Milan's squad of 33 players is not only hurting the finances with so much unnecessary costs but could also be increasing the fitness problems as was explained in an article I read on milannews.it where they said that it is harder for the fitness staff to have personalized programs for every member of the squad when they have so many.
I think we all agree that even with the current squad (no reinforcements) we could have still won the Scudetto this year if it were not for the ridiculous amount of injuries.
I'm sure that there will be changes in the fitness coaches / medical staff and given the above, we all agree that the 1st team squad should be downsized and when needed, we should rely on the primavera.
So a squad of 25 to 27 players is more than enough.
As for the new signings, we also all know we need more quality in the squad, but probably as important, we need to motivate the players by exciting them and making them look forward to playing with new good players. We all could see the motivation there was even in the older guard after the 2010 summer mercato when players like Ibra, Robinho, Boateng ....joined or even after the winter signings of Cassano & Van Bommel. I mean after signings like those, we were so pumped so you can imagine how the players would feel.
After the 2011 summer mercato, we were all disappointed & disgusted and again you could imagine how the players would feel...they will never vent their feelings the way we do here but they are Milan fans afterall and obviously more involved than us, so I'm sure that whatever we are feeling, they are feeling it double...
So if we are happy & motivated then be sure the players are happy & motivated and vice versa
I think we all agree that even with the current squad (no reinforcements) we could have still won the Scudetto this year if it were not for the ridiculous amount of injuries.
I'm sure that there will be changes in the fitness coaches / medical staff and given the above, we all agree that the 1st team squad should be downsized and when needed, we should rely on the primavera.
So a squad of 25 to 27 players is more than enough.
As for the new signings, we also all know we need more quality in the squad, but probably as important, we need to motivate the players by exciting them and making them look forward to playing with new good players. We all could see the motivation there was even in the older guard after the 2010 summer mercato when players like Ibra, Robinho, Boateng ....joined or even after the winter signings of Cassano & Van Bommel. I mean after signings like those, we were so pumped so you can imagine how the players would feel.
After the 2011 summer mercato, we were all disappointed & disgusted and again you could imagine how the players would feel...they will never vent their feelings the way we do here but they are Milan fans afterall and obviously more involved than us, so I'm sure that whatever we are feeling, they are feeling it double...
So if we are happy & motivated then be sure the players are happy & motivated and vice versa