Davy & Chin Talk A.C Milan Weekly
Davy & Chin Talk A.C Milan Weekly
Davy & Chin Reflects on AC Milan's 2023-24 Season and The Pioli to Fonseca Transition
Join us as we navigate the emotional highs and lows of being a Rossoneri fan and dissect the complexities of Milan's management in 2023/24 season that sees the end of an era of Stefano Pioli's 5 years as AC Milan manager.
Stefano Pioli's tenure was marked by both praise and criticism, and we leave no stone unturned in assessing his decisions. From inconsistent player performances to perplexing tactical choices, we examine key moments from the past season that left fans and analysts scratching their heads. Despite these challenges, players like Christian Pulisic and Matia Gabia stood out, making significant contributions. We also shed light on the evolving dynamics within the team and the need for a fresh perspective in coaching.
With the dawn of a new era under Fonseca, there's a buzz of excitement in the air. We delve into the potential impacts of recent player transfers. The episode culminates in a spirited discussion about Álvaro Morata's potential at Milan, comparing him to Olivier Giroud, and exploring the depth of Milan's attacking options. Listen in for an engaging and insightful conversation about AC Milan's past triumphs, present challenges, and prospects
The Rossoneri Renaissance is complete After 11 years.
Speaker 2:Once again, milan are the champions of Italy. It's they who wear the crown for the 2021-22 season. Hello everyone, this is Davian Chintok Milan and we are back back. We are back from the long, long break. Chin Leo, how are you guys doing, man?
Speaker 3:I'm doing good. I'm doing okay as well, Leo. Why do you look like you're sweating? Is this because you're excited about the conversation we're going to have?
Speaker 1:It's going to be a good one.
Speaker 2:Do you guys know the last time we actually had a chance to actually get together I think it was the first leg of Roma we were going to be up- in the Europa League.
Speaker 3:Well, I guess getting dumped out of the Europa League is worth taking a break from discussing about Milan for a little bit. But you know what, On the group it's been a lot of excitement and a lot has happened since the last time we chatted right, Exactly.
Speaker 2:Anyways, guys, to our listeners out. There we are back again. This is Dave and Chin talking about Milan. We are just buddies and Milan lovers from different parts of Canada, right from the west to the prairies and everything like that, so definitely we just come in and chat and vent our anger after maybe some games and the weekly basis Basically that's what we usually do come together. We usually have our guest Milan fan as well, leo, to join on board again, but it's been two against one for the past. What six, seven months?
Speaker 1:Hey, I'm neutral I'm neutral.
Speaker 2:You're not neutral.
Speaker 1:no, Leo, don't play that card. I'm neutral, but when it came to the issue of Pioli, chin was right and I just couldn't afford to you know side, not say the truth.
Speaker 1:Pioli was a problem yes, there were other problems at Milan, but he was a problem and it's it just. It was just sad that many it split Milan fan base into two, because it's not just you like everywhere, like Milan was split into two, those that said, oh, pioli is not the problem, he should stay, and those that were like me and Shane that were convinced that he was the problem and he should leave. But I'm happy I'm on the winning side today.
Speaker 3:To be honest, those arguments about coach staying and leaving on the average, you always win the argument because the coach will always leave. My only problem was that, see, I will, will tell you, and I have to make this very clear I never, ever in my mind, you know believe that purely did not do a great job at milan. Let's be clear on something, but what and what, and what continues to piss me off is when you, standing sitting right there, you don't sound like that. Wait, let me learn. Now you and all the people in that group not named Leo, try to convince me that Pioli is the next coming of our Lord and Savior. That's the problem I have. It's like you're basically giving me this, you're giving me hot dog and telling me it's premium meat.
Speaker 2:And again Chin and I think this is what you guys were also getting me wrong I wasn't saying Pioli was our Lord and Savior. No, all I was saying is if you want to let Pioli go, prepare for a better replacement.
Speaker 3:Don't just throw the guy out the window without having a proper replacement.
Speaker 2:I don't want that to happen.
