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Please don't mention Chucueze ever again. That useless dud needs to be sold off ASAP this summer. One of the worst signings of the last 10 years.
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Also, just wanted to say that I really love Pulisic. He might not be world class, but he fights like a lion and has the mentality of a winner. He only cares about football, unlike someone else I know *cough*Leao*cough* who's too busy with his music career and other off-the-pitch BS.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Mar 15 2024, 02:52 PM) *
He rotated the midfield. And had that red card not happened we'd have probably lost that tie the way we were playing

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

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


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

Personally I'd always play Bennacer and Reijnders. They are by far the best in those roles. But even when he does Pioli for some f*cked up reason will play Bennacer more advanced than Reijnders -___-
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Mar 14 2024, 06:58 PM) *
Pioli once again f@cking up the rotation, while making Pulisic play again


Nah, line-up was fine. We cannot afford to rotate in these EL games, regardless if it's Slavia or anyone else. It's the only silverware we can win this year. CL spot in Italy is 99% secured, especially now that Italy most probably will have 5 spots for next year.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Mar 10 2024, 03:12 PM) *
No De Zerbi pls.

Motta would be my pick

Conte makes me worry a bit but I'd take him

Sarri as well


Why no De Zerbi?
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QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Mar 9 2024, 01:25 PM) *
what are the options to replace Pioli? Conte has been spoken of then someone like De Zerbi..


No idea. I'd love it to be De Zerbi or even someone like Thiago Motta. Conte too despite the fact I don't like his football, but at least he has the right mentality.
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It was a disastrous performance. Many players simply not bothering at all. Aside from Reijnders and Pulisic, everyone else was snoozing. And we conceded 2 goals against a 10-man Slavia FFS!

We're not gonna win this tournament, let's be honest. Many other sides are better than us.

I can't wait to have Pioli gone, as I'm sure this team will be revamped under a new capable coach. Look at Roma! They looked dead with Mourinho, but De Rossi has transformed them into an entirely new animal in a month. And it's De Rossi, not Guardiola. Just goes to show how important the coach figure is in a club. Not just tactically, but also as a motivating factor. I'm convinced many players in this team just have abandoned Pioli, and management knows this.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Mar 1 2024, 10:59 PM) *
Btw, the midfield composition we've got going right now is not only giving me nightmares but it gives me a nauseous feeling when I watch it.

Bennacer, all over the place, RLC playing nearly next to Giroud, Adli the only one central is slow as f@ck

We leave so many wide open spaces in the centre of the pitch. Why are we not lining up the mids in a flat 3 FFS? It looks like a f@cked up 4-2-3-1 that constantly leaves us exposed

And why isn't Tijjani starting games suddenly FFS?? We're so much better with him on the pitch, especially paired with Benna (who was @ss today btw). For me RLC is the weakest one in terms of movement/passing. Sure he has the phisique and has popped up with goals as of late. But he makes so many bad decisions and take so much time to pass.

Adli also can be such a big liability at times.

I'd rather see a flat RLC, Benna, Tijjani midfield. I think it's a much better mix. Still no natural holding mid, but all are relatively quick and strong so they should hold their own. The 4-2-3-1 is just leaving us wide open


Agreed completely about the midfield. This is a testament of how incapable Pioli is as a tactician.

When we started the season I was so sure it'd be a classic 4-3-3 with Bennacer (once he'd return) in the middle and Reijnders and RLC on the sides. A flat midfield, classic and simple. Instead he's been messing things up throughout the entire course of the season, trying weird stuff and never being consistent.

Bennacer is a regista, point. RLC is a box-to-box mid, not a trequartista. And Reijnders MUST be played in a more advanced role and not relegated in front of the defence. The fact Pioli doesn't grasp this speaks volumes about how incompetent he is.

PS: The Lazio defender though, what a dumbass! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Feb 25 2024, 10:51 PM) *
Orsato cost us the game today

We've been so unlucky with these BS penalty calls all season. So many being given against us.

