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Posted by: Rossoneri7 Jun 9 2022, 08:15 PM

New season, B&G are back with Monza.

Milan is expected to be back with considerable reinforcements.

Lets hope for a back to back Scudetto.

Posted by: X-Offender Jun 11 2022, 03:04 PM

Wrong thread.

Posted by: han2503 Jun 12 2022, 05:12 PM

QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Jun 9 2022, 08:15 PM) *
New season, B&G are back with Monza.

Milan is expected to be back with considerable reinforcements.

Lets hope for a back to back Scudetto.

This summer transfer window will say a lot on whether or not we can retain the title.

The moves have to be impeccable. Inter are very active right now. Although I do think they'll have to sell one big player. If they get Lukaku back I think it's theirs'


Posted by: Danny Jun 29 2022, 02:45 PM

Origi as good as done. Thoughts?

Posted by: X-Offender Jun 29 2022, 02:47 PM

QUOTE (Danny @ Jun 29 2022, 02:45 PM) *
Origi as good as done. Thoughts?


Alright signing given he's coming for free. But his signing will mean jackshit if we don't sign some top quality in the AM and RW positions.

Posted by: han2503 Jun 29 2022, 03:51 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jun 29 2022, 02:47 PM) *
Alright signing given he's coming for free. But his signing will mean jackshit if we don't sign some top quality in the AM and RW positions.

Yeah agreed. Origi I think will be a big signing in terms of how he'll perform for us. He's mobile, quick, can score from anywhere. It will basically be similar to what Rebic was doing at the start of last season but without the injuries or the hot and cold form. This signing went under the radar, but in terms of how it will pan out, I think it will be similar to ones like Bennacer, Theo, etc. Where we literally were "meh" about these players and the turned out gold for us.



But yes, We need top AM, top RW, CM replacement for Kessie for sure. Then some other touch ups.

Posted by: X-Offender Jul 30 2022, 02:54 PM

We're playing Marseilles tomorrow at Velodrome. I read a crowd of 60k is expected. Should be an interesting match.

Posted by: han2503 Jul 30 2022, 08:58 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jul 30 2022, 02:54 PM) *
We're playing Marseilles tomorrow at Velodrome. I read a crowd of 60k is expected. Should be an interesting match.

You know what time?

Posted by: X-Offender Jul 30 2022, 09:04 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Jul 30 2022, 08:58 PM) *
You know what time?


18:00 CEST.

Posted by: han2503 Jul 31 2022, 05:36 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jul 30 2022, 09:04 PM) *
18:00 CEST.

Thanks

Messias doing his best to make me look bad. Goal and assist so far

Posted by: han2503 Jul 31 2022, 05:38 PM

Bennacer looks really good so far. I really hope he can stay fit and in form this season. It could make or brake our season.

Posted by: William405 Jul 31 2022, 05:52 PM

Everyone looks in good shape! Messias putting in a nice performance on the wing and connecting well with Calabria. I really think Rebic is not a player we can count on anymore. He's so hot and cold. Overall, the team is looking good. Very solid defensive midfield and defense too.

Posted by: X-Offender Jul 31 2022, 05:55 PM

Great first half. Should be 4-0 up.

Posted by: han2503 Jul 31 2022, 06:10 PM

QUOTE (William405 @ Jul 31 2022, 05:52 PM) *
Everyone looks in good shape! Messias putting in a nice performance on the wing and connecting well with Calabria. I really think Rebic is not a player we can count on anymore. He's so hot and cold. Overall, the team is looking good. Very solid defensive midfield and defense too.

Agreed. We look fit and quick. That's the main take from this, which makes me confident going into the season

Re Rebic. He's been so unlucky with his fitness. Missing more games than he's played in recent months. It's going to show. Thankfully we have Leao and for a sub Rebic is good imo


Posted by: X-Offender Jul 31 2022, 06:59 PM

We should have won this 5-0 or close. So many missed chances, which is not a good thing. Leao has to work on his accuracy. It's his biggest flaw at this point.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Jul 31 2022, 09:13 PM

A good showing from the team. Chemistry is so good. The team clicks and moves as a unit.

Form is not a constant, there will be ups and downs. But overall the team did well.

As for individuals, is still too early to judge. The team as a whole was in great form.

Next game is the season opener against Udinese.

Posted by: X-Offender Jul 31 2022, 09:19 PM

Messias was great today. Goal, assist, quality output overall. Doesn't compare to Saladmaker who was atrocious when he came on.

Next game is another friendly vs Vicenza on the 6th. I hope we get to see some minutes of De Ketelaere and Origi.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 4 2022, 08:51 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jul 31 2022, 06:59 PM) *
We should have won this 5-0 or close. So many missed chances, which is not a good thing. Leao has to work on his accuracy. It's his biggest flaw at this point.

We better tie him down long term ASAP. I do not understand why we're going to walk into the season with him and Benna on their last 2 years. If Leao gets that last piece to his game down, his finishing, then he'll be worth big money. He's already a 100m player imo. But if he starts getting big goal numbers and we still haven't tied him down long term, we're screwed

QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Jul 31 2022, 09:13 PM) *
A good showing from the team. Chemistry is so good. The team clicks and moves as a unit.

Form is not a constant, there will be ups and downs. But overall the team did well.

As for individuals, is still too early to judge. The team as a whole was in great form.

Next game is the season opener against Udinese.

What we've seen from Pioli so far in the 2 full seasons he's been our coach is that we come out of the traps quick. I think we're going to start the season really strong this time out, probably even stronger than last season which would be something since we were nearly perfect for the first 10 matchdays or so

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jul 31 2022, 09:19 PM) *
Messias was great today. Goal, assist, quality output overall. Doesn't compare to Saladmaker who was atrocious when he came on.

Next game is another friendly vs Vicenza on the 6th. I hope we get to see some minutes of De Ketelaere and Origi.

Looks like we're not getting anyone for the RW so Messias better bring it this season

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 5 2022, 11:53 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 4 2022, 08:51 PM) *
Looks like we're not getting anyone for the RW so Messias better bring it this season


CDK will be our RW. And Adli our AM. Mark my words.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 6 2022, 07:29 PM

Tonali injured in today's friendly

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 6 2022, 07:47 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 6 2022, 07:29 PM) *
Tonali injured in today's friendly


Yeah. Risk of a sprain. F*ck!

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 7 2022, 07:08 AM

Out for a month as per reports now.. This is not good. Wonder we can get a replacement

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 7 2022, 12:09 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 7 2022, 07:08 AM) *
Out for a month as per reports now.. This is not good. Wonder we can get a replacement


No, it's just speculation in case of a sprain. The instrumental tests will be carried tomorrow. The hope is that it's only an elongation, which requires a few days of rest. But knowing our luck, it's probably going to be a sprain. I really hope he doesn't miss the derby on 3/9.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 7 2022, 04:07 PM

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Milan awaits news on Sandro Tonali, who yesterday was forced to stop in the match against Vicenza. According to what was gathered by the MilanNews.it editorial team, the player is quite calm, given that there is optimism for the exams scheduled for tomorrow. Same for Junior Messias, whose conditions do not worry much. Finally, Oliver Giroud did some customized work to dispose of the physical annoyances.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 8 2022, 11:33 AM

QUOTE
At Casa Milan good news on the Tonali front, who was injured in the friendly match on Saturday night against Vicenza: the tests he was subjected to excluded musculotendinous injuries and the midfielder will be evaluated day by day. The hypothesis of a stretch disappears, Tonali remains at risk for the debut in the league against Udinese but the recovery times are now quantifiable in days and not in weeks: most likely he will be available in the second outing in Bergamo against Atalanta Sunday 21 August.

Giroud's conditions are also to be checked, struggling with muscle fatigue that forced him to miss the friendly match in Vicenza and the test with Pergolettese. Alarm returned instead for Messias, who has recovered from an ankle injury.


Phew...

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 8 2022, 03:10 PM

Good to hear... Do you didn't knew second game is against atlanta

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 11 2022, 03:26 PM

-48h. Can't wait.

Probable line-up: Maignan, Calabria, Kalulu, Tomori, Theo, Krunic, Bennacer, Messias, Brahim, Leao, Rebic.

I also read Origi has been training regularly with the group and should be available on the bench. Great news.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 12 2022, 03:26 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 5 2022, 11:53 PM) *
CDK will be our RW. And Adli our AM. Mark my words.

I really don't think CDK was signed for the RW going by the comments from people at the club as well as others who know CDK's game. Everyone seems to see him as an attacking mid/second striker type. This gives me chills as it is setting us up for another season of Messias and Alexis on the right

Pioli just today in his presser said that he's an AM but can play other roles in our attack...

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 6 2022, 07:29 PM) *
Tonali injured in today's friendly

This is what I have been wrried about all summer. If we do not replace Kessie adequately we're going to have serious trouble this season. Our mercato has really been a worrying sign with regards to the new ownership. CDK aside we have not made any other moves of significance this summer, this after losing 2 very good players for free once again. Romagnoli it is understandable why it's not an emergency to replace him but it is critical to replace Kessie at this point. We cannot go into the new season with just Tonali and Bennacer for that double pivot + a rag-tag team of random players who are not good enough to fill that position.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 7 2022, 12:09 PM) *
No, it's just speculation in case of a sprain. The instrumental tests will be carried tomorrow. The hope is that it's only an elongation, which requires a few days of rest. But knowing our luck, it's probably going to be a sprain. I really hope he doesn't miss the derby on 3/9.

We got lucky this time, but next time it could be a big problem.

We're on August 12th and there are no significant links currently to any player who could realistically be purchased to replace Kessie. All I see are new random names being thrown about every day.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 11 2022, 03:26 PM) *
-48h. Can't wait.

Probable line-up: Maignan, Calabria, Kalulu, Tomori, Theo, Krunic, Bennacer, Messias, Brahim, Leao, Rebic.

I also read Origi has been training regularly with the group and should be available on the bench. Great news.

Excited as well. But I am worried that it is Udine on the 1st matchday. They're a huge thorn for us. Plus we have to play Krunic in the double pivot and we're still starting with Diaz and Messias in attack

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 05:30 PM

Lets go guya.. Forza Milan!!

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 05:33 PM

Wtf

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 05:37 PM

Becao

Such a f@cking thorn

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 05:38 PM

What a miss

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 05:42 PM

Soft penalty calabria messed up the chance

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 05:46 PM

REBIC!!

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 05:46 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 13 2022, 05:42 PM) *
Soft penalty calabria messed up the chance

Agreed, but the challenge was hard so it was always going to be given

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 05:46 PM

Diaz looking very good so far

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 05:47 PM

Rebic always so much better upfront

Leao anonymous so far

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 05:50 PM

Agree about rebic, and diaz i think knows he is fighting for a place which ia good

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 05:51 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 13 2022, 05:50 PM) *
Agree about rebic, and diaz i think knows he is fighting for a place which ia good

Diaz on this kind of form can keep that spot. It's how he started last season. CDK can always be shifted to the right

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 06:00 PM

That was some block by kalulu

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 06:01 PM

Kalulu... Insane block there

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 06:20 PM

WTF is this defending FFS???

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 06:20 PM

I really hate playing these f@ckers

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 06:21 PM

2-2 we have been slow for last 10 15 minutes

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 06:23 PM

We need a good midfielder relying on krunic is not a good option.. Wonder what we can bring from the bench to hopefully win in 2nd half

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 06:23 PM

We look really soft at times it has to be said. Obviously Krunic is not a CDM.

