only if you are not infected by incurable negativity).
Elliott is actually in advanced negotiations with Bernard Arnault or an alternate investor. They expect the deal to be closed upward of 900 million or so by winter. In this scenario, they do not think it prudent to hire a medium expensive coach like Spalletti on a minimum 2-year contract. The prospective owner has also asked for no such long-term hiring to be done while negotiations are ongoing. Therefore, they have asked Maldini to go for the cheapest available decent option who'd be willing to be contracted for the shortest possible duration.
Hence Pioli with a 1+1 year deal. Once the takeover is complete, the new owners would most likely drop Pioli as soon as the season is over, and go for a proper manager like Allegri or Ancelotti to kick-start a new project.
I salute you for positive thinking.
But if takeover talks were in place, especially in advanced stages, the media would surely know something by now.
Ok I've decided that I can think positively about this situation. What follows is my extremely hopeful, positive scenario. (STATUTORY WARNING: Please read on only if you are not infected by incurable negativity).
Elliott is actually in advanced negotiations with Bernard Arnault or an alternate investor. They expect the deal to be closed upward of 900 million or so by winter. In this scenario, they do not think it prudent to hire a medium expensive coach like Spalletti on a minimum 2-year contract. The prospective owner has also asked for no such long-term hiring to be done while negotiations are ongoing. Therefore, they have asked Maldini to go for the cheapest available decent option who'd be willing to be contracted for the shortest possible duration.
Hence Pioli with a 1+1 year deal. Once the takeover is complete, the new owners would most likely drop Pioli as soon as the season is over, and go for a proper manager like Allegri or Ancelotti to kick-start a new project.
Also, qualifying for CL would be a huge factor for a potential buyer.
So, even in that sense spending a bit more on a top coach would be worth it.
It's not a great investment when the club is bleeding for cash every year and needs yet another 100M transfer market to make us top 4
Too much of a optimistic idea by necromunch that a takeover by a billionaire will happen esp in Jan, eventho that would be dope, imagine LV as our sponsors
“Milan are a disaster. They’re all talk and no action,” slammed Ibra.
“This is not the club everyone fell in love with, in Italy and all over the world. Perhaps there are too many wrong people who should be elsewhere.
“Paolo Maldini doesn’t have what it takes to be a director, whereas in his playing career he was one of my all-time favourites.
“In fairness, Maldini does have a difficult task, because it’s not easy to do well with limited resources.”
this is different from what you've posted in the commode
same source?
“Paolo Maldini doesn’t have what it takes to be a director.
“Milan are a disaster. They’re all talk and no action,” slammed Ibra.
“This is not the club everyone fell in love with, in Italy and all over the world. Perhaps there are too many wrong people who should be elsewhere.
“Paolo Maldini doesn’t have what it takes to be a director, whereas in his playing career he was one of my all-time favourites.
“In fairness, Maldini does have a difficult task, because it’s not easy to do well with limited resources.”