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Champions League - Group Stage Day 1 - Milan - Anderlecht, Date: 18/09/12 Time: 20:45 CET |
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Sep 16 2012, 02:54 PM
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Could this be Allegri's swan song?
If he does not win this one I can see him getting the sack. Inexcusable decisions in all of the games so far with the Bologna result flattering him.
If we want to achieve something decent in the CL this season then we have to win the group, but if losing this game means Allegri going, then I'd hope for a loss at this point
Anyone know who will be back from injury for this one?
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Sep 16 2012, 03:28 PM
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We are NOT going to win the group. We are battling with Malaga for the runners' up spot, and I doubt we can beat a strong Spanish side somehow.
If we qualify from this group, given our quite agonising home form, I will be staggered.
As for our opening game, Anderlecht will be anything but mugs. Belgian football is enjoying a very purple spell with some high profile players (Vermaelen, Hazard, Kompany, Buyten, Fellaini, Lukaku to name a few) and while Anderlecht only have one significant international in Gillet they will be tough.
We will really have to hit form very quickly if we're to have any chance of getting anything from this match.
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Sep 16 2012, 03:37 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 16 2012, 03:16 PM) Galliani today: "Allegri is absolutely not in discussion. He must remain calm". (IMG: style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) We all know for a fact that Galliani is a compulsive liar
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Sep 16 2012, 05:13 PM
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QUOTE (Zed.D @ Sep 16 2012, 04:13 PM) Not that we've not been crap, but this is a completely new team made up of mostly average players (our few decent players like Pato, Binho and Monto have spent more time on treatment table than on the pitch so far). I'd wait more than 3 games to sack the coach no matter what his decisions have been. look at Madrid, with all those quality superstars they've been a mess in the new season. I saw the first half of their game with Sevilla and they were utter crap. should Madrid sack Mouinho as well?
That said, there's a limit. we're not in the running for the Scudetto and there's plenty of time to make a comeback for a CL spot. I'll wait one month worth of games and then decide about Allegri.
If we sacked him though, I'd really like MvB to replace him. I just don't know why but I feel he'll succeed. Even with those players missing, he still has a better team in his hands than the likes of Samp, Bologna and Atalanta. The fact here is that Allegri has always let personal grudges and dislikes get in the way of his team selection. Add to that the fact that he has no plan B what-so-ever to his rigid system. He wants to squeeze his selected 11 players into the 4-3-1-2. Playing both Ambro and De Jong yesterday was the epitome of this very fact. If he wanted both, than he should have switched it to a 4-2-3-1, not lumped both in flat 3 man midfield and pushing one of them wide. QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 16 2012, 04:17 PM) No, Galliani actually meant that Allegri will not be sacked. This is the guy that said that Silva and Ibra would stay at Milan and then sold them a week later. Like I said, a compulsive liar. If we don't win the next 2 games coming up, Allegri's out
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Sep 16 2012, 08:27 PM
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He won't be out han2503. We never fire our coaches mid-season. They 'resign'. (IMG: style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I think he will win this. The squad are probably really embarrassed about last night's performance and will surely want to pick up. I expect a 1-0 or a 2-0 win. With Allegri one has to expect a really slow sh!tty start to the season and then hope that the other teams are not so far into the distance that we can catch up with them around January. It's been the same story for the past 3 seasons now.
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Sep 17 2012, 02:11 PM
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QUOTE (Fillipo Simone @ Sep 17 2012, 01:56 PM) Well, I'm pretty sure Tabarez and Terim were fired (IMG: style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) @han - "Anderlecht" not "Anderlecth" (IMG: style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) Lol, and what's even more emberassing is that I was looking at the uefa site to not get the spelling wrong on them (IMG: style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) I'll fix it
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Sep 17 2012, 02:15 PM
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It happens, always and to everyone (IMG: style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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