kp40;3083979 said:
wellcome back Deni, it was a while. how's your work?
Thanks, well, it really was a while
It's going good, we're giving it our all, it sometimes isn't enough as other things must align,but we mean well with the music we create so that's enough for me to fell happy with what I do
Xifio;3083215 said:
ćao deni!
it's only early August, and Milan are already Super Champions ...
hopefully the win doesn't mask the problems ... the second half was much better, but I still have real problems with the tactics ...
yeah, given a fully fit and rested squad, I'd start Pato and Cassano in a 4-3-3, with Robinho[od], Stephan El Shaarawy, and Super Pippo coming off the bench ...
yup, Allegri needs to pick only one destroyer, NOT both -- one is needed, fine; but neither can pass, and it kills any chance of playing possession football if they're both on ...
yes again! he's combative midfielder, not a creative one ... he needs to be on the right side of a midfield 3, NOT in the hole ...
haha, well Seedorf was sublime in the second half ... he just needs to be given more room to roam, and not bogged down on one side of midfield like in the first half ...
I'd be happy with Mr. M, and no Mr. X ... Basti's going to be too expensive, methinks ... Montolivo is the one I want to see signed now ... Marek next summer ...
I agree with everything, I maybe sounded critical of Seedorf I am actually amazed by him this year, ever since 2011 started he's been brilliant.
Also, many may think it's weird saying this but, even though Pirlo was with Nesta my favourite Milan player, I'm kinda glad he left.
He's lost an awful lot in the last couple of years, and now his weakness, his low mobility, low physical strength and sometimes passive approach to the games relying solely on his long balls, plus maybe the biggest problem of Pirlo and that is Him and Gattuso together being one perfect complete midfielder.
For many years I've watched Milan rely on the two of them in the midfield complementing each other, the problem is, Gattuso has ZERO quality attacking and PIRLO has ZERO denfending. And that was good when they where in their primes, but when declining, they where taking two places in Milan's midfield to do the work of one player.
Van Bommel has most certainly replaced Pirlo, but he has also replaced Gattuso. I'm not saying Bommel is anything close to Pirlo in his playmaking, but he's certainly more complete than Gattuso, and relying on players that are good on both ends of the pitch as opposed to having a Kaka' and a Mashcerano in your teams midfield is the future of football.
Players like Boateng, Khedira, Essien, Schweinsteiger, Hernanes, Montolivo, De Rossi and Van Bommel, of course playmakers that are still hard workers Gerrard, Sneijder and Modric those are the perfect midfielders, and this is something that we can learn from Mourinho as he always makes his players work on both ends of the pitch and in this regard Gattuso and Pirlo are obsolete, while Seedorf can still play, as he's shown on a lot of occasions that he has the grit to roll up his sleeves and work, Ambrosini is also a great player and greater than Gattuso for me. In my opinion these players are superior because then you can have someone like that occupy all of your positions in the midfield, and a collective effort both defending and attacking is more effective than relying of the genious of one man, be that attacking like Kaka' or Pirlo or defending like Gattuso.
Milan has taken this route now, it was obvious to me last year when they took Boateng, and even more so when they got MVB and later gave away Pirlo without a problem. The thing is they must finish the job and put Gattuso on the bench by getting a top midfielder in this mould. IMO Hamsik would be great. But even Montolivo would be perfect. But to be honest the need two players. Someone to push Boateng from the #10 spot and someone to push Gattuso out of the first 11. A combo of Aquilani and Montolivo would be a dream signing as they're obviously talented enough to play for Milan and they're Italian, so that really gives them an advantage. Plus Aquilani is still a player that unlike for Pastore or Ganso who Milan are linked with still gets dirty defending while the later two wait for the attacking phase of the game. IMO only Ibra should be given this luxury in Milan, and rightly so, but even he showed last year that defending as a team is important, IMO his chasing to get the ball back last fall every game was the thing that instilled winning mentality into this Milan. And that's why Pirlo was shipped out to Juve, and I say thank you to the best deep-lying playmaker ever but also with all due respect, also thank you for moving on.
