[han2503]

Coming off the derby high, this will be a tuff one, but in all honesty should be won. we're still not out of the woods, so we realy cannot afford to lose any points now.

We'll have Zlatan back for this one, any word on whether Pirlo will be back?

Personally I'd like to see us go for

Abate--Nesta--Thiago--Zambro
Flamini--V.Bommel--Boateng
Robinho
Ibra--Pato

Assuming Pirlo is still out

However, Allegri will most likely play this

Abate--Nesta--Thiago--Zambro
Rino--V.Bommel--Flams/See
Boateng
Ibra--Pato

[CHU-LIP]

Coming off the derby high, this will be a tuff one, but in all honesty should be won. we're still not out of the woods, so we realy cannot afford to lose any points now.

We'll have Zlatan back for this one, any word on whether Pirlo will be back?

Personally I'd like to see us go for

Abate--Nesta--Thiago--Zambro
Flamini--V.Bommel--Boateng
Robinho
Ibra--Pato

Assuming Pirlo is still out

However, Allegri will most likely play this

Abate--Nesta--Thiago--Zambro
Rino--V.Bommel--Flams/See
Boateng
Ibra--Pato

Second one is better anyway. No three forwards please, and Boateng as AM please. And where is the creativity in your line-up?

I hope to see:

Pato, Robinho/Zlatan
Boateng
Pirlo/Seedorf, Van Bommel, Gattuso/Flamini
Zambrotta, Thiago Silva, Nesta, Abate
Abbiati

[han2503]

Second one is better anyway. No three forwards please, and Boateng as AM please. And where is the creativity in your line-up?

I hope to see:

Pato, Robinho/Zlatan
Boateng
Pirlo/Seedorf, Van Bommel, Gattuso/Flamini
Zambrotta, Thiago Silva, Nesta, Abate
Abbiati

Boateng imo is a far better midfielder then he is an AM, and part of what he offers is wasted with him playing so high up.

The only reason that we shouldn't play all 3 forwards is because we won't have anyone left on the bench because of Cassano's suspension, other then that I'd prefer Robinho playing there then Boateng, his movement off the ball is very important to us while Boateng will provide a lot more for us playing in the midfield 3

Ideally our midfield should look like this

Van Bommel
Boateng--Pirlo

VB being the holding mid, Pirlo the creative mind and Boateng the box to box guy. Flamini would be a great asset coming off the bench or when we want to play a more compact midfield against big sides, but in all honesty for Serie A those 3 would be the best solution. Playing the 2 DMs is the reason why we usually struggle to score more often then not. Plus all those 3 would help out a lot defensively

[CHU-LIP]

Boateng imo is a far better midfielder then he is an AM, and part of what he offers is wasted with him playing so high up.

Actually the AM will be a midfielder when Boateng plays there. What he has to offer as midfielder he does when playing as AM. He isn't so high up all the time.

The only reason that we shouldn't play all 3 forwards is because we won't have anyone left on the bench because of Cassano's suspension, other then that I'd prefer Robinho playing there then Boateng, his movement off the ball is very important to us while Boateng will provide a lot more for us playing in the midfield 3

Actually there is another reason not to play with 3 forwards. Namely we play better with Boateng as AM / playing with 4 mids instead of 3 forwards. I'm sure if we take a look at all games we played with Boateng as AM and two forwards we were really good. Better than the average 3 forwards game. Often enough we struggled with 3 forwards, lack of midfield, therefore forward also not being that good. More is not always better.

Ideally our midfield should look like this

Van Bommel
Boateng--Pirlo

Ideally our midfield should have four midfielders.

VB being the holding mid, Pirlo the creative mind and Boateng the box to box guy. Flamini would be a great asset coming off the bench or when we want to play a more compact midfield against big sides, but in all honesty for Serie A those 3 would be the best solution. Playing the 2 DMs is the reason why we usually struggle to score more often then not. Plus all those 3 would help out a lot defensively

Actually no. Playing 2 DMs is not the reason that we struggled scoring. Reasons are not playing enough players with pace and movement, or playing with an isolated attack, or a three forward attack that doesn't click well, while I have seen Robinho + Zlatan working better than Robinho behind Zlatan + Pato, and last match vs Inter Pato + Robinho worked well. Two forwards with an attacking midfielder - Boateng - makes not only our midfield better, but therefore also our attack. Good strong midfield makes us winning the ball more after and losing it less, midfield and attack are well linked up, surely when not only playing Prince as AM but also Robinho as one of the two forwards, and we attack more, we play better, score more, win more.

I've been thinking about wanting to start with Pato + Robinho in front of Boateng. Looks best to me. No Zlatan? Nah, not going to happen.

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This post has been edited by CHU-LIP: Apr 5 2011, 01:41 PM