^ I'm sorry, but that post is absolutely impossible for me to read.

Well, I'm going to the match! Tomorrow i will catch a plane to Milano and enjoy the show.

Milan will beat Real 3-1 Off course.
Anyone else here going to the match?

I would have, but I've got an exam the day after.

well....i'm hoping for a draw and allegri's resignation.

You know by now that you need to include a source when quoting players in the news.


The latter isn't happening anytime soon.

i wish but it won't happen anytime soon maybe there waiting until january , imo we should not have let Borriello go to Roma on loan he couldve played up front with Pato or Ibra or Robinho

We didn't even need Ibra, we could have stuck with Borriello or do some homework and buy a good forward that doesn't think he is the greatest thing in the world. We needed to look to the future and not right now.

Nah, Zlatan instead of Borriello is a huge upgrade, We didn't need Robinho, we better signed an AMC..

Word. Robinho provide depth, but do we really need it when there is a glaring hole in our midfield. I just hope we snapped up Hernanes. He'd been perfect.

Agreed. Robinho would have proved a valid alternative for Leo's 4-2-1-3, but with our current playing style, we'd have benefitted much more from an AM.

And please, don't bring the Borriello-Ibrahimovic debate anymore. They're worlds apart. Fact is, without Ibra, we'd be much worse than we currently are. Simply, he's been our best player so far.

Just read Allegri's press conference. The guy has serious issues. He said we played one of our best games against Juventus, and created a lot of chances. Well, Mr. Allegri, I think the total opposite: we played a horrid match and we barely created 3-4 chances during the whole 90 minutes. What a douche.

Most likely trying to save face

Naah, that's the kind of comment a Cagliari coach would make after a hard match against Juve.
Really sad how slow the man adapts.

Think about how much better it would have been if we signed the much cheaper Hernanes over Robinho. But for some reason management said Honda being non-EU was a problem, so it should be also with Hernanes. So what does that mean? Has the spot been reserved all this time? Kaká in January? I don't know, it's annoying.

If only we signed Hernanes over Robinho, then we would have had a backup for Pirlo and someone for Ronaldinho's spot. Would have made our (attacking) midfield so much better. Of course no Robinho should mean either Borriello staying or someone else in (that one can be lots of cheaper since we're talking about depth - more important is to have a good starting AMC than a good backup forward).

How frustrated is it to see Hernanes go for 10 mio to Lazio while Milan has been following him for years, people have been drooling about him for years, he used to be very expensive, and now for 10 mio to Lazio? Seriously?

Agree with everything you've said above, CHU-LIP. Every single thing! I was happy with Robinho arriving, but deep down I hoped against hope that it would be someone else - someone who we actually had a prime need of. And that too at 18 million, for my money expensive.

Now that he is here, I can only wish him best, but I'd have taken Hernanes (or someone like him) twenty times over!

Guys, Robinho was signed for the intent of using him as a back-up for Dinho and Pato in our 3-men attack. But, since we've switched to a playing style that involves three midfielders and a trequartista, Robinho becomes less necessary, unless he's used as a trequartista himself.

This season, we have to arrange with what we have (which is not bad, actually), but next season, when many contracts will expire, we have to invest a good amount on a pure AMC, and resolve our playing style problem once and for all: 4-3-1-2!

Since Real is a tough match, and we are used getting pwned against such sides, isn't it a good match to try out Pirlo as trequarista (so play with 4 midfielders)? Gives some balance... and I want some players who can run over the flanks.

But Hernanes was a relative unknown while Binho was well known and had done well in the world cup

Why aren't you the coach?

I just await the usual excuses on thursday

Relatively unknown compared to Robinho maybe...(which probably is why we signed Robinho)... Hernanes was a known player.


I can't make players better, that's important too. BTW, was it meant nice as in you agree with me?

Yes, but I never thought too highly of Robinho, from the first time I saw him, up until now. He just not has that quality that separates really good players from great, the one that R99, Kaka, etc had in them. I just think Robin's got a really lucky (and $$$-filed) ride to Madrid and Manchester. So in essence, we kind of knew what Robinho is capable of, and while he is a good addition to the squad, he is not what we absolutely needed. B&G thought that we can splash a bit of a money on creating our on Fantastic 4 - well we need a working mid for them to play to their potential. This they probably forgot.

Hernanes, now that is a player one could take a risk with. And at perfect age too, not like those teenager or early twenty kids that jump out from Brazil, he actually has stayed there and learned his trade, and well is a darn good player too. So is Ganso I think, and while it still would be a gamble, I hope Milan takes that.