And it just looked like we wanted to go into HT when that goal went in.

Need to improve in the 2nd half. Leao looks completely off it right now

Posted by: William405 Aug 13 2022, 06:49 PM

Strange match haha

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 06:51 PM

That defending for our third goal was comical

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 06:53 PM

Terrible at defending set-pieces AND terrible at scoring from them. Go figure rolleyes.gif

The defense needs work, I really do think we miss Kessie here. Tonali coming back will help a lot but we really do need to bring in someone adequate to cover.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 06:57 PM

Bw, anyone seeing what's going on at United game ohmy.gif ohmy.gif

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 07:00 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 13 2022, 07:57 PM) *
Bw, anyone seeing what's going on at United game ohmy.gif ohmy.gif


Yup, they appear in a very bad situation. Any player they want now asking clubs will ask for double figures

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 07:01 PM

REBICCCCC

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 07:02 PM

4-2 gpod stuff by diaz

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 07:02 PM

Brahim excellent today. This is what we need from him

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 07:04 PM

Woop Woop

CDK coming on

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 07:06 PM

Attack overhauled

Posted by: William405 Aug 13 2022, 07:21 PM

Wow bennacer just wow love you

Posted by: William405 Aug 13 2022, 07:25 PM

Charles is a beautiful footballer

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 07:31 PM

Decent start for cdk amd more importantly 3 points, obviously need to improve on the defence as both goals were avoidable

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 07:42 PM

Messias and Leao need to de better with tracking back. Messias asleep on that 2nd goal. The 1st one off the corner can be sort of forgiven because we were clearly not switched on yet, not to mention Udine are such a physical side and have height on us.

We really need to improve on the high balls. Te talk will be that our rock solid defense from last season conceded twice, but the goals were very clear lapses at the very start of the half and at the very end. Pioli said they've been working on set-piece defending, at least it is a comfort that they're working on one of our biggest weaknesses from last season

Atalanta up next. I think we can do the job there as well. Hopefully we'll have Sandro back and maybe that new midfielder we absolutely need.

CDK looked absolutely class. Give me him and Diaz for the next game instead of Messias pls

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 13 2022, 07:50 PM

Lukaku already scored

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 08:52 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 13 2022, 07:50 PM) *
Lukaku already scored

It was always a given that he was going to bang them in again for them this season.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 08:55 PM

I think this game also makes it clear that we should not be going into the season with Messias as our RW starter. We're the champions and a CL team and have a Serie B level player starting at RW for us. Absolutely criminal that Ziyech is there available and we haven't gone for him.

Posted by: William405 Aug 13 2022, 08:57 PM

Inter just conceded 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: William405 Aug 13 2022, 09:02 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 13 2022, 10:55 PM) *
I think this game also makes it clear that we should not be going into the season with Messias as our RW starter. We're the champions and a CL team and have a Serie B level player starting at RW for us. Absolutely criminal that Ziyech is there available and we haven't gone for him.



True. What's clear is that our attacking options are really big this season. Honestly, I prefer Saelmakers there as he is much better defensively and generally puts in a big shift. We need to be careful how to play the attackers, because we have very attacking fullbacks and can risk to be caught off guard.

I don't think we need to sign Ziyech per say, although I wouldn't mind it. The options are there, it's just about keeping the balance of the team. I don't see CDK as a player who will track back much either. He's just not that type of player, as well as Ziyech. So, we'll see, it's all a matter of tactics at that point.

But, what we truly need is a CM. Do you guys think Adli could cover that position?

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 13 2022, 09:47 PM

Inter with a lucky last second goal.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 13 2022, 09:49 PM

QUOTE (William405 @ Aug 13 2022, 09:02 PM) *
But, what we truly need is a CM. Do you guys think Adli could cover that position?


Only in case of emergency, but his natural position is AM.

I wish Pioli will eventually realise we need to shift CDK on the right. Messias and especially Salad are not good enough to be starting games. Brahim and Adli can fight for that AM position.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 09:50 PM

QUOTE (William405 @ Aug 13 2022, 08:57 PM) *
Inter just conceded 🤣🤣🤣

They won it at the death. F@ckers!

Lecce is going to be a nightmare game for all sides though. Did you see that pitch? Truly looked awful.

Inter for me are still the best first 11 side in the league, but they just have something about them under Inzaghi where you can see them start to lose their sh!t as soon as things don't go their way. It's what undid them last season and it's obviously still there.

QUOTE (William405 @ Aug 13 2022, 09:02 PM) *
True. What's clear is that our attacking options are really big this season. Honestly, I prefer Saelmakers there as he is much better defensively and generally puts in a big shift. We need to be careful how to play the attackers, because we have very attacking fullbacks and can risk to be caught off guard.

I don't think we need to sign Ziyech per say, although I wouldn't mind it. The options are there, it's just about keeping the balance of the team. I don't see CDK as a player who will track back much either. He's just not that type of player, as well as Ziyech. So, we'll see, it's all a matter of tactics at that point.

But, what we truly need is a CM. Do you guys think Adli could cover that position?

Alexis works hard and covers a lot more, but he gives you next to nothing in attack. Ziyech would take our attack to the next level imo. We'd have an attack on par with some of the best sides in Europe imo with him as well.


Posted by: X-Offender Aug 13 2022, 10:09 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 13 2022, 07:42 PM) *
Messias and Leao need to de better with tracking back. Messias asleep on that 2nd goal. The 1st one off the corner can be sort of forgiven because we were clearly not switched on yet, not to mention Udine are such a physical side and have height on us.

We really need to improve on the high balls. Te talk will be that our rock solid defense from last season conceded twice, but the goals were very clear lapses at the very start of the half and at the very end. Pioli said they've been working on set-piece defending, at least it is a comfort that they're working on one of our biggest weaknesses from last season

Atalanta up next. I think we can do the job there as well. Hopefully we'll have Sandro back and maybe that new midfielder we absolutely need.

CDK looked absolutely class. Give me him and Diaz for the next game instead of Messias pls


In all honesty we could have done better today. True, the match might have very well finished 5-2, but we made some silly mistakes and let Udinese counter way too easily. Concentration was not very high all the time. Bennacer for instance lost the ball way too often, and Leao was horrid with his decision-making. Udinese also sort of gifted us two goals.

CDK already showed some gimplses of pure class. And I really liked what Origi brought to the game. But Pioli should play him CF and not wide.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 13 2022, 10:24 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 13 2022, 10:09 PM) *
In all honesty we could have done better today. True, the match might have very well finished 5-2, but we made some silly mistakes and let Udinese counter way too easily. Concentration was not very high all the time. Bennacer for instance lost the ball way too often, and Leao was horrid with his decision-making. Udinese also sort of gifted us two goals.

CDK already showed some gimplses of pure class. And I really liked what Origi brought to the game. But Pioli should play him CF and not wide.

Yeah we were sloppy but it was clear the condition of the players wasn't at its best yet, for both sides. Bennacer had some really nice plays as well as some bad ones. Fatigue was clearly starting to set in, and players seems to be struggling a bit there especially after the first 30 minutes or so there was a drop off.

Silly mistakes we can correct. What's important right now is to keep putting points on the board. I don't think any of the teams looked particularly good. Inter truly looked bad in that 2nd half that I saw against Lecce. It will be interesting to see Juve, Roma and Napoli tomorrow as well. To see who looks the best. But the trick isn't really to come out there in peak condition, we don't want to burn out too early before some of the players head off to the World Cup. I think we'll see gradual improvement as the games start coming quicker. Plus we were playing with Krunic as a CDM, and while I do acknowledge that he's a good Jack of all Trades type player, it shows in certain moments that we were softer through the centre with him there.

As for Origi, I doubt that Pioli will play him as a winger often. Probably just wanted to give him a small run out since he's barely even trained with the group. And with Giroud on it's natural that Origi would go to the wide position.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 14 2022, 12:18 PM

Man, the interisti are whining like little babies about our penalty. Not only, in my opinion, it was a fair penalty to give, but it was the first penalty conceded to us since Milan-Spezia in January! And we all know how that game ended...

Anyway, I'm really glad we got the old Rebic back. Please just don't let him get injured again throughout the season. With him, CDK, Adli and Origi our attacking force will have more than doubled from last year. And that's exactly what we needed. I also got really good vibe from Origi. I hope Pioli starts playing him more regularly, cos the guy is severely underrated by the public opinion.

I also really hope yesterday's Leao performance was just a fluke. The worst thing that can happen to him now is the hype getting to his head. He needs to remain humble and work even harder if he wants to improve his deficiencies and become top class.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 15 2022, 02:02 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 14 2022, 12:18 PM) *
Man, the interisti are whining like little babies about our penalty. Not only, in my opinion, it was a fair penalty to give, but it was the first penalty conceded to us since Milan-Spezia in January! And we all know how that game ended...

Anyway, I'm really glad we got the old Rebic back. Please just don't let him get injured again throughout the season. With him, CDK, Adli and Origi our attacking force will have more than doubled from last year. And that's exactly what we needed. I also got really good vibe from Origi. I hope Pioli starts playing him more regularly, cos the guy is severely underrated by the public opinion.

I also really hope yesterday's Leao performance was just a fluke. The worst thing that can happen to him now is the hype getting to his head. He needs to remain humble and work even harder if he wants to improve his deficiencies and become top class.

Interisti? Did you see the amount of whining and crying from the Roma fans?? That's even more hilarious because they think they're going to be part of the Scudetto equation. laugh.gif laugh.gif

The penalty was soft but clear. Calabria got to the ball first, and while he went over it so he fluffed the chance, he was clearly clattered into very aggressively and could have been seriously injured as a result.

This Rebic for me is our best striker and the one that works best in this system. We play much more fluidly with him than with Giroud up front. Of course we still need to see what Origi brings to the table, but it is going to be interesting to see how Pioli handles all these options. Not to mention we have serious players coming off the bench when we need to change things around. RW is still the obvious weak link.

Leao has always had this issue with looking lazy at times. And when his attacking game is not on point, the other deficiencies are more glaring.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 15 2022, 07:33 PM

Napoli running out 6-2 winners against Verona.

Really interested to see Juve now.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 15 2022, 08:13 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 15 2022, 07:33 PM) *
Napoli running out 6-2 winners against Verona.

Really interested to see Juve now.

Still look like sh!t. Luckily leading now, but unless they get a proper midfield they're not going to be doing anything this season imo

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 15 2022, 10:00 PM

Saw most of the Juve game. They were sh*t. Only reason they scored 3 was because Sassuolo's defense was even shittier.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 16 2022, 07:43 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 15 2022, 10:00 PM) *
Saw most of the Juve game. They were sh*t. Only reason they scored 3 was because Sassuolo's defense was even shittier.

Yeah, agreed. Rewind from last season basically

Always said they don't worry me, not unless they fix their midfield and change coach. Thankfully the Rabiot deal to Man U seems to be stalling. Hopefully they're stuck with him and don't get Paredes. Not that he'd fix all their problems but he's better than all their other current mids. So he'd improve them slightly. How Juve keep getting lucky enough to offload all their deadwood for actual cash always amazes me.

