HERE ARE ALL THE MATCHES OF THE ROSSONERI FROM 20 DECEMBER TO 12 MARCH:

20 december Milan-Catania - Coppa Italia eighth finals first leg

23 december Inter-Milan - Serie A

13 january Milan-Napoli - Serie A

16 january Catania-Milan - Coppa Italia second leg

20 january Udinese-Milan - Serie A

23 january Atalanta-Milan - Serie A, 20.30

27 january Milan-Genoa - Serie A

30 january Reggina-Milan- Serie A, 20.30

3 february Fiorentina-Milan- Serie A

10 february Milan-Siena- Serie A

13 february Milan-Livorno- Serie A, 20.30

16 or 17 february Parma-Milan- Serie A

19 or 20 february Champions League eighth finals first leg

24 february Milan-Palermo- Serie A

27 february Catania-Milan- Serie A

1 or 2 march Milan-Lazio- Serie A

4 or 5 march Champions League eighth finals second leg

12 march  - eventual Coppa Italia quarter-finals

We'll be playing every 3 days for two months in a row!!!!!! That's utterly ridiculous!!!!!

oh and no Riquelme for you , misha.

Milan flew out to Japan earlier this week to begin their offensive on the Club World Cup. It’s a trophy the Italian giants understandably want to come home with, especially as their fine European Cup win last May gave them the right to fight for the intercontinental title.

The problem is that their Asian assault has come at the worst possible time for a side who have clearly underperformed on the domestic scene so far this term. If things don’t change soon, Milan will struggle to finish in the top four.

Carlo Ancelotti’s men are currently sitting in a lowly joint eighth place with just 18 points under their belts. That’s a massive and humiliating 16 behind leaders Inter and 13 shy of Roma. They’re figures that, even with their abandoned game against Atalanta still to play, have already ruled them out of the Scudetto race.

Of course, Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani will testify that ending the season in the Champions League spots is all that matters, but that objective is not going to be as routine as it should be when you consider the strength, quality and depth of the squad assembled at Milanello.

Milan may currently be only seven points adrift of fourth-placed Udinese, but that gap will almost certainly increase while the first-team squad is out of the country. The Rossoneri’s League games against Reggina and Livorno have been postponed which means they may face a double-figure points deficit by the time they touch back down on Italian soil.

Rossoneri sympathisers can rightly argue that Milan will have the opportunity to make up the lost ground thanks to their games in hand, but that won’t be as easy as it sounds – neither psychologically or physically.

Those matches will potentially be transformed into must-win encounters and will be squeezed into a fixture schedule that could be as busy as last term’s, depending on their Champions League defence.

There is also the valid argument that Milan found themselves in a similar position a year ago when their Calciopoli penalty left them struggling in the first half of the season before a post-Christmas revival.

Yet a repeat will arguably be more difficult this time around in a much stronger Serie A. While their rivals for a top four place last season were represented by little Empoli and a Palermo side who spectacularly self-destructed, the competition in 2007-08 looks to be a little more solid in the form of Juventus, Udinese and Fiorentina.

With that in mind, there is a serious risk that the possible world champions – if they don’t retain their European crown – could find themselves playing in the UEFA Cup next season…

Not so bad ... By Jan, Pato will be available and will be able to take his chances against the smaller teams. We have Gourcuff too who can come in for Kaka' or Seedorf ... And obviously Ronaldo will be on show, seeing as he hasn't done anything of merit for this part of the season.

The coppa games will be over looked ... So I don't think the table is that bad .. And by the time the CL comes into play, Milan will be on top form

Looking at the schedule again, I believe we absolutely need Zambrotta! If we do care about our full-back's lives that is! He would be a perfect signing, a really big help!!

We'll be playing every 3 days for two months in a row!!!!!! That's utterly ridiculous!!!!!

Oh for God's sake please stop this! And by the way, there's only one game between January 13 to March 12...

We do need to spend big. 

Ur right .. Were heading, head first, into serie B

The coppa was a silly excuse, seeing 'had we progressed' we'd have an even tougher schedual

oh and ... we will be knocked out in the last 16, from the first leg, by a humiliating defeat

Don't think of it as alot of games in a few days, just take it one game at a time, take each one as it comes and we'll be fine!

Don't mock me. I never said we're heading to Serie B. It's not black or white, get out of your shell at last!

We are LITERALLY going to be playing every 3 days for 2 months except for a one week "break"... it doesn't go any tougher! We are not going to field any of our starters anyway (in the Coppa)...

Not if we have Kaka. He is the one that covers up all our problems and still makes us look great! But what does that have to do with what I was saying anyway?

So i thought this is a new strategy, where i would agree with u or anyone if i posted the opposite of my views

I never said we're heading down to Serie B so you were not agreeing with me... you need to work on your strategy.

Again ur taking my words at face value ..

No that's you.

Aha .. whatever u say.

If we can't get Zambrotta...how 'bout signing Willy Sagnol from Bayern. I know u guys all don't like the French but he's a great Full Back/Wing back and it is said that he wants to leave Bayern because he has problems with Ottmar Hitzfeld.

I wanted him around a year and half ago when his contract was about to end, but he signed the extension with Bayern. Now we have Oddo, and the both is pretty much the same age and the same quality. The advantage of having Zambrotta is that he can play on both flanks equally, and we can pair him either with Oddo or with Janku in a time of need.

Still working on your strategy?

I would prefer Zambrotta as well but I dunno if he can leave Barcelona in winter...

Sagnol also a little injury prone.

If not in winter than in the summer. It's in the air. Would be great to have him cuz I always liked him even though he was playing for Juve.

No, that ain't a strategy, that was me

Oh, so you agree with me, good to hear...

what's that supposed to mean ?