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Danny
Posted on: Oct 1 2023, 10:39 PM


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I remember the days, albeit brief, when you were a good guy X.

Past is past I guess. Ciao.
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Posted on: Oct 1 2023, 02:00 PM


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QUOTE (William405 @ Sep 30 2023, 09:04 PM) *
Watching Inter. We're just much better, I feel. I don't see the amazing depths they have.


So confused, was your earlier reply digging at me or X (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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Posted on: Oct 1 2023, 01:59 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 30 2023, 11:54 AM) *
5-1 against us agrees with me. Five wins in a row against us agrees with me. 12 goals scored v 1 conceded against us in those games agrees with me. CL finalists last year against City (where they were the better team) agrees with me. Finished above us last season agrees with me. Top of the table right now also agrees with me, because if the league ended now they'd win it based on goal difference and head-to-head.

Your argument based on only two games holds no water, when there is a plethora of other reasons why they're the best side in Italy.


18 points each agrees with me and it's the only stat that matters.
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Posted on: Sep 30 2023, 11:36 AM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 28 2023, 09:57 PM) *
Inter are the best side in the league by far.


Table doesn't agree with you. Neither do Real Sociedad. Neither do Empoli. I don't quite agree with William, but I would say that Serie A remains weak and there's basically about 4 or 5 teams more less on level pegging at the top.
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Posted on: Sep 28 2023, 02:40 PM


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Think folks can maybe now see why I didn't rate Inter much. One win in three matches against a pretty poor side, they're just not that good. We had an ugly off night against them (Tomori loss a big deal), pity we're also not that good haha.
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Posted on: Sep 27 2023, 02:53 PM


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QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 26 2023, 02:47 PM) *
That's not something to brag about if they're the Empoli of the league


I wasn't? I was relating that to you pointing out how hard they pushed Inter (who this forum seems to think are a top side), while England's version gets lamped 8-0 by Newcastle who you personally think aren't a good team.

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Disagree about Kjaer being good enough to start. He's done. We saw what happened against Inter and it will keep happening against any attackers who have any sort of pace.


You know no one on the pitch had more defensive contributions than Kjaer? He made 10 tackles/blocks/interceptions, won every single one bar one of his duels (both ground and aerial, 6 of 7) and wasn't dribbled past or beaten even once.
I even remember him flat out lying on the floor intercepting because no one else could do it.

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Thiaw is the future. Sure there will be errors. He's still very young and learning the ropes. But he's got everything to be a top CB


Thiaw won 2 of his 6 duels, was beaten/dribbled past at least once, and had 3 less defensive contributions than Kjaer.

He's weak and mediocre, and Tomori is a tonne better, he and Kjaer worked great before, to suggest the latter is finished ignores the facts.

I stand by what I said.
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Posted on: Sep 24 2023, 08:40 PM


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Or he could just use our best defence?

Florenzi, Kjear, Tomori and Theo. That might help.

PS Newcastle destroyed Sheffield, the EPL equivalent of Empoli 8-0 today.

I stand by the Geordies being a big problem in this group.
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Posted on: Sep 23 2023, 09:54 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 23 2023, 09:33 PM) *
You're always right, Danny.


I detect mild sarcasm!
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Posted on: Sep 23 2023, 08:45 PM


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Pretty sure I said the summer mercato was not good enough.
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Posted on: Sep 19 2023, 10:20 PM


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QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 19 2023, 09:24 PM) *
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Too true


I disagree about them being good. I've watched their EPL games, they were bad, I've watched them against us now and they were really bad. Like I said, we had more trouble against the Serie A sides we've faced so far


They're in sticky form domestically, yes, but they finished fourth last season for a reason - and methinks they'll put most of their effort this season into the CL. They don't yet have the resources/squad or more tellingly, experience yet to push on all fronts.

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1 shot on target all game which came at the 94th minute. 26 for us with 9 being on target and 3 of those 26 should have been goals if not for wasteful finishing. Their plan was terrible, as they conceded a lot of space to us and we created good opportunities. Our wasteful finishing is the only thing that let them leave Italy with a point. But I cannot imagine how they'll cope against PSG. My only hope is that they and Dortmund hold each other to draws in the double header.


