Lippi did not buy Trez, ancelotti did, you are asking why didnt we win the cl in his second spell and you say getting to the final of cl is a failure but at the same time you want to give reasons why we continually struggle in Cl with Capello in charge, yes you really do love Lippi, thats is very obviuos coming from your posts. we draw 0-0 wth Treviso and you try to bring up positives, we lose 2-0 to Arsenal and you go w actually played well until they scored but somehow Lippi was a failure. You keep on bringing up 04 season saying it was a disaster but we did come 3rd and we were leading at some phase but Milan were quite simply outstanding that season, if its the same Milan with the same intensity, this season, they definitely would have been top. Lippi had already decided he was leaving at the end of the season, that always spells disaster for any club whenever your coach decides he is leaving, Moggi had a disagreement with Davids , so our best midfielder was gone, Dp and Trez missed most of the season and their replacements like Miccolli was always injured. It was the same season we beat a team in Cl 7-0 or something to equal highest win in cl history. Leggrotaglie was a disaster as well as Montero and Iuliano. Lippi does not decide who to bring in but Moggi does and apparently we did not have that much money and you know Moggi's policy, if it aint broke dont fix it, no foresight there at all. How on earth can you call Salas a good buy? Lippi actually won the league with Baiocco in our squad. How can you compare both managers? Vinman mentioned Nedved's absence in the final but people always forget that Davids went off injured in the first half, so that was 2 key players missing in a game. I dont know, man, there is nothing that you have said at all that has vindicated Capello. How can you say this squad is only good on paper? Its not their fault they are crap in Europe, it is the manager who keeps on putting players out of position and tactics that are antiquated thats the cause