Can someone tell me what Allegri's so great football style and philosophy is? All I see is a cross fest and prior to that all I saw was the famous Mancini tactic of "give it to Zlatan and wait".
At Cagliari who got him because he promoted Sassuolo to Serie B as a gamble, well, it was even more cross fest in his first season (which panned out very well despite 5 losses in the first 5 games) and then he almost got them relegated and got sacked before the season ended, with the pretty much the same exact philosophy and players. He was lucky that he had Marchetti at goal and his first season turned out great because fucking Acquafresca had the season of his lifetime and Conti's son was at his peak while he didn't have Acquafresca in the second year, but he had a superior player in Matri there.
Compare him to Di Francesco for example who had a similar path (Sassuolo), promoting a club to Serie A whilst playing the best football in Serie B for 2 years in a row, coming to Serie A and play some of the best football in Serie A with one of the weaker squad and usually do better every season (17th, 12th, 6th, 12th)... there's no contest. Give people an option between 2010 Allegri and 2017 Di Francesco and no one in their right mind will say that Allegri is the most promising of the two. He just got lucky that Milan needed someone who would simply listen to Berlusconi and Galliani![]()
If we went for Allegri after Mourinho people would be rioting. Let's all thank him for helping Milan get that 8th place in his final season.
So for those who might not get the spirit of the post, instead of wanting to get some average manager like Allegri, I'd much rather build a squad and an environment where the name of the manager won't matter as much. We could hire Eugenio Corini and be successful if we manage to fix our roster. It doesn't really matter who the manager is unless it's one of the highest level. And Allegri isn't one of them.