Speaker 3:They've let him go, and I'm just happy because, to be honest with you, my biggest issue with Pioli. I don't think Pioli would have solved that problem. So I'm glad we're here now. Do I think Fonseca is going to solve all Milan's problems? Absolutely not, Because the honest truth be told, and you said it before, leo also says it one of Milan's biggest problems is management, right, so that's a different discussion for a different day. But right now I just feel like we have a coach who, at least, if I go on a Saturday afternoon and I skip everything I have to be doing to watch Milan, I won't be banging my head against the wall shouting why is Greenwich playing? Why is Greenwich?
Speaker 2:playing. Anyways guys, anyways guys. Let's just get to the matter, please, to be honest, my first question is my first question. I've been waiting to ask you.
Speaker 3:Are you happy with the ending of Peely and Milan? So there's okay, usually right. There's two ways a coach's career can end. You can end as a hero, right, you win the last. Whatever you win, you know you ride them to the sunset with the. Or you can end as I don't know, a disgrace. So people like Pioli, usually people like Pioli, he didn't live as a disgrace in a way, but he didn't really live on a great note, if you ask me right, losing to Roma like to be honest, like in Leo's world.
Speaker 2:He's not sorry, he's not unforgiving, right, but they gave him a befitting exit.
Speaker 3:No, they just had to do all that stuff because the guy was there for almost five years, right. So, to be honest with you, like, think about it, five years you win one trophy. You always bring it back to. Oh yeah, he won one trophy, but in those five years I can tell you that he actually really had like one or two really really good seasons, right, and the rest of it I didn't see a lot of growth and development. So, at the end of the day, it was befitting of a guy that won a trophy.
Speaker 3:Well, was he the best coach we've had since whatever? Not really. But to be honest, when you think about the Banta era and what he did for Milan, we and I wouldn't be here today having a podcast if not for purely Because I don't know if that makes any sense. Of course it does. It does At least. Yeah, I love and ignition for Milan. Everybody now has mouth to talk because of the guy. I'm being honest. So, at the end of the day, that's.
Speaker 3:His legacy for me is that he brought Milan out of the ashes, stabilized out of the ashes, stabilised the club, but thinking about where the team needs to move, it's not purely, and that was the biggest thing that you never really understood because you are too emotional and you fall in love too easily. So you fell in love very hard and then you never let go. So at the end of the day, I think it was an OK send-off. I just didn't like the fact that we lost to Roma and lost the league by almost 20 points to Inter Milan those are not good things and then lost six consecutive debut matches to Inter. Those are not good records to have, my friend.
Speaker 2:I have a question for you, leo. My question is, you know, obviously, to me I kind of feel like the way Pioli left Milan. I think he left the squad, the team, because I'm talking about like the quality of the team. Right, I think he's been able to build Milan to a certain level. What's your perspective on his work? Do you think he should have done?
Speaker 1:more. Yeah, okay, in my own honest assessment I would say, compared to where Milan was as a club before Mr Pioli joined and where we were when he left, of course there was an improvement, right, because it was the Banta era before he joined us. Like it was stark Banta era and he came in, he put some sanity in the place and we had that magical Scudetto season, right. But then everybody was expecting growth and development but he was never able to achieve it. Rather, what we started seeing from that point was a decline, you know, in the team performance. Winning the Scudetto with the team we had kind of like showed that the club was moving through this trajectory of young players that you know, we know they could give us more.
Speaker 1:And then the following season we got to the semifinal of the Champions League. Like taking that kind of a team to the semifinal of the Champions League was a lot. And the way we lost that semifinal to Inter Milan, it's not like we lost to man City or Bayern Munich or Real Madrid or Barcelona. We lost to Inter Milan or Bayern Munich or Real Madrid or Barcelona. We lost to Inter Milan. And it was so painful watching those two semifinal games Like it was as if we had no coach. We just showed up on the pitch and we were just chasing the ball, without a game plan, and there was a lot of rancor, there was a lot of you know, and that's when the purely out gang started gaining momentum. Right, and you expect that, okay, as a manager, he was going to use that summer transfer window and use it well, and he was lucky. He got everything played into his favor, right Like Maldini was axed, you know, and the club gave him the benefit of doubt and put faith in him.
