Could be our Scudetto day if things go our way!! Couldn't wait to open this one. Hopefully we win and Inter stumble, not very likely considering they have Cesena, but it is an away game, which they usually struggle in

Keep on rocking, Hanny boy! The last few threads you opened have been sweet bliss (even if a little less visited during the match days). And yeah, agreed, this one could be the stamp on our title - this or the next one. Ooo, the excitement!

Are you implying that I am the reason for the low reply level?



As for this game, we'll have players missing, including Van Bommel, which imo is a HUGE loss, we've come to depend on him so much it's ridiculous. And personally, I love to see us play when he's there, there's just something about the swagger in which the players take the pitch, they're very confident and assured.

Maybe Pippo will be back, which would be great considering we currently don't have any finishers, Cassano has shown us he's not an areal man while Robinho was his usual self today but came through finally, I literally closed my eyes when I saw him clean through, certain that he would actually miss it.

Hopeing for Nesta to be back, we really miss him as well, it's the same thing as with VB in the case of Nesta, when he's playing he gives the others confidence, especially Thiago, who doesn't have to spend the entire 90 worrying about what blunder the other CB will do next, allbait Yepes has been very good lately, he's still no Nesta, and today he made a couple of teeny weeny mistakes that stopped my heart a couple of times

Would be sweet to celebrate the title in San Siro, instead of winning it when we're playing away. FORZA CESENA!

Come on you Sea Horses!! Make us proud!! You did it to us, no reason why you shouldn't do it to this ridiculous Inter side!!

So, if Inter doesn't win against Cesena next Saturday, we'll have the blissful opportunity to win the scudetto Sunday, at home. Biutiful.

^^ What about Napoli? their result doesn't concern us?

Nope. We're 9 points ahead of them. If we both win next week, the distance would remain 9 points, and with only 3 games remaining, we'd have the upper hand due to the direct games.

Ah thanks. I'm too lazy for such calculations

I'm not implying it, I know you are. I like to put the blame for most of the bad things happening around the world (including the downfall of the English grammear and correct use of language on the interweb) on you. Ever heard of the Maltese Falcon?:




Quite agreed. He is the experienced head in the midfield that somewhat makes up for the recent absences of Ambrosini and Gattuso. Definitely deserves a one-year extension. Having said that, I hope all our players make it back in time for the celebrations. That would be sweet.

Speaking of which, will this Ronaldinho get the title added to his list accolades (provided we win) seeing as he played in the first few matches of the season? Not quit sure how this thing works.

Pretty sure he doesn't get anything

Oh well. Not that I'm complaining. I just had a funny feeling because if he was part of the squad for the first half of the season, maybe he will get something.

We'll have out Van Bommel due to suspension, and Gattuso due to injury, so we can play with either Pirlo or Ambrosini in front of the defense. But considering Bologna are in a really bad moment (four consecutive losses), I think it'd be acceptable to play an offensive line-up. Also, I assume Nesta should be coming back for this one.

I'm hoping Ambro plays just because he's great in the air and we lacked that last match alot.

Oh btw we have had 17 clean sheets in 34 matches

Anyone know what's the record in Serie A?

I don't know the record but in 93-94 Milan had 21 with a shockingly low 36 goals scored and 15 conceded.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A_1993-94

Whoa, that was one balanced season. The winning team accumulated only 50 points in 34 games. Right now, in 34 games, we've accumulated 74 points.

I think it's a testement to how strong teams were back then. Not really a compliment to the current situation in Serie A

La Liga and the Premier League are no different.

Don't forget that back then a win was worth only two points.

And that, friends and neighbors, is the million dollar point. Things used to be quite different in those days, different tactics and mindset of today. Now smaller teams are much less lethal in the grander scheme of things, but go back two decades back and even the lower-table clubs fought like rabid dogs.

La Liga is on it own level of Ridiculousness, the amount of points Real and Barca rack up is insane, and the gap between them and the 3rd and 4th placed team is just as ridiculous

Merda where they should be, great times

Oops, you're right.

Pato has resumed training according to goal.com. He could be back for the next game. I'm confident we'll have him and Ibra back for Roma game.

I wouldn't hold any weight to anything goal.com says. We'll see what happens, Ibra will definately be back for Roma which is a huge bonus, maybe Nesta could be back for the next game though

Pato's injury is not serious and he's trying to be fit for Bologna. It's safe to assume that he'd be ready for Roma.

Actually, Sportmediaset is reporting it as well.

I'm pretty sure he'll be ready for Roma unless he encounters a set back, but I'm not holding my breath for the Bologna game

I hope Pato has a part to play in the Bologna match i see no down side in him playing a part seeing as he's just comming back from a injury and seeing as we will have Ibra back for the Roma match where Pato can sit out , we need this Bologna win !

If there's a chance to win the title on Sunday (seeing as Inter play before us) Pato should definitely play some minutes!!

So if no results go our way, what's the earliest we can win the league?

In two matches,we need 4 points.Either 4 draws,or one win and one draw.

Should we win against Bologna, then we can clinch it against Roma by either drawing or winning

Im glad that Ibra and Pato will be back soon but it isn't the first time Pato had a tighinjury
Yepes and Thiago Silva are great at the defense but Im happy that Nesta will be back!

So supposedly chances for our Pippo to be back for this one.

Oh..and Allegri has never won more that 4 games on the trot. The article is up on acmilan.com as well.

This is our 5th 4-game winning streak. So don't be disappointed if we draw/lose. And be very very happy if we win.

Time to get our 5th win !!

MILAN: Abbiati, Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta, Flamini, Ambrosini, Seedorf, Boateng, Robinho, Cassano.

BOLOGNA: Viviano, Moras, Portanova, Britos, Cherubin, Mutarelli, Mudingayi, Meggiorini, Ekdal, Rubin, Di Vaio.

i like it!
FORZA MILAN!

I hope Viviano does'nt play well today to impress inter , he most probably will want to show them what he's got before he moves this summer.

I wonder why Pirlo isn't playing??

too offensive? not 100%?

Against Bologna? And Ambro has just got back from injury, I doubt we'll be seeing anything good from him, Pirlo has had more time

pirlo is more fragile than ambro

I think Allegri wants to be safe and just get the win and not let this one slip through our fingers like Bari , and if we really need to attack attack he'll come on soon enough. I know you could go with this angle and say we have to score first for it to be in the bag but at least we will have options in attack when we need it most if we are struggling to score that is.

It's more about match fitness though, Pirlo has been back for more then 2 weeks now, ambro has just got back and looked invisable against Brescia when he came on.

Plus I really don't see why we need Ambro and Flamini on against Bologna

hmm well we shall see how it goes.