[Fishdoll]

I saw Allegri's Cagliari play twice (once in Turin, once in Parma). They won both games playing a fluid, attractive brand of football. Lots of running and movement.

I'm a bit hazy on the formations but always thought of it as more of a 4-3-3 than a 4-3-1-2.

Allegri did quite well given the limited resources at his disposal.

[han2503]

So with Villareal moving up into the Europa League, what do we think that means for Rossi? Stay or go?

Well I think he's pushing to go back to Italy. Do I think that he'll come to Milan? No, why would our management buy a young, talented, Italian player?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cry.gif)

It's too obvious, they'll send out Braida for a holiday in S. America, get an unkown kid from Brazil/Argentina because it's the cool thing to do, pay an over inflated price because he's from S. America, then when he doesn't ammount to anythng they'll loan him to some second rate club, and finally after that sell him, only to start the cycle again.

This has been the way our management have done things for a while.

G. Rossi would be a dream, but we all know it's not going to happen, let's watch him go to Inter or Juve just like all the good young Italians have been doing lately

[Dracoris]

Allegri's favorite tactics include, but are not limited to:

-Poisoning the away team's Gatorade
-Mixing some C02 into the opposing team's locker room air vent so they either pass out or are not oxygenated enough and perform poorly.
-Hiring...."helpful services" to keep the owners, in this case Berlusconi, from meddling in team affairs.
-Telling the players that if they win the game, then they win a door prize. The door prize can range from a lunch with the coach, to the coveted high five from coach. This is a proven motivator.
-Also, he endorses the use of water when tired. This is another proven tactic.

[Fishdoll]

You forgot to mention the time out chair, Dracoris.

[Darunia]

Ilsinho of Shaktar is a free agent (I believe). I've heard good things about him in the past, he could slot in at RB.

Oh and I heard Honda can play left fullback. If Antonini gets hurt or something.. just a thought.

This post has been edited by Darunia: Jul 23 2010, 11:44 PM

[X-Offender]

Honda LB?? I hardly think so.

[Dracoris]

Just caught this on Milan News, it has been posted all day but out of boredom I read it. It's headline is Galliani quoted as saying that Sokratis is an interesting player. But at the end of the quote he says that the defense is fully booked and we have strengthened. (At least according to google translate, thats what he said.)

So I guess that means Sokratis will be playing RB for us and filling in as CB, because Galliani had stated previously that we were on the market for a full back and now it seems that defensively, our market is closed.

All my speculation.

link



Dang, it. Just caught something else that slipped past me today. Since no one has mentioned it, I'll guess it slipped some other people too. Or maybe you did mention it and that also slipped pass me. Who knows, I'm too lazy to check.

Linked with Lucas Biglia

This post has been edited by Dracoris: Jul 24 2010, 02:32 AM

[X-Offender]

I think in the center we're fit, with Nesta, Silva, Bonera, Sokratis, Kaladze and Yepes. Not an all-star defense, but still quite decent. But I'd be very disappointed if we didn't sign at least a fullback. We only have a good one in Antonini, the rest is way below average and it'll cost us big time.

Is Biglia any good?

[Linkman]

We have two in Antonini and Zambrotta. Galliani is probably considering Oddo (which we already extended) and Abate in the right, and Janku in the left.

In that train of thought, we'd have five fullbacks (one of them, Antonini, capable of playing both wings.) See how everything's pretty in Galliani-vision?

[X-Offender]

Galliani must wear some of those magic shades that when put on, it makes Oddo and co. glitter with fairy sparkles and golden auras.

This post has been edited by X-Offender: Jul 24 2010, 03:23 AM

[TheOgre]

huntelaar to liverpool for babel if torres leaves Goal.com
id rather keep kjh or sell him for cash for dzeko then get another under achieving striker

This post has been edited by TheOgre: Jul 24 2010, 03:24 AM

[kurtsimonw]

Not a fan of Huntelaar, but that would be a disasterous swap deal.

[Linkman]

I don't watch the premier league, so I didn't keep track: what happened to Babel at Liverpool?

I know he wasn't in the starting eleven very often, but still?

[kurtsimonw]

Babel just isn't a talented footballer.

He's tall and quick, so throughout his youth days he could just beat people with either speed or strength. Now he actually has to have some sort of footballing ability he's failing badly.

[TheOgre]

he reminds me a lot of a worst dinho he never tracks back and tries to do too many tricks that never work but none of the good crosses or goal scoring. hes great for the netherlands but terribly under achieving for his club teams