Speaker 1:Say, okay, build your, build your squad and be competitive this season. Yeah, but from the beginning of the season until the end, we never saw any, anything to make us feel like it was a good season. Us feel like it was a good season. It was a disaster of a season we had. It may not seem that way because we finished second, but it was a disaster. And if it was a Premier League team, peoli would have been sacked even before the end of the season.
Speaker 1:It's because Milan is quite vulnerable that, as a club, we still remember that. Oh, this guy gave us one Scudetto in how many years? It's a decade. This guy gave us one Scudetto in how many years is the decade? And this guy has put some form of like sanity in the team. But we knew what we were capable of and we were not cutting it and it was an eyesore. It was painful watching us, week in, week out, you know, shipping in average of three goals every game to teams like Monza Like it was. It hurt Last season, really hurt. So that's why I am not. I'm not sorry for Pioli that he lost his job. In fact I'm even happy, because I always say one thing when we talk about whether Pioli should stay or leave, no one single manager or player or coach is bigger than AC Milan. Ac Milan should always come first Right. All in all respect to Mr Pioli, he did a lot for us as a club. Sometimes when we criticize him it feels like we hate him. We don't hate him.
Speaker 3:It's not hatred, it's just being honest, right, because for me, we care more about what he's doing to our club.
Speaker 1:Exactly, yeah, watching the game against man City yesterday, you'll be proud to call yourself a Milanista. You just watch the game. It's what we want to see. Even if we had lost that game or we ended up tying the game, we'd be like, oh, at least we showed up and we played decent football.
Speaker 1:So play with boldness, right Play in the front foot, and then we consider the second, because once they consider one goal, you know they will consider another goal and before you know it, it's 3-0. That is not how we played yesterday. We considered the one goal and we were still keeping the ball until we got the equalizer. And we got the second goal as well. Stunt City, they got the equalizer and thinking they had the game. We put the game back to them. We got the third goal, even without the striker right On the field. Yeah, so, dave, to add to what Leo is saying.
Speaker 3:Right, like, one of the biggest issues I've always had and I think I said this to you is Pioli had almost no clear idea of what he wanted to do on the field. Even last year I remember a few times Giroud said it he's like oh, it seems like we are confused, you know, especially like when they take the lead or they are behind, they don't know really what to do next. Right, and there you can see that, like as leo is saying, how, all of a sudden, you know you concede one day, you concede two straight goals or whatever, and then everybody just starts doing whatever they want to do, right? So at the end of the day, like I said somebody somebody or someone, but that's the thing.
Speaker 3:So, to be honest with you, all I care about right now is the fact that, at least from a footballing perspective, it looks like milan has an identity of what they want to accomplish. Whether it works it's not going to work all the time, of course. No team is ever going to, you know, run through. Of course, milan's quality in terms of players is not up there with the rest of europe, but at least when you watch them week in, week out, you and I can actually have a better podcast, because you can stop asking me questions like well, why is Leao being useless today and then the next day? Why is he the world's best player? And then the next minute, why is Tomori one?
Speaker 2:of the best. That question always comes from you. I appreciate your response to that question, leo. Here's my own take on this whole matter, to be honest. Yeah, the reality of the matter is Milan needed to move forward and last season really kind of like put a nail on the coffin for me regarding purely his ability to push Milan beyond the stage and I think I also like talked about it in one of my write-ups that I did for one of the blogs in so one of the Milan group on Facebook is that purely doesn't. I don't think this, the transformation of this project right last season, I don't think Pioli was ready for it and even if he was ready for it, I don't think he really have the the capability to be able to, you know, pull that through in terms of transforming this team into a whole new level, modern team. He still has the sort of ideas which I think is fine, but I think what he wanted wasn't what Milan wanted in all honesty, because the piece that he has been able to put together for the past three or four years right, even though the management hasn't really done enough on their side to be able to help him I still feel like he should have been able to do enough on his own side as a coach to make the best out of it.
