The Rumour Commode XLIV: Paragliding to Piolistine Crisis

[Hitchens]

Pioli was asked and answered:

Beta shrimp alert

 

[Soldier_of_god]

Tony Ferguson beat Rafael dos Anjos

Rafael dos Anjos beat Donald Cerrone

Donald Cerrone beat Mike Perry

Mike Perry beat Jake Ellenberger

Jake Ellenberger beat Jake Shields

Jake Shields beat Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson beat Shogun Rua

Shogun Rua beat Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem beat Junior dos Santos

Junior dos Santos beat Fabricio Werdum



So Tony Ferguson > Fabricio Werdum

Dp beat Max twice. Gaeyje beat DP last time. Max beat gaetje.

It never works. Same in football. Match ups matter.

 

[Shiby]

Pioli was asked and answered:

Man he got arrogant and sticking with it even when he no longer has a leg to stand on.

Im waiting for him to say: "I will tell the owner if I am leaving or staying."

 

[Rockstar]

After derby we officially go from "Feck Thomas Lemar" to "Feck Stefano Pioli"

 

[Soldier_of_god]

Stefanie piolina

 

[brk]

Pioli was asked and answered:

His answer to why he played Thiaw and Gabbia in a high line was ‘to deny the opposition the dribbling”. I wonder what his explanation for why he played Calabria in midfield instead of Reijnders or Adli.

 

[Hitchens]

Whatever else could be said about current management, the fact that injuries and lacklustre results in key fixtures yet still 2nd is deemed not good enough - that speaks to ambition.

I like it. Things are moving in the right direction unless the new coach faceplants, or quality players decide to leave.

 

[Shiby]

Its interesting that Sheva wasnt mentioned in any of the coach rumours.

Every other name was thrown outthere apart from his

 

[brk]

Can they not flip Thuram for like 50-60 m and Mkhitaryan for like 20m, both were signed free I believe and their replacement is already signed from free agent zelinski and taremi.

Mlhitaryan is 35 years old, come on. I also doubt they can get 50-60m for Thuram, there are better strikers out there going for less. But yeah they have pieces to sell but those two for example aren’t that ‘heavy’ on the books. They’re growth decree and came in for free, so no amortization. Selling them is good profit, but if they keep the heavy players then they won’t really make a dent in their losses each year.

 

[Curupira]

Dp beat Max twice. Gaeyje beat DP last time. Max beat gaetje.

It never works. Same in football. Match ups matter.

Yea but if you acknowledge this you can’t shit on Pioli with well thought out points like “Pioli lost to relegation teams, period”

 

[brk]

Whatever else could be said about current management, the fact that injuries and lacklustre results in key fixtures yet still 2nd is deemed not good enough - that speaks to ambition.

I like it. Things are moving in the right direction unless the new coach faceplants, or quality players decide to leave.

True but doesn’t make the shitty feeling of the season any better.

I’m optimistic about next year, and extremely optimistic about the medium and long term.

 

[Ryo]

Cardinale said


I would like to clarify the facts once and for all: RedBird is the controlling shareholder of 99.93% of AC Milan; the remaining 0.07% is made up of individual Italian investors who are long-time fans of the club". Then a clarification also on the role of the New York Yankees: "I have also asked the New York Yankees to invest a small minority share together with RedBird as part of our overall investment, given the strong 25-year partnership I have with them"

"Elliott provided a loan to RedBird with a three-year term and zero governance rights. This loan is no different to any other third-party financing we could have obtained, with the added benefit that Elliott brought a track record of improving AC Milan prior to our acquisition"


"I have just arrived and I have no intention of selling Milan. My goal is to build a solid and winning reality. Why should I give up ownership? There are no talks with any investor who could obtain control or governance of Milan."

"We are in second place. And we will never stop aiming to win"

“Sports is one of the fundamental elements of my platform idea. Our portfolio of sports activities represents a total value of 30 billion dollars, of which 5 billion dollars of value for the companies we have created. I believe in the model of ' public private partnership', which is based on the union between communities and between those who have money and those who don't. The case of Milan is perfect There is the ownership, which is RedBird. There is the fan community and there is the city."

Can we get to the part where RedBird and Elliot sue the pants off of FIGC, the Gazettas and the Prosecutors office for defamation and unlawful investigation without cause?

I would like to bring in some high level players and the finances of the Italian government can help with that.

Also need to get all those Merda prosecutors and journalist fired for spreading lies and rumors.

 

[brk]

Oh man they're asking about his successor in public

This motherfucker is gonna throw the derby so hard and pull an Adebayor in front of the curva

This is my biggest disappointment in Pioli. I loved him because he was so humble and lovable during right until he won. He turned into such an arrogant man almost overnight.

 

[MilanFan89]

According to the French outlet L’Equipe, as cited by MilanNews, Milan have scheduled a meeting with the entourage of Galtier for next week. The Frenchman is currently the manager of Al Duhail in Qatar after his PSG tenure came to an abrupt end, keen on managing a big club again.

When he was the manager of Lille, he worked with the likes of Rafael Leao and Mike Maignan, winning the league with the club in 2020-21. The Portuguese winger had left the club at that point, joining Milan in the summer of 2019, but Galtier helped him make the most of his potential.

Furthermore, as the report concludes, Galtier is a friend of Theo Hernandez’s family after playing with the full-back’s father at Toulouse. Should Milan move for a target such as Jonathan David, currently at Lille, Galtier’s candidacy could grow even stronger.

