Lets not kid ourselves its all Ibra. Pioli deserves the sack end of season, for Atalanta alone.
Nah, let's not engage in stupidity.
Using your logic, Liverpool should've fired Klopp in his first season, for the 3-0 loss to Watford alone..
Not to mention that there was no improvement in results from Rodgers and they finished 8th.
Every coach makes mistakes and needs time to figure things out if there aren't any obvious solutions. Especially when they arrive in the middle of the season and inherit an indiscernible mess, which is exactly what Pioli had to face. Not to mention not everything is in the coach's hand. Any coach will struggle under certain conditions. Not every good thing about Liverpool or Inter is due to their current coach, and similarly, not every bad thing about Inter is on Conte.
Conte was hopeless when his Ibra(Diego Costa) - whom he fell out with - was replaced with a Piatek/ASilva(Morata) and Matic with Drinkwater/Baka. As mentioned above, Klopp had a very underwhelming first season with Liverpool.
Allegri's last season with Milan was even worse than Giampaolo's if we look at win percentage and points per game. He's renowned for prioritizing a strong defense, but the team conceded 4 goals against Sassuolo in his final game. He never found even half-solutions to the team's problems despite remaining until January.
Stability, continuity and patience will be needed to get out of this hell. If the coach isn't a major obstacle like Giampaolo, then keeping a coach for more than 2 seasons wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen.
Rewatch the Juve game in November and compare it with this one.
They were two very similar and good performances, with the main difference being that the team didn't waste all of the chances this time. Rebic found the net eventually.
There were also better individuals available this time. Samu, who was injured at the time, is an upgrade from Suso. Ibra has scored only twice in 7 games, but he isn't completely useless like Piatek when he isn't scoring. Rebic, who had fitness problems at the time and started off very rusty this season for Frankfurt and Milan, has stepped up and is superior to Hakan as LW.
Pioli presented a nice platform for Milan already in his first games in charge. It wasn't just some "genius ideas" someone had dug up from his Coverciano thesis or a Reddit tactical analysis of his previous teams. It was ideas that he was able to implement in a good way even with these not so ideal set of players, unlike Giampaolo. The team was playing well in most aspects, but they were being let down in some phases by certain individuals who were simply not Milan material. We've come a long way since then, as progress has been made in Pioli's search for the right personnel.
Tactically there's no substantial differences between the current team and the October-November side although there's been some tweaks and adjustment as the personnel have changed. It was called 4-3-3 in November, but in reality we had double pivots, Paqueta as CAM and Conti acting as a 3rd CB when Theo pushed forward and Ale occupied the LB/LCB zone. In other words it was just like now, except Hakan has moved in to the center taking Paq's place and leaving his spot to Rebic.
Should he continue next season? Let's wait and see how things evolve. If you've already made up your mind and won't change it regardless of anything then you're simply an idiot.
Great post. Ibra has scored 3 in 7 though.