Speaker 2:Last season against Roma in the Europa League was what really not just actually Roma, sorry. Last season against Atalanta in the Italian Cup and against Roma in the Europa League was what really threw me off completely about it, because I kind of feel like, okay, let's assume that your key players, which are the Girouds and all those guys, kind of fumbled the first leg right of the Europa League against Roma. The second leg no, that shouldn't happen. It was so terrible. We're way more worse than the first leg and I'm like why did we fold? Why did we fold? Why would you? Why would you, why would you fall to the pressure for someone like you of this magnitude that have been in the semifinal semifinal of the Champions League like a season before? Why would you go and just take out your best player, tijani Reinders, and throw him in the bench trying to make, had he tried to, like, switch up the entire play style, which didn't work, and those guys didn't understand him and would get beaten up by Roma? What?
Speaker 1:kind of make-believe is that he played Calabria as a DM.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah, he was deep-lying midfielder, whatever, whatever. Like that didn't make sense to me at all. And again that game. I was thinking, okay, he wants to write his wrong, right that, okay, why, about put Pulisic in the attacking midfield that the fans want, Because you know, like definitely that's a good thing. Put Pulisic in the attacking midfield, put Chukwuzi in the right this is one of the biggest games of the season. Like you have no reason to do this, or at least it won't be like this a whole lot of injuries and everything happening.
Speaker 3:Okay, but anyways, sorry to interrupt you. Is this news to you Like so all these years, that Puyol has been a Milan coach, even this past season, when he was doing all these things at the beginning of the season, and you were always?
Speaker 2:defending him. And then he comes to the big game. And now you're complaining, Chin Chin, don't say that. No, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 3:Don't even try. Was that the first time that Moussa had played right back? Hold on, guy.
Speaker 2:Chin, don't get me started, guy. Let me ask a season before did he have 11 players? Was it not you and I that was talking about people being done dirty like feel this thing a few years ago? He?
Speaker 3:never had those resources.
Speaker 2:He had the whole he had the entire resources last season.
Speaker 3:He couldn't know what to do with it, because all his career at Milan he never had this opportunity. That's what I'm saying At the beginning of last season. He has always been making those weird personnel decisions, starting with, for instance, Kroenig, and then I think it was like game four or five.
Speaker 1:Again, this is what I was saying the first two games of theinders.
Speaker 2:That's what I'm saying, right? So I'm like okay, man, so this guy needs to, and I feel like that's why Milan needed to move ahead, away from Pioli, which I think is the best thing. But anyways, let's just, let's just play Chin. I'll start with you.
Speaker 3:Okay so I think my best player last season was Christian Pulisic. So the reason I say that is because he's a new guy, new environment. We talk about all year like he's injury-prone but he didn't really get injured that much. He played the whole season and he carried that for me to the Copa America, even though it lasted a few games. But to me his adjustment, a lot of all those new guys were very good, but I would just call out Pulisic If you want one single player. But if you talk about General, who are the people that impressed me the most? It's between him, tijani, reinders and what's his name, the new guy, erwin Loftus-Chek. Those guys I think it's not that easy to come to a new league and just integrate, and Reinders, to me, took a big step forward, to the point that he played a key role for Netherlands in the Euros as well. Right, so well. Pulisic is my guy.
Speaker 2:What about you, Leo? Your top three.
Speaker 1:Just an addition. Pulisic yeah, he had a great season, but I would say I was really impressed by Matia Gabia. Oh, my goodness, I was going to say that oh my goodness, I was going to say that I'm like it was the only like. It was the only kind of like silver lining of a season we had. I was watching Gabia and I was like, oh my God, like what kind of, what sort of transformation is this?
