QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 25 2018, 11:52 PM)
How can we fix this, though? These are the players. Biglia, Kessie, Bakayoko. We need to field at least two of them. Cos the alternatives are Montolivo, Bertolacci and Jose Mauri.
The main issue is that we don't have players who are good on the ball, i.e. who don't lose it like idiots as our midfielders do most of the time.
I've never seen anyone as lost as Biglia was tonight. Every time he received the ball he looked helpless. Sure enough, their first goal came from his mistake.
I don't know what Rino can do, he's a bit helpless himself in this situation.
Biglia was terrible yesterday, no doubt about it. But when he's in form, he's the
only player we have that can distribute the ball and is capable of playing a defensive role in midfield through correct positioning. If he can't get his sh!t together than there is no hope for that midfield. We might as well try to put Monto in there.
Bakayoko and Kessie cannot play a holding role. They're constantly running around like maniacs and chasing the ball around instead of positioning themselves to win it back. That's why we looked even worse when Biglia was taken off yesterday, because no matter how terrible he was, Bakayoko running around chasing everything put us in an even worse situation as huge gaps opened up in the midfield. Kessie does the same thing essentially.
I think a 4-2-3-1
could be a solution, but whoever plays next to Biglia will need to learn the art of positioning and not just running around like a headless chicken chasing the ball
QUOTE (Fillipo Simone @ Aug 26 2018, 12:16 AM)
For starters he could have wished for someone else then Bakayoko who seems totally redundant.
Then we should have tried to address the midfield problem. We lack speed and intelligence, none of our players can provide that. We should have gotten rid of Monto and Bertolacci, Biglia probably as well. But well... again, Biglia wasn't good today, but you make it sound lot worse IMO.
The fact that we didn't address the midfield issue is something that will haunt us throughout this season, just like it has for the last 7 years.
Countless coaches and 3 ownership changes and still no one has addressed this issue or even acknowledged it. It can't be something that it's just us who see it (as in the fans). Last summer they tried to address it with Biglia but he's been a huge let down.
QUOTE (Rossoneri7 @ Aug 26 2018, 12:43 AM)
Milan played a great first half, showed courage and spirit.
I for one expect Napoli (and to a larger extent Ancelotti) to triumph today. They were afterall runners up last season. Have much experience and are a CL team (not necessarily winners, but contenders).
There is much to improve on and its good Milan are facing Napoli and next week Roma, two strong teams to get things moving. The team should start to get inform as the first couple of games are under way. Add to that Milan has 8 new players, some require time to adapt to Serie A while others need to build a rapport with their team mates.
As always Forza Milan!
I disagree about it being a great first half. The socre was misleading. We were a chaotic mess out there throughout the game. I simply do not understand why Rino would go to the San Paolo and have the team trying to play quick, one touch, play out from the back football when we have no one in this team capable of doing that. We should have defended with a deep line and frustrated them, picked our moments on the counterattack. This especially when we found ourselves miraculously a goal up. But we simply did not do this. We went gung ho all game long, with not a hint of composure or fluidity to be seen.
QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 26 2018, 02:41 AM)
"Could have" "Should have"
I'm talking about right now. What solutions do we have?
At the top of my head there's switching to 4-2-3-1. Since our midfielders are so inept we need to think of a formation that puts less burden on the midfield to create and leave that duty to the three attacking midfielders instead.
Unfortunately, we need to continue relying on Biglia and Kessie since we have nobody else, unless we wanna give Bertolacci a second chance.
But I'm pulling at straws here. Honestly, I don't see any clear solution. If the players could man up and have the balls to fight for a change, that would be a good start.
I agree about the 4-2-3-1. I'd shackle Biglia and Kessie/Bakayoko to a more defensive midfield-pivot and let the 4 upfront deal with the creativity. Playing a 3-ma midfield with this bunch, especially when Biglia is so off form is a mistake.
Honeslty, I have a bad feeling about Rino this season. I don't think he'll last long tbh