Agree with this but who is Ibra-like that can cover up the flaws of a sputtering attack singlehandedly.
I also think this has long been Milan's problem since the fall of our great teams. The reliance of the soloist has led us to this predicament. We need a team that gets results based on system and then you can always spice it up with class as we go.
This.
People seem to be obsessed with that one player that will make us great, considering our past it's clear where this does come from, we always had that one great player(striker) who elevated our team, from Sheva to Kaka to Ibra.
But the more time goes by the more the game becomes team/tactics oriented, a great team will always beat a good team with great solo players. If individual talent would be this important we would win against most teams in Seria A easily.
Unfortunately for us there are many factors that are much more important in todays game.
Kalinic misses two chances against Inter and people are like fuck the managment we should have buyed a top striker that would have made the difference.
Go and watch some Dortmund games and look how much top chances are wasted by the worldclass striker that is Aubameyeng. But since the system is working he gets enough chances to actually score this much goals.
Or take another look at Bacca at Sevilla and compare that to his stint here or a guy like Immobile who looked like an amateur player at Dortmund and is now one of the most prolific strikers around.
It's all about the system.
But first you have to have one and thats the main problem Milan had in my opinion since Ancelotti era.
Allegri came in and did a good job to organize a good defense unit and go on from there, mostly it was give the ball to Ibra and he will make something happen.
That's the reason I liked Miha this much because since watching Milan for the first time someone tried to build a system where everybody has to contribute, even tough he was very defensiv minded. For the first time I've seen players working hard off the ball according to a scheme.
We need a coach who is obsessed about a idea of football who is not willing to compromise on it, who is willing to build from scratch, who is demanding tactial discipline and a lot of hard work from the players, who is obsessed with every little detail, who gives a clear philosophy for the players to stick to. A good example would be a guy like Van Gaal or Pep or to an lesser extend Conte who would do wonders at Milan. On the other side bringing Ancelotti back would be a disaster in my eyes and I love that guy. I think he would do even worse than Montella.
Montella seems to have a vision but he also seems to lack any real authority. I just don't think he has the right charakter for the task at hand even if he does posses the tactical knowledge required.