Speaker 1:This guy is one of the worst, but he was so. He felt so composed, and you know he would time his tackles to the. You know, like I know, the level of consistency. It would have been a worse season for us, even though, for Gabby as well, the level of consistency, honestly, I never saw it coming. So I'm going to name him as my player of the season, even though he had the half season, because our best defender, tomori, became, like you know, up untrustworthy. We couldn't trust Nuri anymore and Gabi has stepped up over people. So, yeah, he takes it for me.
Speaker 2:Anyways, I think we pretty much have the same distinction. For me, I feel like Gabi is my number one, to be honest, and my second is so sorry.
Speaker 3:So you watched the whole year and you came. No wonder You're a builder that come from the same club. You work the whole year and the guy that came in as a replacement defender at the halfway through the year is your best player for Milan last year. That's okay. It's your best player last year, so that's fine. It's my best player, exactly, yes, yes, so it's my best player.
Speaker 1:It's okay Because if you want to look at it from a perspective, that will year.
Speaker 3:So if you want to look at it.
Speaker 2:You guys are right. Do you know? What do you know?
Speaker 1:because, like well my, best player last year.
Speaker 3:You know what? I take it back. He's not christian police, it's a radical cronich. Because him leaving him leaving milan halfway through the year made me enjoy the reason. I thought this is a little bit better let me just finish my statement.
Speaker 2:Please stop interrupting me. I'll give you a floor. Anyways, I'll pick Gabriel as my number one, because I know where we were before Gabriel came in January and what he did for us. So that's number one. Number two Ruben Loftus-Cheek. I wouldn't give him like 100% in terms of like his performance last season, because I know like there are some games that will just go cold on the pitch right, but again, he's one of my tops as well. But my best player last season, to be honest, I think it's Christian Pulisic. He did a lot of you know, he showed a lot of weight and if it wasn't for him in the attack, I can imagine Rafael Elias' performance last season and I think they will have probably even pushed us away from the Champions League spots, to be honest. But anyways, welcome to a new era. I'm waiting for this moment because when Biroli left and Fonseca was coming in right, a lot of people have this sort of mixed feeling about you. Know what to expect from Fonseca and stuff. Chin. What was your take then when he was appointed?
Speaker 3:Honestly, yeah.
Speaker 3:So when Fonseca was like being talked about, I wasn't really that impressed. Because when Fonseca was like being talked about, I wasn't really that impressed because I you know Leo can attest to we were hoping for bigger name, more flashing name, you know, after enduring purely for a while. So, but then I started, you know, you know, digging deep, because that's usually the first reaction is oh my God. Then your next layer is okay, let me find out about this guy. Next layer is okay, let me find out about this guy. And then I think you and I chatted about him and some of his struggles at Roma and some of those other, because that was the last time he was in Italy. But, honestly speaking, he's really the kind of person that I've actually always preached about, right, so, even though I had my idea that he should be going for Di Gebi and those other guys, but Fonseca is not too far off because, at the end of the day, when I listen to him talk and I see how he works or approaches coaching, that's exactly all I've been asking for A guy who comes in, you know, has a mindset where he can develop young people and take on the performing players and make them at least consistent. I'm not asking him to convert two quizzes of the world into the next coming of Vinny Jr or whatever right, chukwuzes of the world into the next coming of Vini Gini or whatever right, but at least make sure that the guy, one week, he knows that if he's crossing the ball then he's crossing the ball, or if he's taking on a player then he's really taking on a player, right, because that was one of the issues. It's like I remember last year you were complaining one time that well, piolice Chukwuzi is not performing. We know what performing means, and the same goes for every single player on the team. So that's the thing. So all those guys that you always complain about their inconsistency, now that wave kind of settles down a little bit, if that makes sense, right, and you can see that already. Forget the precision assist, like Chukwuzi giving two identical assists. But then someone like Alexis Now I know I talked about him coming from the other team, but even when that is new management he looks a little bit consistent. It's that consistency.
