Pato and Shevchenko are so different. Pato won't be anything close to Sheva kind of forward. I really believe you guys put Pato in the completely wrong kind of forward type.

Sheva!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

Well no player is really the same, Sheva imo was a far more smarter player then Pato is and a better finisher. Pato techincally can play anywhere in attack we've seen him playing the out and out striker position, the second striker position and the winger position. And imo he's best playing second striker starting attacks from the left side as that's where he's the strongest.

We've seen him playing the pure striker position under Carlo and even though he did that well, I think a lot of his best qualities were wasted playing there

I'd like to see the 4-3-1-2 with Oduamandi in the hole. Give the kid a start on the big stage and see what hes made of.

Borriello as the pure striker with Pato as the SS. Pirlo, Ambro, Flamini in midfield. Yepes and Nesta CB with Antonini and Sokratis on the wings. Abiatti first half, Amelia second.

Oduamadi isn't in the squad for this cup...

Verdi behind Pato and Borriello. What about that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

hmm, I think he's still too light weight for the big league. But it would be nice to see him be given a chance. Is Baretta on the team sheet?

I barely got to see him against Varese because of the poor stream and I really want to se him be given a decent chance. For some reason I'm really curious about this kid

Also for those who get the mediaset channels (Rete 4, Canale 5, Italia 1) the Milan matches will be broadcasted live on Rete 4 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yay.gif)

Beretta is in the squad, yes. I believe it's a good moment to try out Verdi since it's friendly and no Ronaldinho will play.

TWENTY-FIVE players are flying to London.

Goalkeepers: Marco Amelia, Christian Abbiati, Flavio Roma;

Defenders: Kakha Kaladze, Alessandro Nesta, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Massimo Oddo, Marek Jankulovski, Gianluca Zambrotta, Daniele Bonera, Mario Yepes, Luca Antonini;

Midfielders: Gennaro Gattuso, Clarence Seedorf, Rodney Strasser, Mathieu Flamini, Ignazio Abate, Andrea Pirlo, Massimo Ambrosini;

Forwards: Alexandre Pato, Filippo Inzaghi, Marco Borriello, Giacomo Beretta, Simone Verdi, Ronaldinho.

Where's the list from, Chu?

As for Verdi, he's more a winger than a trequartista afaik. But he can play on both sides.

Would love to see him get some time -- he likely will since there will be two games in two days.

I copied it from the Red and Black forums...

I want to see Verdi going wide a lot (so an AMC who goes wide also), because I think that will help Pato and Borriello. I also hope to see some playing time for Strasser.

What the heck then where is he? Did he play too good on Sunday? Has Man City already been linked?

Our line Up:

Since no Dinho, we'll probably start with this:



Allegrinho might with this aswell:



If we had mourinho as coach this is what he'd do:


This post has been edited by Bluesummers: Jul 30 2010, 03:09 AM

I think park-the-airplane is our best bet. Especially now with the Emirates sponsorship.

I don't think Dinho's presence would have much effect on the result. If we can't win with that line-up, we can't win with any.

Here's the official call up list from acmilan.com:



Differences from the list Chu posted: Ambrosini, Inzaghi, Kaladze, Pirlo, Ronaldinho, and Jankulovski are absent from the official list.

Pirlo not going is a blow. s'gonna be painful.