They came to San Siro to sit back - and it worked. As me and X have been ranting about - if our side is complacent v Bologna, not pushing fully, what happens when a decent side comes to us?

Well, Inter and Newcastle are what happens.
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Posted on: Sep 19 2023, 08:51 PM


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You guys misunderstand a lot. This was Newcastle's first Champions League match since 2003, they were NEVER going for it out there. This, for them, was about easing back into the competition against a veteran of it, and they nailed it.

Milan wasteful unfortunately, and I think the other match showed how rubbish those two are are.

I still don't agree that Newcastle are bad, quite the opposite. They're likely to win a lot of points at St James.

Very interesting group. Nice respect also for Tonali who clearly wanted to be playing for the home side again.
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Posted on: Sep 17 2023, 03:20 PM


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I didn't watch this one with the major attention I normally would, particularly because the UK have a 3PM-5PM broadcast blackout on live football, so our coverage didn't start till 15 minutes in, and of course we were already 1-0 down by this point.

I was encouraged by Kjaer, who still showed his quality, but unfortunately that red card for Tomori screwed us in this one, and I saw no cohesion between the Dane and Thiaow, the latter of whom looked awful.

I think a few others said it, for all the flair we have up front, we've absolutely botched the defence and sacrificed it - and this was a match in which a well-drilled defence for the opponent repelled us rather easily.

To have a good football team, you simply have to start with the backline, and a defence featuring Calabria, Thiaow or Kalulu isn't going to succeed. It's too soft, too passive, and it won't win you anything.

Doesn't matter if you've got Haaland and Mbappe, or our Leao up front, if the backline is this porous, as chosen by our manager, then it's finished before it even takes the field.

Rangers have the identical issue, a manager who doesn't care to fix the defence and is all about attack attack - and it is costing us big time too.

I really am a long-suffering Rangers and Milan fan whose sides seem to copy one another in how to fail.
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Posted on: Sep 15 2023, 03:56 PM


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QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Sep 13 2023, 09:41 PM) *
inter have a squad core that remained intact for several seasons. They have bolstered their ranks with both experience and flair.


I'd argue their window looks much like ours in 2017 - when we just signed random players and it made no sense. I'm not worried about Inter yet by any means. They impress me no more than Napoli did last season. Most overrated team in Europe put thoroughly in their place in the UCL by ourselves. Time will tell if Inter are the same.

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Milan on the other hand have made a very courageous decision to shuffle the core and focus on attack. I know the team is more entertaining now, but in Serie A that counts for nothing if your defence is minced meat.


Agree the defence is not good enough. I'd infinitely prefer Kjaer and Tomori with Theo and 'an other' RB. But we're stuck with Calabria, Thiaow and Kalulu, none of whom I like. It's patchwork and I've said already, better teams than Bologna etc will punish us if we drop our level. But that's what the manager picks, although not sure if I'm alone in wanting the defence I suggested?

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Again I'm dredding this fixture, not sure what to expect or not to expect at all. Good riddance! This feeling sucks


Darmian de Vrig and Bastoni is a better defence than we seem to want to have, but we have a better attack as you say.

It's an interesting match up.
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Posted on: Sep 3 2023, 09:22 PM


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QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Sep 3 2023, 07:14 PM) *
Watching inter vs. Fiorentina, and my oh my how good inter are.

The derby is almost here and Im dreading this match up.

Milan have reinforced well but inter have also added further to a very competitive team.


Inter fans watching our matches thinking the same.
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Posted on: Sep 3 2023, 09:22 PM


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QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 2 2023, 04:26 PM) *
Really? Newcastle?

They're good. But PSG have difference makers.


See this is how silly your post is. You just acknowledged Newcastle are good, then one post later change your mind!

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They might not be a proper side, but getting rid of some of the egos this summer could go a long way for them. Plus Enrique is a great coach.


Nah, they suck in the UCL, and Enrique peaked at Barca.

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Dortmund have started off badly but they're a good side.


