[han2503]

What do you think our first 11 should look like? Here are the 27 gems you have to pick from:

Goalkeepers:


1. Christian Abbiati
2. Gianluigi Donnarumma
3. Diego Lopez
   
   Defenders:
   
   
4. Cristian Zapata
5. Alex
6. Alessio Romagnoli
7. Philippe Mexes
8. Rodrigo Ely
9. Luca Antonelli
10. Ignazio Abate
11. Mattia De Sciglio
    
    Midfielders:
    
    
12. Nigel De Jong
13. Giacomo Bonaventura
14. Andrea Bertolacci
15. Andrea Poli
16. Riccardo Montolivo
17. Antonio Nocerino
18. Jose Mauri
19. Juraj Kucka
    
    Attackers:
    
    
20. Suso
21. Jeremy Menez
22. Keisuke Honda
23. Alessio Cerci
24. Luiz Adriano
25. Carlos Bacca
26. Mbaye Niang
27. Mario Balotelli

[han2503]

Because you never advocate his strengths. EVER.

Yes, I have more than once, I've also said that his cons outweigh his pros (fast, good tackler) and that's why he should not be a starter. I think he's a good backup, but why risk starting him when there are better options? Simple as that really.

It's also true.

No it isn't and you're being childish here just for the sake of not admitting to being wrong

Then you'll have to prove you don't hate him by showing positivity now and again. You have in the past occasionally, but suddenly you have nothing but criticism of him.

Like I said, I've pointed out his good attributes more than once, selective memory on your part does not change this fact. Problem for me is that I don't think his positives outweigh his negatives. And I have criticism for him as a starter, which is what you want his role to be. I'd be very happy with him as a back up, he's solid and a good option coming off the bench. However playing him frequently is a huge no for me as he has a mistake in him for each game he plays, so limiting that number is what's best with him

Prove it. Prove your point. Show how many times he cost a goal, a point or a win.

Are you serious with this? I don't need to prove anything! His mistakes are obvious for all to see. I don't need to be going through match tapes just to prove something to you that you already very well know and majority of Milan fans also already know. Also, the fact that no one else besides you trusts him as a starter should be enough of an indication.

Also, just for the sake of indulging you a bit I'l try to find a couple of gifs of him f@cking up and passing the ball straight to the opposition. Btw, Saponara's goal last week was down to him as well so...

I label him combustible, not a red card.

Tomatoe Tomato

Given the tirade you're on about him and Zaps all of a sudden there's few other conclusions to draw. I was talking about being unimpressed with Romag, nothing more, and from absolutely nowhere you start bitching about Zaps and Alex.

Tirade? You're the one that jumped down my throat as soon as I said I wouldn't play either of them, you accuse me of over reacting when people mention Allegri yet you're doing the same thing here. Also, I was talking about the fact that you would choose Zapata and Alex in your starting 11 because Romagnoli wasn't "convincing", yet you disregard the fact that Zapata made a bigger mistake against Empoli than the 50-50 call penalty Romagnoli gave away

Yes it will.

No it won't. Fitness and form doesn't automatically get switched on and off because it's a friendly or an official game.

Alex has looked out of sorts in all the games he's played so far. That has nothing to do with it being a friendly

Again, I was talking about Romag and Romag alone, you were the one to whine about Alex and Zapata and starting worshipping at the shrine of Mexes. If you were wanting to address my earlier comments about A&Z you might have wanted to quote the stuff you were replying to.

I was replying to all of it, Romagonli and the fact you'd want Zapata and Alex starting ahead. It all ties in together

PS I gave the conditions of your opinion no longer being valid - if you were indeed taking second hand accounts of performances in friendlies as the basis for them then, yes, your opinion on that is worthless.

Example:

Person A: 'this dude was rubbish in that friendly'
Person B: 'in that case that player is rubbish'

I prefer to judge on competitive action, which is why Berto has been painful in the competitive stuff but was actually ok pre-season.

Again, form and fitness have nothing to do with it being a friendly or not. You think Miha doesn't take into account that he's made mistakes in the friendlies or that he's looked a couple of steps behind the rest?

Because I assure you, he will and does. After all that is what friendlies are for.

And again you're being a general @sshole to me just to prove your point which makes absolutely no sense. Respecting someone's opinion goes both ways.