Milan fans turn the page as the Baresi tributes go global
If you have spent any time on the forums this week, you have seen the tributes pouring into Milan HQ. It feels like the entire fanbase collectively realized that we are watching the end of an era. The photos of fans leaving flowers and scarves at the club office are enough to make even the most cynical gatekeeper on the subreddits stop their keyboard warrior act for five minutes.
The club is clearly making a concerted effort to connect the current squad to the legends of the past. Seeing Matteo Gabbia and Ruben Amorim placing a bouquet at the Baresi mural in Perth shows that the message is getting through. As Sempre Milan reported, the visual of the current manager and player honoring the history of the shirt in Australia is a PR masterstroke, whether you love the sentimentality or think it is just for the cameras.
The squad is leaning into the legacy
Gabbia spoke openly about what the icon means to the locker room. He mentioned the weight of the jersey and the necessity to carry that history forward every time they lace up. It is rare to hear a modern player speak with that level of genuine respect, but it sounds sincere.
Gabbia remembers Baresi and what he meant for Milan players: “Carry with us”
Some fans are eating this up. The sentiment on the boards is that this kind of internal culture check is exactly what the side needs to regain their identity. If the players are actually listening to the old guard, maybe we see some consistency on the pitch. We are sick of watching Milan walk into a mid-table clash and look like they just met each other in the parking lot five minutes before kickoff.
The skeptics are still screaming
Then there is the other half of the internet, the group that thinks all of this is a distraction from the fact that we have serious work to do. These people are obsessed with the tactics, the recruitment, and the glaring holes in the defensive line. They look at a mural and see a missed transfer opportunity.
Their point is simple: flowers do not stop a counter-attack. They are tired of the nostalgia tour when the team is still struggling to put together a full 90-minute performance against top-four competition. One user on the forum put it bluntly, arguing that the team spends more time talking about past giants than they do preparing to beat their next Serie A opponent.
Where does the truth live?
The truth is somewhere in the middle, as it always is in this chaotic hobby of ours. You cannot build a winning culture on vibes alone, but you also cannot strip the heart out of a club and expect it to survive. You need the connection to the past to keep the fans from revolting when things go sideways.
However, the skepticism about the club’s current direction remains valid. If you look at the photos of the memorabilia piling up, it is a beautiful scene. Yet, once the cameras stop rolling and the flowers wilt, Amorim has to actually figure out how to keep the back line from leaking goals like a sieve.
My take? The team needs this moment of reflection, but the deadline is ticking. We have spent enough time romanticizing the past. If the squad takes the lesson of accountability from those legends and applies it to their defensive positioning, maybe this whole tribute tour actually leads to some hardware. If they just keep posing for photos while losing points to relegation fodder, then the entire exercise becomes a massive, expensive joke.
We are all tired of the excuses. We want a trophy. We want to stop talking about how good we used to be and start showing everyone why this badge still carries weight in 2026. Whether it is a mural in Perth or a scarf at the HQ, it should be fuel. If it is just a backdrop for social media content, then the club has lost the plot entirely.
Let us see if the message hits home during the next matchday. If we see a 1-0 grind-it-out win, I will know they actually listened. If we collapse in the final minutes again, I am deleting my social media apps until the transfer window closes for good.
