Comments on: Manchester United 4 Milan 0: Disgraceful

By: Franky T

Franky T — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:00:05 +0000

Thanks dude. I hope so too. Hopefully we beat Chievo on Sunday first but.

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By: Franky T

Franky T — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:59:19 +0000

You know, not a bad idea. Seriously.

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By: michael

michael — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:26:00 +0000

@ franky T

read all your articles, hope milan win the league. forza milan!!!!

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By: Tarik

Tarik — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:06:05 +0000

I just saw that Nesta is probably out for months……anyone got Maldini’s phone number!?

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By: Franky T

Franky T — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:36:27 +0000

@ michael, your spot on.

The Cissokho affair riled me also. It was the case of the club lying to its supporters and this is simply not good enough.

I wrote an article at the time of the Cissokho affair you may be interested in reading.

For now though, even though times are tough, we will see better days for Milan one day. Hopefully that day is not too far away either.

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By: Franky T

Franky T — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:32:20 +0000

@ Tarik. You talk about Italian football and the need for it be be comprehensively revamped and you could not be closer to the truth.

Italian football is in a lull at the moment and changes need to be made. But things will get better eventually, just in Italy things do not happen very fast.

As for our youth system, again your right, it is not completely useless.

Antonini is a good player, so is Paloschi. Abate is also coming good though he has a long way to go and for all his faults Borriello is not the worst striker in the world.

But, although Milan have produced these players, none of these players are players that you would rave about.

We should be and need to be producing talents like Iniesta and Xavi if we are to be competitive.

Our youth system is not producing the goods at the moment and this needs to change if Milan are to rely more on young players coming through the ranks rather than signing star players.

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By: Franky T

Franky T — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:27:02 +0000

It is a bizarre situation we find ourselves in. But to be honest, I want Milan to win the Serie A. Of course I do. Any true Milanisti would want that.

Also, I do not believe that by winning the Serie A, it would really change anything. Because even if Milan do not win it, Berlusconi, who is so delusional these days, would still come up with some excuse to justify not having to invest in new players.

Early this season, he claimed that MIlan were the best team in the world at a time when we were clearly struggling. Silvio is definitely not in touch with reality anymore.

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By: michael

michael — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:11:22 +0000

HARSH??? this is nowhere harsh!!. this is what happens when a once great team settles for mediocrity and buys rejects in the name of a so called “good deal”. this is what happens when the board lies to fans about player transfers (cissokho) and dont sit down to plan for the future. the team was totally torn into shreds and both the coach and the board is to blame. the board is to blame for leaving us with only a starting 11 and not a bench, the coach is to blame for playing the two most useless strikes upfront TOGETHER! we had to play with more midfielders to allow us to be able to hold onto the ball and strike with one main target man. HOW MANY STRIKERS DID WE PLAY WITH AT OT IN 2007??? this display was just nasty and insulting to the so many milanisti over the globe. we must be prepared to invest if we want to succeed @ Berlusconi. i remain a rossoneri but i will not sit down and watch by team be battered by any other especially man u and inter and i therefore call for a serious change in the manage technical bench and all other positions at the via turati headquaters to work overtime to change this situation. i also plead for new signings. i hope we shall win the league to give us fans some positives out of this disgraceful moment!!

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By: pg

pg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:13:54 +0000

@franky
ambitious in the way that that Berlusconi is reluctant to pay 40m for dzeko…i am just very sure he would get a heart attack if he is asked to pay 70 to 80m for either villa or torres..

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By: Tarik

Tarik — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:37:31 +0000

What a bizarre situation we find ourselves in, supporting a club and feeling dubious about them winning something!

Ideally Milan will win the league which will not only bring in extra revenue (and get on Inter’s nerves) but also make them more attractive to the big names looking for a move in the summer. Much better to sign for the champions rather than the runners up.

I read the post match comments by Galliani and he raised the issue again about TV rights and clubs needing to own the stadiums. He is absolutely right. The Italian game needs to revolutionise itself to remain competitive. Italian clubs need extra revenue to be able to bring in the best players because they won’t be able to count on the promise of European glory anymore.

I think Milan have got some good youth prospects either out on loan or breaking into the team:
Paloschi – co-owned with Parma and one of the best young Italian strikers at the moment.
Adiyah – top scorer and player of the tournement at the under 20 world cup.
Abate – quickly adapting to playing right back and showing some promise.

So there is some youth coming through. Plus lets not forget Antonini and Borriello are both youth products.

It must be tough to get the balance right between youth and star players. If they win with youth then all is good but when they lose people complain about a lack of star signings.

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