We played well today, finally a good performance that deserved much more. Leao looks like he's back in his groove as well so I'm happy about that at least.

We can still get that 2nd spot ahead of Juve, it's not much but it's better than 3rd. Making sure that the other teams don't gain ground on us will be key to try to go far in Europe. Lazio next away from home and it's a must win.


There are no must-win games anymore in the league for us. Just huff and puff and hope we somehow don't screw up in the end, but with Italy closely getting that 5th spot for the CL, we look very comfortable. Whether we finish 2nd or 4th matters like if none at all.

And yes, Orasto did cost us the game. One of the ugliest penalties I've ever seen given. Shameful for a referee considered to be Italy's best.

It's a pity that in the two games we've played our best football lately, i.e. Bologna and Atalanta we only managed to scrap a point in each.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Feb 22 2024, 08:10 PM) *
Another penalty... My god!

What is Jovic supposed to do with that? It cam at him from closer than 10cm FFS

Once again, we have no close on how to control a game. Cannot keep possession for more than a second, keep inviting on pressure.

2 of the softest penalties you'll see. We've been a lighting rod for these all season, and it is all because we don't dictate games, we invite pressure which creates these situations


They were both clear penalties. Kjaer takes their player down, and Jovic keeps his arms too wide open. In those circumstances you have to be more careful because the rules are clear as day.

QUOTE (han2503 @ Feb 22 2024, 08:41 PM) *
Another shameful performance to put under our belts this season.

Cannot defend to save our lives, no shape, no structure and ill-disciplined.

Make this season be over already!


I only saw the second half, and it was disastrous. We can't defend, we make foolish mistakes, we can't counterattack, we don't have a semblance of what I'd call a "game". No combinations, no overlaps, no smart passes, no movement. Just casual balls thrown around hoping that someone will pull something out of his hat.

The only reason we're 3rd in the league and we win games it's only due to the fact that we have some good players in the mix that can help in scoring goals with their individual plays. But as a collective? We're absolutely abhorrent. Pioli must GTFO as soon as the season is over because he has failed to give an identity and a winning mentality to this team.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Feb 18 2024, 09:56 PM) *
This is what I mean about Adli x-off

Slow, contemplative, terrible decision making! Really don't rate him.


Also, Pioli's rotation striking again. Absolutely awful decisions. W have the Rennes game practically wrapped up, why not rotate in that one? Absolutely boggles the mind


He was very bad tonight, doesn't mean he's been bad in past games.

This defeat was a Pioli masterclass through and through. So many useless rotations for what? We still need to claim that CL spot. Atalanta and Roma are on fire lately, Bologna breathing down our necks as well. He could have rested 2-3 players tonight and 2-3 others against Rennes, but he goes and overhauls everything. What a dumbass!

Okafor-Jovic-Chukwueze is Serie B material. Adli was horrible tonight, Loftus very mediocre as well.

Thiaw shambolic defending. Bro looked like he was picked from the streets. That penalty fault was beyond amateurish.

And Jovic can GTFO! You're trailing 2-0 and you do that???

I switched off after the red card, but it's sad to see we equalized in the end only to lose it again. FFS.
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It's only been us and CMF in here for months now. The forum is dead. Might as well create a WhatsApp group and continue the conversations there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I agree about all your points, except one: Adli. I thought he was great today, and he's been relatively good in most of his games. Yes, sometimes he takes that extra 2-3 seconds to pass, but I disagree regarding everything else you said about him. His overall passing is good, he misplaces very few passes, tries to attempt difficult through-balls, and his defensive game tonight was brilliant. So many recovered balls. I honestly thought he was our best mid tonight.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Jan 22 2024, 03:50 PM) *
Agreed about Leao, and noticed those instances as well where he was ignored

If this season we only counted points based on the first half of games, we'd be first in the table. That is how bad our 2nd half performances are.