Speaker 3:So, fonseca, whether or not he's the best coach since Laisbeth, I don't care, as long as week in, week out, milan players are going to try to be consistent Everyone coming in, we know what our lineup is going to be. We're not going to see any surprises like is Moussa playing a right back or you know something like that. That's all I want, and the players seem to love him because he's a he's a players coach. So we really I think that was one of the big worries about Pioli leaving was that the guys really loved Pioli because he he, you know, but Fonseca looks like they also like him that expensive and he's not a crazy person like Conte. So this is all good, good things. So I'm excited, leo.
Speaker 2:I mean Milan played Manchester City yesterday at the pre-season in New York City. We won, sorry, won 3-2 and I think it was a really was. It was an interesting, it was a fun game to watch, both from a tactical perspective and also from you know gameplay, the style, you know the, the fun, the goals and everything like that. How excited are you with Fonseca? You know so far.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like so far, I would say it's been a dream, like watching, you know, fonseca, the sort of football he's trying to, footballing philosophy he's introduced into Milan. So, watching that City game, you know it's City, you know they want to, you know play's City, you know they want to, you know, play possession game, but we, our press, didn't even allow them to keep possession. So, which is one which is something we have missed for a long time, that, you know, press. And then the progression was something that I just really admired. You know the fact that you know we keep the ball and we're just looking for that timing of our runs. We not had really good chances that we didn't even convert.
Speaker 1:Watching some of the long balls that they took, that split the man City defence apart, that they didn't even put away, that just shows like something that we have missed for a very, a really long time.
Speaker 1:You know, last season it was just like passing the ball aimlessly at the back and then turning in over possession. But this time it was passing the ball but then knowing when to release the ball to the attackers and then, like Chin said, I was quite amazed that Chukwuzi, the same Chukwuzi of last season, could get two identical assists in a match, you know, and Colombo putting those away, that shows a club playing with a particular system, because Chukwuzi knows that if I put the ball from this angle, there will be somebody there to attack it. Right, it wasn't, you know, it's not a fluke of a goal, because they did it twice, and that just shows decent coaching. So this is just, you know, it's exciting to see and if players that are, you know, not like first team starters can be able to, you know, carry out these instructions, so what about you know, carry out these instructions? So what about, you know, the Moratas that we have in the side?
Speaker 1:Talking about the Moratas yeah, it's going to be exciting football. Honestly, I can't wait to, you know, see what we're going to do this season with Fonseca. And I'm happy you got it, even though originally I wanted Conte, because I was just sick and tired of untested and untrusted names, right? So I wanted a big coach, you know, that's why I was in favor of hiring Conte.
Speaker 2:But let's see what I can do For me. Personally, I think I'm happy that Milan didn't go for Conte, to be honest, because I don't think the last few clubs that Conte has left he didn't really live on good terms. That shows. That just proves the kind of person he is. He's a business kind of person and I don't think Conte is the kind of coach that really embraces the fans. To that extent. I think he tries as much as possible to just make it business and job and that's it so. So Milan fans are very emotional, like we all know. So this is my question for you, though we both know that definitely like, oh yeah, we have a good coach in our hands. Definitely, but the question still lies on the management in terms of how they know the kind of job they do in the market this summer and Giroud leaving and Morata replacing Giroud like obviously, personally, I'm not too excited about it but I'm, yeah, personally, I'm not too excited about it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I know you're not. You're best pal. No more OG, og, og left.
Speaker 2:So I know you're really excited, to be honest, though, and the reason is because I was thinking that, since that we know how Giroud plays, we know the kind of style he is right, and then we know how kind of style is right, and then we know how purely plays and depend on you so much. But the thing is, I just feel like it's time that we have a much more mobile striker, like we're talking about the vlaovic, the harland kind of style, even if it's not gonna be harland, but at least something, someone who's way more mobile and consistent in terms of goal scoring. I don't think morata is that kind of player, but maybe I'm wrong. What's your thought, though?
Speaker 3:so, at the end of the day, right, you can only shop where your money, like they give you something to go to the market. It's where you can afford to buy stuff you buy, right? So, morata, do I like Morata? No, in the group I said it. They're just giving me a new person to just start complaining about, which I don't want to start. It's too early. I haven't even seen him wear Milan shirt yet shirt yet. But there's a reason why he keeps jumping. It's weird because players like Morata, they only play for big clubs, but yet none of those big clubs want them to stay with them forever. I don't know if that makes any sense, I think.
