No problem

Saw on Twitter that the Curva Sud was chanting against Robinho - Telling him to take off the Captain's armband & asking him if he's leaving or not.

Robinho had the armband?

Just a few more highlights from Mastour today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDHDfJUoSsk

Okay.... last one


Much better quality - Both goals from today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCEP0a6ZE0Q

At one point yes...

Good God.

Hopefully it was a send off of some sorts for him.

It's actually the cross of St Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan. But like you I don't like it.

Galliani: "We're not going to sign a winger cos we have Mastour"

...

He didn't really say it, but if he does I wouldn't be too surprised.

Danny boy (in bold) You pedophile you


But yeah I do agree Pippo is the right person to integrate the youth into the first team. That is where our coaches (potential future coaches) should be coming from. Looks great on a marketing front, but will it all work when the season begins?

Mastour's movements were always an eye catcher, since he was 13/14. But also that we wont know till the season begins how effective Mastour is against Serie A's meanest tacklers. I wish the kid well and hope we end up with a gem of a player (.. so we can later sell for $$$)

Thanks for tge vids and pics Trini

Quick reminder we've Olympiakos tonight 01:00 UK BST.

Maybe we can convince them to take Essien.

Hmm, so does that mean that Pippo should keep him off the field so he doesn't discourage them or that he should play him so that they can be impressed?

I'll watch it tomorrow on Milan Channel, no way will I stay up until 2 in the morning to see us half assing it in some friendly

PFFFFFFFFFFT!!!! I've stayed up till 6AM to watch Rangers lose to US college amateurs 3-1 in a meaningless friendly on an American Football Grid Iron pitch.

As for Essien, he has shown MOMENTS of half-decentry (new word, I like it) so if he could do that for an hour if he played we could offload the utter loser for some decent cash.

It may require Derren Brown.

I like the devotion, but atm, considering my passion for this club is probably at an all time low and it is just a friendly, I'm not going to make myself suffer through it, especially when we all know it will most likely be a terrible game and I can watch the re-run tomorrow at a decent time

decentry... I'll try to fit that into a sentence when the opportunity strikes

I have to force myself to watch Milan when they're live on tv at a decent time on my day off nowadays, if I'm honest.

Hopefully not this season anymore.

I don't force myself, I still anticipate watching games, but more like with a sense of dread rather than excitement which was the case back in the good old days

I'll never find myself ever feeling 'forced' to watch either of my teams. Don't mean that as a criticism of anyone else and how they conduct themselves, it's just my clubs are in my blood and through thick or thin I love them even more.

But the fact that you're feeling 'forced' expresses how much you care for that club, as any other fan would give up and stop watching.

Wouldn't I be the 'any other fan' you refer to here given I don't feel forced?

Or do I misunderstand you?

Well, since we're speaking about that...Personally, if Milan is on TV..I can't but watch it.

The problem comes when I don't have the channel, and have to sit through a match watching it frame by frame due to my lousy internet..that's when I say get to the "**** it" point.

I think he's referring to the bandwagoners who would jump ship rather than feel like they are forced to watch games through the sheer love they have for the club they support.

If I didn't love Milan, it would be easy to start supporting Real or Barca or City or PSG

My support for Milan intensified and solidified in 2002 basically at the peak and beginning of the end of the standing of Italian football on a global scale.

I think the semifinal of the CL that season pretty much cemented me as a Rossoneri, and as we've declined since then, my support has never wavered.

I see supporting your team as, within reason, watching/attending out of love whenever wherever it is/you are. No matter what state your team is in.

I've never really felt forced to watch my clubs, I actually enjoy it, no matter how bad we are.

Maybe I'm masochistic.

Well, personally speaking, I'll watch every competitive game, no matter what. These last 2 to 3 seasons the football has been horrifying, which made watching the team that I support feel like a chore to me, whereas in the past I used to look forward to each game with so much excitement and enthusiasm. I think that's part of the reason why I irrationally hate Allegri so much. Because he took away the joy of watching Milan play for me.

But staying up until 2 am to watch us half assing a friendly where we'll mostly be playing second string players, atm, is not worth it for me. It's not like there's a new player that we're all excited to see how he fits into the team. Pippo won't even be playing Alex or Menez. So staying up so late to watch Zaccardo, Constant and Bonera running around like headless chickens just doesn't appeal to me atm.

And also, with the way things are going in the transfer market I'm more pessimistic rather than optimistic atm, which is why my passion for Milan is probably at an all time low as well.

Alex and Menez could play. Both included on the trip. And seeing Mastour up against a decent team could be well worth it. Ditto the progress in recovery of SES.

