While we are all happy about the derby win and reaching 4th place we should not be thinking of this as a success by no means...

This post has been edited by dst: May 5 2008, 07:59 PM

This comment is partly true, but not completely, look at some of the through passes that Pirlo made, most of them were turned into chances for Kaka to start his runs.

On the other hands, when Kaka really is flying, you just can't touch him, no matter who is playing behind him.

But in the end both players are important and untouchable for Milan in defferent way, Pirlo dictates the tempo while Kaka just drives the team forward.


Agreed. I think that if there was no Pirlo to provide Kaka with the passes that he does, then he would find it difficuilt to start his runs

Yesterday though only Kaka was smart enough to keep the ball and cool the tempo in the last twenty minutes when everyone else had gone off!

But yeah Pirlo is the Puppet Master, there's no doubt about it. He's so elegant and classy it's unreal... damn, I love this guy!

This post has been edited by dst: May 5 2008, 08:17 PM

It is true if pirlo doesnt win the ball, it means alot of the time kaka' can't be set on his own way. Its the same as saying if gattuso and ambro don't win the ball in the middle as much either of them would have these chances. This is why its a team game, where everyone does there job and you get a result. The thing is some jobs are more glamourous than others and hence the importance is seen differently.

But right now kaka' is dictating both the tempo and attacking moves at the moment and is really at the top of his game. I mean there is no one in world football like pirlo when he's on song, the problem is when he isn't its like playing with 10 men. Plus with the way his FKs hav been of recent, he's not providing a great deal as the supposed engine of the milan team. This is why right now if kaka' is on song we'll win alot more than we lose. But if pirlo were on song as well, then yeah well good luck to the opposition. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)

Today's training has taken place.

Lots and lots of work with the ball today: one on ones, mini-games without keepers, mini-games with keepers, etc. Pato and Gilardino scored nice goals in the practice game.

Il Capitano and Dida are still hurt. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Inzaghi, Bonera, Gattuso, Seedorf and Kalac did specific work to make a good start to the work in advance of Napoli-Milan.

Nope, still a bad season. Unfortunately, rescuing 4th in the way we may do could be our downfall. The management will not be missing out on the CL, so they won't wake up. They've bought us a good player, but in possibly the position we needed the least. I'm not confident in them, especially as I really don't think Silvio is that interested anymore, we'll have to wait and see I suppose.

I think there will be changes this season. It doesn't depend on if we get 4th or not. I think the management has seen how bad we have done this season nd that we struggled to win etc etc

I think Flamini was a good beginning for the summer transfers (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) And we someone like him. He will do what Emerson was supposed to do this year. To rest some other players like pirlo.

You mean Silvio isn't interested in Milan anymore?!! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

It doesn't mean he doesn't care anout it any more only because he is premier...

Right .. And if nothing happens, we'll do a Coup d'etat and take over (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I don't agree with you. If we manage to clinch the CL spot it won't be a bad season, I'd say an average one. What was bad were our transfers. We didn't sign the right players we needed except Pato, and (in my view) some coaching decision were terrible, but apart from that the only thing we could have done, considering the roaster and the injuries we had and their timing, is securing the CL sooner.

2 Nesta tackles

2nd one (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)

Ha, thanks Ari. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) My friends were going nuts when Nesta made those sliding tackles. After Paolo, he's the only one who pulls them off just right.

(Except little 6 year old Daniel Maldini.) link (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devilsmiley.gif)

Ha, got me there, Ten. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I meant in the currently active players. Sure there are other good defenders like Neville or Terry, but they don't come close to the style of play a Maldini or a Nesta has.

^^

Cannavaro is [or was?] a GREAT defender.

True. I rate only Paolo and Nesta above Cannavaro. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

No matter what he's going through right now in La Liga, he's a quality defender, and no one else comes close. But his style of defending is different than say Paolo: He'd opt out of a sliding tackle when given a chance, and go for a slightly easier tackle as long as they job got done. In fact, the skill of sliding tackles is something that's slowly going out of the game. In the 80s and 90s you'd see sliding tackles flying everywhere. And defenders used to pull them off with perfection, without the fear of referee giving the foul.

Case in point: How many sliding tackles have you seen Materazzi make? I can't recall that many. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)