[acid911]

Can we get a goal, please Van Bommel, before you go?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cry.gif) Just one itsy, bitsy memory!

[han2503]

Great, just great

Rino should just be hired as the team mascot. He's been more of that lately then an actual player

[acid911]

Enough of Gattuso already. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Only one from him or Ambrosini should stay, and it shouldn't be Gattuso. Particularly if we somehow win the league this season, as good a time as any to hang the boots. And frankly, none of these legends should have trouble finding a behind-the-scenes job at Milan, anyway.

[X-Offender]

Enough of Gattuso already. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Only one from him or Ambrosini should stay, and it shouldn't be Gattuso. Particularly if we somehow win the league this season, as good a time as any to hang the boots. And frankly, none of these legends should have trouble finding a behind-the-scenes job at Milan, anyway.

Agreed. If we want to keep one of our captains, it should be Ambrosini. At least he's still a football player, unlike Gattuso.

[TriniKing_CE]

Enough of Gattuso already. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Only one from him or Ambrosini should stay, and it shouldn't be Gattuso. Particularly if we somehow win the league this season, as good a time as any to hang the boots. And frankly, none of these legends should have trouble finding a behind-the-scenes job at Milan, anyway.

+1

Agreed. If we want to keep one of our captains, it should be Ambrosini. At least he's still a football player, unlike Gattuso.

+1

[TriniKing_CE]

I was kind of bored and largely disappointed by today's game this spurred me onto making the following list:


GK:
Marco Amelia - Back Up (Until better option can be acquired)
Flavio Roma - Means nothing to me if he goes or stays
Christian Abbiati - Our starting GK, must stay on as our starter until better is acquired

DF:
Taye Taiwo - Fv<k Off!
Philippe Mexès - Inconsistent but good enough for now (hard to see better coming in anytime soon)
Alessandro Nesta - Please Stay! (Good starter / rotation piece until backup arrives)
Djamel Mesbah - Meh... (largely inconsistent thus far, typical LB in current squad)
Gianluca Zambrotta - A legend of the last decade, but far that now (please retire!)
Ignazio Abate - Inconsistent at times and dip in form compared to last year (but still our best RB option)
Daniele Bonera - Proved to be a good back up this season; unless a substantial offer comes in he should remain
Thiago Silva - One of the best DFs in the world; MUST NOT BE SOLD!!!
Mattia De Sciglio Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now
Mario Yepes - A backup player in my eyes and nothing more
Luca Antonini - Slightly better season than usualy (maybe?) - See Mesbah (above)

MF:
Mark van Bommel - Please Stay! (Good starter / rotation piece until better arrives)
Gennaro Gattuso - A legend in our last decade, but no more (please retire)
Clarence Seedorf - A legend in our last decade, but no more (please retire)
Sulley Muntari - interista (GTFO!)
Mathieu Flamini - Stay on as a rotation piece at a reduced wage (Better option would be to part ways)
Alberto Aquilani - One of our only creative players (loosing him without replacement would be stupid)
Antonio Nocerino - Must stay put; our best MF after Boateng!
Massimo Ambrosini - One of him & Gattuso must retire (preferably Gattuso)
Rodney Strasser - Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now
Kevin-Prince Boateng - Our best MF! (Must Stay!!)
Urby Emanuelson - A utility player and nothing more (Best to part ways, but at present he serves as backup)
Alexander Merkel - Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now

FW:
Alexandre Pato - (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (what to say...) - next season will be his last chance for sure (if not already sold in Summer)
Filippo Inzaghi - A legend in our last decade, but no more (please retire)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - The best attacking player on our team - Must stay put
Maxi López - A decent backup; but depending on the rest of our forwards, it may be hard to see our need for him
Robinho - Works hard, but as a 'striker' he was FAR too inconsisent this season. If an offer comes in part ways
Stephan El Shaarawy - Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now
Antonio Cassano - Our most creative player and one of the most creative players around! - MUST REMAIN

[Yousef AR]