Amen. Hernanes, old enough to make us stronger short term, young enough to be a good long term signing, especially for what Lazio paid. About Ganso, shame he's having a serious injury, so he can't help us this season.

Yes it was meant to be nice

And isn't it ironic that Hernanes was one of the players Leo requested last year but was turned down.

According to Studio Sport, Abate has a sure spot on the right?

YES! Hopefully this will mean Zambrotta as left back. No Antonini please! Zambrotta and Abate FTW, at leaast for now.

I don't know about you, but I trust Antonini more than Abate, regardless of the latest performances.

I'm not sure if it's ironic, but I find it very annoying and frustrated. Milan and Hernanes have been a link since forever, we are having no backup for Pirlo (Seedorf is the ONLY one capable of doing it), we have no AMC option that makes our mouths shuts ...and still we don't sign Hernanes who we have been following for many years
I'm not so sure anymore. I want from now on either Oddo or Abate as right back, the only ones who can properly cross (though Oddo needs to prove it wasn't his rarely good day), and Zambrotta as left back. I don't believe Abate is really that bad as some think, I am starting to believe he is better than Antonini (not last season's Antonini of course).

Now I'm glad you're not the coach , if you think Antonini is bad at defending then Abate is three times worse. Abate is really a winger and not a fullback.

But Antonini was the one who crossed for Ibra's goal on Saturday.

Our last three assists were from full backs.

What full back problem?

Come on Antonini is way better than Abate as a fullback,he played very good against Madrid.One performance and you're writing him off...

It's not one preformance, Antonini is having a bad season. Feel free to disagree, because I really don't know who to prefer when it comes to our full backs, but this is not based on 1 game, but on this season. I really got sick of Antonini this season when it comes to defending, he is so weak. Abate is slowly winning my trust comparing to Antonini. I rate Abate's crossing higher, and first I thought Abate should not be preferred over Antonini because Abate is worse in defending but Antonini is doing his best to make think different when it comes to that.

Yeah,you're mostly right but Antonini is a beast in the attack,that's why I Think A CERTAIN someone should cover him instead of being advanced in the midfeild position.

How can you keep covering something like that? Unless you play a 3-5-2 I'm not sure it's something you really can cover.

If we will keep fielding gattuso then that's what we have to do.Cause Gattuso is useless in attack and build up play,that's my thought course.

Can you picture Abate up against C.Ron or Di Maria???

Hopefully it will be Abate attacking against them,I still think we should use him as a midfielder...We should try and dominate the midfeild and rest will be taken care of by our awesome strikers,that way we're way more solid on defense and somewhat better on the attack without having to deal with counter attacks.
Something like that:

Amelia

Defense

Boetang-Flamini-Abate

Pirlo

Ibra-Pato


You dig?

Can Boetang play on the left side?

Yes, so you better put Abate on the right side.

That's what I did

Maybe from now on start with the forwards and end with the goalkeeper? You're confusing yourself else.

I read from the left to the right...

No, no Abate please. I don't see how this guy can contribute to Milan in any option. If you ask me, he's pure Cagliari/Chievo etc. material.

Antonini played bad, yes, but give him a slack. I think he was pushed in the match too fast. He's in fact our only LB option this season which puts not only much pressure on him but is very exhausting. He plays most of the matches and most of them till the end. So,..yes, he's bad, but no, he's no way weaker then Abate. Any half-good right winger or attacker can tear him into pieces.

But as a midfielder he can do fine,since we need lots of pace.No?Maybe even in my formation Ambrosini instead of Flamini.

Now you're confusing me.

It's mirrored?

Personally I would like to see Milan play a 3-4-1-2 with abate and antonini running up and down the lanes prince/flamini & pirlo in the middle and dinho/robinho playing behind the 2 strikers.
But I wouldn't try that at an important game like Milan - Real Madrid.

Or you should try it vs Real so you have 5 defenders when no possession.


This way Antonini and Abate can go over the flanks more often and their defensive liabilities are not a big problem anymore. Pirlo will do the playmaking, also he got some mates covering for him.

edit: I understand a 3-5-2 won't happen so change the on paper formation:


(edit II: Sokratis can be also Bonera, I could live with that)

I know someone here in these parts of the woods who cant!

lol, actually, I take that part back, I regret adding it

True say. And to think I had high hopes for this guy, thinking that he can become the next great CB of Milan.

He's only 22, plenty of time to improve.