When it came to choosing a new manager this summer, fans wanted an established, big name manager. If they could not have that, they wanted an up-and-coming young manager such as Thiago Motta, who made a name for himself at Bologna the past two years. Instead, management chose Paulo Fonseca, a manager who constantly complains about the way teams play in Serie A, and also about having to manage the team to compete in this league. Success-wise, Stefano Pioli is comfortably making €12 million per year (three times what Milan paid him, tax free,) in Saudi Arabia, with a team of just a few superstars and mostly unknowns, sitting in third place in the Saudi Pro League. But since it seemed like everyone wanted him gone, Milan could have chosen the lesser of two evils, which looks to be Motta, who has Juventus six full points ahead of Milan on the table in sixth place. Instead, they went with Fonseca, the lesser paid of two evils.
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| There is evil, and there is less than. |
Don't get me wrong, Juventus the club is far more corrupt and evil, it always has been and always will be. But they seem to have chosen the better manager for so many reasons, the most obvious of which is their advantage in both the Champions League and Serie A standings. While questions have been raised about Motta as their manager, Juventus have not lost a single league match this season, and only lost once in the Champions League, on 10 men. Motta was also wise enough to put faith in Milan's Kalulu, something Fonseca apparently did not do, either.
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| Undefeated in Serie A >>> five losses in 15 matches. Just sayin'. |
Fonseca has perhaps the shortest injury list of any November in recent memory for Milan, with only Bennacer, Florenzi, and Jović out for this one. Although Pulisic is also in doubt, at least as a starter for this one. Fonseca was able to recover Gabbia this week, who is reportedly expected to start alongside Thiaw at the back. Also recovered from his Pavlović-induced head injury is Morata, who I would also expect to start up front. Fonseca has called up Camarda for this match, and while I am happy if he is developing and potentially getting playing time with the first team, I hope it does not impact Milan Futuro on Sunday, as they have a very tough run of matches and are stuck in the relegation zone of Serie C nearly halfway through the season.
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| Gabbia will be a welcome return. |
Which is why he is still here, I suppose. I assume management assume at some point he'll bring more performances like that. But is two out of 15 matches really acceptable for a club like Milan? Or any club, for that matter? I mean the results are bad enough, but the performances... conceding 20 goals in 15 matches, benching Leão and Calabria so much... just so many painfully obvious things (emphasis on the painful.)
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| Why is Fonseca getting credit for finally allowing Leão to play? |
This post inspired by the music of Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy"
Serie A Week 12
Reviewed by Elaine
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