I was kind of bored and largely disappointed by today's game this spurred me onto making the following list:


GK:
Marco Amelia - Back Up (Until better option can be acquired)
Flavio Roma - Means nothing to me if he goes or stays
Christian Abbiati - Our starting GK, must stay on as our starter until better is acquired

DF:
Taye Taiwo - Fv<k Off!
Philippe Mexès - Inconsistent but good enough for now (hard to see better coming in anytime soon)
Alessandro Nesta - Please Stay! (Good starter / rotation piece until backup arrives)
Djamel Mesbah - Meh... (largely inconsistent thus far, typical LB in current squad)
Gianluca Zambrotta - A legend of the last decade, but far that now (please retire!)
Ignazio Abate - Inconsistent at times and dip in form compared to last year (but still our best RB option)
Daniele Bonera - Proved to be a good back up this season; unless a substantial offer comes in he should remain
Thiago Silva - One of the best DFs in the world; MUST NOT BE SOLD!!!
Mattia De Sciglio Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now
Mario Yepes - A backup player in my eyes and nothing more
Luca Antonini - Slightly better season than usualy (maybe?) - See Mesbah (above)

MF:
Mark van Bommel - Please Stay! (Good starter / rotation piece until better arrives)
Gennaro Gattuso - A legend in our last decade, but no more (please retire)
Clarence Seedorf - A legend in our last decade, but no more (please retire)
Sulley Muntari - interista (GTFO!)
Mathieu Flamini - Stay on as a rotation piece at a reduced wage (Better option would be to part ways)
Alberto Aquilani - One of our only creative players (loosing him without replacement would be stupid)
Antonio Nocerino - Must stay put; our best MF after Boateng!
Massimo Ambrosini - One of him & Gattuso must retire (preferably Gattuso)
Rodney Strasser - Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now
Kevin-Prince Boateng - Our best MF! (Must Stay!!)
Urby Emanuelson - A utility player and nothing more (Best to part ways, but at present he serves as backup)
Alexander Merkel - Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now

FW:
Alexandre Pato - (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (what to say...) - next season will be his last chance for sure (if not already sold in Summer)
Filippo Inzaghi - A legend in our last decade, but no more (please retire)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - The best attacking player on our team - Must stay put
Maxi López - A decent backup; but depending on the rest of our forwards, it may be hard to see our need for him
Robinho - Works hard, but as a 'striker' he was FAR too inconsisent this season. If an offer comes in part ways
Stephan El Shaarawy - Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now
Antonio Cassano - Our most creative player and one of the most creative players around! - MUST REMAIN

+1
Flamini's wage is high and he's not a special player i think they'll let him go.
Maxi hasn't had his chance on the team he's better than Robinho as a forward that's for sure.
Robinho out!

[drucurl]

TOTALLY AGREE....sad that most of our squad is actually "squad material" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

I was kind of bored and largely disappointed by today's game this spurred me onto making the following list:


GK:
Marco Amelia - Back Up (Until better option can be acquired)
Flavio Roma - Means nothing to me if he goes or stays
Christian Abbiati - Our starting GK, must stay on as our starter until better is acquired

DF:
Taye Taiwo - Fv<k Off!
Philippe Mexès - Inconsistent but good enough for now (hard to see better coming in anytime soon)
Alessandro Nesta - Please Stay! (Good starter / rotation piece until backup arrives)
Djamel Mesbah - Meh... (largely inconsistent thus far, typical LB in current squad)
Gianluca Zambrotta - A legend of the last decade, but far that now (please retire!)
Ignazio Abate - Inconsistent at times and dip in form compared to last year (but still our best RB option)
Daniele Bonera - Proved to be a good back up this season; unless a substantial offer comes in he should remain
Thiago Silva - One of the best DFs in the world; MUST NOT BE SOLD!!!
Mattia De Sciglio Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now
Mario Yepes - A backup player in my eyes and nothing more
Luca Antonini - Slightly better season than usualy (maybe?) - See Mesbah (above)