Still think Inter are going to be the main threats this season. Nothing from the first matchday has changed my thoughts on that

I actually think this season the league if going to be poorer than last. The gap between the top 6/7 sides has increased even more. Teams who have been thorns in the big clubs' sides for a while now have really gotten weaker this season. Sassuolo, Verona, Torino, all significantly weaker

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 16 2022, 08:43 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 16 2022, 07:43 PM) *
Yeah, agreed. Rewind from last season basically

Always said they don't worry me, not unless they fix their midfield and change coach. Thankfully the Rabiot deal to Man U seems to be stalling. Hopefully they're stuck with him and don't get Paredes. Not that he'd fix all their problems but he's better than all their other current mids. So he'd improve them slightly. How Juve keep getting lucky enough to offload all their deadwood for actual cash always amazes me.

Still think Inter are going to be the main threats this season. Nothing from the first matchday has changed my thoughts on that

I actually think this season the league if going to be poorer than last. The gap between the top 6/7 sides has increased even more. Teams who have been thorns in the big clubs' sides for a while now have really gotten weaker this season. Sassuolo, Verona, Torino, all significantly weaker


Di Maria got injured, could be out for 3-4 weeks. Both their marquee signings already out.

In other news, Tonali trained with the group today. Fully recovered.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 19 2022, 02:57 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 16 2022, 08:43 PM) *
Di Maria got injured, could be out for 3-4 weeks. Both their marquee signings already out.

In other news, Tonali trained with the group today. Fully recovered.

Yep, they've went for the instant fix this summer, and while it could work, I think their issues are bigger then just Pogba and Di Maria, who have their own issues. Don't get me wrong, I'd have taken Di Maria in a second. But he's old and what he was demanding was never going to fly for us, and with good reason. Pogba not doing the surgery imo is also going to be a big issue. Don't think he'll be effective for them.


Great news about Sandro. Don't want to jinx it, but I feel relaxed going into the Atalanta game. They might have had our number in the past but now we have theirs.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 19 2022, 09:46 PM

Probable line-up is the same as vs Udinese but with Tonali instead of Krunic.

I assume CDK will start against Bologna at home next week.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 20 2022, 12:35 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 19 2022, 09:46 PM) *
Probable line-up is the same as vs Udinese but with Tonali instead of Krunic.

I assume CDK will start against Bologna at home next week.

I think Pioli will ease him in, especially with Brahim playing so well

For me, he should just play them both when CDK is ready, Brahim can play wide as well, so they can interchange positions, anything other than Messias or Alexis starting at RW in every game

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 20 2022, 12:40 PM

I'm still waiting for the day when I'll see the following attacking line on the pitch:

CDK - Adli - Leao
Origi


Oh, what a glorious day it will be... happy.gif

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 20 2022, 02:04 PM

Rade Krunic is not among the squad for the match against Atalanta. The Rossoneri midfielder has in fact suffered a strain in the rectus femoris of his left thigh: recovery times are still to be defined, but it is difficult to see him again before three / four weeks.

Great, here we go again. rolleyes.gif

Posted by: han2503 Aug 20 2022, 02:09 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 20 2022, 12:40 PM) *
I'm still waiting for the day when I'll see the following attacking line on the pitch:

CDK - Adli - Leao
Origi


Oh, what a glorious day it will be... happy.gif

Pioli just confirmed in his press conference that CDK will not be playing RW. I think we can forget about that

He also made some other troubling comments re the transfer market. Last week he seemed to be positive we'll bring 2 more players in, now he's saying the squad in competitive as is and we'll only make a signing if the right opportunity comes up...

We now have Krunic injured so basically we have no one to cover for Benna and Tonali. Pobega and Bakayoko are an accident waiting to happen. I'm really starting to see how big of a mistake it was to keep Pobega. To me it is pretty clear that he cannot play in the double pivot. At Torino last season Juric used him higher up the pitch to create overloads and press, but in that double pivot, you could clearly see against Udine that he would get walked over. Bakayoko trips over his own feet. So that basically leaves us with just Krunic as cover and he's not even a defensive mid

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 20 2022, 02:16 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 20 2022, 02:09 PM) *
Pioli just confirmed in his press conference that CDK will not be playing RW. I think we can forget about that


I don't see him as a winger for the moment. In the future we will see, because he is a very smart player.

Never say never. wink.gif

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 20 2022, 02:09 PM) *
He also made some other troubling comments re the transfer market. Last week he seemed to be positive we'll bring 2 more players in, now he's saying the squad in competitive as is and we'll only make a signing if the right opportunity comes up...

We now have Krunic injured so basically we have no one to cover for Benna and Tonali. Pobega and Bakayoko are an accident waiting to happen. I'm really starting to see how big of a mistake it was to keep Pobega. To me it is pretty clear that he cannot play in the double pivot. At Torino last season Juric used him higher up the pitch to create overloads and press, but in that double pivot, you could clearly see against Udine that he would get walked over. Bakayoko trips over his own feet. So that basically leaves us with just Krunic as cover and he's not even a defensive mid


There's no money at the moment. With the news of Elliott about to sell 100% of their shares, it explains why Maldini was given such a small budget to work with. Why invest for something you're about to sell? Even those 50m were probably agreed upon between RedBird and Elliott as part of their deal.

We're in a tough situation, no doubt. Let's see what will happen.

PS: I doubt Bakayoko is even considered as an alternative anymore. I read Pioli won't even bench him for tomorrow.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 21 2022, 03:55 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 20 2022, 02:16 PM) *
I don't see him as a winger for the moment. In the future we will see, because he is a very smart player.

Never say never. wink.gif

He also said that they've analyzed a lot of footage from his time at Brugge and he always starts in the central areas even if he can drift. I just don't think he'll use him there, just like he can play Brahim or Rebic RW but never does, even if the alternatives there are worse.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 20 2022, 02:16 PM) *
There's no money at the moment. With the news of Elliott about to sell 100% of their shares, it explains why Maldini was given such a small budget to work with. Why invest for something you're about to sell? Even those 50m were probably agreed upon between RedBird and Elliott as part of their deal.

We're in a tough situation, no doubt. Let's see what will happen.

PS: I doubt Bakayoko is even considered as an alternative anymore. I read Pioli won't even bench him for tomorrow.

We'll see, something could have easily been agreed between the parties to actually have a proper transfer budget, but that was not the case, I'd hazard to say that we didn't even have that 50m, the 10m being quoted that we have to play with also seem far-fetched. I really hope RedBird make up for this in January and next summer. We really have not improved our chances for the Scudetto this season, with the rest of the top 6 sides improving their teams we've basically stayed in the same place, we weakened some areas and improved others.

If Baka isn't considered, then I really don't see how he can say that we're covered there. Pobega and Krunic does not make a good rotation option FFS

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 21 2022, 06:03 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 21 2022, 03:55 PM) *
He also said that they've analyzed a lot of footage from his time at Brugge and he always starts in the central areas even if he can drift. I just don't think he'll use him there, just like he can play Brahim or Rebic RW but never does, even if the alternatives there are worse.


We'll see, something could have easily been agreed between the parties to actually have a proper transfer budget, but that was not the case, I'd hazard to say that we didn't even have that 50m, the 10m being quoted that we have to play with also seem far-fetched. I really hope RedBird make up for this in January and next summer. We really have not improved our chances for the Scudetto this season, with the rest of the top 6 sides improving their teams we've basically stayed in the same place, we weakened some areas and improved others.

If Baka isn't considered, then I really don't see how he can say that we're covered there. Pobega and Krunic does not make a good rotation option FFS


I disagree. I think we have improved. I won't even count Romagnoli's loss. The guy was mediocre, almost Gabbia level. And we might still make a signing there.

Kessie, sure, a big loss. A player I wasn't particularly fond of, but with Tonali-Bennacer I actually think we have a better duo in midfield. Obviously whoever is going to replace Kessie doubtfully will be as good, but it's a small price to pay I'm willing to accept.

Attack has been hugely improved, which was our biggest flaw last season. So, overall I see an improvement from last season. The other teams have also improved but not more than we have. Only Roma probably have had the best mercato thus far.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 21 2022, 08:17 PM

Horrible performance thus far. Sterile possession, long balls, zero creativity.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 21 2022, 08:26 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 21 2022, 08:17 PM) *
Horrible performance thus far. Sterile possession, long balls, zero creativity.

Yep...

Rebic clearly not working against the 3 CBs imo. The rest have not helped anything either

Posted by: han2503 Aug 21 2022, 08:53 PM

Lol, how was that not a red btw?

Posted by: han2503 Aug 21 2022, 09:12 PM

BENNNACERRR

GET INNN

Posted by: han2503 Aug 21 2022, 09:12 PM

Our best RW rolleyes.gif

Posted by: han2503 Aug 21 2022, 09:42 PM

Disappointing game.

Really expecting much better from certain players. Losing 2 points here already is annoying, especially when we should be burying this Atalanta.

Issues are clear imo. There is still time left to do something about it. Sadly I don't think there's any money for the 3 more players that we need

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 21 2022, 09:43 PM

Terrible performance. Sloppy, lazy, clueless. Brahim and Rebic completely annulled their great showings from last week. But man Leao, second ghostly performance in a row. Absolutely horrible. Messias and Salad completely useless. Our whole attack was a mess.

We need more creativity. Please play CDK regularly now, and where's Adli???

Posted by: han2503 Aug 21 2022, 09:48 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 21 2022, 09:43 PM) *
Terrible performance. Sloppy, lazy, clueless. Brahim and Rebic completely annulled their great showings from last week. But man Leao, second ghostly performance in a row. Absolutely horrible. Messias and Salad completely useless. Our whole attack was a mess.

We need more creativity. Please play CDK regularly now, and where's Adli???

I think we'll see Adli in the next one.

When you have Messias on the pitch and then bring on Salamaekers it just goes from bad to worse

We're currently seeing the worst of Leao atm, he needs to take his head out of his @ss and start playing for the team and not just himself, especially when his touch isn't on it just makes everything looks worse. Counted 3 times when he should have passed in great areas but decided to shoot.

Rebic is such a Jekyll and Hyde type of player man. But I think the 3 at the back Atalanta use was giving him a lot of trouble. He couldn't really press the as he'd usually do against a team with a back 4. Plus Brahim didn't help. Honetly I think we looked leggy just 20 minutes in. I really hope this is just early season conditioning, because otherwise that was just lazy. Tonali also not at his best.

I really hope we get to see Origi up front in the next one. Pioli is using him on the wing, which boggles my mind that we can play him wide but not CDK...

Posted by: han2503 Aug 21 2022, 09:50 PM

Btw, that foul on Leao cold have easily been a leg breaker. How was that a yellow??

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 21 2022, 10:03 PM

That's why we should play CDK on the right. Cos we can't be starting games with Messias or Saladmaker. It's embarrassing that the Italian champions have them as starters.

Agreed about Tonali. I thought he looked off tonight as well, maybe cos of the injury.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 21 2022, 10:05 PM

Btw, gigantic performance by Bennacer. Goal aside, he held the midfield on his own. That's why I rate him so much.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 22 2022, 07:52 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 21 2022, 10:03 PM) *
That's why we should play CDK on the right. Cos we can't be starting games with Messias or Saladmaker. It's embarrassing that the Italian champions have them as starters.

Agreed about Tonali. I thought he looked off tonight as well, maybe cos of the injury.

