AC Milan enter CRISIS mode, will Paulo Fonseca get fired?

Milan’s loss to me was definitely a management issue.
The fact he put Leao on the bench instead of starting is something I really don’t understand.

You're flip flopping dude. If they'd won you'd be praising Fonseca.

That said, I don't know what else to think 😑

Did pulisic really play sick

Again with the excuses, we missing those missing this missing that, we still lost to Parma and 4 other teams with our full lineup. And you putting garbage Musah in a green box takes away all of your credibility.

Musah best Milan player at that match. Emerson feels at least better than Calabria, some good sensations for him both attack and defense. Kvara's goal you need to double the mark against a player like that, and Fofana didn't support enough.
Besides that, Loftus is still lame, so bad this season, he's always some seconds behind every play. Terraciano lame, Morata was alone and doing Loftus job. Leao should have started, Terraciano's lame and Leao perhaps don't support the defense, but Okafor is not going to do much than Leao on defense, no excuse on that call put, lame move from Fonseca, which deserves the lost.

I actually like Fonsecas personality and principles in some cases but it's a result driven world. He knows his job is on the line so benching Leao he must/better have a pretty big reason. It will play itself and we will see if he made the right choices.

The whole team was horrible and poor management there’s no excuse

Kush, I was with ya until you said it was a comfortable 2-0 win for Napoli. Yes we’re all
Aware Comte is a low block counter wizard but if we’re being fair on the first goal lukaku lost possession of that ball with a heavy touch, then had to barge into pavlovich before returning to the ball, and it was not shoulder to shoulder in possession that’s the reason pav was so easily knocked off. He had eyes to the 50 50 ball. Secondly. After that Milan absolutely dominated possession and chance creation between okafor, musah and chucky. Can you imagine if pulisic, Theo Leao, and reindeers were in the game from the start. In the reverse fixture I see it flipping score lines completely. Also don’t be so quick
To turn on fonseca bc of the reason I just stated. I sense a breakout game agasint madrid coming soon if all the 11 is healthy. Cheers.

No need to hit the panic button, we were missing 6 starters. Leao on the bench in that scenario makes no sense. The manager clearly is sending a message to Rafa, we need Leao at his best.

RLC is not a 10, we missed Reijnders today as a creative spark. The back line remains our primary issue.

If not Fonseca now, then who? Weve seen the management and their decisions of how the way they fired Maldini (after he built Milan AGAIN with young players who have Milanismo in them) to have it dismantled in a season or so. It was all because of Maldinis interview after the semi final Derby in the UCL, and he wasnt wrong, we have a very solid foundation but we need 2 or 3 top players to join. Gerry got offended and fired him in a 2 minute conversation as per numerous reports. Though coming back to the previous question, we had Abate who was doing a fanstastic job and guided Milan to the final of the youth UCL, a true Milanista, who understands what Milan is, and had him fired too. Instead, we got Bonera....we are seeing the results of the futuro team being almost abysml, will he be promoted to take over Fons? Conte and De Zerbi are no longer options? Concecao? Sarri? Ancelotti would be a dream considering his situation the Madrid bench. Even if Fonseca is fired, did the managment learn and will they get a big profile on the bench or will it be another Lopetugi and Fonseca scenario. I cant wait for the day Milan is sold to hopefully an Arab foundation, with Maldini back to where he belongs, having him in Milanello day after day and you always try to impress the best ever defender having his eyes on you. And maybe Tonali back too, but again, just me dreaming. Until then, we are the Italian Leipzig from Temu

Honestly Rafa sitting on the Bench wasn't a wrong decision.
Okafor helped in defence way more than Rafa and was great in Offense. I think if Puli wasn't sick and Tijani available the score would have been different

At one point when Rafa was on Terracciano was defending alone while Leao was still walking back. That's why he is sitting on the Bench.

We lost because Puli & Tiji were not available, not because Rafa didn't start

Not starting Leao in a big game vs Napoli is a decision by Fonseca that I don’t understand why it was made. These inconsistent performances are why I am unsure about Fonseca being the right coach moving forward, Kush. However, I also think management didn’t do Fonseca any favors by not signing a true trequartista and a central defensive midfielder as well. I need to see more consistently good performances and wins in order to believe Fonseca, otherwise he has to go.

I get wanting more out of leao but RLC has played 726 minutes this season. Where is the benching for him with 0 goal contributions?!?!?!