MF:
Mark van Bommel - Please Stay! (Good starter / rotation piece until better arrives)
Gennaro Gattuso - A legend in our last decade, but no more (please retire)
Clarence Seedorf - A legend in our last decade, but no more (please retire)
Sulley Muntari - interista (GTFO!)
Mathieu Flamini - Stay on as a rotation piece at a reduced wage (Better option would be to part ways)
Alberto Aquilani - One of our only creative players (loosing him without replacement would be stupid)
Antonio Nocerino - Must stay put; our best MF after Boateng!
Massimo Ambrosini - One of him & Gattuso must retire (preferably Gattuso)
Rodney Strasser - Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now
Kevin-Prince Boateng - Our best MF! (Must Stay!!)
Urby Emanuelson - A utility player and nothing more (Best to part ways, but at present he serves as backup)
Alexander Merkel - Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now

FW:
Alexandre Pato - (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (what to say...) - next season will be his last chance for sure (if not already sold in Summer)
Filippo Inzaghi - A legend in our last decade, but no more (please retire)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - The best attacking player on our team - Must stay put
Maxi López - A decent backup; but depending on the rest of our forwards, it may be hard to see our need for him
Robinho - Works hard, but as a 'striker' he was FAR too inconsisent this season. If an offer comes in part ways
Stephan El Shaarawy - Youngster with potential, good backup / rotation player for now
Antonio Cassano - Our most creative player and one of the most creative players around! - MUST REMAIN

[Fillipo Simone]

Let's put in some numbers. We got a squad of 33+1 (Massimo Oddo) players. It's been suggested that we should let go of 10/11 players: Oddo, Taiwo, Yepes, Zambrotta, Bommel, Gattuso, Flamini, Ambrosini, Seedorf, Muntari and Inzaghi plus Pato (accumulated all prior statements of multiple posters). Say we keep Aquilani for kind of a Seedorf replacement, sign Montolivo as an addition, switch Pato with another striker, keep one of Rino/Ambro. Questionable is if Flamini will agree on a reduced contract, but say we do the same with him as well. We'd be still short of 2 midfielders, 2 fullbacks, one defender and one striker (especially if Maxi returns to Catania). The question is - can we honestly believe to sign 6 quality players?

Because if a Mesbah sort of fullback is the Zambrotta replacement, no thanks, I'll stick with that old geezer.

I know some of you guys want a minimal roster, but under the circumstances (MilanLab + many injury prone players) we simply cannot afford this strategy.

[CrazyMilanFan]

Let's put in some numbers. We got a squad of 33+1 (Massimo Oddo) players. It's been suggested that we should let go of 10/11 players: Oddo, Taiwo, Yepes, Zambrotta, Bommel, Gattuso, Flamini, Ambrosini, Seedorf, Muntari and Inzaghi plus Pato (accumulated all prior statements of multiple posters). Say we keep Aquilani for kind of a Seedorf replacement, sign Montolivo as an addition, switch Pato with another striker, keep one of Rino/Ambro. Questionable is if Flamini will agree on a reduced contract, but say we do the same with him as well. We'd be still short of 2 midfielders, 2 fullbacks, one defender and one striker (especially if Maxi returns to Catania). The question is - can we honestly believe to sign 6 quality players?

Because if a Mesbah sort of fullback is the Zambrotta replacement, no thanks, I'll stick with that old geezer.

I know some of you guys want a minimal roster, but under the circumstances (MilanLab + many injury prone players) we simply cannot afford this strategy.

it has already been quoted that we are in teh RED. THe current league situation does not help either. So unless Silvio goes on a spending spree (which again I dont know how it will affect us on FFP) it is almost impossible to sign 6 quality player. I think there is a chance that we might sell robinho and pato to get some money in to balance the books.

Let see how it goes and how this season ends.