So you defend Dortmund as great despite a bad start in the league but Newcastle are garbage under the same circumstances?

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Out of all the Italian sides, we got the sh!tty draw. Which p!sses me off because Lazio were in the same pot and they got the easiest group you could get and you know Sarri is going to punt it anyway.


We're the best team in our group. I'm not worried.
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Posted on: Sep 3 2023, 09:19 PM


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QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 2 2023, 07:05 PM) *
Newcastle losing 3-0 to Brighton.

Tell me again they're the best team in the group.

EPL hype machine is insane


Guess you don't realise how good Brighton are, huh?
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Posted on: Sep 2 2023, 02:28 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 31 2023, 05:56 PM) *
PSG
Dortmund
Milan
Newcastle

F*ck me. Of course we would get the toughest group of the lot. Tonali returning to San Siro already bruh.....


Newcastle the only tough side in there. PSG flatter to deceive in the UCL season after season, Dortmund are not the force they used to be in the Klopp days.

Milan have a very good chance of going through actually.
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Posted on: Aug 29 2023, 02:58 PM


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Because if we get used to 'taking our foot off the gas' to game manage against 70% of Serie A teams, it will cost us when we do the same thing v Napoli. You can talk about who's impressive or who isn't, but there's a distinct gulf between Cagliari and Juve. One you can game manage against, one you can't.

And if you're used to complacency against Cagaliari, how will you have the fitness to keep pushing when a better side has you far more under pressure?

You're right that 40 games of 1-0 every week wins you the title, but it doesn't work out that way.

I am assuming goal difference is regarded as a point in Italy, because it is elsewhere. Neck and neck on points means it goes to goal difference. And that's where ruthlessness really counts. GD is worth a point in itself.

If this isn't the case in Serie A, fair enough, but it will still help to be ruthless when it comes to facing the top teams.
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Posted on: Aug 27 2023, 08:55 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 27 2023, 11:25 AM) *
Maybe I'm a nitpicking *******, but I didn't see this incredible game last night. If you go on YouTube you will see people exalting our performance as outstanding. Football champagne is what they're saying.

We certainly deserved to win and that goes without saying, but we lack consistency. In the first 25 minutes we were half asleep, and after we scored the 4th in the 65th minute we went AWOL. So we played, what, 40-45 minutes of decent football?

Yes, you can argue that after the game went 4-1 there was no point in spending more energies, and I can understand that, but it's too early in the game to be thinking like that. We always have this tendency that we give up after we're leading by more than one goal, and personally I don't like it.

It's still too early in the season and there's much room for improvement though. The quality is all there.

PS: Chukwueze right now looks like the clone of Messias. He had 30 minutes of time yesterday to show something, yet he was incredibly underwhelming. Hopefully it's just a matter of fitness. We need another Leao on that right wing.


Despite our apparent disagreement in previous days, whatever we were debating, we did agree game management isn't good, and we need to be ruthless.

Well in this one we were a bit flat, in all honesty, and were gifted a penalty or two. The scoreline flattered us, and then around 65 minutes, gifted another pen, we just stopped playing.

Sure, 4-1 up, why waste energy. But these are world class athletes - we didn't need to game manage in this one any more than the Bologna match. If you can score 8, go for it!

I'm encouraged by what I am seeing - we are looking clinical, but we need to keep it up for 90 minutes rather than the complacency we've shown in the opening two.

We're top of the league which is lovely, and we've comfortably beaten two good sides to do it, but I really hope we're not this lazy when the top sides come to town because they'll punish it.

Leao btw is having a great season already - his stats are great, and as you guys say, if he can fine tune his errors and clean up his passing, he could be one of the world's best players.

He's already Serie A's prize asset.
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Posted on: Aug 24 2023, 09:38 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 23 2023, 12:48 PM) *
I'm not saying it worked particularly well, because we're not that great at ball possession when we're leading by a couple of goals or more. But we cannot attack for the whole match with the same intensity, we just don't have it in our current DNA. So we try to kill the pace of the game by sitting deep and giving the opponent more room for manoeuvres.

I don't agree with it, but it is what it is. As now we have more quality upfront, I'm hoping that with more time and preparation we'll improve on it.

