Comments on: Time For Ancelotti To Leave AC Milan?

By: hock

hock — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:00:16 +0000

Milan need new ideas, more young players, probably a younger coach (Van Basten or Rijkaard? Berlusconi seems to prefer formal player). Maybe Berlusconi should allow Ancelotti more freedom & money in signing new players. Btw, Brescia’s coach Carlo Mazzone was the first to play Pirlo as the deep-lying playmaker, not Ancelotti.

By: Nerazzurri

Nerazzurri — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:32:17 +0000

AC Milan are ingrates if they get rid of him. It’s not his fault the team is playing that badly. He needs more money to get a younger, newer squad.

And what about Fabio Capello?

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:22:04 +0000

Don’t get me wrong. As a fan, I would hate to see him go, but recent events suggest that there is a likelihood that this season might be Ancelotti’s last and all I’m trying to do here, is explore that possibility.

By: Steve Amoia

Steve Amoia — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:33:54 +0000

Kenny:

He coaches as he played at Parma, AS Roma, AC Milan, and for the Azzurri. He was a very adequate midfielder, but precise and cautious.

His coaching philosophy, as you probably know, was concisely stated in the following quote:

“If you want entertainment, go to the cinema.” Carlo Ancelotti

By: kris

kris — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:54:32 +0000

Milan will never go for Moro, for the reason that Berlusconi has the same prejudice towards “attractive” football that Abramovich and Calderon possess. Much likelier a destination for Moro is Juve at season’s end…they love their catenaccio in Turin.

By: SpiralArchitect

SpiralArchitect — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:08:42 +0000

Ahmed, so are you a big fan of ‘team in transition’ too?

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:45:18 +0000

What Milan really need are the men at the top to provide money so that Ancelotti has a deep squad of stellar players rather than a set of players who are burnt out from league, euro qualifiers and champions league matches without suitable players to replace them and allow them to rest.

It’s not Ancelotti’s fault, and Mourinho’s boring style of football will ensure that he is never at the helm of Milan.

By: JohnST

JohnST — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:34:13 +0000

It may be too early to remove Ancelotti, he is still one of the best coach in Serie A and with the greatest success in the last decade.

It is true that the team needs rebuilding as the average age of the team is too high.

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:30:16 +0000

Reinvention takes some time, doesn’t happen in one season.

By: The Tesco Kid

The Tesco Kid — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:11:19 +0000

Maybe he just needs money for a new squad? So far, Ancelotti has gotten away with topping up his squad with veterans, but it can’t last forever. It’s not his style, but sooner or later, he’s got to start building another team up from scratch.