Yeah, Tonali looked tired. This is why I have been banging on and on and on about the 3rd mid. We have to have someone else who can step in and is of starter quality. That's what we had last season, and you can clearly see that Pioli does not trust Pobega. Last season that would have been one of the first subs. One of the mids comes off and another one of the 3 replaces him. It regenerates our play, now he cannot do that. That is why I said that we have weakened the squad. At CB as well. Last season we had 4 starting level players, now we have 3. Not as dire, but still last season we were deeper in the 2 most crucial areas of the pitch. The attack was sh!t last season but the foundations were the best in the league imo in terms of quality in depth. Now we don't have that and unless we resolve that situation we're going to pay for it big time, especially with how thick and fast the fixtures will be coming at us starting this weekend.

Re the RW. CDK is not going to be played there imo. That is why I still think we need a player like Ziyech and why I will maintain to my dying breath that picking up that option on Messias was a colossal mistake. That 4m could have easily been used as a loan payment for a loan + option deal. The money would have loosened Chelsea up, just like we did with Tomori. Now there is no more money left and we're stuck with Cheech and Chong on the RW

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 21 2022, 10:05 PM) *
Btw, gigantic performance by Bennacer. Goal aside, he held the midfield on his own. That's why I rate him so much.

Benna is top class. We better f@cking get him to put pen to paper!

Posted by: han2503 Aug 22 2022, 07:53 PM

Btw, Krunic's injury is apparently serious, so if the situation at midfield was dire before now we're at def con levels. We simply have to bring in someone decent for that position

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Aug 23 2022, 07:38 AM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 22 2022, 10:53 PM) *
Btw, Krunic's injury is apparently serious, so if the situation at midfield was dire before now we're at def con levels. We simply have to bring in someone decent for that position


Someone will come in, the team can not depend on just Bennacer and Tonali.

There is still time to close a deal.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 23 2022, 10:44 AM

Looks like it will be this Onana guy of Bordeaux. Very perplexing choice. I mean, it's 23 August and we're going after somebody in Ligue 2 for whom no other party has shown any interest and who is not even starting games for his club anymore. From Renato to this guy. Not even the downgrade from the infamous Mr. X to Aquilani back in the day was this appalling. rolleyes.gif

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 23 2022, 01:59 PM

Just play pobega or someone from youth team rather than spending anything on an unknown who then becomes difficult to get rid of as well like this balla toure

Posted by: han2503 Aug 23 2022, 08:06 PM

QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Aug 23 2022, 07:38 AM) *
Someone will come in, the team can not depend on just Bennacer and Tonali.

There is still time to close a deal.

The issue is that we have no budget to work with. And we also need a CB and ideally a RW (even though we're obviously not looking for one - FFS, third summer in a row we're going in with an abysmal right side). Maldini and Massaro are good, but there is a limit as to how far 10m can be stretched.

I say we forget about the CB and spend the 10m on the midfielder. Hopefully we'll have an actual budget to work with in January and we can go for one then.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 23 2022, 10:44 AM) *
Looks like it will be this Onana guy of Bordeaux. Very perplexing choice. I mean, it's 23 August and we're going after somebody in Ligue 2 for whom no other party has shown any interest and who is not even starting games for his club anymore. From Renato to this guy. Not even the downgrade from the infamous Mr. X to Aquilani back in the day was this appalling. rolleyes.gif

We'll see. I'm not going to judge whoever we bring in before seeing him play. Bennacer and Krunic came from a relegated Empoli. Both turned out good. Adli as well cam from the same team as Onana, but he's been great every time we've seen him in pre-season. From what I've seen on youtube, he looks strong, athletic and good defensively obviously that's a very limited view, but if he's the guy we'll just have to wait and see.

This is not the days of Galliani where we panic buy players from agents we're friendly with

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 23 2022, 01:59 PM) *
Just play pobega or someone from youth team rather than spending anything on an unknown who then becomes difficult to get rid of as well like this balla toure

Nah man, Pobega does not look good in that pivot, he's actually quite scary in that position, and not in a good way. The fact that Pioli left Tonali out there when he was clearly struggling with fatigue against Atalanta and didn't bring on Pobega shows you that he doesn't trust him.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 23 2022, 09:14 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 23 2022, 08:06 PM) *
Nah man, Pobega does not look good in that pivot, he's actually quite scary in that position, and not in a good way. The fact that Pioli left Tonali out there when he was clearly struggling with fatigue against Atalanta and didn't bring on Pobega shows you that he doesn't trust him.


+1

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 25 2022, 06:00 PM

Chelsea, salzburg, dinamo.. We have a chance to qualify.

Inter got bayern barca and and v plazen

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 25 2022, 06:16 PM

It's a really good group. One tough opponent to maintain concentration high, and two easy ones to pass the group. I think we can even aim for that top spot. Chelsea are beatable.

LOL at Inter. Shame they didn't get Rangers as well. It would have been the cherry on the cake.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 26 2022, 07:50 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 25 2022, 06:00 PM) *
Chelsea, salzburg, dinamo.. We have a chance to qualify.

Inter got bayern barca and and v plazen

Chances are good, but we need to be on top form against Chelsea, the energy drink team worry me as well

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 25 2022, 06:16 PM) *
It's a really good group. One tough opponent to maintain concentration high, and two easy ones to pass the group. I think we can even aim for that top spot. Chelsea are beatable.

LOL at Inter. Shame they didn't get Rangers as well. It would have been the cherry on the cake.

Definitely much better than last season but we need to be careful, there could be a couple of banana skin away games there, not just Chelsea

I really want Inter to go through though. We need them pre-occupied with the CL like last season. Hopefully they squeeze through but dispense a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get there. I think they're a better side than Barca anyway

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 26 2022, 09:48 PM

Lazio 3-1 Inter

One of the ugliest Inter performances I've seen in the last few years.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 27 2022, 08:02 PM

I hate these slow starts. No intensity whatsoever. And what's with the frigging long balls??

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 27 2022, 08:06 PM

LEAO!!! CDK pure class.

Posted by: Habitant Aug 27 2022, 08:26 PM

CDK looking great, lots of creativity! now we just need a proper RW

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 27 2022, 08:26 PM

How has been the overall performance so far??

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 27 2022, 08:40 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 27 2022, 08:26 PM) *
How has been the overall performance so far??


So-so. We did create chances but mostly through counterattacks. Defensively very solid, but upfront needs work.

Messias has been rubbish. CDK has been great. Leao has been mediocre again. Set aside the goal (which was a joke of a shot but the GK threw himself too early in the opposite direction), he has only been messing up. Trying to dribble past the whole Bologna defence by himself and always losing the ball.

Tonali is another player who's completely out of shape.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 27 2022, 08:44 PM

I think we've barely gotten out of 2nd gear tbh. Don't know if it's intentional but we're not pressing them much

Anyway, CDK is class.

Messias and Leao really killing our attacks. Really wish Pioli would just try Rebic or Brahim on that right side at this point

Posted by: han2503 Aug 27 2022, 09:00 PM

What a goal!!

Giroud

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 27 2022, 09:02 PM

He always gets these kind of goals...

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 27 2022, 09:03 PM

We need adli to get minutes as well.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 27 2022, 09:05 PM

Adli for bennacer but why pobega for cdk

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 27 2022, 09:36 PM

Ft 2-0 only watched the second half quite dull but will take the 3 points l

Posted by: han2503 Aug 27 2022, 09:37 PM

Alexis should start the next one ahead of Messias. Much better than him and is less one dimensional imo

Posted by: han2503 Aug 27 2022, 09:37 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 27 2022, 09:36 PM) *
Ft 2-0 only watched the second half quite dull but will take the 3 points l

A professional display. Happy with that tbh. Maignan barely had anything to do

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 27 2022, 09:39 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Aug 27 2022, 09:36 PM) *
Ft 2-0 only watched the second half quite dull but will take the 3 points l


After we scored we switched to neutral and only defended. Understandable. We have a very tight schedule ahead, no point in wasting energy.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 27 2022, 09:40 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 27 2022, 09:37 PM) *
A professional display. Happy with that tbh. Maignan barely had anything to do


Yep. Our CBs are just that good.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 27 2022, 09:42 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 27 2022, 09:37 PM) *
Alexis should start the next one ahead of Messias. Much better than him and is less one dimensional imo


Agreed. Three trash games in a row for Messias, time to get acquainted with that bench. Alexis whom I don't like at all still brought much more needed energy and vitality. It's just his decision-making is amateurish at best.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 27 2022, 09:49 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 27 2022, 09:39 PM) *
After we scored we switched to neutral and only defended. Understandable. We have a very tight schedule ahead, no point in wasting energy.

Don't think we ever got out of 1st gear tbh.

CDK still needs to really gel with his team mates but that kid has a beautiful way about him, his passing and vision is great to watch. His first touch was a bit off strangely at times but aside from that a very good shift from him

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 27 2022, 09:40 PM) *
Yep. Our CBs are just that good.

Kalulu and Tomori are insanely good, especially for the way we play with a high line, they make it look effortless. Their speed basically nullifies the majority of strikers in this league.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 27 2022, 09:42 PM) *
Agreed. Three trash games in a row for Messias, time to get acquainted with that bench. Alexis whom I don't like at all still brought much more needed energy and vitality. It's just his decision-making is amateurish at best.

Messias is a poor version of Suso. That's always been my issue with him. He's always cutting on his left foot, attempting shots instead of passing. Just not good enough. Alexis brings energy, more cover for Calabria and is never predictable, even when he's doing stupid sh!t, you never expect the decision he's going to make. With Messias everyone knows what he's going to do, and he's not particularly quick or clever about it.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 27 2022, 09:50 PM

If only the gods smile upon us and we make a last ditch move to bring in Ziyech

Posted by: han2503 Aug 27 2022, 09:54 PM

Milan have signed Malick Thiaw from Schalke. The player will arrive in Milano tomorrow - Di Marzio


Anyone seen this yet?

Looks like we were working in silence on this one. Hopefully a good mid arrives the same way. We've been linked to practically every available mid under the sun but it's clear journos know f@ck all about what we're doing.


Anyone know anything about this kid? I know he was once highly rated but not sure what the general consensus is now about him.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 27 2022, 10:12 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 27 2022, 09:54 PM) *
Milan have signed Malick Thiaw from Schalke. The player will arrive in Milano tomorrow - Di Marzio


Anyone seen this yet?

Looks like we were working in silence on this one. Hopefully a good mid arrives the same way. We've been linked to practically every available mid under the sun but it's clear journos know f@ck all about what we're doing.


Anyone know anything about this kid? I know he was once highly rated but not sure what the general consensus is now about him.


Thank f*ck a new signing. I have no info on him whatsoever, but I trust Maldini's judgment.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 28 2022, 10:51 AM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 27 2022, 10:12 PM) *
Thank f*ck a new signing. I have no info on him whatsoever, but I trust Maldini's judgment.

Still anxious about the midfield situation.

CB wasn't as pressing imo, but he seems like an investment for the future, and I trust the management implicitly with such signings

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 28 2022, 11:09 AM

Malick Thiaw will join Milan from Schalke for ?10M+?2M add ons. He will fly to Milano today to complete the move.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 28 2022, 11:11 AM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 28 2022, 11:09 AM) *
Malick Thiaw will join Milan from Schalke for ?10M+?2M add ons. He will fly to Milano today to complete the move.

Italian media saying 5-6m

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 28 2022, 11:29 AM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 28 2022, 11:11 AM) *
Italian media saying 5-6m


Yeah, I know. I got that figure from https://twitter.com/berger_pj?s=20&t=AuwthgkOZ0PjIvVHXqMVkA.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 28 2022, 04:53 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 28 2022, 11:29 AM) *
Yeah, I know. I got that figure from https://twitter.com/berger_pj?s=20&t=AuwthgkOZ0PjIvVHXqMVkA.

