[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

[han2503]

Boateng is good at both AM and in deeper midfield. Even if you're right he's better in deeper midfield, we have no one who is as good as option as Boateng is as AM, nor close to it. While we do have plenty of non-AM midfield options. Robinho I don't find as good as Boateng as AM option, but I have to say Robinho is the best option for that when it comes to forwards because of his energy, work rate, pace, dropping back, building up, linking up, and so.

I prefer:
Robinho, Pato(vs good teams who gives us space)/Zlatan(vs weak teams that park the bus against us)*
Boateng
Pirlo or Seedorf, Van Bommel or Ambrosini, Gattuso or Flamini
Zambrotta, Thiago Silva, Nesta, Abate
Abbiati

Oh and I forgot to say, I agree about 3 DM's being too much... but I'm okay with two DM's

*or Pato and Zlatan up front - if anything, hard to choose who to bench of them... very, very tough decision

I think both line-ups depend on the opposition imo.

As for the 2DMs, I think it depends on who we're playing, against a top team 2 are needed, against run of the mill Serie A sides where it is much more difficuilt to break them down due to their defensive set-up, Van Bommel is enough

Oh, as for resting players, we've just come off a 2 weeks break FFS! And the players have had an entire weeks rest between games for a while now! Don't see any reason as to why we shouldn't play the best team possible in all the upcoming games, especially considering the importance of all of them and getting max points out of them

[CHU-LIP]

I think both line-ups depend on the opposition imo.

As for the 2DMs, I think it depends on who we're playing, against a top team 2 are needed, against run of the mill Serie A sides where it is much more difficuilt to break them down due to their defensive set-up, Van Bommel is enough

Oh, as for resting players, we've just come off a 2 weeks break FFS! And the players have had an entire weeks rest between games for a while now! Don't see any reason as to why we shouldn't play the best team possible in all the upcoming games, especially considering the importance of all of them and getting max points out of them

Obviously the opponent matters. Against stronger teams 2 DMs are needed and 4 mids also, so Boateng as AM. Against smaller teams 2 DMs / 4 mids may not be necessary (so then Robinho as AM could be an option)*, and Zlatan will be needed unlike in big games where I think we are better with Robinho and Pato in front of Boateng.

*but only if the third forward (AM) is Robinho, while all of Cassano, Pato and Zlatan can't do what Robinho can do. Robinho comes the closest to a midfielder from them all. But I've said this before, so I kept this short.

This post has been edited by CHU-LIP: Apr 6 2011, 01:10 PM