Leao came on and was walking around as usual

You have to keep championing the management oh, dont change now

Leao’s effort is embarrassing on top of that he can’t hit the net let alone score. We need to trade Leao and get a striker. Good players don’t take a ton of games to get going… that’s not a thing.

I'm a 75 YO American, didn't like soccer initially, basically started paying attention to see what happened with Pulisic. I like it now, still learning, so take this with as many grains of salt as you deem appropriate. With Leao, he seems to be one of the athletes who has to have his ego stroked continually or he withholds performance. Theo seems like that, too. Is Fonseca trying to develop a team spirit instead of a collection of egos, and that's why he's benching? The controversy about who takes penalty kicks that erupted just before the international break seems to me to indicate factions on the team, and I suspect that's what the real issue is here.

Leao is trash, get rid of him. He's lazy and gives up on plays

Did you see the half time commentators laughing about how pavlovic hit the ground? 😂


Just sad....

Once you go down 2-0 to a Conte team bringing on Leão and Pulisic is useless. The box is so packed in there is no room to work. You need two power players in the box and just send crosses into the box. Actually, Napoli did not look that good. They'll drop points as they start playing better teams. ACM today was a makeshift lineup. The two outside backs were terrible (how many misplaced, easy passes can they make?) and RLC can't be an AM.

I have to agree with the coach on this one....

Leao comes on... walking on defense... walking on offense! Like... what are you doing? Is he injured again? Thats not what we need from him. We need him to be a player on this team.. not just an offensive option.

Next match is against RMad and they are gonna tear us down 😢😢😢

If we are being honest even if leao would play he wouldnt do more them okafor cuz they were playing 3 players on the wingers

Fonseca needs to go, he never had the team and fighting a private war with Leao who is one of the best contributors overall, albeit not necessarily in the defensive phase, is silly, especially with many starters out.

I didnt agree with your Leao take, he came on and didnt do anything except one dribble.

I lost all faith on this ownership and management Kush. They sacked an average manager just to hire another average manager, 2 seasons in a row with a criminally incomplete squad, the famous stadium seems like a complete farce. What is the point of watching this team the rest of the season? finish top 4? I actually think we are going to finish out of the top 4. The future looks bleak and for the fans that don't want to suffer, I recommend to check out this season and not give this ownership and management your viewership or money until they earn it.

Captain Pulisic

You are totally blinded to the issues with Rafa. It is not a coach thing,but a Rafa thing. His attitude is horrible and I applaud this coach for not giving in to Rafa’s childish attitude. No one questions Rafa’s talent, but dude shows total contempt for the team. He was ‘walking’ during an attack. Come on man you need to open your eyes as Rafa is a cancer to this team right now….

Giroud's departure left a leadership void. The same thing occurred when he left Chelsea. Giroud is a great player, but his leadership skills are very underappreciated. One day, he will be a tremendous coach, if he wants to take that route.

For now, someone else needs to take that role for this team and provide that steadying hand and bridge between the coach and the team.

I don't blame Fonseca. I blame our ownership. I don't know if they're clueless, cheap, or worst of all, simply don't care, but it's clear that winning silverware, is NOT a goal of this ownership. Regardless of what their pr statements say.

I agree with your take on Fonseca. I actually think he's made some solid changes this season (more good than bad for me still), but his decision with Leao is confusing. If the goal of leaving him off/subbing him out recently has been to motivate him, what better day to see if that motivation is taking effect than today when we're playing a top team while missing a ton of our starters?!

Im sorry man, you obviously did not watch the same Musah we watched against Napoli, He was terrible SOOOO TERRIBLE!!!! this kind of killed off the video for me bro, Musah deserves a CALLOUT not a shoutout.

Sick and tired of people praising Leao when he's NOT that good !!!!! When he's on the left and Pulisic is on the right he NEVER gets balls played to him when HE'S the GOAL SCORER for the team !!!!!!!! Far as I'm concerned Leao should be SOLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! During this game Cukwueze was passed the ball MANY TIMES so why is Pulisic NOT getting those same passes ??????

Kush, i agree with you, but the flawed decisions were made a long time ago by the Milan leadership and it is not Fonseca's fault he got chosen. They also pre selected players for him. Pavlovic and Thiaw are not a good pair, this was the first time they played together and Pavlovic is more worried about the right flank being weak than he is about his own position.

