The strategy has been laid bare. Is this team worse than last year’s squad? Very possibly, but that doesn’t matter. Cardinale genuinely does not care how AC Milan perform and what results they get. I’m far from the first person to point out the commercialization of sports, football specifically. In the last 10 years or…

I play a lot of fantasy football (NFL). Running my fake franchise in a variety of different modes gives me insight into how to run a soccer team. When you’re managing a league beyond season-long, such as a dynasty or a contract league, you need to line up your contracts and your players peak windows…

Not content to have just 2 directors who shouldn’t be speaking to the press, Paolo Scaroni opened his mouth. When he was a player, you could find a way to spin Zlatan’s ego into something impressive. Oh look, he’s so confident, and you have to be to do what he does, right? The thing is,…

Tare was supposed to bring competency back, but you can’t just wisk away a management full of incompetency AC Milan have been trying to sign Ardon Jashari for months now, and have yet again hit an impasse. The impasse being Club Brugge has sold several players already, and have no need to sell the Belgian…

Right before the start of the mercato, Furlani dropped an all-time quote, “I would focus on what we need to strengthen the squad, because there have also been mistakes in roster planning. Given the way we are managed, sacrifices won’t be necessary.“ The thing about getting older is that when you’ve seen some shit once,…

When I was in high school, FIFA was the most popular video game among my friends. Everybody had a team they used regularly, and that meant lots of Liverpool, United, and Chelsea players. One sad soul picked Tottenham. As an adult I now know I had an issue with conformity and I hadn’t realized that…