[han2503]

Early kick off on Sturday.

I just hope we snap out of it, but no Ibra or VB, plus all the other starters being injured. Sadly, I can't see us winning this. And at this point we should be watching our backs as Lazio are breathing down our necks.

With the available players, I'm thinking we'll have to go for something like this (based on what Allegri prefers)

Abate--Thiago--Mexes--Mesbah
Urby--Ambro--Nocerino
Seedorf
Robinho--Maxi/El Shaa

I think Robinho and El Shaa roam too much to start up front together. We'll need Maxi as a focus point for the attack

[han2503]

I don't have anything against Robi sitting out for a while, he's been dreadful.

Ambrosini should come off the bench at this point. Udine are a fast switch team and after he's played the Coppa game, we need a fresher and more agile midfielder to start.

Dreadful or not, I think we need him if we have any hope of trying to score (not through him but just in the buildup), especially now without Ibra.

Robinho is mostly bad when you push him close to goal, then he's bound to let you down, but as an AM behind El Shaa and Maxi I think he should be more than ok, certainly better than Seedorf who's been struggling terribly in that position.

Imo, if we want to get the best out of all of our players, we'll have to sacrifice some of Nocerino's performance and move him to the center. That way it will open up the left side for Seedorf and the AM slot for Robinho

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) As a neutral squarely in the middle, I'm quite enjoying this, to be honest. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) For me, Allegri is 50/50.

For me Allegri is 20/80. Imo this season he's just not asserted himself and made decisions that have affected this team positively. He's been hesistant, negative in his approach and just plain stubborn on certain issues.

I give him the 20% due to last season and the injuries that have restrained his decision making this season