This is why we compete, to reflect our team off of opponents. To see where we stand. From this match I observed Napoli was fluid, focused, efficient. We were cumbersome, disorganized, inefficient. Simple reason, we're missing too many players. There's no continuity. We looked tired and weak. Napoli looked calm, confident, strong and rested. They were a well-oiled machine, we were a jalopy, cylinders missing, needing a tune up. Lol

pavlovich is a seria b player we must get rid of him as soon as possible , he was a disaster on champions league also.Its crazy how low we fallen...

To be honest Rafael Leao is no more hungry like the way he use to do and he's one of does who can carry Milan to the place where they belong.
Pulisic and Mike are the ones holding this team for now according to their performance.

I’m not complaining or blaming but Milan has been conceding by silly defenders errors and mistakes. Midfielders and forwards are responsible for helping defenders as well. With these inconsistencies in playing/performance Milan ain’t beating any good teams in big game and eventually not winning any trophies at all.

Maignan had responsibility on both goals, first for an awful pass in the middle of the field and on the second goal for a very late reaction on Kvara's shot. Should have been mentioned in the video

Leao on the minute 90 was not putting any effort on running back to press the Napoli player, despite the fact he was very near. Unnerving attitude man and totally unacceptable

My two cents, need a defense that can not only defend but play ball control with their passing while advancing. I do not think they are quick, savvy and skillful enough yet to play possession football.

Being a milan fan is tough😔

I would say this again but the biggest problem with current squad is the way this squad has been constructed.

We have 4 proper centre backs and non of them are good on the ball and we probably sold kalulu and simic who probably were the better defenders we had on the ball. All the 4 defenders we have are very similar in terms of profile.

We also dont have enough quality players for the pivot role. Other than fofana and Bennacer most of our players not meant to play in that pivot . We also to many players who can play as a cam (tijani,loftus cheek,musah ,pulisic and the youngsters like zeroli and liberalli are also cams )

I would say in my opinion this team would struggle to complete at the higher stages . Yes we may beat the more lower level teams but this is not a team which is going very far in a scudetto or ucl race .

In my opinion if i were incharge of doing the transfers this what i will do.

1)sign a regista or a couple of players who can play in the pivot role(my dream signing would be ricci because i feel he would complementary fofana very well )

2)sell loftus cheek simply because with rise of tijani i simply dont see him playing there (and add the likes pulisic, zeroli and liberalli he would be getting even limited chances)

3) sell thiaw and sign a proper ball playing centre back .

I could go on and all but i feel these 3 points are the things are the objectives for balancing out the squad . The squad has been constructed in a unbalanced manner thats why we are seeing this mess.

A complete failure at all management levels from Moncada, Zlatan & Furlani to Fonseca. A poorly constructed squad, transfers seemingly made without thought as to how they'll fit in a broader collective. A coach hiring that signalled to our top players that the club lacks ambition, which leads to below par performances. Failure all around. Zero leadership, zero understanding of what it takes to build a team/squad, zero ambition.

Kush your content and set up is so good quality wise, have you considered covering Football more broadly? I feel like the channel could blowup more if the content related to a more general audience as well as Milan fans instead of just Milan fans.

Stop playing RLC as a 10.If your going to use a 10 use CP10 there so Leo can be on the left and Chuck on the right.If we use a 4 3 3 use fofona as cdm reindeers and musah at the 8s.Remember musuh is still only 21.All you have to do is tell fofona your a cdm now so stay back and play like one.

I wasn't excited by the Fonseca signing but was willing to give him a chance. I agree with Kush that there is a big issue with the management and transfer targets. Our midfield is more suited to 433 but we keep using coaches that want to play 4231 without supporting them with the right recruitment targets.

At this point if we sack Fonseca then Sarri is the best replacement available for our squad in experienced coaches. Maybe there is an alternate young coach they can go for instead that will suit their budget.

I suspect Fonseca will be gone on the eve of the next international break.

If they are going to stick with Fonseca then January MUST bring some signings suited to 4231.

LUKA JOVIC LUKA JOVIC

I agree with a lot of the things you said except for being patient with the coach he needs to go. After all the things you said about him destroying the team from the inside out and you want to be patient with him that doesn’t make sense. Hope they lose this weekend so he can get fired

Where are all the guys who were calling for Piolis head now????