2023/24 head coach = Pioli IF AND ONLY IF WE SOMEHOW END UP QUALIFYING FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
I am being reasonable up front so hopefully it helps Pioli’s addicts digest the rest of the post.
I have calmed down a lot since Tuesday and decided to stick around the forums until the season is over. I must stay away from match threads though regardless of Milan winning, losing, drawing, qualifying or not qualifying for the Champions League. They are not healthy at the moment.
We need to take a careful and neutral look at the work of the whole management team without picking sides.
Maldini & Massara
Goods – Brought in Maignan, Kalulu, Theo, Tomori, Thiaw, Bennacer, Tonali, and Leao (and getting close to renewing with Leao which is so fucking unbelievable) over the years.
Bads – Took forever to negotiate their contracts in summer 2022 and did not fully focus on reinforcing the squad, brought in CDK lololololololololol.
Pioli
Goods – Laid out a good foundation for the next 5-7 years with the players he won the Scudetto with; won the Scudetto in 2022.
Bads – Mindless & panicking & unnecessary rotations, took away match fitness from key players with rotations, picked the wrong target to fight for with very limited resources (we are coming to the end of the season, resources are very limited AND THERE IS NO WAY TO CHANGE THAT FACT AS WE SPEAK, so crying about limited resources aka squad depth is impotent; be ghetto, get the best done with whatever is on hand, he might have still failed since resources are so shit but at least he would have earned a lot of respect just by picking the right and better target to fight for).
RedBird/Cardinale
Goods – nothing lel
Bads – took over the club in the summer while opponents were reinforcing their squads at the same time, paperwork was complete on August 31, 2022 lel when the summer transfer market was technically over, CDK felt like a last-minute deal than a well-planned transfer which of course turned out to be stinky and hopeless. Can’t really blame them for not putting down money in advance for M & M to go shopping, they did not want to invest more money on top of the 1.2 billion they were already spending on acquiring the club, remember they were still competing with other potential owners and did not own Milan before August 31, 2022. It is like you are bidding on a home with 2-3 more buyers and you are already doing renovations, think about that for a minute; TOOK FOREVER to renew with M & M which in turn distracted them from doing their much needed work in the transfer market. We will see if they are truly ambitious in football or just pure Murican capitalists this summer.
Anyways, if Pioli is staying make sure he FUCKING ASKS for the following reinforcement. He needs to stop being overly diplomatic and to be more direct in what he wants. Then when he does not get what he wants he can go back and slap Cardinale / M&M while packing up his stuff.
MUST-HAVE REINFORCEMENT NO EXCUSES. MANAGEMENT EITHER GET THESE OR COMMIT SEPPUKU.
Notes:
Loanees from other clubs currently at Milan, if names are not seen below are to return to their parent clubs.
Milan loanees across Europe, if names are not seen below are to renew their loans or to be sold for good.
Current players whose names are no seen below are free to move on from the club.
GK: Maignan, Vasquez, Mirante, Jungdal
Tata is going to leave.
Bring back Jungdal.
DF: Calabria, Kalulu, Florenzi (RB), Theo, Balo-Toure (LB), Tomori, Thiaw, Kjaer, Gabbia (CB) // Need one LB & one CB
Kalulu will have to compete for a starting position, he is an offensive RB and not a reliable CB. Florenzi as third RB.
Need one quality LB for Theo’s deputy. Balo-Toure third LB.
Need one seasoned CB to replace Kjaer, Kjaer can stay until his contract runs out though, he will be the next Ibrahimovic in the team.
MF: Bennacer, Adli, Tonali, Pobega, Krunic, Maldini // Need one AM and one DM
CDK goes out on loan, he has never been ready for this level of football. He should feel lucky to be a Milan loanee and not a sold player. Fucking stupid 35m.
DESPERATELY need one excellent AM who can press and make plays, think of prime Pogba, technically and physically good. No more midgets please. We need someone to replace Bennacer IMMEDIATELY.
Need one decent DM, does not have to be excellent though.
FW: Leao, Salads, Messias, OG, Colombo, CF // Need one CF and one RW
Rebic and Origi are to be sold for good. Fucking depressing pieces of shit, bad influences.
OG to stay until his contract runs out, he needs to stop asking to be the first CF though.
Bring back Colombo to be the third CF.
Need one excellent RW to be the first choice RW. Messias will be the second RW.
Need one excellent CF to be the first choice CF.
Salads will stay because he can play on both wings, not excellent but always give grinta and a good spirit.
RENEW WITH LEAO.
Long story short, one of the following is needed over the summer.
CB, LB
AM, DF
CF, RW
Head coach: ROTATES RESONABLY WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE TO ROTATE SO WE CAN ROTATE WHEN WE NEED TO ROTATE, minimal ego, impartiality (playing Favouritism-Pioli’s number one flaw), a good mentor, improvement-oriented, improvisation (brain freezes mean lack of improvisation skills, in order to improvise on the spot, you need to have understood your resources very well, and to say there is nothing to work with meaning you do not know your resources well enough), strategic thinking, ANTI-COMPLACENCY (being Complacent-Pioli’s second biggest flaw). Is this too much asking? Nope. There are less than 20 quality coaches across Europe while there are easily more than 200 quality players across the continent. The job is very specific and specialized, not many people can do it, let alone do it well.
If Cardinale laughs at this we slap him in the face until he cries. We are being very reasonable, only asking for six and not ten players. We need reinforcement.
Then after all this if you realize we are not qualifying for the Champions League as everything stands right now you just don’t know how we will ever be able to attract these reinforcement players to the club.
It is sad.
I am done venting.
Forza Milan.
