I have come up with a new formation, its called...
OPERATION SAVE ANCELOTTI'S *** !!

what is sacchi doing now days

You're welcome.


She's more worried editing ma posts.

Maldini was at fault on both goals. also at fault on Bologna's first goal. we CAN'T afford to concede these cheap goals when we have problems up front! Maldini is a legend and can play forever if he wants to? OK, play him IN THE LEFT!! at least his mistakes won't cost us as much as when he makes them in the heart of defense! he's slow. he's 41 years old!! who says he can keep up with those fast players anymore??

OH MY GOD

Can't wait to hear the first words that come out of Galliani's and Ancelotti's mouths

Totally agreed

He's the muppet that's got himself booted.

You had me at 3 keepers in goal.

Good point, things could be worse for us!

Raise your hand if you think Sheva will be detrimental to Borriello and Pato's growth. Raise another hand if you think he pushed out Paloschi and robbed us of another potential one team man, and effective striker

Gila was blamed, now Carlo. If he is sacked and performances are not improved who will we blame next?

General Manager Adriano Galliani sent a stark warning to Carlo Ancelotti. “He doesn’t risk the sack, but he’d better stop losing.”

The comments were made before the final whistle of this afternoon’s 2-0 defeat at Genoa, which left Milan propping up the table on zero points alongside Cagliari.

“Ancelotti is starting his eighth campaign with Milan and I think few tacticians can boast such a long run at a single club,” said Galliani.

“Ancelotti does not run any risk, even if we lost today, but he would do well to stop losing. This isn’t an issue with the Coach, it is a problem that we have played eight games since the end of July and lost seven of them. This just won’t do.

“The Coach running a risk is not what is up for debate here, but undoubtedly Milan’s performances right now are insufficient. That doesn’t mean I want to change the Coach, but it is the job of a director to give his technical staff some guidance.”

Ancelotti might’ve infuriated President Silvio Berlusconi and general manager Galliani today when he substituted summer signings Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko at half-time.

There are also concerns over the performance of some of the old guard who may be getting complacent.

“I don’t think so. There are examples of Coaches who remain at the same side for a long time, such as Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger in England. That is what we’re trying to follow.

“I repeat, Ancelotti does not risk the sack, but he’d better stop losing.”

So he does?!

not this week i suppose may be next if we make 0 out of 9

WTH?
I think he is already sacked!

how

RANDOM!!!

Haven't got skype, sorry

This wasn't the best of games, I would say the one against Bologna was played at a much better pace and the understanding was there in the opening game.

This time around, I think the team was unbalanced throughout the 90 mins.

Many remarks, but it would premature for me to start pointing fingers since the season has just started and this is only the second game. STILL, looking at the table, with two games played and two losses I am starting to wonder if Serie A is really a target ?! But I remain confined to the issue that the team has not trained with each other for a reasonable amount of time. You could clearly see how much Shevchenko & Ronaldinho lacked in understanding. In terms of the Golden boy in more times than others the camera was on him while he was clutching his knees and didn't look as confident (I think it was the pain).


Most of the posters on here have bah-bahed onto the basher zone of MF ... And I don't blame them, as there was a lot of expectation from this team. Milan should at least have 4 points at this stage.

Carlo had so much options, but opted to pair up Kaka' & Ronaldinho from the start.

I think, considering how the team played, Carlo should have played the diamond with:




Oh well, life goes on ... Next up, Lazio @ the San Siro

Good lineup, R7. Unbalanced was the word from the start.

Like Porty would say, Bah!!! but to tell the truth, I'm not surprised to hear that from you...

By the way the next game is against Zurich. it's a European game after all... so we'll do great and UEFA Cup will all of a sudden become our prime target

You wonder if Serie A is really the target?!!

Galliani has been harping on about it all summer, that it's the number one targt, that they've given Ancelotti the neccissary players to compete and so on. And what else could possibly be our target this season??? The UEFA Cup? The Coppa Italia?

If Galliani comes out at the end of the season saying that Serie A wasn't our target then we all know that he's saying it because we failed

we mite even lose that u never know i mean lugano

4th title

Your just blowing it up han ... I meant it, like thinking out loud. I still have hope in that Milan could challenge for the league, it's just that I have yet to see the players click on the pitch .. And that is what I meant by Serie A being our target. Galliani has nothing to do with my opinion, that is for sure

Not to pour too much salt on a wound, but here are datasport's player ratings:

Abbiati 6.5
Zambrotta 5
Maldini 4.5
Favalli 4.5
Bonera 5
Kaka` 5.5
Flamini 5
Ronaldinho 4
Pirlo 5
Ambrosini 5
Seedorf 5
Shevchenko 4
Pato 5
Borriello 5.5

Imo, that's just trying to make up excuses for the team. There's no possible other target to have. And these are professionals getting paid one of the biggest payrolls in Europe to play for this team, so now they just decide they don't want Serie A? That's not how it works.

Serie A is infact our target, if not then the players should just stay at home this season if they don't intend to fight for it.

