Hope nobody minds me opening.

Oh, how I wish Cassano signed on for Sampdoria instead of Inter. Should have been fun!

I can't express how much it sucks that Pato won't be there. the nightmare continues....



You did it with style so no.

Good job Kurt, no one minds you opening threads at all

Abate won't play (injury) while Ambro is also doubtful, trained apart today.

Considering the injuries I'd start with this:

A new season, but it appears as if we're going to carry the injury plague of last season into this one...

Replace Acerbi with Bonera and that's gazzetta's line-up as well.

That defense..

Usually these teams that come from the 2nd tier explode on us in their debut season, hence I think that defense will make us cry on the day, if anything

This is laughable. With this lineup I don't even think we should be favorites to win at home against Samp. 2-2 maybe? 2-3? I would be more confident in Montreal Impact's defensive line with a bunch of MLS scrubs I've never heard of and semi-retired Nesta in it...

Is Emanuelson injured? How sad of a state of affairs is it that Emanuelson not being able to play is a concern?

I can't believe that b*stard Kurt opened this thread. What a ruddy f*cker.




















I jest, nice thread. How do you make those banner thingies?

Come on guys, it's not that bad of a line-up. I think we'll win.

He's not injured.

Just 2 mins on photoshop. Thought it'd look nicer than me not really putting anything. Glad people seem to like it.

It really does look good.



Agreed; we must win. Milan is bad, sure, but not "that" bad.

To be honest, De Sciglio is the only player in that lineup that excites me and makes me want to watch it. hopefully he picks up where he left off last season against Inter.

Having such a poor squad is good in a way after all. the kids get to play a lot, and you get to know the good ones from the bad ones NOT based on a few cameo performances.

Also Pazzini vs his former teammates should be interesting, hopefully that works in his favor and he gets a goal or two.



I thought you copy/pasted it from somewhere. not that it's not easy, just some of us are too lazy for that!

Could you do it for all the remaining games of the season?

win comfortably. pazzini with the first goal. robinho with a hattrick. montolivo with 5 assists.

dude




who makes the other goal?

no one. he's just that GOOD.

Yep, I think that too.

Today at Milanello: Philippe Mexes was back with the full squad while Massimo Ambrosini worked out in the gym.

Maxi Lopez is a doubt for the game apparently. I thought he got a bit of a raw deal at Milan, so I'd prefer it if he didn't have a chance to prove us wrong

I predict a 1 - 0 win to Milan. Robinho as the scorer.

I'd say we'll score more then concede, but I'm pretty much sure Doria will score.

We dominate but lose 3-1. The 3rd Sampdoria goal coming in the 87th minute.

We also lose KPB to injury. Nocerino to score our only goal.

I won't be surprised if we lose this altogether. We always start badly.

You know the scary thing is, it might just happen. It's very much possible at this point.

Hello , long time !

My prediction 2-1

Pazzini to get a debut goal.

Long time indeed. welcome back!

thanks mate

Sure.

I just realised this game clashes with my football. Fortunately it's on ESPN so I can record it and watch it when I get home!

+1


Welcome back indeed!

Good to see both yourself & M1ke back!

Mike and Ryan are hipster, they like teams when it's cool not to like them. Winning's for losers.

Better than playing with 3 DMs...looks good.

Doesn't look too bad on paper, but what would really count is when we actually get down to it!

Depends. If the 3 DMs are Ambrosini, Gattuso and Pirlo...no, not better at all. But I get where you coming from.

One striker on the bench...

You forgot Urby ;o

Milan 3 - 0 Samp

None of the goal scorers neither their respective assist maker are on the field tomorrow

Seedorf in particular loved to score against them. Ah, well...tempi passati.

I'd rather see Constant than Flamini, guy looked solid during pre-season.

Yeah, but it's Flamini for me. This should be his final chance.

Kurt, what you did there with the match banner is great! I've always wanted to have something like that at the beginning of each match thread throughout the season but could never find consistent logos of team we faced (Sizes and quality and colors differed). So awesome job for that. And if like Mr. Zed.d said, if you could keep it going, then that would just make this place (Milanfan) that much classier. Cheers.

Latest reports indicate that El Shaarawy has overtaken Pazzini for a starting place alongside Robinho.

Ok..you just damped his motivation levels considerably. Here let me show you how it's done:

kurt,

If you do that match banner more often for our future matches, LOTS OF HOT WOMEN will want to sleep with you.



How would that work? Boateng as a false #9?

According to MN, this is how Milan should look:

game is at 2am . what you guys think? stay up and bleed my eyes out?

I'd go to sleep. Wake up, check result and if game was worth seeing, if yes: watch a replay or download it

I'd personally prefer Constant to start instead of Flamini. No use making it more painful than it already will be