Obviously game strategy, concentration etc. are not the same with different opponents.


You don't need to be good at ball possession - you only need to be good at scoring goals. In the first 10 minutes we were, but whether by design or by Bologna swarming us, we didn't offer much after that and we were threatened many times.

As I say, better teams will crush that.

Look at Villa v Hibs in the Conference League the other night - the Villans came to Edinburgh and didn't stop after 0-2, they kept going. Got 5. The gulf in class (in theory) not hugely greater than Milan Bologna.

If you're good you have to be ruthless. If you're capable of scoring 5, score 5. Don't stop at 2.

One thing we seem to agree on though - we don't agree with it!
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Posted on: Aug 23 2023, 12:15 PM


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Bologna had 5 shots on target, Maignan had to save all of them. They hit the bar as well.

If we 'chose' to play that way it's a very, very risky strategy and better teams than Bologna will have a lot of joy against us. I've heard this termed as 'game management' by more than just X about that match - it's high-risk and the day it doesn't work guys like you will whine at the lack of ruthlessness and how terrible a manager Pioli is. PS, earlier in this thread you in particular wanted him to 'get fired'.

As for Reijnders... got an assist, perfect passing, even managed a couple of shots. A promising start for him, he'll hope to keep producing that against better opponents.
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Posted on: Aug 22 2023, 02:21 PM


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Watched this last night - took 2 chances brilliantly, missed a third, then stopped playing after 20 minutes.

Bologna much the better side, but lacking conviction with their final shot and couldn't beat Mike (17 shots, 5 on target, Maignan MOTM).

We were lazy in the end, relying on a couple of moments of quality.

RLC ok, not great - Pusilic very bright start but faded, but his goal with Giroud was world class and the Frenchman made a few folk who thought he was done look silly.

Overall better teams, as you guys say, will punish Milan - Calabria still very much a soft centre and easily bypassed. He's such a weak link, and I'm not convinced by Thiaow either. I still believe Kjaer and Tomori is our best defence - can someone remind me why the Dane is no longer part of the picture really?
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Posted on: Aug 12 2023, 08:54 PM


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In the spirit of suggesting we might be wrong, a good showing from Loftus Cheek against, admittedly, minimalist opposition.

Didn't think he was a bad signing, just a bit of a sideways one, but if he can be more than that, great!

What's the general vibe on here about where Milan are right now?
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Posted on: Aug 8 2023, 10:46 PM


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Funnily enough Rangers signed 6 new attackers and the attack is now worse than it was. I feel like these clubs share notes on how not to run a football team.
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Posted on: Aug 8 2023, 10:06 PM


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I know you guys are probably bored of or even disregard my babbles about the parables between Rangers and Milan, but they continue to haunt me.

Both sides have utter gash preseasons, Rangers began their competitive season off with a horrific loss at the Serie A equivalent of Lecce, a poor side who remained up last season but only just and Milan cannot win against a single side of any note.

They argue friendlies 'don't matter' but I believe they do. They indicate a team's state of mind as much as anything else, the productivity of the transfer window.

A good Milanisti friend of mine penned an article on his worries of the Rossoneri defence, IE the fact we basically haven't signed anyone. Look how vulnerable we are.

Same as Rangers. The manager literally dumped defence, despite it being the achilles heel, and signed basically no one. And we have one win in 5. Including competitive. Sadly the only win was v a lower league opposition.

The great Milans (and Rangers) of the past had an 'Iron Curtain' at the back, great defences - Maldini, Baresi, you name it, Sacchi and Capello and Carlo etc all had great defences, and we didn't let too many in. Rangers the same, you guys probably won't know Weir, Gough, Butcher, Cuellar - and those sides all won the league, or 'things'.

Now?

Rangers have exactly the same defence Milan do. Tavernier useless RB captain, sound familiar? Calabria. Goldson weak in the middle, Kalulu/Thaiow. One GOOD defender - Souttar = Tomori. But can't do it alone.

Doesn't matter what you sign in midfield and attack, if you neglect your rearguard you have no chance.
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