The big one, we lose this one and it's bye bye title.

All I have to say is: Allegri get your head out of your @ss!!!

Pirlo shouldn't be available for this one, but I'm still a bit hopeful about it. Pato should recover no problem. Either way, this is how I'd play:



Enough with the three DMs. Enough with Antonini, Gattuso and Seedorf. I don't care if Emanuelson is not good defensively, there's no way he can be worse than Antonini. I hope Gattuso breaks a leg. No matter how hard he tries in every game, he's simply not cut for this kind of sport any longer. And Seedorf should just retire.

Not really feeling this one. I think we'll end up with drawing this at best. 0-0 if Nesta and Silva show up.

^ Allegri said Pirlo won't be able to recover on time.

I'd play like this :





Jankulovski was injured during the game with Palermo and is expected to be out for a very long time.

Isn't Zambrotta fit??? Personally I don't want Urby starting at LB, he doesn't really inspire any confidence defensively speaking, but if Zambro can't play I'd give him a shot anything is better then Antonini at this point.

I'd go with the lin-up X-off posted.

@ acid, a draw means we're still ahead, I'd take anything aside from a loss

Pato and Robinho (sub in Cassano for I don't know who - could be a midfielder, could be Robinho)
Boateng
Emanuelson, Van Bommel (if he plays bad, sub in Seedorf) and Gattuso (Flamini could be subbed in for Furby or Rino)
Zambrotta (if we're behind, sub in Antonini), Thiago Silva, Nesta and Abate
Abbiati

It's funny how you guys put Zambrotta game in and game out, but Allegri never plays him.

Yeah, that's what I meant when I said at best. Point sharing with inter at this stage (and with the team we may have to put up on the pitch come April 2) is not a bad thing, and like you, I'll take it with a smiling face. But seeing as how we have played since the start of the year, I fear for the worse. We have practically invited inter to the title dinner.

Sweet and sour meatballs! Never thought it would come to this from the 13-point lead we had. Bah!

Inter had a 13-point lead from Roma last season and managed to be climbed over five weeks from the end. Yet they managed to win it. It's not a tragedy. What worries me is Allegri. He's going to lose us this championship with his asinine decisions.

He is one lucky duck, I'll give him that. Mr. B has been known to make things difficult for any and all coaches, going by our history. The management, I feel, is quite and waiting for the derby game it seems. They gave Allegri a lifeline even though he fudged up the CL (no quarters, means little revenue from Europe).

I am sure he knows that no Scudetto = the exit door. But what matters is how much the guy is willing to adapt and adopt. Little, from the evidence so far. If we end up with 3 points in this match somehow, it still won't be the ticket to the title. Either way, I feel it will go down to the very wire. If the stupidity (or naivety) of the coach can get us this far down that we have made it a title race, then it could very well be a close, close finish come week 38.

We could win this one, and draw the next two. That is the sorry state of affair. For some odd reason we have still not gelled together and progressed as a team. Injuries? Over the hill players? Weak (or no) tactics? Take your pick.

Im not sure we can win ... they are in optimal form. The progressed into the QuraterFinals of the CL, they have been on a very positive streak moving from +10 points difference to just +2 from us.

All that said, I hope for a magical performance from the lads to get the 3 points.

a draw would be heavenly. a loss and its bye bye title and a painful bye bye it will be.

*yaaawwwnnnn* Cruisin' for a bruisin'.

Add insult to injury

You know that's what's gonna happen. You've seen the way the team's been playing. My only hope is Leo screws it up for Inter.

We have no play from mid-field to attack. If we play Boateng deep, we lose the defensive battle in mid..not to mention we have no treqqies. Nesta is losing his touch..these past few matches. We have no LB. And without Ibra we no longer have mutant ninja awesomeness!

This is gonna be a hard one.

I'm hoping just not to lose at this point , draw or win would be fine.

I might be over-simplifying, but my theory is that your weakness musn't be so bad that their strengths can exploit it and vice-versa.

We know Inter have a weak defence...but we don't have a strong attack to exploit it...especially with our injury problems in mid-field and lack of Ibra.

And while we have a strong defence, Inter's attack is not so weak that we can easily perform a shutout.

Can we win? Sure. Can we lose? Surer!

Add to that han opening this match thread .. First place is up for grabs

han was bought by Moratti even before the refs.

Why am I bein blamed for someone else's short comings????

I'm pretty sure Pato is going to score if he plays. My gut instincts about Milan don't often let me down. However I'm not feeling the win. I've not been confident with Allegri at the helm ever since our tie with Real Madrid when I found him to be not able to the task. The last few weeks have shown him to be even more clueless than I suspected

Calm down people. We're still in first place and will remain there for at least another two weeks. This is the same team that's spent most of the season at the top so it's not like we're incapable of winning something.