Those 2 league games you mentioned are the difference between where we are now vs fighting for the title. I'd also add the Napoli and Udinese first round games as well. Had we not thrown those games away, we'd have exactly 9 points more than we do now. Which would put us right there with Inter

A real shame.

I know a lot has to do with the massive injuries we've had to deal with in our defence especially, but some of it is just plain carelesness.


Nah, it's just carelessness.

Vs Napoli and Lecce you were winning 2-0 dominating them in the first half.
Vs Udinese at home regardless of anything you should have secured the 3 points.
Vs Salernitana again you were winning and dominating the game.
Vs Atalanta you conceded the most idiotic goal at the last second.

I'll concede the Juve loss cos we were down to 10 men, even though Juve were horrible in that game and managed to win thanks to a deflected shot.

But that's 10 points thrown in the trash can from the above. Just poor on every level. How to throw away a scudetto race 101.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Jan 20 2024, 11:00 PM) *
I really don't know what's wrong with him. Every time he tries to take on his man, he's failing, when in the past he'd be successful 8 out of the 10 times he does it. He's just not had that zing about him ever since he got that injury. And this is not to excuse him, but he's very obviously just not moving as he usually would. That being said, he's even getting the simple things wrong atm. His touch, the passing, all so comically non-committal from him, and I get that that's the general vibe he gives out, but if you're not at 100% at least be fully focused enough to get the simple things right!

His pass to Theo today was beautiful though. But we need so much more from him. Thankfully we have other capable attackers this season to take on some of the burden. Can you imagine him going through this kind of slide with Alexis and Messias on the other side??

Great win today it wasn't a pretty watch at all during that 2nd half especially but by hook or by crook we got the job done against one of our biggest bogey teams. Onwards and upwards.


Leao has never had that aggressive charisma on the pitch. He's always looked unbothered and nonchalant, and it's something I've never liked about him. But at least he got a few things right that managed to bring us goals and points.

In the past 2 months though he's not been there anymore. As you said, he's not even getting the simple things right. I was very observant of his movements, especially in the first half, and I noticed that his teammates ignored him a lot. Like, a lot. There were so many instances when they could have fed the ball to him on the left but they simply chose other options. Because 9 times out of 10 it would have resulted in nothing.

I think everyone is aware of his shambolic form right now. And honestly I don't know what his problem is. He's not committed. He's not there neither mentally nor physically. In any other top club he would have been relegated on the bench with such an attitude.

As for tonight's game, classic Milan performance:
- We start well, play well, score;
- We give up two idiotic goals and we completely lose our composure playing like sh*t;
- We sporadically manage to find an equaliser.

It was the same with Lecce, Salernitana and Atalanta too. Difference is that this time around we somehow manage to win it in the end.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Jan 10 2024, 11:04 PM) *
Pioli should resign if he had any decency.


And give up on all his wages? Nah, he should be sacked is what it is. But that's not gonna happen and we'll finish the season with him. We'll comfortably get 3rd place cos there's no competition and we'll get a new coach in June. I think that's already been decided.

Btw, Leao is probably having his worst season since he's been with us. Goal aside, what a horseshit performance. The moment he tried to dribble the Atalanta defender and comically tripped on his feet is the epitome of his season.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Jan 2 2024, 10:03 PM) *
Jimenez looks like the real deal. Why aren't we giving him more time and playing Florenzi out of position??


Jimenez is a RB as well in reality. But what a promising player! He's only on loan from Real but I hope we can sign him in the summer and make him our starting RB. At only 18 the kid way better than Calabria.

Also, right now, Jovic > Giroud. But Pioli will continue playing Giroud who can barely run anymore.
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Tomori out 2 months. F*ck this ****.
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Yep, the players are simply not there anymore. You could clearly see it last night. Salernitana were giving their all on the pitch, whereas most of our players were just being complacent and unbothered. Leao in primis. I honestly can't stand a player like him who only shows his skills when he feels like it. The Salernitana RB devoured him last night simply with pure grit and determination.

