He is a good manager, so not sure what is going wrong with his side. Milan isn't as good as before, but certainly isn't as bad as their league position suggests now.

Claudius wrote:

yeah, just ridiculous. we were not dissimilar a few years ago. think about all the young players who Ricky used to go on about 6 or 7 years ago, scattered across the entire league.

I don't think the situations are very similar. We've been actively working with youth development. Loans are a natural part of that. Gotta let them make the step up sooner or later. There's been the odd Wellington, Vela and Campbell in exile in Spain but that's because they couldn't obtain work permits in England.

Juve on the other hand collect players in the age bracket 18-20 who look on the verge of a breakthrough and then screw them up irrevocably. Who makes it and who doesn't is a complete crapshot.

I still find it irritating we are not able to tap into the South American market because of the work permit issues. They have the biggest talent pool there value for money. There are at least 10 players there currently who is a sure bet to blossom into a star.

Only United are able to do that in England, Rafael, Fabio, Henriquez and the Uruguay fullback they signed this season.

Clrnc wrote:

He is a good manager, so not sure what is going wrong with his side. Milan isn't as good as before, but certainly isn't as bad as their league position suggests now.

Their current position in the table is the result of a systematic gutting of the team. Allegri is a poor manager in my opinion, though. He seems like a symphatic guy but he's completely out of touch with the times. He's got two main cons:

1) He builds limited teams who rely too heavily on physical attributes while ignoring the finer technical and tactical points of the game. You can't play that sort of football in 2014 and expect to succeed.
2) He doesn't do well with budget players.

Even back when he won the league he had Ibrahimovic as a hub up front. He couldn't have found a better player in the entire world all things considered. Ibra is the impossible union between Allegri's idea of athetical superiority and the modern, technically superior striker. He powered up the entire team in the final third with his creativity. They looked lost without him then and they look lost without him now.

Looks like Clarence Seedorf will be the new Milan manager. He's still an active player for Botafogo but he has a clause in his contract that lets him leave in the middle of the season. Rumour has it that he'll bring Jaap Stam and Hernan Crespo with him to Milano. Tassotto will act as caretaker for the time being.

He hasn't been officially appointed yet.

There's been a lot of talk about Filippo Inzaghi too who have been coaching Milan's youth team for a while, but he would have taken over straight away if that was the case.

I would have gone for Vincenzo Montella personally if I were Milan.

Budget option would have been to continue with Tassotto as caretaker. Whatever it is they clearly see something in Seedorf that makes him their preferred choice. There are plenty of good managers in Serie A they could have signed short term otherwise for very little money. Who's to say Seedorf is a bad punt? He's the same age Guardiola was when he took over Barcelona.

Guardiola spent a year or two learning abroad in South America before becoming Barca B coach didn't he?

Seedorf is one of my favourite non-Arsenal players so I hope he becomes a success.

The important question is; will he still be on BBC covering the world cup?

It's not really a very similar appointment to Guardiola. Interesting choice anyway.

There's talk about Rossi possibly missing up to 18 months now. :confused:

Compared to him, Diaby is the luckiest guy in the world.

Not really.

Honda and Ferrari score in the Milan vs Spezia match 😆