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I wonder if he said that in an attempt to "lessen the pressure" so to speak on Pioli? There were things he said that I was surprised by, and that was one of them. In my longer discussion with Alo earlier, I assumed for argument's sake (as I pointed out) that let's assume the worst about...

Reports seem to indicate that Mike likes being at Milan and wants to stay and that Milan wants to keep him. I think the wrangling right now is in an awkward stage because... Mike's stats this year are... really bad, actually. There's also his need to display that he won't be getting injured as...

If you think this squad is where it should be, in 3rd place, in Serie A, that that position is its ceiling, that is where I fundamentally disagree with you. We've had the supposedly wonderful window under new management and we are worse than we were last year, points-wise in the league, CL...

To try and be concise, to me, Maldini's blowback was a consequences of Redbird's actions--how they managed their highly visible employee. An employee Gerry did not have to give a new contract to, but he did. He could have let him go, without having to pay him a dime. He then chose to alienate...

If they win the CL, they'll be able to dunk on Maldini all day. Maybe the injury situation clears up--well it won't anytime soon because Thiaw and Kalulu both have long-term muscular injuries and we have to bring in CBs in January--but let's say we get everyone back, Jovic becomes Sheva, Chuk...

The interesting part about Redbird's gripes with Maldini is that Gerry could have just let Maldini and Massara's contracts expire when they took over. Moncada was there, you didn't even have to fire them, could have just let their contracts expire.

My priority is the CL, and being out of the group stages (most likely) is a travesty for me. Yes, it was a very difficult group, but still I think we should have progressed out of it. Our injury situation has gotten progressively worse each year, which is the other huge concern. However, I...

I have no idea if Muller has anything left in him, at 34, who knows? I haven't watched Bayern the last few weeks at all since he's been playing more often. I also don't think he'll come here, MLS is more likely, if he doesn't retire at Bayern. Even if I don't like him, I would prefer him to...

Maybe Theo becomes a world class CB in addition to LB like his hero Maldini and retires here at Milan and I can ensure Pioli never gets credit because in his last interview he said it was Theo's idea, no matter what else is ever said on the topic?

My point is that exposing your squad to these sorts of distractions are a consequence of Redbird's actions. Actions have consequences. Tonali and Donna both got very different receptions from Milan fans when they came to San Siro, not because they left, but because of the context of what...

I largely agree with your post until this part: The management made this happen, not simply by firing Maldini, but by throwing mud at him. They did. It is not just Scaroni publicly bashing him, but how they kept leaking to the press all the horrible stuff Maldini was supposedly going to do, all...

Journalists seem to report Arab interest in every club on earth lol. The angle I would think of, if we wanted to give these reports some weight, is that there are two avenues: one is that there is a serious investor that wants to get in on the sports investing action but doesn't have...

A lot of fashion designers have been trying to make variations of skirts become a thing, Marc Jacobs tried in like 2012. When designers get lazy they try it out, acting like its some subversive thing when various cultures from Scots to Somalis, Indonesians to Arabs, Japanese to the...

Benfica and Porto do a really good job of showcasing talent to get bigger moves, I think that has to play a big part to these players decision making. I also think Benfica and Porto are better at the financial packaging that makes these deals so complex, they seem to be more comfortable with...

I doubt he'll come here, but he's a very smart player, you have to give him that. Even if he has one of the most annoying faces in football history, lol.

I have no idea how Gabbia is doing at Villarreal at all.

Is Christian Falk a reliable journalist? He is linking us with Thomas Muller, his contract expires in 2024, but he is trying to extend it another year. I imagine it is just the sort of rumor that is put out there to get what he wants (to stay at Bayern) but seeing how Pioli is returning us to...

It takes like 9 months to a year to come back from an ACL tear, depending on severity. But even when you come back, there's the mental side of things and you see even great players take time to really get back to themselves. VVD took time to really be himself again after his tear, so it'd be a...

Gabbia needed to play week-in, week-out. Not just to develop, but also so we can assess what sort of talent he really has to see what sort of ceiling he has. Maybe he becomes an asset to sell? Maybe he is a late bloomer? He wasn't going to get significant minutes here. Pellegrino getting such a...

Krunic refused to warm up?