Yeah, saw that

If the budget left is really 10m, I'm inclined to believe the Italian press a bit more, I think we've left a bit for the midfield. Hopefully we can still get someone decent on the shoe string we have left. Maybe try for a paid loan and we pay the rest next summer...

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 29 2022, 04:28 PM

Origi and Rebic out for Sassuolo. rolleyes.gif

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 06:10 PM

Terrible, terrible first half...

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 30 2022, 06:19 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 30 2022, 06:10 PM) *
Terrible, terrible first half...


Absolutely. Everyone being sh*t, especially those up upfront. Saladmaker is just a woeful football player.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 06:21 PM

Alexis, Florenzi, Brahim and Pobega all atrocious in that first half. I think Pioli will simply have to bring in the starters if we want to get all 3 points, and even then it's not guaranteed as everyone has been pretty bad in general.

Lax passing, lack of concentration in key moments, mistakes with all the final balls. Should be down if it weren't for Maignan

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 06:23 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 30 2022, 06:19 PM) *
Absolutely. Everyone being sh*t, especially those up upfront. Saladmaker is just a woeful football player.

Brahim invisible as usual, Leao trying to dribble everyone and shooting at the sky, Pobega has a couple of decent moments and a couple of bad ones, Benna as well hasn't been his impeccable self imo. Florenzi not good enough, Theo as well not giving us the push we need, he's drifting too far into that midfield area and leaving Leao double/triple marked.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Aug 30 2022, 06:24 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 30 2022, 09:10 PM) *
Terrible, terrible first half...


I wouldn?t call this terrible, the team is playing with a lot of chemistry. Pobega is showing he can hold his weight, while Magic Mike was spectacular in keeping a clean sheet (hint hint penalty).

Milan cant find space as the opposition is cautious, and that is the main culprit here. But I think in the 2nd half things could get interesting with subs.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 06:25 PM

Also, you can tell Kjaer is not 100% comfortable yet and Tomori isn't trusting him either. I think starting him was a risk we shouldn't have taken here.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 06:27 PM

QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Aug 30 2022, 06:24 PM) *
I wouldn?t call this terrible, the team is playing with a lot of chemistry. Pobega is showing he can hold his weight, while Magic Mike was spectacular in keeping a clean sheet (hint hint penalty).

Milan cant find space as the opposition is cautious, and that is the main culprit here. But I think in the 2nd half things could get interesting with subs.

I see no chemistry here. Haven't see us misplace this many passes in a while. The rotation isn't helping matters either.

Don't understand why CDK and Kalulu couldn't start here. It's not like they're 35 year olds, they can handle 2 games a week

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 30 2022, 06:30 PM

Also, Giroud is just such a mediocre striker. Can't believe the Italian champions rely on a 36 year old has been this much. He wouldn't be starting in any PL club, not even Bournemouth.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Aug 30 2022, 07:28 PM

Very poor and boring game. We created nothing

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 30 2022, 07:29 PM

One of the ugliest games I have ever seen. Banter era performance. Even Bournemouth play better football.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 07:29 PM

Sh!tty, sh!tty games from everyone FFS!!!

Such terrible decision making. No pressure, everyone is so off colour. Don't know wtf they're doing in training because this is just abysmal.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 07:30 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 30 2022, 06:30 PM) *
Also, Giroud is just such a mediocre striker. Can't believe the Italian champions rely on a 36 year old has been this much. He wouldn't be starting in any PL club, not even Bournemouth.

Giroud needs service. Simple as that, when the 3 behind him are all ghosts, he's not going to do anything

Bennacer also really bad today.

They better wake the f@ck up for the derby FFS!

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 07:31 PM

This is the game where Rebic or Origi would have been much more useful. I really hope this is not a sign of things to come with both of them constantly being out with niggling injuries

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 30 2022, 07:33 PM

Once again the problem is the attack. Brahim, Giroud, Messias, Salad are Serie B players. Add to that a grotesque Leao, and how are we supposed to create anything?

Pobega is utter sh*t. I knew it and I've been saying it all summer. It's like playing Daniel Maldini in midfield. Theo and Florenzi also very bad tonight.

But attack man, we signed all these new players and we're barely utilising them. What was the point in benching CDK tonight? We don't have the fucking luxury.

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 07:33 PM

Kjaer, Pobega and Florenzi all off with muscle problems apparently...

Once again, what is the fitness staff doing?? We cannot have another season with players constantly out injured because of muscle problems

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 07:35 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 30 2022, 07:33 PM) *
Once again the problem is the attack. Brahim, Giroud, Messias, Salad are Serie B players. Add to that a grotesque Leao, and how are we supposed to create anything?

Pobega is utter sh*t. I knew it and I've been saying it all summer. It's like playing Daniel Maldini in midfield. Theo and Florenzi also very bad tonight.

But attack man, we signed all these new players and we're barely utilising them. What was the point in benching CDK tonight? We don't have the fucking luxury.

Pobega out of his depth.

Messias was half decent when he came on Alexis was an utter horror show. Every week, these 2 idiots make me beg for the one that isn't starting only to make me reverse and beg for the other the following week when he starts. The f@cking blind sport the management and Pioli have in this position is really mind boggling

Posted by: han2503 Aug 30 2022, 08:00 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 30 2022, 07:29 PM) *
One of the ugliest games I have ever seen. Banter era performance. Even Bournemouth play better football.

Nah man, we had a few worse than this last season

Spezia (H), Bologna (H), Salernitana (A), probably a few others as well that I cannot remember

Our problem is that if we do not have the energy to press opponents for whatever reason, we struggle to create chances when teams sit deep. Both Atalanta and Sassuolo played much deeper than they usually play, or as we have become used to in the past, we didn't bring the energy levels in either game and f@cked away 4 points in the space of a week and a half.

This obviously stems from having players like Salaemakers and Diaz ghosting, while Leao has no in between, he's either white hot or a dead fish

I don't know if they're over doing it in training or if they're still conditioning and have prepared for this season differently because we usually start the season under Pioli steaming out of the blocks. Don't know what's going on but the energy levels and general form don't look good.

Posted by: X-Offender Aug 30 2022, 08:13 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Aug 30 2022, 08:00 PM) *
Nah man, we had a few worse than this last season

Spezia (H), Bologna (H), Salernitana (A), probably a few others as well that I cannot remember

Our problem is that if we do not have the energy to press opponents for whatever reason, we struggle to create chances when teams sit deep. Both Atalanta and Sassuolo played much deeper than they usually play, or as we have become used to in the past, we didn't bring the energy levels in either game and f@cked away 4 points in the space of a week and a half.

This obviously stems from having players like Salaemakers and Diaz ghosting, while Leao has no in between, he's either white hot or a dead fish

I don't know if they're over doing it in training or if they're still conditioning and have prepared for this season differently because we usually start the season under Pioli steaming out of the blocks. Don't know what's going on but the energy levels and general form don't look good.


At least in those games we scored or created chances. Tonight it was just blank. I can't honestly recall one good chance. Actually, we have to thank Maignan for not walking out empty handed. Truly an ugly, messy, idealess and soulless performance.

And let's be honest, we haven't exactly shined in any of these first four games. Against Udinese they gifted us 3 of the 4 goals, against Atalanta it was similar to tonight, against Bologna we won doing the bare minimum, and then tonight. After all that exciting pre-season, this is a huge, huge dip in performances.

We have to wake the f*ck up cos next there's Inter and Salzburg, and we can't mess up again.

Posted by: William405 Sep 3 2022, 04:23 PM

Derbyyy let's go!

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 3 2022, 04:48 PM

Kind of dreading a loss tonight.

Posted by: William405 Sep 3 2022, 05:32 PM

Tonali is so special

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 3 2022, 05:50 PM

QUOTE (William405 @ Sep 3 2022, 05:32 PM) *
Tonali is so special


He's been immense thus far.

Really good reaction after those terrible first 20 minutes. Should have scored the second.

Inter don't look particularly inspired tonight. Need to take advantage of that.

Posted by: William405 Sep 3 2022, 06:13 PM

Inter are really bad lol

Posted by: William405 Sep 3 2022, 06:23 PM

Leao magic

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 3 2022, 06:23 PM

Unable to watch struck at work man

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 3 2022, 06:56 PM

Great win back to back Derby

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 3 2022, 07:04 PM

How the f*ck did we let the game slip up like that??? 3-1, in total control, then a stupid goal and we crumbled completely. Maignan was superman today. He saved our @sses.

I think I lost a few years of life in the end. Too much f*cking suffering.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 3 2022, 07:51 PM

I just followed live score nevertheless reviews indicate that milan were overall better team

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 3 2022, 07:56 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 3 2022, 07:51 PM) *
I just followed live score nevertheless reviews indicate that milan were overall better team


We were.

First 20 minutes - Poor, Inter were just slightly better.
Mins 20-65 - We dominated, and created many chances.
Mins 66-76 - Total blackout. Inter equalise and we risk conceding the 3-3 but Super Maignan saves our asses.
Last 15 mins - More balanced yet we could have controlled the game better. Inter didn't create anything dangerous.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 3 2022, 08:07 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 3 2022, 07:04 PM) *
How the f*ck did we let the game slip up like that??? 3-1, in total control, then a stupid goal and we crumbled completely. Maignan was superman today. He saved our @sses.

I think I lost a few years of life in the end. Too much f*cking suffering.

Yeah, those last few minutes stressed me the f@ck out

We're really starting to stamp our dominance on Inter now. This last decade they pretty much shat on us throughout, even when they were as sh!t as us, we couldn't seem to buy a derby win. Really great to see us toying with them at certain points.

And this is exactly the sort of performance I've wanted to see from the start of the season. High pressing, creating chances because of that high pressure, Tonali bursting through the midfield, Bennacer was everywhere. And I think CDK really helped us in neutralizing Brozovic in a way that we hadn't managed in any of the recent derbies.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 3 2022, 07:56 PM) *
We were.

First 20 minutes - Poor, Inter were just slightly better.
Mins 20-65 - We dominated, and created many chances.
Mins 66-76 - Total blackout. Inter equalise and we risk conceding the 3-3 but Super Maignan saves our asses.
Last 15 mins - More balanced yet we could have controlled the game better. Inter didn't create anything dangerous.

Yep, great break down, although I do think those first 20 minutes were even, neither team really threatened.

I think Pioli's subs really impacted the swings at the 66th and 77th minutes marks. Brahim coming on imablanced us as a bit, not his fault, he's just a different player to CDK and far less imposing, thought he grew into the game as it went on but had a bit of trouble at first. The Di Marco sub also gave us issues we hadn't had before as he marauds a lot more forward than Bastoni and the Dzeko goal cam because Calabria got outnumbered. However, the Kjaer and Pobega subs calmed things down and we adapted to Inter's changed with those subs. Shifting Kalulu to RB and having someone like Kjaer who's a calmer presence in the center was a good move from Pioli. Pobega gave us some fresh legs

Posted by: han2503 Sep 3 2022, 08:49 PM

One major criticism, the defending.

We still haven't managed to find the kind of defensive shape we had at the end of last season. That comes down to the midfield as well, that first Inter goal was ridiculous. Everyone went after the ball and left a highway for Brozovic to run through in the center. 2nd goal was the usual BS we've seen in every one of the games this season, everyone switching off and falling asleep in moments when they should be switched on. At least we didn't f@ck up on any of the set-pieces

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 6 2022, 05:09 PM

Salzburg-Milan tonight!

