[Fillipo Simone]

Okay, usually we have much trouble against Palermo. This time both ours and their team look more or less horrible. We'll see what happens.

[han2503]

Except for Ambrosini, all midfielders are fram from static. And because it are 2 DMs, Montolivo has the better possibility to link midfield with attack, and also Emanuelson.

De Jong isn't exactly a runner. Him and Ambro are similar which is why we might have a problem.

Also, don't forget that Monto is the only forward thinking player in that midfield, he has no one behind him to help with the tempo of the game and to keep the ball moving, thus the reason why I said that he'll most likely end up dropping deep to pick the ball up.

Montolivo works great for Italy as an AM, but I think you guys are forgetting that he's sarrounded by amazing midfielders on the pitch when playing with Italy, not one of them would fit into the mold of Ambro and DJ. DDR is the DM in the equation but even he tends to get forward and has that vision and technique which allows him to make the smart pass that keeps things moving along. The situation is completely different, so I'm personally expecting another huge fail.

At this point I'd rather we go back to the diamond with Monto behind Pato and El Shaa and Boateng, Nocerino and DJ behind Monto.

This 3-man defence is just a complete mess and renders us completely impotent in attack.