We had tons of injuries in the beginning and once some players returned, we were able to create a good run that showed that we are still the best team in Serie A. Even today, with far from perfect line up, Catania created almsot nothing in this game, and they are not as bad team as they looked today. We are scoring about 4 goals a game in the last 5 games. Beat Roma away, which we hadn't done in about 6-7 years. The defence will follow.

It's not like we crushed them all last season. We also had injury issues, lost to Roma and Juve at home, were lucky that Napoli player received a red card in the first half... We eventually started to play great but the first half of the season was far from perfect.

This post has been edited by Jack Bauer: Nov 6 2011, 06:19 PM

Well, we all know that Allegri is afraid of taking out Ibra. So, could we expected him to play with 3 strikers?

Missed the game (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) but great result. may this be the first of many clean-sheet wins to come!

Aquilani had the most successful passes (45) and tied Ambro for most clean tackles (6)

...waiting for han...

I agree, but i personally expected that we would keep that chemistry in defence of last season and take it to this one. Obviously the injuries haven't helped, but I feel we're only a couple of steps away from being where we were last season. And I really want to see that change happen after this break


Yeah, that's better then the 4 goals for me


Aquilani might not be flashy and in your face, most of his work goes un-noticed imo. But what he brings to us is unquesionable imo.


That's the least I would expect from him given the position where he's playing in, and if you look at it, it's not that good a stat. How many times does VB win the ball per game? Countless. What I don't expect and want from him is horrible tackles that get him in the book on the first try and losing balls in dangerous areas, which is what he continuously does. VB might not be the most graceful and gets yellowed as much as Ambro, but his contribution is unparalleled plus he always plays it simple and rarely loses the ball because he's trying to make a pass he has no business making. There is no way you can make me admit that Ambro did anything right, simply because all his faults more then override whatever good he brings. I've just had it up to here with him.

If MvB is out, outside of Ambro who are the options we have for DM? Given that Nocerino is almost untouchable now at LCM...and rotates with Seedorf.

No-one. I guess if they're both unavailable, Allegri will play Seedorf in there.

I'd probably start Seedorf in that position over Ambro....

I don't know if Seedorf has the legs to start...and as for playing DM no way. Nope without Rino...Ambro is the only option available.

So Ambro does? Seedorf is slow, but he's a million times smarter then Ambro. I trust him more not to make silly passes, lose the ball or make rash tackles in dangerous areas that's for sure.

Seedorf played there against Udinese last season and we all remember how it ended. If there's an emergensy, we can play Silva there, especially if Nesta and Mexes both fit.

I remember lots of good games of Seedorf playing in front of the defense (it started against Spurs, others followed), but I guess if you can name one game where he didn't do well, he probably sucks there...

And Mexes is not really fit, and I don't feel like seeing Bonera even more often than we do now. And Yepes and Nesta together is also not really a good combination. No, we need Silva in central defense, and Seedorf has proven to be a good anchor, I actually would prefer him over anyone at the moment, unless Van Bommel comes back to form.

Seedorf didn't play that position against Udine... He was terrible, but not because of the position if you are in fact correct. It was just one of the usual bombers Seedorf has once or twice in a season where he's just not bad but pain-stakingly horrible.

No matter his faults, he's still a hundred times the played Ambro is, no matter the position

Most of Seedorf's good games in the second half of last season were as the LCM and he should mostly play there.

I'm not talking about now (MvB is fit now), I'm talking about possible future situation of emergency (if MvB will be injured for a while) and if then Nesta and Mexes will be fit, I would rather see Silva there than Seedorf. Silva in front of these two will make life very difficult for the opponent to score.

This post has been edited by Jack Bauer: Nov 7 2011, 07:05 PM