I don't know why, maybe because I grew up with Ancelotti's Milan which dominated the Champions League, but these games hype me up like crazy, regardless if we're playing Real Madrid or Viktoria Plzen.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 6 2022, 07:19 PM

Chelsea are 1-0 down 75 mins

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 6 2022, 07:44 PM

Zagreb 1-0 Chelsea FT

We MUST take advantage of this.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 6 2022, 08:15 PM

Not looking like a easy game

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 6 2022, 08:48 PM

Ht 1-1 we need to level up a bit and stay focused defensively

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 6 2022, 09:19 PM

Pobega is beyond mediocre.

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 6 2022, 09:20 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 6 2022, 08:15 PM) *
Not looking like a easy game


We're playing like sh*t, that's why. So many childish mistakes.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 6 2022, 09:30 PM

Pobega man...

He's not a CL player

Posted by: han2503 Sep 6 2022, 09:32 PM

Salzburg have so many interesting player. Their RB is great, so are their attackers.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 6 2022, 09:38 PM

Man this messias and sala as wingers are painful

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 6 2022, 09:45 PM

Messias FFS! Go play golf.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 6 2022, 09:46 PM

Messias is so sh!t man.

Not including Vrancks and Adli was such a mistake. Pobega is a problem in Europe is something happens to either Tonali or Benna.

Adli gives us options and we discarded that

Posted by: han2503 Sep 6 2022, 09:46 PM

Feels like we're happy with the draw tbh rolleyes.gif

Posted by: han2503 Sep 6 2022, 09:51 PM

F@CK!! Off the post

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 6 2022, 09:52 PM

Damn the post.. Fair result we just don't have extra fire power

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 6 2022, 09:55 PM

Crap performance. Once again we fail to produce anything meaningful. I really fail to understand our gameplan sometimes. We play these games like we're playing against Sampdoria.

Very lacklustre performances by many players, CDK above all. Completely anonymous. And don't get me started on Pioli's subs. Pobega, Brahim, Messias, all so so sh*t.

We could have used someone like Adli tonight but of course Pioli had to prefer Balotelli-Toure over him.

We lack a European mentality, simple as. Salzburg were OK but nothing exceptional. We could have won with a decent performance.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 6 2022, 09:57 PM

Felt like we were okay with the draw and happy to slow the game down...

This is probably one of the toughest games in the group though. So a point when we started a bit shaky is okay. I'll take it. Zagreb are going to be a nightmare though. Played a very low block against Chelsea apparently. We tend to struggle against that. At least we're at home for that one so we must make sure we get the 3 points in that one.

Salzburg are an impressive team though. They clearly got very tired in the 2nd half, but they have such talented youngsters.

Hopefully Moncada and co had their eyes on Okafor and Fernando. Really impressive players. Dedic also looks interesting. Kept Leao fairly quite and was able to keep up with him.

Have to say, we also looked tired there at the end. With no end in sight to the games every 3 days I really hope they can recover well for Samp

Posted by: han2503 Sep 6 2022, 10:02 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 6 2022, 09:55 PM) *
Crap performance. Once again we fail to produce anything meaningful. I really fail to understand our gameplan sometimes. We play these games like we're playing against Sampdoria.

Very lacklustre performances by many players, CDK above all. Completely anonymous. And don't get me started on Pioli's subs. Pobega, Brahim, Messias, all so so sh*t.

We could have used someone like Adli tonight but of course Pioli had to prefer Balotelli-Toure over him.

We lack a European mentality, simple as. Salzburg were OK but nothing exceptional. We could have won with a decent performance.

The European mantality is key. We just lack the know-how in the CL imo, and Pioli also is a factor here. Plays it too cautiously.

I think Salzburg were really good in the first half. Pressed us very well, quick, good movement. Better than the majority of Serie A team we face if we're being honest here. 2nd half they completely dropped off and Pioli f@cked it up with the changes.

He needs to try Brahim on the right side. Simple as. He's not doing it in the middle where it's congested, his turn of pace and close control would work better wide. Messias is garbage man. A Serie B player playing in the CL and we expect him to produce something... Alexis was probably our best player

Calabria as well, he's a good Serie A player, but he's not a top CL level player, he get exposed athletically in these types of games.

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 6 2022, 10:10 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 6 2022, 10:02 PM) *
The European mantality is key. We just lack the know-how in the CL imo, and Pioli also is a factor here. Plays it too cautiously.

I think Salzburg were really good in the first half. Pressed us very well, quick, good movement. Better than the majority of Serie A team we face if we're being honest here. 2nd half they completely dropped off and Pioli f@cked it up with the changes.

He needs to try Brahim on the right side. Simple as. He's not doing it in the middle where it's congested, his turn of pace and close control would work better wide. Messias is garbage man. A Serie B player playing in the CL and we expect him to produce something... Alexis was probably our best player

Calabria as well, he's a good Serie A player, but he's not a top CL level player, he get exposed athletically in these types of games.


No no no man, Brahim on the right would be even more useless. He'll be pushed and bullied like a 10 year old.

I think Saelemaekers is the least worst alternative there. At least he's unpredictable. Messias entered the pitch tonight like an old ex-footballer in one of those legend charity games. Absolutely appalling.

But let's not try to focus just on that right side. A lot of things didn't work out tonight. If it wasn't for Leao we wouldn't even have scored any goal.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Sep 6 2022, 10:18 PM

An intense match!

Milan had chances and RB Salzburg had chances, a draw was a fair result considering Milan is not in accustomed to CL tempo as of yet.

I was impressed with Milan?s goal, started with CDK?s pass to get out of a pinch in Milan?s half then Bennacer pushed it forward quick to Leao and Salaemakers closed it off. A brilliant display.

I?ll take this draw considering the opponent was more than capable of taking all three points tonight. Though some of Pioli?s changes were questionable, I don?t doubt playing every 3 days is gonna take its toll on this team and introducing fresh legs is what allowed Milan to hang on and push hard till the final whistle. Let alone giving those that worked their socks off a breather, noting the packed schedule.

P.s. this Dest kid is an interesting player, his cross to Origi was on point. Give hik some time and he could be worthy of challenging for that RW slot!

Posted by: han2503 Sep 7 2022, 08:18 AM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 6 2022, 10:10 PM) *
No no no man, Brahim on the right would be even more useless. He'll be pushed and bullied like a 10 year old.

I think Saelemaekers is the least worst alternative there. At least he's unpredictable. Messias entered the pitch tonight like an old ex-footballer in one of those legend charity games. Absolutely appalling.

But let's not try to focus just on that right side. A lot of things didn't work out tonight. If it wasn't for Leao we wouldn't even have scored any goal.

He'll find more joy and space out wide. It's in the centre where he gets bullied. Alexis is just as capable as Messias of having a major stinker btw, I think he offers a bit more but we really have a handicap on that side. There is not harm in trying different things out.

Re the game in general, I think it was clear that we were struggling a bit to find rhythm. A lot of errors as well with the passing. We're struggling a bit with this schedule imo which has been quite a difficult start compared to most other teams in the league who had had at least 2 easy games while we have had a difficult match every 3 days. It's going to take its toll. Krunic and Rebic injured does not help as we cannot rotate effectively

Pobega is simply not a valid option. Not even in Serie A, let alone the CL. This is going to stretch Tonali and Benna to their limits. Theo also looked very laboured at the end there with some cheap give aways which were clearly down to fatigue

Against Samp, Pioli needs to rotate this squad better than he did against Sassuolo. Theo needs a rest, Bennacer needs a rest, Giroud needs to sit it out and if Rebic is back so should Leao.

We can always make changes early in the 2nd half if needed but we need to give these players a breather.

Dest, Vrancks, Adli, Origi and FBT, all should be given a chance to start.

QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Sep 6 2022, 10:18 PM) *
An intense match!

Milan had chances and RB Salzburg had chances, a draw was a fair result considering Milan is not in accustomed to CL tempo as of yet.

I was impressed with Milan?s goal, started with CDK?s pass to get out of a pinch in Milan?s half then Bennacer pushed it forward quick to Leao and Salaemakers closed it off. A brilliant display.

I?ll take this draw considering the opponent was more than capable of taking all three points tonight. Though some of Pioli?s changes were questionable, I don?t doubt playing every 3 days is gonna take its toll on this team and introducing fresh legs is what allowed Milan to hang on and push hard till the final whistle. Let alone giving those that worked their socks off a breather, noting the packed schedule.

P.s. this Dest kid is an interesting player, his cross to Origi was on point. Give hik some time and he could be worthy of challenging for that RW slot!

The 3 games a week is going to be a killer. Not getting that extra top mid is going to hurt us. We really should have sold Pobega when he was wanted by other Serie A clubs. He's just not at the level we need and that's going to hurt us

We need Krunic and Rebic back ASAP

Posted by: han2503 Sep 7 2022, 11:39 AM

Chelsea just sacked Tuchel... My God. Thankfully Gerry didn't come in and wear all the hats at this club like Boehly...

They've been absolutely sh!t but how do you spend nearly 300m in the summer to get him the players he wanted and then sack him 7 games in?

Hopefully they're still a mess when we have to play them

Next Wednesday against Dynamo is going to be absolutely crucial

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 7 2022, 09:07 PM

I love Napoli. What a mentality.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 9 2022, 09:44 AM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 7 2022, 09:07 PM) *
I love Napoli. What a mentality.

???

The team famous for bottling it when things get tough??

Liverpool have been pants all season, even an awful United beat them.

Napoli have been very good at the start, but that's nothing new. They're always good when there is no pressure on them, they were probably even better at the start of last season.


Liverpool just don't look like the same team they were last season, Trent has been completely exposed defensively, Salah looks similar to Messias atm, rather than the world class player we've become used to. The loss of Mane has hit them especially hard as well. And Van Dijk has looked absolutely terrible all season as well. People actually campared this guy to Paolo. Lost a step in pace and turns into Harry Maguire rolleyes.gif

Credit to Napoli, they were great, that Kvara kid is a star in the making for sure. So bitter we didn't get him last summer when we were strongly linked. But this Liverpool are not the same team us and Inter played last season. Just look at the EPL table, says it all, closer to relegation than top spot in terms of points

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 9 2022, 01:33 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 9 2022, 09:44 AM) *
???

The team famous for bottling it when things get tough??


It don't matter. They showed to everyone how to approach games like these, regardless of how awful Liverpool are. I'm sure we wouldn't have won so convincingly had we faced them.

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 9 2022, 05:57 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 7 2022, 08:18 AM) *
He'll find more joy and space out wide. It's in the centre where he gets bullied. Alexis is just as capable as Messias of having a major stinker btw, I think he offers a bit more but we really have a handicap on that side. There is not harm in trying different things out.


I wholeheartedly disagree. For me Diaz on the wing would be the most useless thing on the planet.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 9 2022, 06:35 PM

Tonali signed an extension.. He truly loves Milan

Posted by: han2503 Sep 10 2022, 08:41 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 9 2022, 01:33 PM) *
It don't matter. They showed to everyone how to approach games like these, regardless of how awful Liverpool are. I'm sure we wouldn't have won so convincingly had we faced them.

You can't say. When we played them last season they were in even better shape than when they faced Inter during that period, Salah was in insane form, they still had Mane and a fit Thiago. This Liverpool isn't even a shadow of that team, and we still put up a fight against them.

