AC Milan Thread [2008/09]

[Deni_Rossonero]

We have signed two Uruguayan youngsters Mathias Cardaccio (21) and Tabare Viudez (19), don't know much about these players except that they're creative midfielders, saw some clips of Cardaccio and he seems to be a good purchase for the future.

 

[Deni_Rossonero]

We played the Russian Railways cup against Sevilla, Bearing in mind that we had no attackers at all except Paloschi and that Kaka' was there just to take a stroll for 45 mins i'm surprised by the fact that we lost by an own goal (and a pretty one at that ) from Gattuso. Abbiati is unbelievable in this preseason what he pulled off yesterday and in the Trofeo TIM was great i'd go with him for the first choice.
Also we seem to have signed that young keeper Felipe from Brazil he's 20 and he'll be on loan this first year and come to the club next year (i imagine after Dida leaves if he doesn't improve).
Tomorrow we play against Chelsea, we will loose playing with no attackers at all or Paloschi for 45 min only as right now we have only 2 players that have something to do with attack in Pirlo and Seedorf who is playing great i guess the competition has waken the beast, also Jankulovski is brilliant so i hope for the Zambrotta, Kaladze/Maldini/Bonera, Nesta, Jankulovski Defence line. All in all we're looking good, and that game tomorrow will be good for our players regardless of the result.

 

[Arnau]

nice gatusso goal

 

[Deni_Rossonero]

Hahahaha as expected, Chelsea played great and we, we played like we missed our almost whole first team and all strikers and attacking midfielders. Hahahaha, at least they've run for 90 mins.

 

[Bonzi]

Kalac looked absolutely dreadful

 

[Tosiek]

Kalac would easily replace Lurch as the Addams family manservant.

 

[Zakov]

Kalac would easily replace Lurch as the Addams family manservant.

I reckon even Lurch would've done a better job than him. At least he would've scared off our players from coming near the goal.

 

[rony31]

Galliani said Ancelotti has decided on our first keeper,it will be Kalac, and Abiatti for the second, and they're waiting on some results on Dida. I think Kalac was great for us this season he pulled of some fantastic saves and was reall consistent and had high concentration. I'm happy that he's first choice and he deserves it!

wonderful ******* douchebags, Abbiati better be the #1 this season, he's the only competent GK on this roster.

 

[Deni_Rossonero]

Agree with you Roni and i also decided that we will sell Kalac, hahahahahaha!

 

[rony31]

I still think we need a competent out-and-out striker before the season starts. Kaka, Ronnie and Pato all play the same type of position, and none of them are natural goal scorers. **** you Galliani and your homosexual transfer policies you ****

 

[Arnau]

I still think we need a competent out-and-out striker before the season starts. Kaka, Ronnie and Pato all play the same type of position, and none of them are natural goal scorers. **** you Galliani and your homosexual transfer policies you ****

kaka---ronaldinho
-----pato-------

 

[Deni_Rossonero]

Agree with Arnau, Pato is a mix of a Striker and Second Striker while Kaka and Ronaldinho are more Attacking midfielders turned into Second strikers. Pato will be turned into an #9 in Milan and he says he's OK with that, also he's already played like this a lot of times, and he has good characteristics, he great with head, has great pace, can run onto balls and can play in tight spaces, he has a lot of that Inzaghi's predatory sense in positioning too, also he's quick to shoot and has a great and precise shot at that, he only lack a bit in strength but hell he's 18, he's not that small a guy either (182 cm) so he should be great for us. Also we will always have Super Pippo to save the day and Borriello will try to show what he can do (he just might be a late bloomer like Luca Toni, most of his 19 goals last season were beautiful goals, not the tap-ins Gila scores) I think we're set in attack. Maybe the central defence isn't all that great but until Maldini retires i doubt we'll get another world class defender alongside Nesta, cause we'd loose one of Kaladze or Bonera and they are useful as both can play as a central defender and a right back or in Kaladze's case a left back. IMO everything is just as it should be.

 

[Zakov]

Looking at the Kaka-Pato-Ronie it looks similiar to the system Roma's been using to great effect, the one without the out-and-out striker but you have Kaka and Ronie in that system, it'll be interesting to see them together IF they stay fit.

