The current state of things at AC Milan is very toxic and there are no signs of that changing. In fact, it seems things will only get worse.
At every hurdle this season, Milan have either powered over it or avoided it completely, and this has created a lack of trust within the fanbase, which has only grown. Unfortunately, that lack of trust has quickly become disdain, and there is now a very toxic environment surrounding the club.
The management group is massively disliked, and this is why there are regular chants against them and their futures, as seen last night. Even players are not able to hide from the criticisms, and this is something which must be sorted before the start of next season.
For Milan News, Pietro Mazzara has analysed the current state of the land and the relationships at the club, and there are seemingly no positives to be found.
“Here at Milan, no one is safe, no one is sheltered, no one enjoys immunity even when they think they have it. There is not a single Rossoneri manager who, to date, enjoys the esteem of his fans. From Scaroni, who, when he talks about Milan, has been making communication gaffes for years, both on the sporting side and on the stadium affair, passing through Furlani and Ibrahimovic, no one has a positive approval rating.
“The strong, strong feeling is that between New York and Casa Milan, there is a sort of parallel reality where what happens outside the masterplan does not exist, does not generate reactions of any kind. And it is this that further diminishes the passion of the fans.
“There is no need to puff up one’s chest over the 18,000 foreign spectators announced for last night, because it is not with these numbers that one should rejoice. On the contrary, you have to worry when you enter a San Siro that is full, but at the same time cold and grey, where not even the most iconic choruses from the Sud drag as before.”
It doesn’t matter tho guys at least REINDERS HAS 9 OR WHATEVER GOALS + 1 TAP IN AGAINTS INTER THIS SEASON ONE OF THE BEST MIDFIELDER IN EUROPE WOOOOO. If I see another best in the world midfielder article this site is taking money from his agent
Only tijjani is immune to criticism but we all know that
@Ray
Are you ok in the head? Criticizing one of the few bright spots of this season, at least he gives his all each game despite not having a good game against Atalanta.
Are you a Tonali orphan? I like him a lot by the way.
Being a bright spot in this horrible season should not be a badge of honor.
Any above average player will stand out on this team and when you look at our midfield who is he competing against?? All low iq and injury prone players dont tell me you want musah to go and make forward runs into the box so yeah its not a surprise he will stand out. Point is and even you can agree with this, he is not this complete player they make him out to be hes good but not “Bellingham, Rice, Barella , Pedri and De Bruyne ” good.
“Tonali orphan” Tonali can score, assist, pass, TACKLE, DEFEND, take SET PIECES. Literally twice the player but where are the “best in the world” articles?????
Reinders can score (sometimes), assist, pass
Obviously, not a badge of honor but it does tell you that some of these players are quality and in the right environment, they will even be better. Pulisic, Reijnders and even Fofana were all very good under Fonseca, especially the latter, the drop in play and form is obvious. I am not saying Fonseca is the right coach, he never was but just saying coaches and systems do matter.
About Reijnders, yes, he is not complete, he needs be more physically present in defending, he needs to massively improve in his tackles and aerial duels – stats support this. Or surround him with defensive midfielders, players. Seeing how he fixed his shooting this season, it is possible that he will work on other areas for the next season, let’s see. Yes, he is not Barella yet, but he has some skillsets (technique, dribbling, press-resistant etc.) that are top notch.
14 goals are not “sometimes”, that is the most by any midfielder we had (non-penalty goals) since probably the days of Kaka who as more of an AMF/SS hybrid. Tonali’s best in the world articles are taken care of by Newcastle and Premier League, he is doing very well right now and deservedly is recognized for it.
Comparing the two, I do miss Tonali’s heart, physicality and defensive contributions, and occasionally the set pieces. Reijnders is better on the ball and has proved himself against teams like Inter, Real, Spain and Germany this season, all high-level games.
I think they are apples and oranges, and it is wrong to think that Reijnders is here to replace Tonali, nope, different characteristics. Time will tell who is the bigger player, both will have their chances.
Bring back Braida to steer the ship bring back success to Milan!
The next manager should be De Zerbi no one else!
Furlan and co should be stood down
You get what you paid for. From top to bottom – management, coaching stuff and players. All orchestrated by one and only Gerry.
Coming out in interviews saying you want to win, you want to improve and there are no excuses anymore. It’s the end of April, nothing has been done and everyone is groping in the dark desperately searching for something that will give new spirit and sporting competence, a meaning to this environment . These people have no clue on how to run a football club. Combine that with personal interest and internal war for power and this is what you get. And it took them only 2 seasons to mess it up.
Cardinale’s ACM business model is predicated on the premise that football is entertainment – not war by other means. His calculation is that as long as fans are entertained by watching ACM’s matches, they don’t really care if the team fails to win top trophies such as the Scudetto and the CL. In other words, he believes high demand for tickets or TV subscriptions to see ACM’s matches is inelastic, largely unaffected by where the club sits in the football standings.
Under this business model, “entertainment” means such frivolous distractions as drama on and off the pitch; sales of ever-more lurid team shirts and other kitsch merchandise; musical performances, sound and light shows, and spectacular fireworks; air force jets flying overhead; acrobats parachuting into the stadium; executives and celebrities strutting their stuff in corporate boxes; and so forth. It’s football as a gaudy, highly-commercialized, multi-dimensional spectacle – the Disneyfication of the sport.
For ACM’s late, great owner Berlusconi, by contrast, football was, first and foremost, a tribal and cultural conflict; a clash of football civilizations; a key prong of a personal quest to achieve political ascendancy. He entertained fans not by mesmerizing them with gimmicks, empty talk of “revolution”, and other PR stunts, but by systematically pursuing victory on the pitch. World domination was his goal. And whilst he spent his money wisely and profited financially from ACM, his quest for sporting supremacy never – at least not during the periods during his reign when the club was in its pomp – played second fiddle to material considerations. For him, ownership of ACM was essentially an act of noblesse oblige – a wealthy man’s labor of love.
Cardinale will milk ACM’s fans for all it’s worth, as long as he can, without delivering the Holy Grail on the pitch, if he thinks that, deep down, what they want isn’t so much sporting greatness and success as fun and entertainment. He’ll only spend more than the minimum required on the football side of his operation if many thousands of fans become disillusioned and angry in the absence of victory and stop attending games.
Disneyfication of ACM shouldn’t be confused with Americanization. There are several clubs in Europe owned by Americans, such as Liverpool, Arsenal, and our city rivals Inter, that operate according to different principles – who value sporting success as much as financial profit. ACM’s problem, therefore, isn’t America in general, but a particular species of American who has an avaricious and meretricious approach to running our club.
Cardinale is doing business in the wrong place. He should apply his predatory money-making skills to the US entertainment industry – not to a storied European cultural institution such as ACM whose raison d’etre throughout its long and proud history has been to win football trophies at the highest level. The right home for his projects is California, Florida, and Las Vegas – not Milan. True believers want ACM to win – not merely perform.
If Cardinale’s vision for ACM is that it becomes an exhibition team – football’s version of the Harlem Globetrotters – he should pull up stakes, move ACM to Las Vegas, and rename and base it there as the Casino City Clowns. He’s not needed in Milan.
Redbird out!
Excellent post!! Better than most things I see around here