Napoli, in general have had a lot more recent experience in Europe, our team is still very green in that regard, but essentially we went out last season thanks to some horrific refereeing.

I think you're making too much of a big deal about our draw against a side, who did not lose once at home last season either. They're a very weel coached young side. We were never going to go there and run all over them.

Napoli are capable of playing some one the most beautiful football in the league btw, they're a very good side, but they're famous for sh!tting their pants when it comes to the business end of the season. Same for their coach. So lets not get ahead of ourselves about their know-how and approach.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 9 2022, 05:57 PM) *
I wholeheartedly disagree. For me Diaz on the wing would be the most useless thing on the planet.

you cannot sh!t all over it when it's never been tried though. Can you honestly tell me that you wouldn't even consider it when Messias and Alexis are stinking up the place every week?

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 9 2022, 06:35 PM) *
Tonali signed an extension.. He truly loves Milan

Got a good pay rise as well. A deserved renewal and increase. He's an exceptional professional. Took the cut, worked his @ss off and now he's better off for it

Posted by: han2503 Sep 10 2022, 08:42 PM

Should be 3-0 up right now, the final ball and finishing have been sub-par.

And does anyone know why the goal was ruled out? I was watching in French so I didn't get the reason, Giroud was offside, but I don't think he was interfering

Posted by: han2503 Sep 10 2022, 08:53 PM

FFS!! Leao sent off and will miss Napoli game...

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 10 2022, 08:54 PM

Red card now

Posted by: William405 Sep 10 2022, 09:18 PM

Sampdoria playing like Barca 🤣

Posted by: han2503 Sep 10 2022, 09:19 PM

QUOTE (William405 @ Sep 10 2022, 09:18 PM) *
Sampdoria playing like Barca 🤣

??

They've been sh!t. Our questionable decisions in the final 3rd are the only reason we didn't bury this in the first half

Posted by: William405 Sep 10 2022, 09:27 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 10 2022, 11:19 PM) *
??

They've been sh!t. Our questionable decisions in the final 3rd are the only reason we didn't bury this in the first half



Talking about their passes after we got the red..

Posted by: han2503 Sep 10 2022, 09:38 PM

QUOTE (William405 @ Sep 10 2022, 09:27 PM) *
Talking about their passes after we got the red..

Ah okay.


Now we're just hanging on and inviting pressure rolleyes.gif

Giroud looks dead

Posted by: William405 Sep 10 2022, 09:43 PM

Yesss!! Not pretty but we got the win!

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 10 2022, 09:44 PM

3 hard fought points as second half was difficult

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 10 2022, 09:48 PM

Both Napoli and inter scored on 89th minute

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 10 2022, 09:50 PM

The ref tried everything in his power tonight to f*ck things up. CDK goal is one of the most ridiculous disallowed goals I have seen in my life. Leao red was idiotic. At least he had the courage to give us that pen otherwise I would have cursed him for life.

Also, the Samp players, what a bunch of fucking clowns. Diving and putting their hands on their faces after every contact. Leao first yellow was only because the Samp c*nt got a little flick on his chest and fell down crying like a little b*tch, obviously with his hands on his face. I hope they get relegated.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 10 2022, 10:00 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 10 2022, 09:48 PM) *
Both Napoli and inter scored on 89th minute

All teams having a bit of post CL hangover from the looks of it.

Inter were awful though. They just don't look like the team from last season. Still my slight favorites for the title, but they seem to have lost that bit of edge, we'll see how they'll look with Lukaku back again, becuase they looked worse when he was playing the first few games.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 10 2022, 09:50 PM) *
The ref tried everything in his power tonight to f*ck things up. CDK goal is one of the most ridiculous disallowed goals I have seen in my life. Leao red was idiotic. At least he had the courage to give us that pen otherwise I would have cursed him for life.

Also, the Samp players, what a bunch of fucking clowns. Diving and putting their hands on their faces after every contact. Leao first yellow was only because the Samp c*nt got a little flick on his chest and fell down crying like a little b*tch, obviously with his hands on his face. I hope they get relegated.

The referee was awful, and you could tell with certain calls that he was trying to balance out the red card decision. Problem is, he f@cked us over for the Napoli game...

Leao's 2nd yellow was correct, the first one was ridiculous, he barely grazed the player's chin. And agree re the goal. Was it judged as a Giroud offside?


Anyway, 3 points, all that matters, managed to give a bit of rest to some players, really hoping we can rest Theo and Giroud against Dynamo next week. They both look tired, Giroud especially.

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 10 2022, 10:06 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 10 2022, 10:00 PM) *
And agree re the goal. Was it judged as a Giroud offside?


Yes! When Giroud wasn't even in the ball's trajectory, the defender simply headed it away as he would have naturally done in any situation. I repeat, one of the most asinine disallowed goals I have seen in my life. Even worse than Kessie's from last year against Napoli. Nearly cost us the 3 points.

Gonna suck without Leao against Napoli, especially since fucking Rebic is out injured as well. And Origi keeps having these muscular issues way too often. A failed signing this far. Thankfully Napoli don't have Osimhen either.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 14 2022, 06:18 PM

Man our right is annoying

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 14 2022, 06:31 PM

1-0 giroud penalty.. Perfect time to score although game has been in balance

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 14 2022, 06:49 PM

2-0!!!

Terrible performance thus far though.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 14 2022, 06:52 PM

Diaz, salla are not first 11 players unfortunately we are struck with them

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 14 2022, 06:58 PM

2-1 wonderful team goal for them

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 14 2022, 07:15 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 14 2022, 06:58 PM) *
2-1 wonderful team goal for them


And sh*t defending from us.

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 14 2022, 07:48 PM

3-1 FT

Appalling first half, average second. Got the win barely trying. Really unhappy with the overall performance, but at least got the 3 points.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 14 2022, 07:51 PM

A win after quite a while in UCL

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 14 2022, 07:56 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 14 2022, 08:15 PM) *
And sh*t defending from us.

Yup on reply we had three people around the ball when it was passed for the goal

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 01:23 PM

Udinese 3-1 inter

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Sep 18 2022, 01:25 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 04:23 PM) *
Udinese 3-1 inter


I am pleased to see that!

The Turk went to inter because they won the 2020/21 Scudetto laugh.gif

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 01:26 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 01:23 PM) *
Udinese 3-1 inter

Wtf is going on at Inter? Udine have been amazing this season, only lost against us.



Tonight is looking even bigger now. Really hope we can play it smart without Leao in the team to create all the opportunities. Absolutely have to make the mot out of the chances we have

Going with a back 3 tonight imo would be sensible. Kvara against Calabria is worrying. Or just shift Kalulu to the right and play Kjaer

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 01:27 PM

Should have brought back Deulofeu ages ago. He's so effective on that right side for Udine while we have 2 Serie B players playing that position

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 01:33 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 18 2022, 02:27 PM) *
Should have brought back Deulofeu ages ago. He's so effective on that right side for Udine while we have 2 Serie B players playing that position

Yea both him and suso were decent

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 01:38 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 01:33 PM) *
Yea both him and suso were decent

Meh. Suso was too slow and predictable. Definitely better than what we have now but still not the right profile for the way we play

We made a good profit on him anyway. But Deulo hs been very keen to come back and always talks about his time with us positively. He'd be very eager to join plus he'd be perfect for our style

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 01:55 PM

Our schedule is slightly easier then Inter's following the international break (wtf is with playing NT games now btw, with the schedule already so packed, just ridiculous)

We really need to kick into gear performance wise and be as close to perfect as we can so we start to pull away a bit from them, especially heading into the WC break

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 02:52 PM

I think break is for NT to prepare for world cup, obviously very useless for Italian perspective.

Anyway di maria got red card so juve down to 10. Still 0-0. Am afraid that juve will sack allegri if they lose this one. I dont want that to happen.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 03:36 PM

Goal monza

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 03:36 PM

laugh.gif

Juve losing now


Honestly worried Allegri could get fired now. They face us next. Don't want a new coach bounce coming our way from them

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 03:37 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 02:52 PM) *
I think break is for NT to prepare for world cup, obviously very useless for Italian perspective.

Anyway di maria got red card so juve down to 10. Still 0-0. Am afraid that juve will sack allegri if they lose this one. I dont want that to happen.

Please no!!

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 03:40 PM

This Juve side is so disgusting though

Honestly, it would be negligent from the management to leave Allegri there at this point.

Praying for it to happen anyway innocentsmily.gif

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 03:43 PM

Gallani made an entry

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 03:55 PM

Vlahovic must be ruing the day he chose Juve. He could have gone to the EPL

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 04:00 PM

Juve lose lol

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 04:16 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 04:00 PM) *
Juve lose lol

#AllegriIn

biggrin.gif

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 04:25 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 18 2022, 05:16 PM) *
#AllegriIn

biggrin.gif

There was a funny comment that considering the financial situation, maybe inter and juve swap coaches

Posted by: William405 Sep 18 2022, 05:44 PM

Inter lost too wtf

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 18 2022, 07:16 PM

Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Theo; Tonali, Bennacer; Saelemaekers, De Ketelaere, Krunic; Giroud.

Weird to see Kjaer starting ahead of Kalulu, and also Krunic on the wing WTF! Thank you, Pioli. I guess you really must hate Adli.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 07:22 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 18 2022, 07:16 PM) *
Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Theo; Tonali, Bennacer; Saelemaekers, De Ketelaere, Krunic; Giroud.

Weird to see Kjaer starting ahead of Kalulu, and also Krunic on the wing WTF! Thank you, Pioli. I guess you really must hate Adli.

Why not Kalulu to cover Kvara FFS???

2 slow players on the right, and Kalulu not playing, is there something wrong with him or is he on the bench?

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 18 2022, 07:24 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 18 2022, 07:22 PM) *
Why not Kalulu to cover Kvara FFS???

2 slow players on the right, and Kalulu not playing, is there something wrong with him or is he on the bench?


He's on the bench.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 07:27 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 18 2022, 07:24 PM) *
He's on the bench.

It would have made sense to start Kjaer and shift Kalulu, but to drop Kalulu and play Calabria still at RB?? F@cking strange.

I understand Krunic, Pioli trusts him implicitly and we can't have both Messias and Alexis starting

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 18 2022, 07:39 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 18 2022, 07:27 PM) *
It would have made sense to start Kjaer and shift Kalulu, but to drop Kalulu and play Calabria still at RB?? F@cking strange.

I understand Krunic, Pioli trusts him implicitly and we can't have both Messias and Alexis starting


I can't understand Krunic. It's one thing having him in CM, but on the wings??? Why not try Adli? What's Pioli's problem with Adli? He's been constantly ignoring him despite a wonderful pre-season. In a match when Leao, Rebic and Origi are missing, someone with Adli's qualities would be very useful. Yet we get the usual Krunic BS. I'm not happy.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 07:43 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 18 2022, 07:39 PM) *
I can't understand Krunic. It's one thing having him in CM, but on the wings??? Why not try Adli? What's Pioli's problem with Adli? He's been constantly ignoring him despite a wonderful pre-season. In a match when Leao, Rebic and Origi are missing, someone with Adli's qualities would be very useful. Yet we get the usual Krunic BS. I'm not happy.

We'll see how it plays out

Feeling nervous

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 07:59 PM

What a start!!

