This game had everything Milan fans are fast becoming accustomed
to: plenty of possession, plenty of shots without any accuracy or power, and
absolutely zero goals. Well there was the one Frosinone goal called off, but
other than that, this game was everything the last three games have been:
stale.
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| I do believe I specifically requested no more pics like this, people |
The most frustrating thing about all of these stalemates is
that Gattuso doesn’t seem to have any idea what is causing them, let alone any
answers. While I gave him a few ideas in my conversation
with Santa, he clearly did not read nor heed them. And when it gets to
be this bad, a coaching change is one of the few options the club has, sadly.
Although I’m not sure if that will help.
Another option is to get a player like Bonaventura or Suso
fired up, break the goalscoring void, and bring the team back online and back
to winning ways. Only Bonaventura is out for the season, and Suso is out
injured and may even miss the Supercoppa. So not any hope there.
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| Bakayoko did well enough, but one player isn't enough |
Back to this game, though, Frosinone scored a goal in the 37th
that was ruled off with a VAR review, and Gigio getting a yellow card for
dissent. That was the extent of the highlights. Frosinione only had 36%
possession, taking 13 shots with six on target. Milan obviously dominated
possession, and took a whopping 25 shots, but also had only six on target.
We’ve had this problem in years past, but not with players like
Higuain and Cutrone on the pitch. I understand how the players might want to
take it upon themselves to appeal for some midfield reinforcements in January,
but not to this level and risking Champions League qualification. Aside from
that possibility, it really comes down to the things that Gattuso is
responsible for, only he is not really taking that much responsibility for
them.
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| Does he know what he's doing? Can he right this ship? |
Does anyone want to watch Milan play like this against SPAL
on Saturday? I know I don’t. Change is desperately wanted, change is needed,
but change seems to be a pipe dream for Milan fans these days. We can watch on
Saturday, because masochism and Milan both start with “M” I guess. But I hope
there are no big expectations, because without any change, this game, too, will
be stale.
This post inspired by the music of Fishbone’s
“It’s A Wonderful Life”
Our next match is
Serie A Week 19
Milan vs. SPAL
Saturday, December
29 • 20:30 CET (2:30pm CET)