QUOTE (bigmacmtl @ Jan 28 2008, 01:58 AM)
i mean kaka is still a long ways off from being a great.
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My ratings:
Kalac: 6.5
Oddo: 6.5
Nesta: 6.5
Kaladze: 6
Maldini: 6
Rino: 6
Pirlo: 6.5
Ambro: 6
Seedorf: 6.5
Kaka: 6
Pato: 7
A few thoughts:
Even with Pato, we still seem to struggle to break teams down/find that killer pass.
Pato has all the attributes to be a great striker for Milan, but lacks composure at the moment. Thankfully, that should come with age/experience.
Kalac is in great form. I still think Dida is a great keeper, but I never once felt like Kalac was going to spill the ball straight into the path of an on-coming striker.
When was the last time we conceded from a set-piece? (IMG:
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Oddo looked like his old self yesterday. His crossing was questionable, but he did a great job defensively and gave them a problem down the right.
We look so vulnerable on the counter. It felt like every time Genoa came forward (which, to be fair, wasn't very often), they looked dangerous. I was watching the game and trying to work out why this was the case - it didn't look like we were that slow in getting back. It just looked like they had a lot more space and we didn't close them down as much as we should.
Finally, Kaka looked a little subdued. It's not much of a problem for me though - we won the game. Kaka nearly
always turns in on in the big games when we need him most.