(11-04-2014, 05:04 PM)ACMILAN1983 Wrote: Problem is Galliani isn't held accountable. He's been performing terribly for a number of years in his role and yet hasn't been questioned other than Barbara outing him last year. Silvio acknowledges something's clearly wrong when he keeps commenting on how much he has to spend every year, but no action has been taken to actually deal with the problem. Your attitude (in wanting Milan to lose) is nothing new, lots of fans have felt that way in hope for change, but fact remains that until now nothing has been actively done.

(11-04-2014, 05:04 PM)reza Wrote: Losing badly doesn't mean Berlusconi will sell, plus despite all that has happened there isn't all that much evidence Galliani is the sole problem so him being fired is not a guarantee either. I mean Berlusconi comes and talks in front of the youth team and basically makes up something about Milan being great again in 2 or 3 years...if great means winning CL (or even being in the final of it) that is not happening. Even if the current youth are great they will not turn into a top winning team before they are 23 or older. So unless there is massive spending, which remember Berlusconi not Galliani can control, this is a 5-10 years project now (starting 2014 or if we are optimistic 2013)

The obvious alternative is new owner, I think that is less likely than 2 years ago. The more likely thing is a minority share to help build a new stadium for example.

(11-05-2014, 08:55 AM)slifersd Wrote: It really doesn't matter how much the squad is from the youth academy. Prolonged periods without CL means we have to sell every year to keep our checkbook balanced. All the DES, SES, Mastour or Mastalli or whoever, will eventually be sacrificed for the sake of the ledger. And even that's under the assumption that we can even develop our young players correctly at all, which is not a sure thing considering our recent history with young players.

Milan's problem is the same as Italian soccer, they have not been able to adapt to the changing macro environment. Most soccer clubs in the world, and certainly most big leagues are now functioning like a company. The keys to success are about long term planning, internal development, putting the right people at the right position and proper investment. In this environment, accountability becomes an important concept. A manager or director don't get to just be there and suck at his job and not get fired.

But in Italy, it's still good old fashion family business style clubs where favoritism and nepotism run wild. No matter how many mistakes a director makes, he won't lose his job because he's been friends with the owner for 40 years. If the CEO of my company screws up one business decision or another, he is done, even if the board of directors are his best buddies. But at Milan, or really, most Italian clubs, mistakes are overlooked because club higher ups like this guy. As long as this trend continues, Milan, or Italian soccer in general, will never recover. Just look at that Tevecchio idiot. What politician anywhere can still run and win after what he said? You don't hear Barack Obama going in front of microphones and go "all Asian people should be shipped out on a boat made of rice leaves" and still win an election. But at Italy, Tevecchio and his buddies will make sure he still gets in office, because he is friends with the Galliani and Lotitos of the soccer world.

(11-05-2014, 08:55 AM)slifersd Wrote: It really doesn't matter how much the squad is from the youth academy. Prolonged periods without CL means we have to sell every year to keep our checkbook balanced. All the DES, SES, Mastour or Mastalli or whoever, will eventually be sacrificed for the sake of the ledger. And even that's under the assumption that we can even develop our young players correctly at all, which is not a sure thing considering our recent history with young players.

Milan's problem is the same as Italian soccer, they have not been able to adapt to the changing macro environment. Most soccer clubs in the world, and certainly most big leagues are now functioning like a company. The keys to success are about long term planning, internal development, putting the right people at the right position and proper investment. In this environment, accountability becomes an important concept. A manager or director don't get to just be there and suck at his job and not get fired.

But in Italy, it's still good old fashion family business style clubs where favoritism and nepotism run wild. No matter how many mistakes a director makes, he won't lose his job because he's been friends with the owner for 40 years. If the CEO of my company screws up one business decision or another, he is done, even if the board of directors are his best buddies. But at Milan, or really, most Italian clubs, mistakes are overlooked because club higher ups like this guy. As long as this trend continues, Milan, or Italian soccer in general, will never recover. Just look at that Tevecchio idiot. What politician anywhere can still run and win after what he said? You don't hear Barack Obama going in front of microphones and go "all Asian people should be shipped out on a boat made of rice leaves" and still win an election. But at Italy, Tevecchio and his buddies will make sure he still gets in office, because he is friends with the Galliani and Lotitos of the soccer world.

(11-04-2014, 05:26 PM)Jokka Wrote: Well last year Galliani was held accountable which is why he resigned. For the first time Barbara bent Berlusconi's ear questioning Galliani's management. She asked why Milan was under-performing vs. smaller clubs despite a higher budget. She also questioned his transfer dealings with friends like Raiola, Preziosi etc. The whole thing played out embarassingly in public letting the world know Milan was in turmoil.

Foolishly Berlusconi believed Galliani leaving mid-season would be detrimental to CL hopes so fired Allegri instead. But I don't believe Galliani would survive a second successive disastrous season. Maldini, Albertini, Nesta etc have spoken out publicly against Galliani's transfer dealings. Then there's the embarasssing episode with Seedorf. Also the Curva Sud released an anti-Galliani statement at the beginning of the season calling him greedy and selfish. It would be difficult to survive another barrage plus falling ticket sales and no CL. After all Milan's a business and the brand can only suffer so much.