QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Oct 28 2018, 07:49 PM)
How have we played today. We still cant keep a clean sheet is very alarming.
Not going to say we played well, but we didn't play badly either. There are glaring weaknesses which keep getting exposed in every game
Rino absolutely has to figure out a way to get this team to stay compact when we don't have the ball because right now it's just as mess. Too many spaces are being left leaving the back 4 continually exposed
Last season we were defensively solid with Rino and impotent in the attack, now it's a complete 180 where we're scoring relatively freely in most games but can't manage a clean sheet to save our lives
We can blame individuals until the cows come home, Calabria made errors no doubt but he was completely left in no man's land by the midfield, Rodriguez had the benfit of Laxalt ahead of him, while Calabria was continually getting double teamed
I don't agree with a 4-4-2, and while the concept of having both Cutrone and Higuain on the pitch was nice, the 4-4-2 is not a solution for it. Kessie and Biglia are simply not capable of playing in a double pivot, where the requirement of them are very specific, Kessie is especially undisciplined in this regard. We need to play a 3-man midfield and the side mids (Kessie and Bona on most occasions) need to kelp out their FBs because right now, they're not doing that as well as they were last season and we're seeing the defensive line continually getting exposed.
QUOTE (Fillipo Simone @ Oct 28 2018, 08:39 PM)
Piss poor defending. Calabria should be benched. Along with Donna.
Last time Milan conceded 15 consecutive matches? 1946. And now...
Calabria isn't really the problem, it's the whole defensive setup and shape of the team. We're not compact enough and we're leaving too many spaces between our midfield and defense.
If Gattuso manages to find the balance between the defensive solidity we showed last season and the attacking play we're showing this season we can still do well. But as of now, we're just not showing any signs that the defensive organisation is getting better with each game
QUOTE (X-Offender @ Oct 28 2018, 08:51 PM)
They both should have been benched since a while.
Calabria has had good games and games where he's made mistakes, I still generally prefer him over Abate these days personally speaking
Anyway, we're painting a bleak picture of the season being over when we've lost 2 games this season, against Napoli and Inter both of which have better teams than us imo and aren't our direct competitor to 4th. Yes, we drew games we shouldn't have but aside from that we haven't been as shambolic as most are thinking. If we win against Genoa, we'll be within touching distance of 4th, especially if Inter win or draw against Lazio tomorrow. So lets just all stay calm. Sacking Gattuso won't make everything magically better unless we bring in a top notch coach which is looking unlikely. I'd rather keep Rino than sacking him just to bring in another average coach like Donadoni. That would be redundant.