[RinoIlCapitano]

That will give us a good smacking against Barca imo. And as I said above, the 11 starting against Lazio should be the ones starting against Barca. Our players have had very little competitive matches, the Lazio game will be crucial in the preperations for that game.

So Rino should definately be out. Nocerino should be given the nod, even though I have a huge inkling that Ambro will be chosen for the right (IMG:style_emoticons/default/puke.gif)

Allgeri will most likely go for this midfield

Ambro--VB--Seedorf
Boateng

We'll most likely get crushed and I don't have any hope of him learning from his mistakes as he'll probably just replace Ambro with Rino for the return (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

This is why I don't have much hope for the CL, Allegri just does not cut it there, his close minded tactics will once again prove to be our downfall.

I think i dont need to wright down what will barca do to us with that slow midfield, and nocerino, cmon, you serious??

[han2503]

I think i dont need to wright down what will barca do to us with that slow midfield, and nocerino, cmon, you serious??

As a heart attack my friend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

It's not like I would choose that midfield, but who here would bet against Allegri not picking that 4 to start?

[X-Offender]

I think i dont need to wright down what will barca do to us with that slow midfield, and nocerino, cmon, you serious??

Are you serious? Nocerino is our best DM after Van Bommel. Forget about Boateng being deployed as a box-to-box midfielder. He's a trequartista in Allegri's eyes, especially since we didn't sign Ganso or Kaka' this summer. I believe Seedorf will be chosen over Aquilani, even though I'd prefer the latter. But anyways, I'm quite positive Allegri will go with the old line-up han posted, we'll get crushed by Barça, once again making fools out of ourselves. And that's simply because Allegri hasn't yet grasped the concept of modern football.

[Rossoneri7]

oh the headache

[Danny]

Confused as to why this one isn't on in the UK on ESPN.

[X-Offender]

Probable line-up according to Gazzetta and Mediaset.

Abbiati
Abate - Nesta - T. Silva - Zambrotta
Gattuso - Ambrosini - Seedorf
Boateng
Pato - Ibrahimovic

That midfield... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

[Dracoris]

Probable line-up according to Gazzetta and Mediaset.

Abbiati
Abate - Nesta - T. Silva - Zambrotta
Gattuso - Ambrosini - Seedorf
Boateng
Pato - Ibrahimovic

That midfield... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Makes me puke. Aquilani or Nocerino for Gattuso and I could live with it.

[Jack Bauer]

Nocerino will begin training with the team on around Wednesday for the first time. You can't expect him to start on Friday, it's not football manager.

This post has been edited by Jack Bauer: Sep 5 2011, 04:04 PM

[CHU-LIP]

Makes me puke. Aquilani or Nocerino for Gattuso and I could live with it.

Seedorf is preforming very well for a long time now. He should play, and unlike Van Bommel didn't play for NT, so he can easily play both vs Lazio and vs Barça. Nocerino arrived just recently, so it's expected Gattuso will start over him, at least for this match.

[Dracoris]

I did say Aquilani OR Nocerino. Doubt having Aqui in there over Gattuso could actually hurt the team despite playing two offensive mids

Sneijder played against us the same day he arrived from Real, and killed it.

This post has been edited by Dracoris: Sep 5 2011, 04:23 PM

[han2503]

Probable line-up according to Gazzetta and Mediaset.

Abbiati
Abate - Nesta - T. Silva - Zambrotta
Gattuso - Ambrosini - Seedorf
Boateng
Pato - Ibrahimovic

That midfield... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ chu, there are other options, Ambro and Rino are not the be all and end all of this team. Far from it.

We could easily go for a Boateng--Ambro--Seedorf midfield with Cassano or Aquilani behind the strikers.

Rino and Ambro togther in that midfield along with a slow Seedorf will be a problem for us.

[X-Offender]

Playing Barça so early is really a blow for us. If we'd played them in the 3rd and 4th matchdays, the new arrivals would have had all the time necessary to gel with the rest of the team, Taiwo and Mexes would have fully recovered, and Gattuso would have been unavailable for both games. So unlucky...

[Fillipo Simone]

Nocerino is our best DM after Van Bommel.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) makes you sound like he's been playing for Milan for a while. As pathetic as it sounds, our best DM is van Bommel followed by Ambrosini. If Nocerino proves himself, which I think he will, then he can be considered second best.

[X-Offender]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) makes you sound like he's been playing for Milan for a while. As pathetic as it sounds, our best DM is van Bommel followed by Ambrosini. If Nocerino proves himself, which I think he will, then he can be considered second best.

Haha, that's true. But I've seen Nocerino many times in the past few seasons, the guy surely has improved a lot since Juventus dumped him. I think he will become a great asset to depend on.

[han2503]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) makes you sound like he's been playing for Milan for a while. As pathetic as it sounds, our best DM is van Bommel followed by Ambrosini. If Nocerino proves himself, which I think he will, then he can be considered second best.

Have you seen Ambro playing this pre-season?

His only solution seems to be to hack down players. He's still better then Rino these days, but even without watching Nocerino playing for us, I'm pretty sure that he's behind VB on the scale.