 

[Deni_Rossonero]

Here are the Official Squad Numbers for the 2008/09 season:
GOALKEEPERS: 1 Nelson Dida - 12 Christian Abbiati - 16 Zelijko Kalac

DEFENDERS: 3 Paolo Maldini - 2 Massimo Oddo - 4 Kakha Kaladze - 13 Alessandro Nesta - 15 Gianluca Zambrotta - 17 Dario Simic - 18 Marek Jankulovski - 19 Giuseppe Favalli - 25 Daniele Bonera - 31 Rodrigo Digao - 36 Matteo Darmian - 77 Luca Antonini

MIDFIELDERS: 5 Emerson - 8 Rino Gattuso - 14 Mathias Cardacio - 21 Andrea Pirlo - 23 Massimo Ambrosini - 32 Cristian Brocchi - 84 Mathieu Flamini

ATTACKERS: 7 Alexandre Pato - 9 Filippo Inzaghi - 10 Clarence Seedorf - 11 Marco Borriello - 20 Tabarè Viudez - 22 Ricardo Kakà - 43 Alberto Paloschi - 80 Ronaldinho

 

[Zakov]

Flamini 84? Is he copying Dinho? Why didn't he just take number 16 :P

 

[Deni_Rossonero]

Are you deliberately ignoring Kalac? Hahaha But yeah, he could have took the 20 or at least 24.

Looking at the Kaka-Pato-Ronie it looks similiar to the system Roma's been using to great effect, the one without the out-and-out striker but you have Kaka and Ronie in that system, it'll be interesting to see them together IF they stay fit.

I believe they should, I think Kaka' solved all his problems this summer and that not playing in the preseason is just a precaution, Dinho on the other hand has never had any serious injuries and Pato's still young to have some chronic more than a few weeks lasting problems. Also i think that Pato is more of an stirker than both Totti and Vucinic, so i think we should be ok.

 

[Zakov]

they should give the players numbers according to age, seeing Dinho with 80 and Flamini with 84 is just comedy. Are they trying to start a trend or summat?
Anyways, I heard u guys have been linked with Panucci, if this is true, I don't what yer club is thinking anymore tbh.

 

[Deni_Rossonero]

Buti: 5 isn't free Emerson wears it, and although Flamini should rather wear the first 11 number than Emerson Milan will never take the number from one player and give to another, harmony and loyalty are the most important.
And number 6 is retired, it's the number king Baresi wore, just like no one except a new Maldini will wear the 3.

Zakov: Yeah we've been linked with Stendardo, Miranda, Thiago Silva, Alex Silva, Ferrari and Panucci even Branislav Ivanovic by the press, all after Galliani said that the mercato is Closed for us, press can write what they want, and given the fact that we have a lot of older players in our squad, it's logical they'd write something like that as soon as someone like Nesta get injured for two weeks. It just amazes me how good they manage to hide it in the articles that it's always based only on their assumption, in this case made out of an ex Milan player, which is over 30, and is probably nearing the end of his contract (or at least two years from the end of it) and the fact that our main defender got some injury problems. Now that i think of it i see it from a journalists point of view, more than two connections are here this must be an article.
Don't worry man, we haven't gone mad. The team just started rebuilding, and next season we'll buy big(although IMO we did buy big this season too) when we get into the CL and also when some of the players leave like Brocchi, Dida(if he doesn't improove), Maldini (retires), Emerson, Favalli and even maybe (maybe if Gourcuff and Cardaccio do great this season) Seedorf, Oddo too if he has another bad season. Then we'll have reasons to buy younger players, but for this season we're good, also none of these players are our starters. Age isn't everything in football, players are looked at individually.
As for the numbers, players chose their own numbers so Flamini is a Carlos*ass hahahaha. I guess he's sucking up to Dinho.

 

[Deni_Rossonero]

, Baresi deserves it!

I think Fowler left to Cardiff last summer when Torres came.

But i know what you're talking about, well that's for them to decide, but IMO Seedorf has all the right to keep the 10 after all his years in Milan and also he was waiting for it for quite a few years from Rui Costa, so i think Dinho shouldn't deserve nothing more, as for Flamini, it's not that he's wore some number for his whole career and also 16 he wore in Arsenal isn't much of an big number so i doubt he'd be fighting for it, also he had much better number that he could have took, 20, it would have suited him well, but this is his choice.

Hahaha 77, 84, and 80 too bad Oddo took #2 and Ronaldo left, we would have looked like a Christmas tree! hahahha

 

[rony31]

Kaka to Chelsea for 100M Euros... wouldn't be surprised if this went through to be honest, we suck at the transfer market