I would hope our management is already looking ahead to the winter transfer window and the next summer window. Good management should already have a plan for the 2012 Summer Window.

A good signing but he is so overrated , he is good but not as much as a lot of people thinks...

Really? He's the best defender in the World, in my opinion. I'd even go as far as saying he's the only defender in World football who is top class at both full back and CB.

WE NEED A GOOD YOUNG WINGER / CENTRE MIDFIELDER
seedorf and ambrosini just arent good enough anymore
what formation will play will determine which of these two players are necessary

Imo, this season, Flamini should be eased in as the regular DM over Ambro. Ambo is not eternal and imo Flamini needs to become our regular by next season.

As for Seedorf, Boateng is an alternative, but there aren't many real replacements available that could do what Seedorf does

Its reported that Montolivio is not considering renewing his contract with the Viola ... What do you guys think ?

I say swoop in. He does tend to disappear in the big games, but I'm sure Milan can beat that out of him.

I really like his style of play, he's obviously no Pirlo, but there never will be anyone like him. Montolivo has the postential to be really great. But he can only go so far with Fiorentina.

I say go in for the kill now that he's having second thoughts about renewing with Fiorentina. He's an easy target.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) It's potential, damn it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Mind the spealings, will ya? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

As for Pirlo and whether there would anyone be like him, well I believe there will be. Now if that players comes along in the next ten years or hundred, that is the question. And you Montolivo would be a good buy, but I am not sure the board has it in them to make him come, seeing that our mid is still packed (with 4 players that will potentially retire within a couple of years of each other). Let's see, though.

Yeah, Montolivo would be a perfect fit.

He's a great Pirlo backup and we can even play him alongside, similar to when Milan played Rui Costa, young Pirlo and Seedorf all on the field at once as creative mids.

Montolivo is a not a big team player. He would fail miserably at Milan, like Gilardino.

Ambrosini plays better than Flamini, so it doesn't make sense to start someone else over him, because someone else should be a regular next season. Why not start Papastathopoulos over Nesta also? Sooner or later Sokratis and Silva will be our central defense. If you find that suggestion BS, then your post is BS too. Also, it's not sure Flamini will still be a Milan player next season, and surely it's not sure he should be a starter next season, probably, but you just want to give it to him?

Ambrosini played an awesome first match of the season, after being awesome last season, and then you come with this? I don't understand...

This post has been edited by CHU-LIP: Sep 3 2010, 10:33 PM

I'm with CHU-LIP. At the moment, Ambrosini > Flamini, big time.

The gap between Flamini and Ambro is not big, especially when both are in form. As for Nesta and Sokratis, yes that would happen in the future. But there is a big difference between Sokratis and Flamini, Flamini is experianced, has played for a big team and imo is more then ready to be a regular.

Ambro played a great first game, but it was Lecce, he barely moved a muscle and was winning balls with his eyes closed, but let's wait until we meet a really fast attacking team before we start saying that Flamini is no competition for him.

Ambro is 33, and he'll be 34 next season. He cannot keep playing over 30 matches a season especially not as the main DM. Last season he was great, until January that is when he was burnt out completely because of having to play every game. Imo this season him and Flamini should be rotated regularly, we have the luxary of having 2 great DMs yet we only use one until he can barely run anymore. I think Allergi will rotate them a lot, considering he was the one who really wanted to keep Flamini.

It's not just "giving" it to him, that's why I said 'eased' into the starting position. This would be done by rotating them on a regular basis. And by next season Flamini would be the starter (provided he plays well this season), but still having Ambro to rotate with.

You think Ambro will be a reliable DM 2 seasons from now? When he's 35? He won't be able to keep up. And Flamini knows that he could be a starter at another team that has CL football, he won't want to stick around, so then we'll be stuck with an Ambro who is simply out of his depth and no backup, so we'll have to buy another DM, instead of spending that money on other areas.

Also you can't really compare Nesta to Ambro, Nesta is a very intelligent defender, that doesn't really need speed, because he reads the game so well, on the other hand, Ambro is a very physical player, and is the only holding guy in the midfield, so the workload is worse on him.

@ X-off, atm there is a gap between Ambro and Flamini, but it's not big. Flamini's only problems is his irrational tackling. The only thing Ambro really kicks his @ss at is the areal ability

Bring him in on a loan to buy basis i say or even co-ownership deal , there by if he fails which i don't think he will but if does we won't lose money selling him if he's flopped and i'd play him in Pirlo's role i dont think he'll ever be as good as Pirlo as Han said theres only one Pirlo but he could learn alot from him if he was brought in in January , but if you ask me do we need another Mid fielder or a fullback i'd go with the fullback for now....

Nonsense. Ambrosini is very good in a lot of things. Why can't you see that? He showed it more than obvious in the first half against Lecce, just to give a recent example. (It's only Lecce? Okay, he showed it also against Real. And the list goes on and on.)

And now you come with that burn out stuff again. That's why Ambrosini needs to play less often than last season when he played almost every minute. Some sort of rotation is needed, but for sure he needs to be our regular DM, since he is our best DM.

This post has been edited by CHU-LIP: Sep 4 2010, 12:20 PM