There's also a problem of mentality. Before they equalised we were in pure control and playing well. As soon as we conceded, the players lost their composure and our play was all over the place.

Then there's the injuries, but last night we had the best possible starting line-up yet we failed miserably, so it can't be a justification.

Overall, the only solution is to terminate Pioli and his staff. There's no other way around this mess.
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Overall good result but a very shaky performance. We let Monza at San Siro have 53% ball possession and 21 shots. It's our luck that most of them were off-target or blocked. But leaving such initiative to any other team and we're dead.

But this is Pioli's Milan, unfortunately. We have the quality but not the ability to express that quality on the pitch.
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QUOTE (CrazyMilanFan @ Dec 17 2023, 02:13 PM) *
Good goal the third one. But oakfor seems to have muscle injury now


Can't be a real Milan game without a couple of muscular injuries.
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2-0 HT but underwhelming performance in terms of overall quality, especially in midfield. You must be crazy to start someone like Pobega to begin with, but to have him subbed with a CB and play this shambolic 3-4-3 that leaves our entire center midfield exposed is even crazier. Even more so when those two CMs are Reijnders and Loftus.

Dear Pioli, can't we just play a nice, simple 4-3-3 with Bennacer DM? Jeez bro...

Happy for this Simic kid. Hopefully he turns out into a nice prospect. Looks strong physically and quick on his feet.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Dec 14 2023, 11:20 PM) *
Maybe there are some poor souls trapped outside the gate. You never know (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Yeah, we'll just have to wait this season out

At this point I'm over being angry. It's just so obvious that a lot of the players have also thrown in the towel on the season. What's disappointing to me is that we had players who started the season so well but bad management and the constant injuries have killed their form. RLC and Tijjani being the main ones here. RLC with the injuries and Tijjani being forced to play a position that should have been addressed in the summer.

Rather PSG than the EPL side, they'll get KOd in the next round anyway unless they get a really lucky draw. I just cannot take the British pundits and the best league in the World BS.


Reijnders has also been playing non-stop, I think the lad is just tired and understandably so.

There's been rumours about Loftus having groin pain syndrome. It's what kept him out of the Lecce game after that fantastic PSG performance, and why he's been so underwhelming ever since.

Musah out today as well due to muscular fatigue, another player who's been playing non stop.

Honestly, even more than Pioli, I think these injuries have been the death of us.

Kjaer is starting today after two months. Hopefully he can stay fit for these last few games of the year.
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Bro, there's like 3 people posting in this forum nowadays. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Anyway, regarding last night, but also the latest games in general, I have really stopped caring. It's only December and we're out of the CL and out of the title race. It's too dramatic. We had such a good start to the season, but Pioli and injuries have completely thrown everything into the trashcan.

I don't mind the EL, but I'm pissed that our win meant those posers of PSG got through.

Last night we didn't deserve to win. Once again we played like sh*t, Newcastle dominated the first half in and out. And even in the second I think they were the superior side. We have no game, the players have lost all motivation and desire to do things right. Because we're not as bad as we're playing, that is for certain.

Pioli will be sacked at the end of the season, everyone is saying that's been decided and I think so too. We'll just have to endure till the end of the season, get that CL spot and hopefully an EL win.
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Finally two wins in a row. Game was so-so but I couldn't care less, the important things are the 3 points.

Chukwueze once again absolutely appalling. Good display by Jovic. And so good to see Bennacer back.

Hopefully we recover Kjaer and Leao for Bergamo.
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Honestly I'm too sad and disappointed to even attempt to make any sort of analysis of this match.

We faltered, and that's all there is to it.

Qualification is 99% impossible, and let's be honest, we don't deserve it. Let's try to finish in the 4 in the league and make the best of the next mercato.
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