You all know me, Jan labelled me the cheerleader b/c I'm always so enthusiastic about AC Milan, the players, etc. Well, right now I am struggling to maintain anything like an optimistic attitude, b/c like you IVO, I see what the other teams are doing to strengthen their squads for next season. We were promised by a very unhappy Galliani back in March (I think) that changes would be made b/c the squad has problems. That tune has changed. Suddenly we're being told our squad is as good or better than the rest of them. Folks, this is the same squad that struggled to hold onto a 3rd place finish...and the same squad so very many of YOU spent a season criticizing. Are you going to be happy with the same players out there amking the same mistakes all over again??
We're told they don't want to disrupt the team spirit of the squad, or some such nonsense. I wonder where this is coming from, b/c I watched about half of Milan's games and it was very hard to see any team spirit. And I know all of you...you all hold VERY high expectations for our team--win scudetto, win Coppa Italia, and most importantly win the CL title...or at the very least get into the finals since the are being held at San Siro. Well, what have we signed so far? Yet another keeper, plus we have one who suddenly popped in from Serie B, a midfielder from Monza, and X number of players back on loan that I am willing to bet go out on loan again soon. The other teams must be laughing their *sses off at our so-called transfer policy.
Are we expecting Silvio to do something? You better beleive it!! The question tho is...WILL HE?? Did anyone else see the What The Papers Say section of the official site yesterday??? If I happened to bookmark it I'll see if I can copy it here, but anyway, Galliani made another brilliant statement that just covers all the bases. It was somethign along the lines of we'll either sign an earth-shattering player, OR one of the top 5 players in the world, OR...we sign no one. Should we all sit here and hope they're working on something so top secret that even the papers haven't gotten wind of even the slightest rumor? Or should we do what I'm doing and prepare for nothing to happen? We've lost out on way too many players that we've been...ahem!...closely tied to: Rui Costa, Farinos, Gerard, Figo, Riquilme (I do not expect to see him), Aimar, Saviola...and what is the cause? Do these players hear of our policy and decide elsewhere looks better than Milan ever could??
On the other hand...I'm also prepared to be terribly underwhelmed by our supposed big purchase. My God...Nakata or Beckham...
Well, that's my take...what's yours?
We're told they don't want to disrupt the team spirit of the squad, or some such nonsense. I wonder where this is coming from, b/c I watched about half of Milan's games and it was very hard to see any team spirit. And I know all of you...you all hold VERY high expectations for our team--win scudetto, win Coppa Italia, and most importantly win the CL title...or at the very least get into the finals since the are being held at San Siro. Well, what have we signed so far? Yet another keeper, plus we have one who suddenly popped in from Serie B, a midfielder from Monza, and X number of players back on loan that I am willing to bet go out on loan again soon. The other teams must be laughing their *sses off at our so-called transfer policy.
Are we expecting Silvio to do something? You better beleive it!! The question tho is...WILL HE?? Did anyone else see the What The Papers Say section of the official site yesterday??? If I happened to bookmark it I'll see if I can copy it here, but anyway, Galliani made another brilliant statement that just covers all the bases. It was somethign along the lines of we'll either sign an earth-shattering player, OR one of the top 5 players in the world, OR...we sign no one. Should we all sit here and hope they're working on something so top secret that even the papers haven't gotten wind of even the slightest rumor? Or should we do what I'm doing and prepare for nothing to happen? We've lost out on way too many players that we've been...ahem!...closely tied to: Rui Costa, Farinos, Gerard, Figo, Riquilme (I do not expect to see him), Aimar, Saviola...and what is the cause? Do these players hear of our policy and decide elsewhere looks better than Milan ever could??
On the other hand...I'm also prepared to be terribly underwhelmed by our supposed big purchase. My God...Nakata or Beckham...
Well, that's my take...what's yours?