The squad we have should be more than capable of winning Serie A, the Coppa and the UEFA Cup. But I'll be surprised if we win any. Though I wouldn't be surprised if we play more first teamers in the Coppa, win it, then use that as an excuse.

I'm all for Pato-Borriello against Zurich.

But hey, it's a European game. the Christmas tree (with Andriy on the top of it)

And again I am not making excuses

I was just questioning the way Milan played today ... But remain confident in that this team hasn't been training a lot together, maybe now that they are all available to the coach in training, we might see more understanding on the pitch (which in my opinion is the only thing lacking)

There were many things lacking besides understanding, like form, fitness, motivation. And on top off that there was Carlo's tactical decisions. How could we possibly win this game with all those things involved?

Step by step han

fitness & form is definitely an issue, because it is the start of the season. Motivation and, if I might add, humility were also lacking today.

And on Carlo's decisions, on hindsight it seems rather easy ... Kurt could coach this team and win the CL if it was down to him, or hell give the team to Porty and watch how he will massacre Mourinho on week 5 of the league ... And it wont stop there, would it

I remain confident han ... let's see how the team fairs out against Lazio next week

Milan's players were all over the world on international duty, that is a cause for fatigue.

What a stupid comment. Yeah, because we're the only team in the World with international players.

erm, Ronaldinho only arrived at Milan yesterday evening from Brazil ... Another thing, Don Cesare spoke in Italian, I heard the comments translated in Arabic, so some things are lost in translation

Problem is, you can't really blame it on hindsight since Carlo has been making the same tactical errors in the league for 2 years now. When will he learn that the xmas tree with 2 defensive mids just won't work in the league against these kinds of teams? When did we start making decent chances in this match? When one of the defensive midfielders was finally taken off, that's when.

Problem is Carlo is to stubborn to change his system. And he'll probably be out the door before he finally gets it into his thick skull. We need fresh ideas and a coach that demands respect and 100% commitment to the cause from his players, and I don't see that happening with Carlo on the bench

That's your opinion, and I respect it. But don't necessarily agree with it han

Motivation and humility. 2 essential things we're missing in the last 3 years. And the things won't get better, next week we'll lose to Lazio.

Alright people ... You all heard it from portugal, sign off the forums, go find better things to do with ur lives, there is no point to even be here

Personally I don't think there is any other way to look at it. It's not like this is the first time this happened, because of Carlo's pig headed ways, we've been going through the same crap draws and losses because of Carlo's tactics for 2 years now.

And if you can't see that our main problem is Carlo then what is the problem? All those things Cesare said do have some effect but imo all are excuses, same goes for your 'maybe the league is not our target' statment. We had a team out there full off international players and we were playing Genoa, not Inter or any of the other top teams, there is no excuse for losing the way we did

Joke of the funking year. The only thing with Abbiati is that he doesn't make those silly mistakes once in a while. Otherwise, he's about average in all departments. Hence the reason he's number one. I'm yet to see him save our behinds in an important match. Let's in 2 goals, 3, goals regularly.

The hell does that mean ? So now everything I say is an official statement ?

Without getting into polemics or debates, in my opinion there is no excuse for the performance I saw today. Poor team selection (if the internationals were tired, then FIELD SOMEONE ELSE). Poor tactics. Really poor performances.

This is AC Milan. What I saw today is just not acceptable.

So long and thanks for all the fish

+1

It'd be much better if they stopped making excuses and just said 'we were bad today. we'll try to do better next games'. I'm sick of these childish comments. 'penalised by international games', 'not trained with each other properly', 'not lucky', blah blah.

Not to make excuses - becuase I don't think there can BE any for today's shambles - the full team really hasn't trained as a group more than 5-6 days. Even so, FIELD THE OLD GUARD and let the new guys wait. Do something, anything to avoid this sort of humiliation.

It's a statement that you made here on the forum that I read. So I voiced my oppinion of what I thought about that particular statement. Personally I see it as a form of excuse for the way the team played. Now I know that you said you didn't mean it in that way, but that's what I think of it.

You should be happy, I rate your oppinion as highly as I rate Cesare Maldini's

And I didn't mean it as anything personal, sorry if it came off that way

I know. maybe everything they say is true to some extent. international players were tired and players haven't trained with each other much yet, OK. I'm saying why should they say these things? what difference do they make? the fans have been hearing these sorts of excuses for the past two seasons! and like Kurt said other teams have the same problems to deal with too. how come they're doing pretty good and we don't? I'm not sure if we have more internationals than Madrid for example. they played really good and bagged three points too. or Juve. right now I'm watching their game and they're really sharp...

i'm gna get such a bollocking tomorrow at school

I'v been trying to make it clear to you, that it was a thought that I was thinking out loud, in that Milan dont seem ready for the Scudetto and that I am questioning it ..

My personal opinion though ? I am convinced once this team clicks it will shoot straight to 1st place.

p.s. no worries, i just got pissed cuz i kept repeating what i meant and u just disregarded it totally.