QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 21 2017, 03:09 PM)
Sorry, but Gomez is garbage. You can take my 'overly exaggerated assessment' and do what you like with it.
Coming from someone who rates Zapata, I really don't know what to do with this aside from toss it
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 21 2017, 03:09 PM)
Udi we had moments of good. But overall it was a bit meh. I've been concerned about this regime for quite a few weeks now. For all the cash we've spent, the overiding feeling I get is it's directionless - we're trying to recapture old Milan - well compare this lot with Seedorf, Sheva, Rino etc - it feels nothing like, and it feels nowhere near as good either. Despite being, currently, in a decent position.
The same was probably said of that group from most Milan fans when they were comparing it to the preceding great generation of Sacchi or Cappello. Carlo took time to also learn how best to use the bunch he got, let's not forget that Pirlo and Seedorf were both Inter failures when we got them. Rino hadn't been some big name player either. So while Montella is no Carlo, I'm hoping that he can find the right formula. So far he's not instilling me with too much confidence but I'm willing to give him time
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 21 2017, 03:09 PM)
I've found him utterly patchy and nowhere near as staunch as he was in pre-season. A few good games is not the monstrous midfield force we thought he was.
like i said, he's young, he won't be perfect all the time, he's had a couple of stinkers and a couple of good games since the season started, I didn't think he was some midfield force, one very good season at Atalanta is not enough to convince me of that, which is why it's concerning for me that there is literally no one on the squad to sub him
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 21 2017, 03:09 PM)
Flawless? I bought that one too, but BEIN6 stream wasn't working last night. Which just WASN'T a waste of money (!)
It depends where you got it from. Mine is from a Maltese retailer and I never have any issues with channels.
I bought another one from a foreign retailer and it's very patchy though
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 21 2017, 03:09 PM)
It really, really, REALLY does. How you do in the league is how you get measured. And Cutrone has been far better than all our strikers bar Kalinic. He's certainly performed better than Silva.
Silva got his FIRST start against SPAL, how can he be better than anyone when he wasn't given a prior chance?
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 21 2017, 03:09 PM)
Dude, he scored v Cagliari. And he's only played four league matches. Two goals, four matches. One of those matches saw him given absolutely zero service, and the other he got a 20 minute cameo in!
Wow, you are quick to poo poo him.
I actually forgot he scored against Cagliari.
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 21 2017, 03:09 PM)
The fact we we scored two goals and a near third does suggest we did ok in that match. Far from great, granted.
2 scrappy goal, one off of a set-piece. I didn't think we were that good vs Udi.
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 21 2017, 03:09 PM)
Dude, you are. You want Silva in there when he's done f-all in Serie A after 5 matches, while two goals in four for you is not enough for Cutrone?
FFS! What do you want him to do in Serie A when he played 1 out of those 5 matches you mention??!! You say I'm making stuff up when you're making it sound like he started all 5 of those games and just sat at the corner flag and drank espresso throughout all of them. My problem with starting Cutrone is not simply about the goals, it's about what he offers, which is not much else. He's Bacca lite, and having just managed to get rid of the original, I don't want to see us being saddled with another tap-in king who hinders the overall game for us
QUOTE (Danny @ Sep 21 2017, 03:09 PM)
Oh ffs when the f*ck did I say 'undisputed starter'?! When did I even imply it?! Stop making things up mate. I said, clearly, that we have four options up front and we need to use them as and needed. But looking at the facts Silva hasn't performed in Serie A, Kalinic and Cutrone have, and Suso is struggling as a 9.
Take your weird pro-Silva glasses off and look at the reality in front of it. And stop dismissing Cutrone because he's 19!
I guess we can dismiss this down to you having a hard on for Silva, me having one for Cutrone, and a brand new Mexes and Alex argument starting up.
If so, I will actually quit this board for good because it bored me last time.
You whine every time he's not picked, you always want him to start and you keep saying that he should be starting. How is that not wanting him to be an undisputed starter?
It's not pro-Silva glasses. It's seeing the bigger picture. Silva is the player who's actually gotten the least chances from Montella, I want to actually see what he can do, we've seen what Cutrone can do far more. I don't have a hard on for Silva or any other player. Suso will most likely start again behind Kalinic next match and I'm more than okay with that. But if it comes down to picking the 2 I'll always pick Silva because I personally value a striker like him far more than a striker like Cutrone. This isn't just about who's better but about what they offer for the 90 minutes and Silva simply does much more
And honestly Danny, what is it with you threatening to leave any time someone actually wants to dispute something with you? It's getting old, if you want to leave I cannot stop you, but you're making it uncomfortable for people to actually have a conversation with you when you act like a child every time someone has an opinion that is different to yours when you throw your toys out of the pram and threaten to leave because you're over whatever discussion that is going on! It's really getting tiring. If you want to leave you can, but you really need to look at yourself and see why you simply can't handle someone disagreeing with you in a trivial conversation about football. We all have disagreements here and we all talk it out and then continue along as if nothing is ever happened. No one threatens to leave or declares the conversation over themselves. That's just in bad taste and goes against the spirit of what a discussion board is about. And may I ask what a fun place for you would be like? You declaring stuff and everyone agreeing with it?