Speaker 2:Atletico do want him to go, though.
Speaker 3:No, but this is the point. The point I'm making is think about all the teams that Morata has played for. None of them is like a small team and yet somehow you can't actually pinpoint and say he stayed there and he did great things with those clubs, right?
Speaker 2:But let me just shift the subject for you, please. That's how I feel, but at the same time I'm making a point about Atletico, because I feel like I think so far, his season in Atletico has been probably one of his best seasons in terms of, yeah, the euros and dinamitans gave the boy away, like I almost took my head off, like shouting because I knew milan was going to sign him eventually.
Speaker 3:No, but in all honesty, in my mind he's a slight upgrade on jiru. I'm not even saying this because of any hate on jiru, it's just simply because I feel, like you talk about mobility, he's actually more mobile than jiru, right, and he's now. He might not be the best pass of the ball, but neither was joud either. And then he might not also be the best finisher, but neither was Giroud either. So I don't know what the point is?
Speaker 2:Is that the only concern on Giroud?
Speaker 3:Yeah, because I know you always complain about Giroud missing easy chances, because it's true you know he would slap the ball against his leg and the ball would just go. The Morata slight upgrade, mostly due to age, but then again you have to remember that Milan plays this style of football. Think about the goals Colombo was scoring yesterday. Maybe that's a vision for Morata, right? So if Colombo is scoring those goals, then Morata might actually put away, like at the end of the day. You used to complain about something, that Milan players missed a lot of chances, and I told you the problem was the type of chances they were getting was not really high SG chances, and you thought I was crazy. Just watch, when you get those easy high SG chances, all of a sudden, guess what? Even mediocre strikers and forwards start looking like they are world beaters. Because you cannot miss those. You're expecting those to come in. Colombo was expecting those balls yesterday. Giroud would be reacting to those and then miss them because he's bending his neck sideways, right? So I know what I mean. That's the difference with structured football versus non-structured football. So, anyway, I do look forward to what Morata will do within the team, but let's not forget your boy, jovic is still there. There's Okafor, you know Colombo is actually.
Speaker 3:If you ask me, I would leave Colombo. I wouldn't send him away again because I think he's serviceable, right? Instead of going to pull Kamada like a 15-year-old kid, you can at least have Colombo in there and use him for, because we're still going to be playing so many competitions as well, right? So use him for some of those games and then just throw some wrinkles in there. And yeah, so I'm not. I, so I'm not worried about Giroud leaving If we can have Giroud last year and we use Giroud to win the league. To be honest, morata is not the worst player you can get in there for Giroud.
Speaker 2:Anyways, guys, I know the season just started, I mean the preseason just started. We have a match against Real Madrid, I think it's on Wednesday. Obviously, we have a lot to discuss about this new season, but I think we're probably going to just do that in our next podcast, I guess. Thank you so much, Leo. Thank you very much for coming on board. Thank you, Chin as well. Thanks for coming on board, Chin. Do you have anything to say to our listeners?
Speaker 3:No, I want Leo to say something. Leo, what are you most excited about this season going in?
Speaker 1:Well, the transfer window is still open and you know, just trying to see what we're going to do before deadline day Maybe a couple of more reinforcements, but please and please, I don't want to see Emerson Real at Milan. I don't know why that story doesn't want to go away, but it is what it is. Yeah, even though at right back we need we need a'm at the right back position, but I don't think Emerson Real is the guy we need at this time.
Speaker 3:Okay, no, that's good. I look forward to this season and, yeah, it's going to be a fun year for Milan and less complaining. So thank you fans and thank you everyone. Thanks Dave for you know, and have a great one everyone for Zalimilano.
Speaker 2:For Zalimilano. Ciao, have a good one guys.
Speaker 3:We'll talk next time. Okay, Bye-bye guys. Yeah.
