Old Problems in the New Era

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Then...


Since then, Milan have played a season where the team was nothing but a foil to the eventual success of Juventus. However, Juve has not stopped at that. Rather, they've brought in two great midfielders from the third place team of 2011/12, in Asamoah and Isla of Udinese. In addition, they have killed two birds with one stone through the purchase of Lucio, who will serve to bolster the defence as well as weakening Inter, who may not be Scudetto contenders, but have been Juve's most hated rivals since the aftermath of Calciopoli. Not to mention the handy signings of Giovinco and Pogba. Contrast this progress with the shambles that is AC Milan.

Now...

GONE: Maxi Lopez (Samp), Seedorf (Botafogo), Nesta (Montreal), Gattuso (Sion), van Bommel (PSV), Aquilani (Liverpool), Zambrotta (no club), Inzaghi (no club), Thiago Silva (PSG), Ibrahimovic (PSG).

LEAVING? Robinho

If our first team were to line-up for a game now, this might be what you'd see:


(Arrivals in red and CAPS)




GK
ABBIATI is a good goalkeeper, there is no pressing need to replace him. AMELIA is a adequate back-up. GABRIEL and PAZZAGLI are ideal 3rd or 4th keepers.

LB

CB

RB
ABATE is a solid starter. DE SCIGLIO should be considered as a back-up.

LM
NOCERINO has earned his starting place. CONSTANT is a solid back-up.

CM

RM
Traditionally a deep-lying playmaker, MONTOLIVO will likely play in RM because there is no room for his preferred position in Allegri's system. FLAMINI probably will be his back-up.

TQ
BOATENG owns this position. Nobody on our team can play as well as him here. EMANUELSON and EL SHAARAWY are decent back-ups, but our team is noticeably slower and more static without KPB. The signing of a new CM who can play TQ (e.g. Hernanes) would be fantastic.

FWD

Calciomercato...

Based on this analysis of the team's issues, what should our priorities be? Here's my 'to do list':

1. Two centre-backs
2. A striker
3. A centre mid
4. A left back

Possibilities (only includes players who have not been linked to Milan so far):
1. Ogbonna (Torino), Yanga-Mbiwa (Montpellier), Uvini (Sao Paolo), Rolando (Porto), Tasci (Stuttgart), Astori (Cagliari)
2. Damiao (Internacional), van Persie (Arsenal), Matri (Juventus), Dzeko (Man C), Tevez (Man C), Destro (Siena)
3. Hernanes (Lazio), Ganso (Santos), Sahin (R. Madrid), Lass (R. Madrid), Kaka (R. Madrid), Strootman (PSV)
4. Kolarov (Man C)

Next season...



Not bad. Will it actually happen? Probably not. We can still hope it does though.

we can forget about Damiao,Internacaional just sold Oscar to Chelsea.

Im wishing we can get Hernanes,mbiwa/ogbonna and a striker (Dzeko).In total,i think we would spend 40M there and would have around 20M to inject in the club.

If we can't get Damiao, Dzeko will have to do. As long as we got a solid striker and a solid CB or two, Milan should make CL.

Adriano Galliani has promised “Milan are prepared to reimburse the season tickets of those who are not satisfied with our transfer campaign.”

Supporters are planning protests at tonight’s Trofeo TIM mini-tournament in Bari against Inter and Juventus after the Rossoneri sold Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to PSG.

Some have even stated they intend to sue the club for false advertising because the season ticket campaign was fronted by the two now departed stars.

“Milan are prepared to reimburse the season tickets of those who are not satisfied with our transfer campaign this summer,” Vice-President Galliani told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

Season ticket sales had already been sluggish compared to last year, as players such as Alessandro Nesta, Gennaro Gattuso, Clarence Seedorf, Pippo Inzaghi, Mark Van Bommel and Gianluca Zambrotta left.
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wow .... galliani already forfeits ....

he and his management has only themselves to blame for this.

if what he says is true, we might probably conclude transfer market like this...

How about a 4-3-3? The midfield would be similar to Juve's. 2 B2B's and a DLP.

-----------Montolivo
------Boateng---Nocerino
RW------------------------Robinho
--------------Pato

I firmly support the hernanes move, we have been linked to him as of late as well

I really like that center back Yanga-Mbiwa 23 years old and captain of a team that won his league and he is a available for about 6mil.

Nocerino Monty Boateng is a good trio of a midfield, and the fact that all of them are good long shooters and very clinical plus very high work-rate with a good winning ball back ability!

I think Cassano as a attacking midfielder is one of the best in the world, his creativity is out of this world! Pato tends to be very clinical when he is fit but he is never fit therefore it pose an issue of reliance, we have no other striker who we can rely on for goals.