[X-Offender]

Let's put in some numbers. We got a squad of 33+1 (Massimo Oddo) players. It's been suggested that we should let go of 10/11 players: Oddo, Taiwo, Yepes, Zambrotta, Bommel, Gattuso, Flamini, Ambrosini, Seedorf, Muntari and Inzaghi plus Pato (accumulated all prior statements of multiple posters). Say we keep Aquilani for kind of a Seedorf replacement, sign Montolivo as an addition, switch Pato with another striker, keep one of Rino/Ambro. Questionable is if Flamini will agree on a reduced contract, but say we do the same with him as well. We'd be still short of 2 midfielders, 2 fullbacks, one defender and one striker (especially if Maxi returns to Catania). The question is - can we honestly believe to sign 6 quality players?

Because if a Mesbah sort of fullback is the Zambrotta replacement, no thanks, I'll stick with that old geezer.

I know some of you guys want a minimal roster, but under the circumstances (MilanLab + many injury prone players) we simply cannot afford this strategy.

27 players would be more than enough. 3 GKs, 5 CBs, 4 FBs, 10 MFs and 5 FWs.

Namely:

GKs: Abbiati, Amelia, Roma.
CBs: Mexes, Silva, Nesta, Bonera, Acerbi.
FBs: Abate, NEW SIGNING, Antonini, Emanuelson.
MFs: Van Bommel, Traoré, Aquilani, Montolivo, Nocerino, Muntari, Boateng, NEW SIGNING, Strasser, Merkel.
FWs: Robinho/Pato, Cassano, Ibrahimovic, El Shaaraway, NEW SIGNING.

Acerbi, Traoré and Montolivo will come for free. If we manage to sign a FB (Cissokho), an AM (Eriksen) and a FW (Tevez), we'd be alright. Assuming Tevez will be signed with the money from Pato's/Robinho's sale, and Cissokho would cost less than €10 million, Berlusca should man up and cough €25 million to sign Eriksen.

[Fillipo Simone]

But there are problems in your roster.

First of all, are we really sure Traore and Acerbi will be signed? Secondly, you count Bommel, but he'll probably leave for PSV. That makes a big whole and a potential DM signing necessary. And even if Bommel stays, you really wanna sell me a midfield where the DM options are Strasser, Muntari and Bommel? We need a better backup, the youngster isn't ready while Muntari - well you know all about him. Or at least resign Ambrosini.

Thirdly, Allegri doesn't consider Emanuleson as a fullback. We signed Taiwo, then Mesbah. It shows how little Allegri plans on using Emo as a LB. This pattern will be repeated next season, I'm 100% sure.

[X-Offender]

Acerbi and Traoré are 99% Milan players. We've agreed terms with Chievo for a loan, whilst L'Equipe mentioned that the Nancy player already undertook medicals at Milanello. Of course, you can never be sure until the club announces it, but we should take it for granted. Same argument about Montolivo.

I don't know if van Bommel will leave or not, it's still a 50/50 situation, though the club has not contacted the player yet, which might only mean that we don't want to re-sign him and that we've already found a replacement. Remember, Keita can leave Barcelona for free this summer, and there were rumors a few months ago about how Galliani had found a deal with him. So, I wouldn't be surprised if he's our van Bommel replacement. The other options for DM will be Traoré and Ambrosini/Strasser. Not too shabby.

As for the LB part, Allegri tried Emanuelson yesterday there and he did very well. He also gave the cross for Ibra's goal. Maybe that will incline Allegri to play him there more often. But, if we do sign someone else in that role, like Cissokho or Armero, then that won't really matter.

This post has been edited by X-Offender: Apr 23 2012, 07:49 PM

[Zed.D]

I was gonna say I wouldn't mind Keita, then I checked his Wiki page and.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/realmad.gif) he's 32.

When was the last time we signed a decent midfielder who was under 30 and actually cost us money?

******* unbelievably cheap we've become.

This post has been edited by Fillipo Simone: Apr 24 2012, 07:30 AM

[Fillipo Simone]

Well, we're broke, so yes - we need good and cheap options.

Anyway, Keita is not near Bommel. He'd be a step back.