[kurtsimonw]

A 4-3-3 with no creative players? It's a recipe for disaster if you ask me...

Just my opinion, though.

I agree, but it's happenin'!

[Jack Sparrow]

Well I guess that formation will finally show us if KPB is any good creatively or if he's just a footballing powerhouse - a poor man's Michael Essien.

I think there will be more defensive balance. But the lack of a genuine No.10 is hurting us. Talk to Benfica and get Rui back on loan.

Like Gianfranco I think we should really shift to the 3-5-2...but Allegri's press conference has depressed me even further.

Milan to lose 2-0. Really... a 3 man midfield against a 5/6 midfield??!! WTF??!!

So Max's tests are: RM, Napoli, Juve, RM, Inter...he's got to show a marked improvement. So far he's flunked the first exam.

God please...I really rated this guy...but he's got to stop this obsession with the 3 man mid field.

[han2503]

It'll just turn into a 4-3-3 anyway. Robinho will naturally move out to the left because that's where he usually plays, then Pato will end up pushing out right because that's where he'll find space as we have nobody else there.

Agreed, which is what I kept talking about when I said that Dinho needs to play. The chance has now presented itself with Dinho being injured. Let's see if I'm proved right...

Imo, until we get a genuine AM Dinho needs to play, Robinho is not a trequartista, and like you said, he'll push over to the left, thus Pato gets pushed to the right as a result.

We can draw a million sketches about how we'd line up with a Pato, Ibra, Robinho trident, but I know that we'll end up playing a 4-3-3 on the pitch.

A 4-3-3 with no creative players? It's a recipe for disaster if you ask me...

Just my opinion, though.

Exactly.

[X-Offender]

A 4-3-3 with no creative players? It's a recipe for disaster if you ask me...

Just my opinion, though.

It's perfect. We have to get rid of this idea that a team can't play without a proper trequartisa. Inter only have Sneijder as a creative mid yet they've won everything. We have Pirlo for that matter. Besides, it's not like Ibra, Robinho or even Boateng don't have quality in their feet. The important thing is that we have a fast and strong line-up enough to endure games against teams like Napoli. In today's modern football, that is more necessary than quality, which we still have anyway.

[Jack Sparrow]

I actually think Sneijder is a brilliant treqqie. He was the best Seedorf replacement. If Pirlo is moved out of central mid-field, I don't see how the ball is gonna reach the front three, except without one of them dropping deep.

You either get defensive balance or offensive balance..never both with our 3 man mid-field options. We can talk till the sun goes down about how our wing forwards must track back and cut space etc. etc. but that's not really going to happen much.

We'll see though if KPB is as good as we'd like him to be. He must be at least 80% as good as Essien if this needs to work.

[Zed.D]

MUST. WIN.

I don't care how. I don't care if it's a Seedorf dive that helps us win with single penalty. just WIN.

[X-Offender]

For the millionth time:

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Are you saying this line-up doesn't have quality? Then what about Pirlo, Boateng, Robinho and Ibra? Sure, they're no proper trequartista's, so what? That doesn't change much from my point of view. The fact remains that it has speed, physical strength, quality and experience, all ingredients necessary to win an important game.

[Jack Sparrow]

It has quality. All our lineups have quality. Making that quality work..therein lies the toil and the tears.

[X-Offender]

Personally, I think it's more difficult making it work with Pirlo, Seedorf, Dinho and Ibra on the pitch than with Pirlo, Boateng, Robinho and Ibra.

[X-Offender]

Sportmediaset gives Yepes instead of Sokratis and Gattuso instead of Flamini. Great, one 32 year old and another 34 year old. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[Bluesummers]

hmm ....



We'll win this one.

[arivanjj]

if i recall correctly. last season it was the same game that couldve taken us clear of inter but napoli were gifted 2 goals in extra time to draw 2-2. not sure if this one's gonna be any different.

[Fillipo Simone]

Indeed. But you're already in negative cookies, Filipo, or did you forget? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/96.gif)

How could I forget. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Anyway, I'd like to see Yepes play, I did rate that player.
God, I really wish we turn now the Boateng-Flamini-Pirlo page and see how it works, because as long as we don't see it, the talks will never end...

[han2503]

if i recall correctly. last season it was the same game that couldve taken us clear of inter but napoli were gifted 2 goals in extra time to draw 2-2. not sure if this one's gonna be any different.

That was the first match, the match that could have taken us to the top was the one in San Siro, where we drew again

[han2503]

How could I forget. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Anyway, I'd like to see Yepes play, I did rate that player.
God, I really wish we turn now the Boateng-Flamini-Pirlo page and see how it works, because as long as we don't see it, the talks will never end...

Exactly, imo it is our best solution in midfield. Obviously it can't be judged on just one game since this would be the first time all 3 have played together