Comments on: Are AC Milan Finally Too Old?

By: Gavin

Gavin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:05:11 +0000

You said the squad was to old yet said they should have bought one of the thirty plus, strikers doesn’t make sense.

By: ttts

ttts — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:34:58 +0000

Great article, I almost completely agree, although I have to disagree about Gilardino. He sucks, it’s as simple as that. He’ll be at Milan for a few more seasons, and then sold on to a weaker Serie A club or a team like Bolton or something. They’re only holding on to him because they paid 30000000 for him. Remember Di Vaio at Juve? I don’t like Milan, but a friend of mine is their huge fan, so we often talk about them, and it mainly goes along the lines of the article: they are all great players, but they’re ancient(they’re the only team in the CL that has an average age over 30), and their strikers are a joke. A midfield alone, even if it is as great as Milan’s, is not enough to win titles. I heard that this summer they arranged everything with Toni, but then Berlusconi stopped the deal, apparently because he doesn’t like Toni as a person. If that is even half true, then Berlusconi is a complete blockhead. With a goal machine like Toni there would be no end to Milan. Sometimes I have grave doubts about the mere competence and plain reason of people who run big clubs with big money. Florentino Perez anyone?

By: hock

hock — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:14:52 +0000

milan really need new signings in their striking and defense department, especially a new keeper!!! dida is a joke!!!

By: luke

luke — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:44:59 +0000

Ronaldo is a great player and can give milan what they need to score goals, and so can inzahgi and gilardino, thats not the real issue the real issue is the lack of preperation for the future,for 5 or 6 yrs milan have been dominant in champions league and serie a, management seme to be thinking , why change wats working, and then finally they got to old and started getting injuries. You should look to strenghtn ur side each season for every old player 30+ you should have a younger player 17 – 20, training playing less important matches or even on loan, that are moulded and ready to step up at the rite time, NO DEPTH, TOO OLD

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:51:49 +0000

Thanks fellas. I think yesterday’s performance pretty much underlines what I’m saying. And what is up with Dida?!

By: SP

SP — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:06:32 +0000

Yes, Milan is in need of fresh blood and it is better to start the rebuilding process sooner than later.

Ronaldinho is not the answer for Milan even though his talent is undisputed. They can look to Brazil for new talents like how they brought Kaka over and transform him into a mainstay for the team.

By: macleoud

macleoud — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:46:18 +0000

GREAT ARTICLE THERE!

I was telling a die hard AC Milan fan, that his squad might be good enough to win the champions league, if the squad makes it beyond the group stage, then the remaining games are just a hand full until they reach the final. Yet this squad is far too old to count on its luck for the Italian League, the Italian Cup, and the champions league. Yes it is very possible to keep a very old player fit and hand him a couple of games and a final in a Champions League competition, but what about all the rest of the games. You just cannot make so much money from winning the Champs League last year and put them aside to buy one of the best stars in the world (Ronaldinho) while your squad needs renovation and support to compete in two competitions domestically. Maybe Milan were boasting about how good they are in the Champions League, but forgot that if they make a mess in the Italian league this year they wont even make the UEFA cup later on.

Giving Ibrahim Ba a year contract is just being cheap so that they dont touch the huge sum of money that is reserved for Ronaldinho.

As the Author noted: why focus so much on Ronaldinho is you have got kaka?

If it is just about buying the greatest star each season, then AC Milan havent learned much from what happened to Real Madrid.

I think that AC Milan needs new managers that have a more realistic approach to football…and when you have a revamped managerial system taking care of the team and the coach, then you will have new players rising from AC Milan’s young players to the first team, and young players transferred in to learn from the aging experienced stars and be ready to replace them more or less.

GREAT ARTICLE there Mr. KENNY YEO

keep up the good work

By: MuhdBeckhamAfiq

MuhdBeckhamAfiq — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:57:34 +0000

I think they are overjoyed for their win against Liverpool in the UEFA finals..

By: yu1mixer

yu1mixer — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:06:04 +0000

The loss to celtic doesn’t help matters…………..

By: Kyle-AusGooner

Kyle-AusGooner — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:18:26 +0000

How was the match against Celtic eh?
A bit boring and I was suprised to see 2-1 as a score-line, It was an okay match to watch but fucking hell, they were all diving too much!

Ha how was the ‘holigan’ running onto the pitch and giving dDida a little tap, the commentators here in Australia said it was “Piss-weak” in those exact words..
Did they catch that guy who ran onto the pitch?

Way to go Scott McDonald, Great game for Celtic, he is one of our (Australia’s) best talents at the moment.