Should be one up

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 08:19 PM

We really need to take advantage of this dominance

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Sep 18 2022, 08:21 PM

Milan a solid start, with threats coming from left middle and right ? Life without Leao isn?t that bad, I like what Im seeing so far.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 08:33 PM

Good first half, should be ahead in all honesty

Don't know if we should change anything. Kjaer and Calabria both on yellows is worrying. Kalulu will have to come on for either one of them

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 08:33 PM

I think 2nd half will be more difficult

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 08:35 PM

QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Sep 18 2022, 08:21 PM) *
Milan a solid start, with threats coming from left middle and right ? Life without Leao isn?t that bad, I like what Im seeing so far.

We're struggling though to really put a knife in them, Rafa would have had a field day with certain positions Theo and Krunic have taken up.

We really have no attacking options on the bench other than Brahim, his energy could be useful later on. Let's see how we start the 2nd and what reaction Napoli have because they haven't been all that great so I'm expecting them to come out better

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 08:36 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 08:33 PM) *
I think 2nd half will be more difficult

Yesh, this

Expecting some sort of change/reaction from Napoli

Maybe Simeone will come on for Raspadori who has been aweful. He'll be a tougher customer to handle, especially with Kjaer on a yellow

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 08:58 PM

F@ck this!!!!

How is that a penalty???

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 08:59 PM

He kicked his foot.. VAR amazing

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:00 PM

Missing those chances in the first half. Going to pay for it

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:01 PM

Mike almost saved it.. But i think they cann koll itnoff on counters now

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:06 PM

No one was at end of that ball man

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:11 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 08:59 PM) *
He kicked his foot.. VAR amazing

Soft but since they checked they were going to give it.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:11 PM

Am afraid adili is not in our plans

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:13 PM

How the f@ck have we not scored???

Such poor finishing at times

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:13 PM

Goal

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:14 PM

OLIIIIIIIIIII GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:14 PM

Brilliant CDK and Theo

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:14 PM

That messias miss though.. But we can wim this

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:14 PM

GET INNN

Put them to the sword now. We deserve to win this

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:15 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 09:14 PM) *
That messias miss though.. But we can wim this

Messias is such a vanilla player

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:16 PM

Brahim came in well.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:22 PM

****

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:23 PM

F@ck!!!

Fell asleep there FFS!!!

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:24 PM

Don't know great cross.. But he was all alone ffs

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:26 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 09:24 PM) *
Don't know great cross.. But he was all alone ffs

It's like we stopped there though. Yes the cross was good but we were not switched on.

Now we've got to try to claw this back in 10 minutes!

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:30 PM

NOOOOOOO

What a miss!!!!

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:31 PM

Not our day

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:32 PM

The chances we've missed makes me feel nauseous

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:32 PM

QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Sep 18 2022, 09:31 PM) *
Not our day

Doesn't look like it sad.gif

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:34 PM

Messias is so sh!t.

This is the difference a proper RW would have made here, in games like this

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:37 PM

Seriously our RW man so crap both of them.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:43 PM

F@ck this man


So unlucky today. 2 crossbars so many missed chances!



Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:43 PM

Man we were the better team. Missed two sitter in 2md half let alone the first half misses..

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 18 2022, 09:44 PM

Should have been an easy win. Napoli were sh*t but we made them look good thanks to Pioli?s choices. The loss is on him.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:44 PM

Were the better team throughout.

It's clear that Napoli are going to be our main rivals now imo. Over the course of the season we'll come out on top. 100% sure of that

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 18 2022, 09:44 PM

Also, our defending has degraded to really bad levels.

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 18 2022, 09:45 PM

QUOTE (han2503 @ Sep 18 2022, 09:44 PM) *
Were the better team throughout.

It's clear that Napoli are going to be our main rivals now imo. Over the course of the season we'll come out on top. 100% sure of that


Napoli will fumble like a bunch of idiots like they always do. I don't even count them.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:45 PM

Rare day in serie a with milan, juve and inter all losing

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Sep 18 2022, 09:47 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 18 2022, 10:45 PM) *
Napoli will fumble like a bunch of idiots like they always do. I don't even count them.

Yea they are proper chokers. I think end of the day gonna bee milan inter and maybe juve if they sack allegri

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:49 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 18 2022, 09:44 PM) *
Should have been an easy win. Napoli were sh*t but we made them look good thanks to Pioli?s choices. The loss is on him.

Leao's ridiculous red last week cost us

You can blame Pioli, but we were handling them well in the first half, even with those choices. I think his only mistake was making the Calabria/Kjar subs so early

Should have waited a bit. Calabria was handling Kvara well and he's smart enough not to get carded again.

The let down is the lack of quality in attack when Leao is out. Missing Rebic, Origi and Zlatan certainly does not help.

The approach was good. We dominated them and were the better team, created the chances not only to tie, but to win this. Sometimes it just does not go your way

This should be fuel for the rest of the season and for some reason we just cannot beat these f@ckers at home. We'll get our back in the return fixture at the Maradona though.

This game might be a loss but we've shown that we're stronger, even when missing key players

That Simeone goal came due to a lapse in concentration. We really need to wake the f@ck up at times, has happened too many times this season. This time we paid for it

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:54 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 18 2022, 09:44 PM) *
Also, our defending has degraded to really bad levels.

It's clear we're switching off in certain moments. The goals we've conceded so far this season have been poor. Today was the worst. Everyone seemed to have stopped for a moment there when play restarted

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 18 2022, 09:45 PM) *
Napoli will fumble like a bunch of idiots like they always do. I don't even count them.

Yeah. But from what I've seen so far this season, it's us and them who have been the best 2 sides in the league. Inter have really degraded imo, Juve are a mess. Atalanta and Udine are just on a strange hot streak. We've played both and neither was impressive against us.

Napoli will choke eventually, as soon as we reach March, they'll sh!t the bed no doubt. But it does give me comfort that we've played better than them and lost due to some serious bad luck, because they have been the best side in the league next to us, so this is good going forward for us. Just need to use this result to light a fire under our player's @sses.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 18 2022, 09:59 PM

That Kalulu miss was reminiscent of his miss last season against Juve

Meret also came up with some big saves for them

Just bitter that we didn't at least get the draw, would have been much fairer at least

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 19 2022, 09:27 AM

Well, in all honesty we played relatively well. Napoli didn't do anything aside from the two goals, we had the better chances but flunked them. It happens, but it goes to show you that our attacking problems still persist. CDK has been massively underwhelming thus far. Alexis is mediocre, and Messias is utter garbage. I'm starting to agree with you Han, we should have never renewed him. Did you see him last night? Serie C level. I read we might go for Ziyech in January. Please let it be.

Posted by: han2503 Sep 22 2022, 09:25 PM

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 19 2022, 09:27 AM) *
Well, in all honesty we played relatively well. Napoli didn't do anything aside from the two goals, we had the better chances but flunked them. It happens, but it goes to show you that our attacking problems still persist. CDK has been massively underwhelming thus far. Alexis is mediocre, and Messias is utter garbage. I'm starting to agree with you Han, we should have never renewed him. Did you see him last night? Serie C level. I read we might go for Ziyech in January. Please let it be.

Ziyech has been very underwhelming for Cheslea so far. Wouldn't be surprised if we tried to go for someone else, Doku being linked and he's the type of profile we tend to go for rather than Ziyech.

As for the game, I'm honestly very happy with how we played. The result was the sore point obviously, but if we had played that game 10 more times, we'd have won 9 out of the 10 of them. Sometimes you just have sh!t luck. The finishing was suspect, and the fact that we have players who are not at the level we need on the right hurts us, especially in matches like this one where we had Leao suspended and Rebic and Origi out as well so we really didn't have any attacking options on the bench aside from Diaz, who credit to him, came on really well. He's so good generally coming off the bench. This is really how we need to use him


As for CDK, I think he's been good/okay. He's had some really important passes in games, you can clearly see that he's got the quality. He sees the pass that none of our other attackers would imo. He's smart, elegant, strong. He'll obviously need time. Let's not forget we called Leao the Portuguese Niang. Sometimes players just need some time to adjust. Not everyone is going to be like Kvara and immediately hit the ground running.



Btw, this f@cking NT break is going to screw us over big time

Tonali, Theo, Maignan and Kjaer all injured.

France are f@cking playing 37 year old Giroud in a glorified friendly match FFS. A player who's played every 3 days with his club for months now. Just ridiculous

UEFA are negligent for this BS. Not only do we have to put up with a WC in December, but they are putting these players through unnecessary games when the schedule is already packed to a masochistic level.

And it's not just our players, I keep reading about injuries every few minutes

I really hope the Tonali, Theo and Maignan injuries are due to fatigue and nothing serious. Although we already know that Theo's scans showed issues with his adductor. Hopefully this allows him to rest up and we can have him back for the next games

Posted by: X-Offender Sep 23 2022, 06:35 PM

Maignan out for 2-3 weeks FFS! We're left with Tata in the league and Mirante in the CL.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Oct 1 2022, 06:48 PM

How long in theo out for?? we are playing Ballo toure.. Florenzi out as well.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Oct 1 2022, 08:04 PM

De ketelaere needs to work on his through balls.

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Oct 1 2022, 08:07 PM

First leao missed a sitter now this salamaker

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Oct 1 2022, 08:18 PM

Krunic coming on for alexis

Posted by: CrazyMilanFan Oct 1 2022, 08:23 PM

Calabria injured as well. Wtf is going on we have jive and Chelsea twice coming up

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 08:38 PM

Such a concerning half.

Not only did we miss 2 sitters, we lost 2 players as well.

Calabria's looks serious, no two ways about it.

Alexis looks like he twisted his knee. Once again, a season full of f@cking muscle injuries. Every season this happens, and we have not seen to fixing the issues that are obviously present at Milanello.


Kjaer needs to come off as well. He looks slow and already on a yellow, just asking for trouble.

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 08:41 PM

And also, why can't we seem to take a decent set-piece?

Does anyone remember the last time we scored off of one??

Benna and Tonali seriously need to give better deliveries and our general set ups are just not good enough

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 09:26 PM

ANTEEEEEEEE

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 09:39 PM

F@ck this!!!

All self inflicted FFS

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 09:40 PM

Tatarusanu, Ballo-Toure, such handicaps in defence

Dest looks suspect as well, we have so many problems going into the next few games. We could really **** up the season this month

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 09:40 PM

TOUREEEEEE

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 09:41 PM

MY SLANDER laugh.gif

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 09:43 PM

RAFAAA

Beautiful!!!

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 09:49 PM

What did I just watch??

Incredible mentality there after such a huge blow.


Really worried about that defence man. We look so shaky. Pioli needs to stop with the changes. Kalulu and Tomori work, Kjaer has clearly lost a step. We need to face that and he should only be playing when rotation is needed. He's unsettled Kalulu imo.

The FB situation is alarming at this point. Dest doesn't look like he can defend and FBT is a numpty when on the ball. Compared to Theo it's like a major limb has been cut off from this team.


Hoping this win will give them enough juice to make it to the end of the month but I doubt that. Dest and FBT at FB against Chelsea is the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: han2503 Oct 1 2022, 09:54 PM

Let's see what the verdict is with those injuries.

Calabria's looks serious, Kjaer it initially looked like a knock but not sure, Alexis I'm hoping it's minor.

We should just play a back 3 at Chelsea is Kjaer and Alexis are ok. I really don't think it's a good idea to play Dest and FBT against them or we'll get toasted.

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