I don't think we should adapt our tactics to what Ronaldinho wants though, it should be the other way around.

It's not about what Dinho wants but getting the best of our 3 up front, because like it or not, as of right now Dinho is our only playmaker aside from Pirlo, but he doesn't count as he plays in a totally different area of the pitch.

And imo, to get the best out of those 3 we need to have Pato playing on the left wing cutting inside, Huntelaar in a central area and Dinho feeding them passes, and this can only happen if we play a 4-3-1-2 instead of the 4-3-3 which is clearly not working that well. Abate helps a bit though I really hope we see a lot of him next season. And if this fullback issue does not resolve itself then we should try doing what Tennie has been saying move Zambro over to the left and let Abate play as RB

I have been gone a few months and the club has descended into chaos? Manager gone, two of our best players gone/retired, only new signings were freebies and youth player recalls, and Favalli got a new contract? This is exactly what i have been fearing, but i wont commit suicide as the mercato isnt closed yet

And who is Zigoni? i dont recall him playing for our Primavera. Also im happy that Abate and Di Gennaro haven't been uploaded, although there is still time for the management to bundle them in a co-ownership with someone in the last minute Paloschi style

we did get huntelaar

Welcome back! As CMF said, we also got Huntelaar... hope that will be enough for you to forget about killing yourself. Zigoni is a highly rated youngster (a forward) who we bought... "for peanuts" from Treviso... he and Berreta (same: highly-rated, forward, peanuts although he's here in a co-ownership deal - yeah we cannot even afford youngsters! - from AlbinoLeffe) will be senior team members this season (if they're not loaned out) but don't expect to see them play.

Hunterlaar should be good (although if that means Borriello gets sacrificed without even being given a chance then i am against it). Why oh why are we pinning our hopes on Ronaldinho? Was Ronnie brought in as a Kaka replacement? thats like bringing in Barthez to replace Buffon. Also i find it somewhat amusing that the only player in Europe of truly replacing Kaka in the system we play was ironically owned by us an sold too. I am sure everyone in Milan knew Kaka was going to be sold, why then did they not say to Gourcuff that he would be a first teamer. Sigh, my rant is futile anyway.

Our pre season results have not been encouraging to say the least, what i do want to know is how are Abate and Di Gennaro doing in the friendlies, is it promising? Hurray for investing in youth, but sadly it is 3-4 years too late to save the current side.

Fishdoll is biased but he thinks Abate has done quite well. Others do too, as the resident MU fan in my office asked me about him and commented that he looked quite good. Just where Abate fits into the formation (if one's even been settled on) is something of a question.

DiGennaro has been less sparkly, but the passing in the forward third has been cack really, in a lot of the games. That said, he did have a beauty of a free kick in one of the early friendlies.

Di Gennaro is younger i suppose and has spent less time training with the big boys. I expect he has a few years before he starts maturing properly. Im glad to hear that Abate is doing well, as he always plays well when i watch him play for the Azzurini

whoarethepatriots is back!

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This disturbs me all the time - I Swear!
Just Incredibly Stupid!!!

...Welcome back btw

So training went on as usual today, good news being that Seedorf and Pippo trained with the team.

Here's the call up list for the TIM trophy games tomorrow:

Storari, Roma (keepers)
Antonini, Favalli, Kaladze, Nesta, Onyewu Oddo (defenders)
Abate, Flamini, Gattuso, Di Gennaro (?midfielders)
Huntelaar, Inzaghi, Pato, Borriello, Ronaldinho (?strikers)
Zigoni, Strasser, Oduamadi, Ikande, Albertazzi, Scampini, Verdi (kids)

No Ambro, no Seedorf, no Pirlo.

The gobbi are going to hammer us.

Ouch, that's weak! No T.Silva either.

Oh, btw, here's a picture from today's training (from acmilan.com):



So now we know Huntelaar is training wiht the squad.

WOW! that is terrible.

I'd go with this line up:

Storari
antonini-nesta-onyewu-favalli

abate-flamini-gattuso

pato-huntelaar-ronaldinho

4-3-3

Like to see Albertazzi in defense and heard good things about Verdi too.

This is why I've been saying we need another mid, Pirlo gets injured and we're royally screwed...

I think best formation to go for would be


scrap the 4-3-3 we do not have the mids for it

yeah thats a good line up

Yea that looks good, except personally I might switch Pato and Dinho and let him go up left while ronnie distributes it around

(from mediaset)

Here are the call ups for the cugini:
Toldo, Julio Cesar, Orlandoni;
Materazzi, Rivas, Samuel, Chivu, Santon, Caldirola;
Stankovic, Quaresma, Thiago Motta, Vieira, Krhin, Cambiasso, Obi, Mancini, Crisetig;
Milito, Balotelli, Alibec, Destro.


And those for the gobbi:
Buffon, Chimenti, Manninger;
Ariaudo, Caceres, Cannavaro, Chiellini, De Ceglie, Grygera, Legrottaglie, Molinaro, Alcibiade, De Paola;
Felipe Melo, Poulsen, Salihamidzic, Tiago, Marrone;
Amauri, Iaquinta, Immobile, Yago, Giuseppe Giovinco

So neither of them are exactly bringing full strength squads either.

EDIT: the games begin at 8:30 Italy time, not sure who plays first. No idea of streams but there are bound to be some. Eurosport Italia will be doing text commentary.

according to live score the first game will be milan vs merda!

Forza Milan

btw what time is it ?

Italian time...

Milan - Inter: 20:30
Inter - Juve: 21:30
Milan - Juve: 22:30

So, Milan is gonna play two games tonight ?

Yep. They're 45 minute mini-games and if memory serves, there's no limit on subs.

thank you

Damn, I was hoping we'd play our games one after the other!

i thought we were playing first ? :S

Someone has made a mistake by posting a scedule...

where can we see the game? atdhe isnt working

http://www.milanfan.com/forums/index.php?s...mp;#entry219449

anyone found the best stream !?!

Looks like the schedule that was on Livescore earlier was incorrect

Atdhe works good for me...

im using this one its ok http://www.justin.tv/streamerone_2/popout

Fishdoll

Curse those cugini!

(goal Motta)

heya is it a 15 min break then ours after this game

Molinaro is so bad he makes Jankulovski look amazing!

I dont know How ... if there is any possibility in this world for anyone to like inter ...

Will Hunter play in this one ?

http://www.rojadirecta.com/justin/jiordanchannel_tv

did milan play yet?

Fishdoll hides from Kurt while noting that Materazzi has been sent off for the cugini.

Walter Samuel

" The losers " = Inter

The Gobbi win on penalties (the decisive miss/save was Santon's).

We face the cugini next.

Your wish is my command...

what's the starting lineup?

(from mediaset) Lineups:

Milan: Storari, Nesta Favalli, Antonini, Oddo; Flamini, Gattuso, Abate; Ronaldinho; Huntelaar, Pato. All.: Leonardo
Inter: J. Cesar, Santon, Samuel, Materzzi, Chivu; Viera, Motta, Stankovic; Quaresma; Balotelli, Milito All.: Mourinho

Thanks Tennie

Abate is all over the place...