Robinho is very good as a winger as it limits his goal sight but helps him find space to maximize his best attributes; speed and dribbling, however we are unlikely to play with a winger system therefore he is proffered as a striker who moves wide.

Emanuelson have worked very well as an attacking LB as he is originally a winger but he is not good defensively, Allegri has already stated he will be deployed as our left back next season which is good move in my opinion; having one defensive full back and one offensive one, we also get speed on the wings to catch any speedy forward who might break loose.

Abate have disappointed at times but he is still one of the best defensively capable right backs in the world, although his crossing isn't impressive it tends to be disappointing due to the fact that we have no actual quality header of the ball in the team, except for maybe Maxi who has confirmed his departure; very disappointed that we let him go, he is a very good underrated player who always came through when we needed him!

Our centre backs is our main concern at the moment, although Mexes is solid he has proven he can be a liability and should only be preserved as backup in my honest opinion. Ely has the potential to be the next Nesta but he should grow into the team and not just be thrown into unknown territory, Acerbi has the potential and age on his side and with the departure of Silva he will become probably our best defender next season, Bonera is either brilliant ( see Barcelona quarter final first leg performance ) or a threat into our own goal; he should remain as backup option! Yepes is the only natural leader in our defensive line but he is very old and not starting meterial in my opinion.

El Sharaawy is our golden boy, he should be played frequency as he is about everything we ever wanted from Robinho bar finishing, he should play more often now with the lack of quantity in forwards we currently possess and also should also be tried into the attacking midfielder position; one very strong point about him is him being unrestricted so he can grow into his maximize potential.

Mattia should pose a challenge to our fullbacks next season, we all saw his quality playing in the opposite side of the pitch in a big derby with lots of pressure in him and almost no experience, we should groom him into the team and hope he doesn't end up as any other youngster of our wasted.

We have not seen much of Vila therefore we should not comment about him, we should rather give him the chance to prove his quality.

Nocerino is the signing of the decade, a challenger for the signing of the century as well, never in our entire lifer have we seen so much quality in such price, not even a million and he returned quality important goals against superior opponents such as Barcelona and Juventus, he was so important to our challenge and his work rate is quite high, he is vital to us in the future, with a little bit of guiding by Ambrosini his positioning in defence should improve, his run forward and smartness off the ball is very good and should give us the extra dimensions.

Boateng is a very good unpredictable player, he has the skill to always find space and he has quite a vicious shot, he should be moved back into the midfield and although we lose some of his goal threat it gives him much space to run from behind and be found by our creative forward line. Him, Cassano and Robinho are probably the only players we still have that are really difficult to man mark.

Monty is our creative player in the middle, everything should go through him, he is difficult to mark but not impossible, and even if man marked, it'll give space to Nocerino and Boateng who possess very high work rate to run through the middle to bring the ball forward, his long passing ability could be vital since we possess one of the quickest forward line in the world, they can easily break loose against a team not parking the bus and never be caught, we all saw his quality against Germany and although he disappears at time, he could very easily provide that one moment of magic that decides a game, his defensive quality should not be questioned as although he isn't solid at one on ones, he reads the game so brilliantly he intercepts many balls.

We missed the services of quality players over large periods of times last season, and if the change in the medical lab is an improvement we should witness a very good team next season.

I believe losing Ibra might be a blessing in disguise, although he is probably the best 9 in the world, the tactics that we require to play for him are negative and an improvement would be actually passing the ball rather then rely only on him.

All in all, we still have the quality to compete in the league and give a good run in the CL however it all depends on player such as Pato and Cassano finding forms, creating partnerships and remaining fit.

I just noticed my post was too long and still haven't gave tactics yet and didn't go into reserves, except a more detailed post tomorrow.

Hernanes is waaaay to expensive for our new economic approach. As I understand it, we are gonna inject most of the money into the club, so we are looking for excellent "Galliani-signings", "forgotten jewels" or whatever. The only place Galliani spoke of "champions" was regarding a new forward, but it will hardly be what people today think of as a champion. Unfortunately, Matri won with Juve last year, so he could technically be a "champion"

Mexes as our main CB? I will have nightmares when we go into the CL...

Eivindo wrote:Hernanes is waaaay to expensive for our new economic approach. As I understand it, we are gonna inject most of the money into the club, so we are looking for excellent "Galliani-signings", "forgotten jewels" or whatever. The only place Galliani spoke of "champions" was regarding a new forward, but it will hardly be what people today think of as a champion. Unfortunately, Matri won with Juve last year, so he could technically be a "champion"

Mexes as our main CB? I will have nightmares when we go into the CL...

lol... at the matri point.. yeah since he won serie a .. well he is technically a champion...

he is good player i would be happy to have him...

lets hope we can strengthen in all areas...

but at this point, after reading galliani comments willing to repay the money back to fans lol that was silly of him...