heheh (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

If you weren't my Canadian neighbor, I swear to Lucifer a rabid dog would be feasting on your danglers RIGHT NOW!

Lets make a new record, longest LOOSING STREAK!! CUZ WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT IT!!!

upset...yes.

but i'm actually glad this is happening because it is proving how bad our team really is.

as exciting as last year was, winning the CL and fighting back for 4th place hurt us this season. the management saw the championship and a decent finish in the league and thought this was a great team. hopefully with this dreadful performance our management will see that we need at least 5-6 new players (and maybe encouraging others to retire) by next season.

Overall ... We were unlucky and it just wasn't our day !!

To play at the San Siro and loose to a team like Empoli, the alarm bells should sound !! There was something wrong.

If I was to dissect the the game and look at certain incidents, it could be clearly visible that they were playing with 8 men in the box for the most part of the game. It is clear that Empoli played on the counter-attack. Kudos to them, cuz they hanged on and closed the spaces very well.

But in all honesty, Milan wasn't playing at it's best. Had Milan played the way we all know it can; then my prediction of a 4-0 finish would have been the correct result. But we were slow, and were closed down. The team was organized and even Gilardino had good movement off the ball !! But the problem is one, these teams close down the spaces and lock the game in their box, where there is no way to penetrate, unless luck is on your side. ( watch the game AGAIN !! we had the possesion, we were the once who attacked for 98% of the match, we were the once who applied the pressure .. Does this really mean the team is sh1t (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) )

Inter's game last night (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) They should have drawn with Reggina .. I mean there was nothing fancy about their game there and they faced a much more lenient defense than we did. But I guess it is all down to luck




Sadly it is ... But the result doesn't transmit the actual game play. They were totally anti football !!

I have one thing to say in response to everything you just said:

WHATEVER DUDE.

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This post has been edited by pKillerMax: Oct 21 2007, 06:45 PM

Here are datasport's (harsh but accurate) ratings for Milan's players:

MILAN
Dida 6.5 -Non ha grandi colpe sul gol di Saudati. Per il resto e` arrivato su ogni pallone con sicurezza.
Kaladze 6 -Ha chiuso bene gli spazi entrando subito in partita.
Jankulovski 5.5 -Non e` stato il miglior Jankulovski. Ha spinto pochissimo sulla fascia ed e` stato spesso superato dall`avversario diretto Busce`.
Nesta 6.5 -Prestazione altalenante del centrale rossonero. A tratti e` stato insuperabile, arrivando in anticipo su ogni palla. Nella ripresa invece ha subito la vivacita` di Saudati e compagni.
Maldini 6 -Positivo il suo rientro dopo il lungo stop. E` stato preciso negli interventi. Nella ripresa ha accusato la stanchezza ed e` stato rilevato da Kaladze.
Oddo 4.5 -Assolutamente inesistente. Non si e` visto per niente sulla fascia e non si e` particolarmente distinto nemmeno in marcatura.
Brocchi 6 -Ha giocato pochi palloni ma ha creato delle situazioni importanti soprattutto per Ambrosini.
Ambrosini 6.5 -Con Pirlo, forse il migliore nel Milan. Soprattutto per la duttilita` tattica e la capacita` di fare anche la seconda punta all`occorrenza.
Pirlo 6.5 -Uno dei pochi salvabili di oggi. Ha innalzato il tasso tecnico della squadra. Si e` procurato punizioni da posizioni favorevoli creando pericoli alla porta difesa da Balli.
Seedorf 6 - Per gran parte della gara e` stato brillante servendo palle importanti ai compagni. Nella ripresa pero`, e` calato molto e non e` riuscito a liberarsi delle marcature strette degli avversari.
Gattuso 5.5 -E` apparso fuori condizione. Non e` riuscito a fare buon filtro a centrocampo ed e` stato anche poco preciso nei passaggi.
Gourcuff 5.5 -Molto deludente. Doveva dare vivacita` al reparto offensivo ma non ha inciso sulla gara.
Gilardino 5.5 -I gol dell`Olimpico non gli sono serviti a sbloccarsi anche a San Siro. Assolutamente inesistente nel primo tempo, si e` fatto vedere piu` spesso sotto porta nella ripresa, soprattutto nelle palle alte. Ma non e` mai riuscito ad impensierire seriamente il portiere avversario.
Inzaghi 5 - E` arrivato sempre in ritardo sulle palle importanti, facendo mancare la zampata decisiva che lo contraddistingue.

Yeah and I had put my life on hold just to wait for ur response (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Good.

Luck? Who invented that word? There is no such thing. You make your own luck. Bad luck is when you lose 1 game that you were absolutely brilliant in. Not when you consistently lose. You're responses are too old school for their own good.

Why our management thought something like that?! what if last season was just a one-off? (it sure as hell was). we won the CL thanks to our team's class and doubling the effort in the last months (like what Sacchi said, we turned the dust to gold!), but this time we won't be able to get away from what we deserve with this kind of attitude and team quality, unless some important decisions are made in January...

Brilliantly put!

My overall thoughts:

We do need new blood and I'm afraid the management are gonna make some January transfers, thus making the excuse for not buying anyone the following summer. This is absolutely new to me. All these losses and lack of transfers. I have always been pleased with our market until just these recent couple of years. And all these new records we are breaking by losing at home and away to small teams should really make the emergency alarms go off in our offices. I am not for any rash decisions, but I want to see improvments made not only on the pitch, but in our market as well.

This post has been edited by pKillerMax: Oct 21 2007, 07:01 PM

did u actually read my post ? Or did u just take the first word and based ur - long awaited - response on that ??

Cuz I did say:








p.s. my responses are of my analysis of the game .. if the team loose or draw, don't come looking for me, cuz i am just a fan.

I know, and I'm not. You are though, always, defending what seems like a lost cause. All this talk about opponents closing down too much, bad luck and bad refereeing seem like something Moratti should be coming up with. Not Milan. I think you should change your mind regarding the issue.

This post has been edited by pKillerMax: Oct 21 2007, 07:06 PM

Look .. I am not giving excuses for the team. I never was and never have done!

I am an optimistic person, what can I do about that ... And being optimistic about Milan, well blame Milan for that, they are the ones who spoiled me (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Change my mind regarding what issues ?! We need a new striker ?? An alternative for Kaka' ?? A Maldini replacement and a left back ??

What do I look like to u ? 8 years old ?? The season had already begun and even a blind man knows AC Milan has depth problems (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Do I have to act like part of the cattle and repeat the same "lame" thing every single time ?? What good will that do ??


Or is m1ke the one who will listen to us and act on our behalf to bring someone in for the team!


I am not being sarcastic in anyway here ..

I just see it differently. I lived through the Gli Invincibli era. Then after that came the dark hour, before Carlo saved Milan ... And basically what I am trying to say is .. From my prospective I don't see a crisis .. You can discredit the team as much as you like .. But me, no I am grateful ! There is no team on the face of this Earth today that has given more than what this current team had given.