[han2503]

We've been discussing this in the old Serie A thread. Let's move convo here


Gabbia to Villareal almost done. Loan without option


On the surface this doesn't make any sense. We should be selling him outright. But apparently Villareal needed a defender and this is probably being done to sweeten the Chukwueze deal.


Hopefully Gabbia has a good season and we can sell him off for around 10m next summer.

[X-Offender]

I don't think Pioli is as clueless as you make him out to be. He might not be a mastermind tactician, and his teams might not play spectacular football, but he's not an idiot. He clearly has something in mind for this new Milan side. Whether it will work out or not, it's too be seen.

As for Adli, I think the kid is perfect as mezz'ala. He's the natural sub of Reijnders. We should consider keeping him.

[han2503]

I don't think Pioli is as clueless as you make him out to be. He might not be a mastermind tactician, and his teams might not play spectacular football, but he's not an idiot. He clearly has something in mind for this new Milan side. Whether it will work out or not, it's too be seen.

As for Adli, I think the kid is perfect as mezz'ala. He's the natural sub of Reijnders. We should consider keeping him.

It's not about being clueless, but about being stubborn. His player selections have been questionable for a while now.

Krunic playing as our sole DM. For me that's suicide. And we all know he will keep playing him because he likes him, no matter what happens.

How do you explain Bakayoko getting more minutes than Adli last season. He clearly does not rate Adli, so no matter what we think, we all know he'll be stuck to the bench again next season and that would be a waste

Personally I'm worried that we're going to be leaking a lot of goals next season just like last. The last time we were solid defensively is when we played the Benna, Tonali, Kessie midfield trio and we have none of those guys now.

Not to mention that if we keep relying on just individuals to score and create without really having a system we're going to still struggle for goals, even with the upgrades we made. Chuk and Rafa won't be able to do anything when we face teams with low blocks, which is 70% of the time and where we dropped the most points last season

[X-Offender]

Ignoring Adli is wrong, though. Because we need to maintain a certain balance in midfield. Without Tonali and Bennacer out till January, the only other creative outlet we have aside from Reijnders is Adli.

I don't know what Pioli is thinking right now. We'll have to wait and see. But we need more creativity in midfield, and selling Adli would be a wrong move. He needs to be given a proper chance.