Grande_Milano wrote:Their mid is better. GK pretty equal. Attack is RVP alone, and Gervinho did not yet prove he is Pato or even Cassano level. Defence esp Sagna-less is god awful

haha you are going to be soo surprised...

Grande_Milano wrote:Koscielny improvement? Give you that. Mert is slow though despite being decent player. Flangs are just meh

•MilanDevil• wrote:wow its me against all my friends. Arsenal might be my favorite team in the BPL but Milan is my favorite in the world. FORZA MILAN!!

RealGunner wrote:Arsenal fans, out of this thread please

Rossoneri Ninja wrote:Lolz Cro
Why you no post in Milan section no more

Argh! Not Arghsenal pls

I know most of the milan folk were just trolling a bit he he. Its a good draw for both teams, imo its 50/50 although i believe Arsenal to go through.

I don't see why Arsenal's supposedly weak defense is as much of a factor, seeing as though we have been far below our high standards. But even more seriousis that we have adopted a habit of conceding late into games, and our inability to shut out games on a consistent basis. About 50 % of the goals we've conceded thus far into the season occurs between the 65min to the 90th.

We are not better than we were last season especially that second half of the season, defensively we've gone backwards and the midfield although a bit refreshed hasn't really improved, MvB and ambrosini are out've form and have declined. We need a new achor to hold the midfield or we'll be vulnerable on the counter. Arsenal on the other hand have much proved since last season, especially defensively, Song has matured more and the new signings have adapted to their role well.

Im not really sold on our midfield, it has some fundamental flaws in it and some that become more prevalent under certain conditions. One of the flaws is that its probably the most unorthodox diamond i've seen, the most creative player / technically adapt player is positioned on either the left or right of midfield, its focus is functionality, whereas most teams midfield have a set way of playing, possesion, defensive, pressing ect. The midfield has a bit of everything but not enough of a certain trait, although this makes us more flexible against bigger sides, it also keeps us from imposing ourselfs and thus we allow the other team to dictate the terms of the game.

That is a tactical conundrum we haven't really solved and it has cost us on occassion. The concept is great , but once again practicality makes it hard to implement. Imo we don't actually have the players for the job, i am not saying that it is weak or poor, it is good but obviously against bigger sides it isn't anything special. Imo K.P is the only player that fits the system well and that i'd keep but with the rest we can do better or get better.

lolz i wanna write more
/borefest

mr.galliani wrote:Don't understand the continued critisicm of Allegri. He has done a brilliant job and we should vest our faith in him simply because a man with more football knowledge than any of us here has faith in him, Adriano Galliani.

Allegri came to Milan as a coach with little respect and many, including me, saw this as more of a gamble than an investment to hire him as manager. I was hesitant to put my faith in him. His late subs confused me, treatment of Ronaldinho hurt me and poor early season results and the drubbing at the Bernabeu compounded this. I had wielded my dislike axe far too early.

Since those tough early days, Allegri has obviously in detail described his vision for Milan; a dynamic, pressing, hard working single unit with creativity and flair left to the best technical players, the rest to compensate for our lack of pace and excessive age.

Allegri changed Milan from the Milan of old, the Milan that always entertained, were always bold and always attacked to an unknown Milan to many supporters where defensive duties were given priority, physicality was selected over creativity, individual brilliance relegated to the bench in favour of durability.

Contrary to what many believe, Allegri did replace Pirlo and Ronaldinho, just not with new signings. How many others have noticed the new roles of Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Silva now completes more passes than most on the ground while Zlatan is assisting more than ever, always looking to make a key pass in the build up to a goal. Are these really the same roles as they had last season? No, of course not.

Instead of the defensive liability in Ronaldinho, we now have the dynamic, energetic powerhouse of Boateng, who will pressure opposition high up in the pitch, forcing turnovers in dangerous positions. The creativity now lies on the shoulders of our own famous author Zlatan, who now drops deep so often that we sometimes lack a target man, especially when Pato disappears or Robinho is matched up with physical and tall defenders. Is this a by-product of Allegri's tactic or a measured risk? I strongly believe the latter. A similar idea can be applied to our CDM position with the case of Pirlo, van Bommel, Silva.

Allegri has won us our 18th Scudetto, put in two promising performances against the second best side of all time and now has a chance to right his last season's wrongs in the Champions League and I believe in him to do so.

Forza Max.

VibeTribe wrote:Cro how did you return