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QUOTE (han2503 @ Mar 14 2024, 06:58 PM) *
Pioli once again f@cking up the rotation, while making Pulisic play again


Nah, line-up was fine. We cannot afford to rotate in these EL games, regardless if it's Slavia or anyone else. It's the only silverware we can win this year. CL spot in Italy is 99% secured, especially now that Italy most probably will have 5 spots for next year.
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 15 2024, 11:45 AM) *
Nah, line-up was fine. We cannot afford to rotate in these EL games, regardless if it's Slavia or anyone else. It's the only silverware we can win this year. CL spot in Italy is 99% secured, especially now that Italy most probably will have 5 spots for next year.

He rotated the midfield. And had that red card not happened we'd have probably lost that tie the way we were playing

I'm sorry, but Adli cannot be a starter against teams who press us. He's such a huge liability.

Musah and RLC as well were all over the place. We practically play without a midfield. Bennacer at least gives us structure.

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QUOTE (han2503 @ Mar 15 2024, 02:52 PM) *
He rotated the midfield. And had that red card not happened we'd have probably lost that tie the way we were playing

I'm sorry, but Adli cannot be a starter against teams who press us. He's such a huge liability.

Musah and RLC as well were all over the place. We practically play without a midfield. Bennacer at least gives us structure.


I'm afraid for Pioli nowadays there are no starters in midfield (aside from Loftus). Adli, Bennacer and Reijnders all could play, depends on his choices. Musah less so, although I thought he was pretty decent last night. Definitely not all over the place.

Personally I'd always play Bennacer and Reijnders. They are by far the best in those roles. But even when he does Pioli for some f*cked up reason will play Bennacer more advanced than Reijnders -___-
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Also, just wanted to say that I really love Pulisic. He might not be world class, but he fights like a lion and has the mentality of a winner. He only cares about football, unlike someone else I know *cough*Leao*cough* who's too busy with his music career and other off-the-pitch BS.
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 15 2024, 10:37 PM) *
I'm afraid for Pioli nowadays there are no starters in midfield (aside from Loftus). Adli, Bennacer and Reijnders all could play, depends on his choices. Musah less so, although I thought he was pretty decent last night. Definitely not all over the place.

Personally I'd always play Bennacer and Reijnders. They are by far the best in those roles. But even when he does Pioli for some f*cked up reason will play Bennacer more advanced than Reijnders -___-

Agreed re Bennacer and Reijnders. I don't understand what Pioli sees. RLC is good at carrying and putting himself about but his decision making is atrocious.

Musah I like him a lot, but we need to figure out how best to use him. When he plays in midfield he ends up too wide and he leaves a lot of wide open spaces. I don't understand why he's considered a DM. e's not disciplined in his positioning. Same with RLC, he's great at carrying the ball but he needs to improve on his positioning/decision making.

Our biggest problem this season has been that we cannot control the game through our midfield and our midfield doesn't cover the defense either when we don't have the ball. That is why we're conceding almost as much as a relegation side. For me this is all down to the coaching. Especially now with Benna back there are no excuses. I said in the summer, we're going to spend all this money and neglect the most crucial role in the squad, all because Pioli wanted to give the keys to Krunic. We conceded the season before it even started because of that.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 15 2024, 10:40 PM) *
Also, just wanted to say that I really love Pulisic. He might not be world class, but he fights like a lion and has the mentality of a winner. He only cares about football, unlike someone else I know *cough*Leao*cough* who's too busy with his music career and other off-the-pitch BS.

I love Puli as well, but for me, Rafa is a top top player. And I disagree that he lets the off-field stuff distract. We play a system where he's constantly put in positions where he's double or triple teamed. Someone on twitter posted a vid of Arteta explaining how best to use the wide players by making the extra pass so they can get free. We never do this. We constantly feed the ball to our wingers when they still have 2 players ahead of them.

If we can get the right coach to free up both Leao and Pulisic/Chuk, we'll cook next season. We need someone like an Arteta/Spaletti/Sarri. Someone who knows how to get the team playing in a way that makes the best use of our wings by utilising the midfield properly in the build-up.
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Please don't mention Chucueze ever again. That useless dud needs to be sold off ASAP this summer. One of the worst signings of the last 10 years.
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 16 2024, 09:40 PM) *
Please don't mention Chucueze ever again. That useless dud needs to be sold off ASAP this summer. One of the worst signings of the last 10 years.

We've never seen him get a run of 2 games though. All stop start, comes on when we're not actively attacking anymore in mist games.

I'd like to see him given a chance under a different coach
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What a goal Theo.

Man, if we have to sell anyone from the "big 3" this summer, it better not be him!

Maignan would be my pick
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We wouldn't have to sell any of the big 3 though, that's the thing. Because we don't have to. We don't need money. We have zero debts, and we even ended last year with a positive net result. Our financial situation is excellent.

It's time we started thinking big. And by big I mean keep all of our good players and strengthen the squad in the weak areas.

We need AT ALL COST a quality RB and a quality CF. Then of course adjust things here and there, like get rid of Chukweuze and maybe sign a better winger, sign a bench CF (Jovic is not good enough, Giroud will leave), replace Kjaer etc. But our core is strong.

Maignan, Tomori, Thiaw, Theo, Reijnders, Bennacer, Musah, Loftus, Leao, Pulisic, Okafor. These are all young and quality players that should be kept as the foundation of the new Milan. I'd even throw in guys like Gabbia and Adli for good measure.

Of course for this to finally take off the first and most important step would be to get rid of Pioli and sign a top coach.
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