Re: Serie A Thread - 2008/2009 Season
Well we all know that never gonna happen. So let's stay in reality.
You can not deny that the Berlusconi era was Milan's most successful who ever the coach was, which means Berlusconi knowns football, very well I would say. It is not the best administration, but better than many other teams. Leonardo is definitely a risk, but so were other coaches this administration risked putting, and I think the turkey coach was the only one who failed. Let's hope Leonardo is not the second.
as much as i don't like berlusconi, i have no problems in admitting he's been a great president. results-wise he's been the greatest football club president in the history of football, as no one else in europe ever lead his club to so many trophies as he did.
plus, as u mentioned, he "discovered" a world class coach as capello.
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everybody says he discovered sacchi too, but that's unappropriate. parma was the team wich discovered sacchi. after his first season as a coach, everybody knew he would have become a world class coach.... sure not so many thought he would have become THE coach, that he would have changed football as it was conceived..... but probably berlusconi himself didn't thought that when he hired him.
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but it can't be denied that something changed in the last 4 years. if u would have asked me about milan's administration 4 years ago, i would have told u berlusconi is the greatest president in the world, that galliani is top class and that braida is a legendary team director......
now i don't know what happened, but as a matter of fact, most of the moves made by them in the last 4 years were blatantly wrong.
nowe they're trying to make up (even though this last move isn't the best example, on this concern), but, then again, it they wouldn't have made so many mistakes in the last 4 years, they would have never found themselves in this situation.
leonardo has been a very good team director in theese years, but coaching is a different thing. i do agree big clubs do not need very knowledgable coaches as much as mid-class and poor clubs do. coaching a top club is pretty different; charisma, men management skills can be even more important than tactical knowledge and the ability to read the game.
but yet having a coach who can also read the game is definitely a plus. so why risking with a new coach, when u already have one of the 5 best coaches in europe?
the motivation issue isn't true. ancelotti wanted to stay. the players wanted him to stay (otherwise they would have done what juve players did in the last few months with ranieri), galliani wanted him to stay..... berlusconi was the only one who didn't.
u definitely watch more milan matches than me, mate, but from what i saw this season (and the last season too) every time ancelotti was allowed to display HIS formation, they team won and played some great football. it didn't happen very often, but that wasn't ancelotti's fault, of course.
and anyhow guys i'm not saying milan is in shambles. actually just a few days ago i wrote that milan seems to be on the right track to be back on top.
i'm just saying that this move, this particular move, doesn't seem (to me) to be good at all.... under many point of views.
in the end, having a monster like ancelotti on your side, can give u an enourmous advantage in certain moments. now u can't count on this advantage anymore.
btw guys, i really can't see why u'd like to get adebayor that much honestly... there would be so many better options... in italy aswell. i would probably drop borriello for te likes of villa, eto'ò, drogba, gila (
).... but for adebayor? no way.
and keep your hands away from kjaer!
jeez i still can't believe ballardini is leaving
. Even with all the diving he still one of the all time greats. But we need to start replacing these great players. Otherwisee serie a is going to lag once again in europe.
