Imo Flamini needs to be a starter next season. And I'm not even saying he should replace Ambro, imo Pirlo should be moved further forward, he is being wasted in front of the defence. Ambro and Flamini in front of the defence would be ideal for this, they will free Pirlo to do what he does best, instead of having Pirlo in front of the defence doing all the defensive work while Ambro and another mid (under Carlo it was Ambro and Rino) playing as "Defensive Wingers" (IMG:
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I agree with X-Off, last season both Ambro and Flamini were mis-used. Flamini should have played more at the start of the season instead of burning Ambro at both ends for so long. At the end of the season Flamini started to prove what he could really do. I remember the games he played against Roma were he was immense. He pracically won the midfield single handedly, and the game he played against Fiornetina when Ambro got injured and Flamini replaced him, we were losing the midfield at that point and when Flamini came on we started to control the game. At this point Ambro was playing like cr@p. He just couldn't keep up anymore.
If Allegri doesn't play with both of them in the same line up then he needs to figure out a smart way to rotate them. Both have different qualities and we need to utilies them to the maximum. Allegri needs to identify which game suites which player etc. Flamini would be ideal against the smaller teams as he can push forward better then Ambro but is still solid when we need to defend.
Regarding the card debate, we've had it millions of times. All of our DMs are card magnets. Ambro was sent off more then Flamini last season, while Flamini got more yellows. What I don't lik about Ambro is that he mouths off when he already knows he's on a yellow, I've seen him get sent off this way at least 3 times. While Flamini makes the rash tackles when there is no need to