Despite having nothing to do with the reasoning, Sergio Conceicao has joined AC Milan in a time of ’emergency’, and there are only five months to fix things.
The decision to sack Paulo Fonseca came at a confusing time, and this has been one of the big talking points from Milanisti. Not only has half of the season been effectively wasted but now a new coach has been left with a difficult set of cards.
As Gazzetta dello Sport writes, time is ‘running out’ for the season to be mended. Conceicao must pick up thousands of crumbs if Milan are to dream of a top-four finish, which the paper suggests is still an attainable goal for the club.
Milanello is currently full of sickness, and ‘soulless’, so Conceicao is tasked with uplifting the squad, and perhaps the staff, if there is to be any success had this season.
Then, on the pitch there are several issues too. Paulo Fonseca’s promises of a ‘dominant’ Rossoneri never came to fruition, so his compatriot must work quickly to create a ‘beautiful’ team, something which will be aided by giving the side a new mental profile.
Milan often lacked identity under Fonseca, an emergency in itself, so this is one of the big things to cure. Players often spoke about misunderstandings in the system, which cannot occur once again under the new head coach.
Finally, Conceicao must recover his key players. Whilst Rafael Leao started to grow under Fonseca towards the end, other players struggled, and the biggest case of this was Theo Hernandez. Therefore, the former Porto head coach will be tasked with restarting the team, on an individual level too.
Conceicao walks into a Diavolo side where problems are evident and visible, and whether he can fix them will be shown at the end of the season.
If anyone can fix the lack of effort and mental claptrap exhibited by Leao, Tomori, Theo, etc. it’s Sergio. Like Conte, this guy doesn’t fk about – which is exactly what this team needs. More grinta, less arrogance – especially against the smaller teams.
Agreed, we need to find that ‘machine’ mentality again. Last night we swaggered at 1-0, had Morata made it 2 the game is won but we didn’t, we faltered and looked weak and fragile
He’s like a Conte and Mourinho in one package. He’s a warrior, a tough SOB. We do need his discipline. He’ll put it in the line for the team and will expect the same from them.
Agree with you 💯, he’s the kind of a profile coach we need
I like his coach method too
“Milanello is currently full of sickness, and soulless”.
Don’t put it on Fonzy. It’s what you get when you’re owned by a corporate thug and ran by an errand boy, self proclaimed lion turned into Gerry’s lap pooch and that fraud one hit wonder scout.
Accurate description..
This used to aggravate me. But the absolute classless way they handled his dismissal makes me reconsider.
Are we looking at Glazer 2.0?
Gerry made it clear he is not and won’t be emotionally involved or attached. He’s operating the corporate way. But without any structure to it. He’s already on the losing streak among fanbase. Let’s see how long until the numbers start to show it too.
the problem is that he will be in much more pressure if he dont win the next game fans are going to turn against him
Buy some decent players. It’s not rocket science.
Even God wont judge Conceicoa with next game against Juventus if he loss
Not even in the role for 10 minutes but time’s running out already lol I love it 🍿
We are Milan, not Atalanta.
Lol that dude with a milan shirt in profile pic, says this coach is good for Milan… haha – Let’s see guys..
This is a poor mans Amorim and he is a second hand choice after Sarri.