Milan have several candidates on their list, though, so nothing has been decided.

 

[nefremo]

Can they not flip Thuram for like 50-60 m and Mkhitaryan for like 20m, both were signed free I believe and their replacement is already signed from free agent zelinski and taremi.

Nobody will pay 20m for Mkhitaryan. He's 35.

As for Thuram going for 60, that's also fantasy. Remember he was available for free just a year ago and not many clubs took the bait (other than us and Inter). Sure, they can probably flip him for some cash now, but it's easier said than done. And no way it'll be 50. I highly doubt it can be anything more than half of that.

Anyway, this Inter in "financial ruin" conversation is getting really old. Yea, they are in debt, making losses, etc, etc. But they're winning a title. We keep waiting for them to fall back into a banter era and each year they don't. So who cares to be honest. Maybe what they are doing is a very short term plan. Maybe it'll bite them in the ass in a few years. But, maybe they'll figure it out and keep trucking along.

I really do think that with a new stadium and with the steps we are taking, in about 5 years we should be far and away ahead of the rest of Italy in terms of revenue...and with that in terms of being able to invest. But that still doesn't mean that Inter will disappear. They could easily kick the can down the road for another 5+ years and keep having success on the field. In the end, that's what it's all about. Can you win titles. And our "accounting scudetto" doesn't guarantee that.

 

[Hitchens]

What are the drawbacks with Galtier?

Seems like one of the more "ready" names.

 

[Ryo]

There is a time until tomorrow . Maybe we will see some surprise like with the Roma game .

Yeah, Pioli is gonna forget last Derby disaster and play Calabria as a midfielder again in his "inverted fullback" tactic. You heard it here first.

 

[Shiby]

What are the drawbacks with Galtier?

Seems like one of the more "ready" names.

Something, something, racism, something, something

 

[Pingu]

What are the drawbacks with Galtier?

Seems like one of the more "ready" names.

May get accused of racism by the few Bennacer fans when he greenlights his sale/benches him.

 

[LemonCookies]

What are the drawbacks with Galtier?

Seems like one of the more "ready" names.

He's a cranky old racist.

 

[Ryo]

Didn't Inter already cut salary costs a lot last season? Now they just have to cut a bit more to reach break even level. Then they can run Inter the same way that RB has been running Milan.....

Both Inter and Milan have similar revenues with Inter's being a bit higher. But the difference between the big clubs and the not so big clubs is revenue.

You forget that on their best UCL results season they still made a 85M net loss.
They lost last season almost as much as we spent buying players during the Mercato.
That's not breaking even. Not even close.

 

[LemonCookies]

Galtier would be fine, but he's baked bread at this point. Of the recent names, I'd prefer a Portuguese coach.

 

[brk]

According to the French outlet L’Equipe, as cited by MilanNews, Milan have scheduled a meeting with the entourage of Galtier for next week. The Frenchman is currently the manager of Al Duhail in Qatar after his PSG tenure came to an abrupt end, keen on managing a big club again.

When he was the manager of Lille, he worked with the likes of Rafael Leao and Mike Maignan, winning the league with the club in 2020-21. The Portuguese winger had left the club at that point, joining Milan in the summer of 2019, but Galtier helped him make the most of his potential.

Furthermore, as the report concludes, Galtier is a friend of Theo Hernandez’s family after playing with the full-back’s father at Toulouse. Should Milan move for a target such as Jonathan David, currently at Lille, Galtier’s candidacy could grow even stronger.

Milan have several candidates on their list, though, so nothing has been decided.

This feels like something a writer decided ‘ hey there’s enough circumstantial links between Galtier and Milan to write a 200 word article, let’s go with it’

It’s RDZ or Motta. You can all go home now and worry about the derby.

 

[brk]

Yeah, Pioli is gonna forget last Derby disaster and play Calabria as a midfielder again in his "inverted fullback" tactic. You heard it here first.

It wasn’t even an inverted fullback at Roma, he was THE midfielder. Musah was playing RB. It was insane.

 

[Qaas]

@ROSSONERI7 @MilanBG @Qaas

What is this supposed to mean

 

[nefremo]

What are the drawbacks with Galtier?

Seems like one of the more "ready" names.

I thought his Lille was super impressive in the EL against us. Plus he won the Ligue 1 title with them ahead of PSG, which is a huge accomplishment in France. I expected he'd do a lot better at PSG than he did because i thought hed guide them to a deep CL run, but lost to Bayern. In any case, at the end of the day, it's not like he did any worse than other managers there (a list that includes Carlo and Pochettino for example). I think he'd be a good choice for the group we already have in place.

 

[Mario]

Contract t expired in june

Ok I might be thinking Ruben Amorim?

 

[Ryo]

Its interesting that Sheva wasnt mentioned in any of the coach rumours.

Every other name was thrown outthere apart from his

Isn't Sheva now the head of the Ukranian football Federation?
Don't think he'd step down to be a coach after rising up so high. Even for Milan.

 

[Hitchens]

He's a cranky old racist.

"Christophe Galtier was cleared of accusations of racism on Thursday after the former Nice and Paris Saint-Germain coach stood trial on charges of psychological harassment and discrimination. 21. des. 2023"

 

[Shiby]

Isn't Sheva now the head of the Ukranian football Federation?
Don't think he'd step down to be a coach after rising up so high. Even for Milan.

Oh, I didnt know that. So he changed his career direction. Makes sense then