QUOTE (X-Offender @ Dec 11 2020, 11:03 PM)
It's Wolfsberger??? I thought it was Wolfsburg.
I guess because he hasn't played in ages.
Yeah, they're the beef patty making side of Wolfsburg
QUOTE (Forza Milan! @ Dec 12 2020, 03:40 AM)
Have not been on this forum for a while, so I had to catch up :-)
@CrazyMilanFan - glad to hear you beat COVID. My mom did as well. She is in her mid 80's, so I was real worried for a while.
As for the rest ...
Lots of negativism and a few "meltdowns" in the last couple of months. They have started giving out awards for this kind of behavior in a different forum :-)
This is how I look at the current situation:
- We are ahead in Serie A, 5 points clear (not counting Sassuolo's game earlier today)
- We won our EL group (despite getting a single point out of two Lille games)
- We play as a team
- We have one of the youngest teams in top European leagues, lots of potential for the future
- We won (or tied) matches with direct competitors in Serie A
- We won games against teams where we would have tied in recent years (or even lost in the final minutes). Yes, we struggled in some of these games, but nevertheless we came away with 3 points.
- We have been winning even though some of our key players have been out
- Hague is a monster (perhaps not the "next Kaka", but huge potential), Tonali is starting to prove his worth, Kalulu surprised me in the last match (I had written him off in pre-season), Cala and Gabbia are solid options. Not to mention other players that were already performing last season (Kessie, Benna, Zlatan, etc.)
Had you told me at the beginning of the season that this is where we would end up mid December, I would have not believed you (yes, I hoped, but did not really expect).
I regularly read comments on CM (and elsewhere). Indeed, lots of "rosicare" from the Intereisti, and some (though less) from Rube fans as well.
- We are "Bilan" and our players are "scarsi"
- Just wait until the end of the season, we will be 20 points behind Merda / Rube
- We were supposed to fall apart after a few games
- We were supposed to fall apart after Zlatan got injured
- We were supposed to fall apart by November or December (well, someone on this forum believed this as well :-))
- Now the tune has changed to "the refs are helping us" and "how can we be so lucky"
Do I truly believe that we will win Serie A and/or EL? Probably not, but I am a fan, so I am compelled to hope (and even allow myself to believe).
Do I believe our team is playing great? Not really, but we are playing as a team (more than what I can say for Merda or even Rube), we are consistent, and we have bounced back when in past years we would have fallen apart.
Are we back to our glory days? No way, not even close. But we are rebuilding, and doing so on a solid financial basis (something we did not really have with B&G).
To look at this differently, this is the best we have seen in a decade, so here is my advice to some of you:
- Chill out
- Enjoy the moment (it may not last :-))
- Stay positive (we are fans, after all !!!)
Forza Milan !!!
Excellent post. And I agree. Let's enjoy the moment.
For me. Top 4 is still the absolute must get goal. Anything else is icing.
Of course the "S" word has crossed my mind a couple of times, but then I reign myself in. I think our squad is too thin to make it that far. Now if we're still first in January and make those 3 signings we need, I might actually let myself hope
QUOTE (X-Offender @ Dec 12 2020, 02:05 PM)
Looks like Ibra won't be called for tomorrow's game. Disappointing, thought he would have recovered by now.
At least with Rebic CF we have Hauge on the left.
I'm thinking they won't risk him until the Sassuolo game at this point. I'm eager to see him back in the team, but anything that would cause his absence for the more difficult games should be avoided.
QUOTE (X-Offender @ Dec 12 2020, 03:48 PM)
Pioli: "Between Leao and Rebic I think the latter is more suited to play as CF"
I couldn't disagree more.
I agree with your disagreement.
Rebic has really struggled upfront. Especially since we've faced teams who stay very compact. And it will be the same against Parma and Genoa.