Allegri hasn't impressed me too much with his selections in the last few games but let's not forget that the players too haven't performed to their capabilities. It takes two to make things work. Ibra's stupidity means we don't have him at an important time but why can't someone else step up? It's not like we have only one striker in the team.

How likely are we to get Pirlo and Ambro back for the derby at this point? We need a few experienced heads who've been in this situation before.

put it this way, i would rather be in this position with Allegri at the helm but guys like Pato, Binho & Cassano def need to bring their A Games from now on out 'til the end of the season regardless of Ibra imo

How do you expect me to calm down when Ibra goes MIA and Pato ironically gets injured... Then you have a midfield made up of eggs that even Mourinho wouldnt be able to make a scramble with. Add to that the already blistered defense and the fact that han openned this thread .. You still expect me to calm down?

have some turkish coffee and watch some re runs of Milan's Glory days , It should get you in the mood for the Derby

That's not true. Boateng can be as good defensively just as Flamini and Gattuso. He only needs to be disciplined in order to maintain his position properly, which I think in such important games comes off naturally. Look at his performance against Tottenham. The guy was everywhere and with a half-distorted ankle I might add. Hell, if Eto'o can play as fullback, then Boateng can play as midfielder just fine. He is a box-to-box after all.

I really hope Leo keeps playing Inter like the did last night..
The were some problems with the team when they were playing against Lecce and the had stars like Eto'o Sneijder and the midfield at least Playing Emmanuelsson and Pato against Bari was amazing, I hope to see it again.
Show the people AC Milan is not all about Ibrahimovic..
Im hoping on a draw

C'mon Andrea!!!

You are all right guys, they are in a good moment, we are in a bad moment. The result? We play bad, they play bad, they win, in the last two games we didn't.
What I am trying to say is that we are in a bad moment, and it's normal to play in this way, they are in a good moment, but still they are not expressing a spectacular game.

So, we can do it. I am sure we actually can, if we play the match as MILAN.

When's the last time the derby has been a draw?

Ronaldo tips Inter for derby win

Brazilian legend Ronaldo has tipped Inter to beat Milan in the Derby della Madonnina on April 4.

The 34-year-old, who retired in February, played for both clubs in his fabulous career.

Speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Ronaldo said: “The derby is the derby, a game in itself.”

Pressed to pick a winner, he replied: “OK, I believe Inter [will do it] because they have found their own style of play again, but above all because of their confidence.

“I see a more confident Inter than Milan, and this can count.”

Asked if he feels that Inter would win the Scudetto in the event that they were to beat Milan, Ronaldo said: “It's difficult to say with another seven games still to play, but I really think so.

“You know what Leonardo has always said to me? That winning helps you win. Getting used to it is difficult, but then it's great. Inter have managed it only after a long time and lots of hard work. I really don't believe that they'll stop now."


football-italia

we need to dent their winning ways. if we cant dent it, i dont know how they'll stop their streak for only7 more games.

if im not mistaken

24/10/2004
Milan 0-0 Inter Milan

the starting line up was
Dida
Cafu
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Giuseppe Pancaro
Ivan Gennaro Gattuso
Clarence Seedorf
Andrea Pirlo
Kaká
Andriy Shevchenko
Hernán Crespo

haha such a attacking mentality !

Pancaro..

Wasn't the game going to be played on April 2

Yes, it is.

I love how enthusiastic we are about this game... anyway...

It kind of looks to me like the only one who is truly putting his all into the Milan cause currently is Adriano Galliani with not much of a budget at all. Silvio seems distant and disinterested most of the time and we lack proper funding for a club of our stature. We expect to win and be able to compete with Inter when our squad has some serious holes in it and the current age of many of our star players is more than we can afford. With sacrifice and grit we can win something, but this squad is very thin. Doesn't make it exciting for us fans that follow the club. I want great solid players that are exciting to watch. But I understand the club is not willing to spend right now.

Milan is going to win the derby , i just feel it !!

Zambro played for primavera today (needed match fitness). I would play him as LB against Inter. No Antonini please.

Zambrotta has not played a single game since November. No way I'd play him against Inter.

I'm not sure. Neither Antonini nor Jankulovski sound as good solutions.

Jankulovski will be out for a long time, so we're left with Antonini and Emanuelson. Personally, I'd go for the latter.

I would rather have Bonera at LB. He is the safest bet, as we need to tighten up the back-line as much as possible.

Maybe something like this:




What I wish for is a thrashing of inter and to put an end to a horrid four years of being on the chase!

agreed

Antonini and especially Emanuelson are too weak defensively to play as LB vs Inter

Zambrotta is 34 years old, and comes from a 4-month injury without having played a single game. If you think he's the best option for leftback, re-evaluate your ideas.

Maybe you have to re-evaluate you language to after all.

Maaaan...