[TriniKing_CE]

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Nice debut for Milan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkWljAdBaQw

Especially considering it was a position which we desperately needed someone for. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

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Keep it up!

[Zed.D]

Abate is mediocre and a good sub to have and Antonini is below average at best. we're miles behind every other powerhouse when it comes to our full backs.

We need 2 new, Milan-wrothy FBs. end of story.

[han2503]

Abate is mediocre and a good sub to have and Antonini is below average at best. we're miles behind every other powerhouse when it comes to our full backs.

We need 2 new, Milan-wrothy FBs. end of story.

Abate was one of the few who actually played well today. No mistakes, cool head and made some decent runs. Sure his crossing leaves a lot to be desired, but give me 3 top class RBs around right now. And name me one of them we could realistically afford.

Abate is a good player, a good athlete and still in the learning phase of his career. 2 seasons ago I wouldn't trust him anywhere near the pitch, but he's progressed in leaps and bounds and is still doing so. He's still very young for a defender.

The LB is still a problematic area. But again, same with the RB situation. Name me 3 top class LBs and give name one of them we could realistically afford.

Those are 2 positions which are becoming rare breads when talking about top class FBs. There are no longer Cafu, Maldini, R. Carlos, A. Cole (when he was still top class), etc

These days I can only mention 3 right off the top of my head that really stand out, Alves, Maicon and Evra. And even Maicon has been shocking this season

[Zed.D]

Abate was one of the few who actually played well today. No mistakes, cool head and made some decent runs. Sure his crossing leaves a lot to be desired, but give me 3 top class RBs around right now. And name me one of them we could realistically afford.

Abate is a good player, a good athlete and still in the learning phase of his career. 2 seasons ago I wouldn't trust him anywhere near the pitch, but he's progressed in leaps and bounds and is still doing so. He's still very young for a defender.

The LB is still a problematic area. But again, same with the RB situation. Name me 3 top class LBs and give name one of them we could realistically afford.

Those are 2 positions which are becoming rare breads when talking about top class FBs. There are no longer Cafu, Maldini, R. Carlos, A. Cole (when he was still top class), etc

These days I can only mention 3 right off the top of my head that really stand out, Alves, Maicon and Evra. And even Maicon has been shocking this season

It's not about just this game, Abate has been at fault on many delicate occasions before. he's just not good enough. think his errors against Inter for example. last night he was at fault for leaving the near post/not covering it where the ball went in. he also didn't even try to mark Koscielny (though it probably wasn't his duty) or block the ball (passing him by by a meter), if anything he ducked it (a header not a Roberto Carlos rocket for crying out loud!) shamelessly. it's not his fault, he's not smart enough. he just runs and runs and runs and make a blind crosses that rarely even end up in the box. to be fair to him he sometimes makes great defensive interventions but his bad mistakes undo that all for me. he'd make a decent sub, but we clearly need someone better. who? I don't know. it doesn't have to be a big name. our scouts need to open their eyes and find someone who's still fairly unknown but with the potential to make it to our XI and do better than the duds we call our FBs. there are plenty of those talents in Europe and South America and we can find one or two IF ONLY we stop acting so ****ing cheap and don't sign any more useless Mattioni's and Grimi's.

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This post has been edited by Zed.D: Mar 7 2012, 08:48 AM

[Jack Sparrow]

It's not about just this game, Abate has been at fault on many delicate occasions before. he's just not good enough. think his errors against Inter for example. last night he was at fault for leaving the near post/not covering it where the ball went in. he also didn't even try to mark Koscielny (though it probably wasn't his duty) or block the ball (passing him by by a meter), if anything he ducked it (a header not a Roberto Carlos rocket for crying out loud!) shamelessly. it's not his fault, he's not smart enough. he just runs and runs and runs and make a blind crosses that rarely even end up in the box. to be fair to him he sometimes makes great defensive interventions but his bad mistakes undo that all for me. he'd make a decent sub, but we clearly need someone better. who? I don't know. it doesn't have to be a big name. our scouts need to open their eyes and find someone who's still fairly unknown but with the potential to make it to our XI and do better than the duds we call our FBs. there are plenty of those talents in Europe and South America and we can find one or two IF ONLY we stop acting so ****ing cheap and don't sign any more useless Mattioni's and Grimi's.

Well it's true his positioning as part of the defensive line requires a lot of work, but his tracking back etc had improved a lot.

I for one am in favour of giving him time to improve.