There are a few subplots.

So, we're losing...

3-0 FT...only saw the last minutes but it looks like olympiacos fielded their best team and we have some kids

We started with Zacccardo, Rami, Bonera, Albertazzi, Poli, Cristanti, Saponara, Pazzo, Niang and SES.

For us to be mauled that badly shows no matter how many times we change the bloody manager, this just isn't going to change until Silvio sells up.

Sure, it wasn't our very best team but then...what is? Right now no one can agree on our best defence, midfield or attack.

The only thing we all concur on is that De Jong is our best player.

We are utterly over run by the Mexes, Pazzos, and Polis of this world. Honest decent pros but a trillion miles off what a Milan should have.

This time last year in this same tournament we got mauled by Man City 5-3. That was a fair reflection of how the season transpired.

This could even worse because we were at least able to score back then. Against a better team!

Woeful. Long, horrible, dark season ahead unless Pippo works a miracle.

PS: he still f*cking plays MDS as RB.

Albertazzi to blame for the first, though zaccardo lost dominguez
and bonera ( i think) with a HUGE blunder on the second
third was a wonder goal, nothing to do

I don't know how you came up with this list... I dare you to isolate any aspect that englobes Pazzo, Poli and Mexes...

You might want to read the sentence after it. That'd help.

You didn't watch the match for God's sake, how can you form an opinion on the result?!

so, to be sure, they are the problem?


Most of the highlights i watch, or for that matter most highlights in general show the goals...

Naah, I don't think it's that alarming yet. They're in better form and started with a full team.

No, you're a true fan

Have not watched the game or the goals, but looking at that starting line-up vs a full strength side (not a bad side by any stretch either), it was bound to happen.

Bonera and Zaccardo are probably the biggest defensive liabilities in this league, Albertazzi never convinced me, I don't get why we brought him back from Verona.

As for the midfield, that was bound to get run over, Poli is the only one in there capable of doing any actual running and defensive work. Cristante strikes me as a bit of light weight, that's why I've said over and over that we should loan him out as he's just not ready yet, Saponara is just not a CM and it's a mistake to play him there imo. At least with Honda it makes more sense because he's a great passer and more experienced.

SES, Pazzo and Niang upfront... Pazzo seems like he won't ever get his touch back after that surgery. SES is still looking rusty from the friendlies I saw previous to this one so I can't imagine that anything about that changed and Niang... Well there are just no words to describe how bad he is imo.

That being said, let's not all get in a tizzy over a friendly, this is the exact reason why I chose to get an actual good night's sleep instead of staying up until some ungodly hour to watch this cr@p

Its just disgraceful. They just keep tarnishing our reputation more and more.

If we don't finish 3rd this year (which we wont) i can see berlusconi selling. There is no way he'll spend on milan. He did it for 30 years, hes done.

The only other option is he dies this year and barbara takes over and makes changes. Shes seems to be very motivated. Whatever happens I hope she sticks around.

Just watched the highlights. Zaccardo... I mean why haven't we just terminated his contract if he doesn't want to leave. What a total waste of space he is.

Bonera also, I hope Pippo doesn't do a Seedorf and plays him based on the simple fact that they were buddies back in their playing days. The guy is finished, has been for a while now. You simply cannot play him at CB.

Albertazzi... He looks mediocre at best, and this just coming for the 4+ minutes of highlights I watched, his positioning seemed awful on all the occasions when we were defending.

On the other hand, the attacking play looked good, the finishing though was poor, should have at least scored twice from the chances we created

hahahahahaha what a joke!


Nope, that was not Olympiacos's first team!

Terminate his contract? Pippo actively blocked his transfer away! He's staying.



Attacking play looked good? Man, highlights really do deceive!

Not them in particular, but the fact Milan are basically relying on that level of player now. I like Poli, but Monto at his best he ain't.

Monto at his best happens once or twice in a few months. That's one of the main problems, not Poli

Even with a full-strength line-up we would still have problems winning against Olympiacos or any prepared team for that matter. We finished 8th, remember? So, how come everyone is surprised that we lost to them with a crappy line-up in the first game of the season?

I don't think we're surprised. It's just that we don't wanna lower our standards.

We also never but once in the last 20 seasons had two such bad season in a row.

Are people actually taking anything from a pre-season game? Something to complain about, I suppose.

No, he wanted to stay and impress Pippo as he did not want to go to Turkey. This was confirmed by Galliani

Well yeah, some of the chances we had (going by the highlights of course) looked like good plays.