Why is Boateng starting over Robinho as CAM?

I don't understand this.

Robinho is better at dribbling, passing, shooting, visions, making intelligent runs, is faster. Also has great chemistry with ibra

boateng is stronger, and ..... defending I suppose.

I feel like boateng is being played at CAM for his defensive qualities, which sounds really dumb but is kinda true. With 2 DM's especially I think this is overly defensive.

I wonder what Allegri sees in Boateng that us fans(many of us) don't? Also do you think Robinho will displace him from the CAM spot soon?

KR10 wrote:I don't understand this.

Robinho is better at dribbling, passing, shooting, visions, making intelligent runs, is faster. Also has great chemistry with ibra

boateng is stronger, and ..... defending I suppose.

I feel like boateng is being played at CAM for his defensive qualities, which sounds really dumb but is kinda true. With 2 DM's especially I think this is overly defensive.

I wonder what Allegri sees in Boateng that us fans(many of us) don't? Also do you think Robinho will displace him from the CAM spot soon?

He works hard
I'm not saying in the way that Robinh DOESN'T work hard. I'm saying that, condering Allegri's style of play and the amount of energy all our players put into per game, Boateng is a stand out.

Boateng will defend from a corner, tackle the opposition to get the ball, pass the ball out to a teammate, sprint to the other end of the pitch, burst into the box and go for a shot.
And repeat.
How many players, not just in Milan, but in the whole world do that all game, every game.

His playing style alone is what linked us to Asamoah. We saw the huge, huge benefits of having an insanely industrious midfielder.

But I LOVE Robinho. I am a worshiper of his idea of football.
But like you said (don't know if its actually true), If Robinho is faster....
Why not save his energy for sprints while he's up front? And then have the physically phenomenal Boateng defending and attacking?

Robinho still puts forward a very good case of being our starting CAM

But Boateng is more suited to Allegri's game.
And at the end of the day. That's all it takes to get into this XI

Thats why Ibrahimovic will start week in-week out
Thats why Abate is (and always will be) our RB
And that's why Taiwo was bought

And thats why Boateng will start over Robinho at CAM
Because he's Allegri's idea of an attacking midfielder

In my opinion Boateng should be in the middle of the park, Robinho should be the Trequartista

I agree ,Boatang shouldnt play as an AM,thats why weve been playing so unattractive lately!

Since when does boateng defend well?he just tracks back...like robinho.I'm a bit bias,but binho is twice the player boa is...other than finishing of course

I'm tired of repeating myself so I'll keep it short and simple.

Boateng is most natural as a CAM

Boateng has bad positioning in the CM role because he tends to want to get forward to often. I've said it over 10-15 times in here but I guess no one except myself and Dos has really seen these flaws in Boateng's game.

well let me add that i also don't mind Robinho as the CAM he does the job just as well as Boateng in certain games even better.

Even if he's more natural as a cam,I don't think he's good enough for cl.dms will eat him alive,kind of like what Felipe melo did to him on the match against juve

Ganso wrote: Even if he's more natural as a cam,I don't think he's good enough for cl.dms will eat him alive,kind of like what Felipe melo did to him on the match against juve

Which game do you speak of??? The first time we played Juventus and lost 2-1 we had Robinho as the CAM and Boateng as a CM and you see what good that did us. The time we beat Juventus 1-0 Boateng played as a CAM I rest my case.

Also I have to say I get tired of hearing that we play unattractive football, although that is completely subjective, I feel the football we play is fine and I've maintained my stance and belief in Allegri's tactics.

I'm speaking of the latest match,he was really useless.and in the first match robinho was still on his bad form,now he got much better.meh just my opinion we all know allegri won't move boa lol

in my opinion we play some of the most attractive football on the planet

This is why Boateng isn't CM:

His POSITIONING and PASSING isn't good enough

Not sure why some people just can't understand this

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:This is why Boateng isn't CM:

His POSITIONING and PASSING isn't good enough

Not sure why some people just can't understand this

so his passing isn't good enough for midfield yet he's playing as the trequarista?

IzzyC08 wrote:I'm tired of repeating myself so I'll keep it short and simple.

Boateng is most natural as a CAM

Boateng has bad positioning in the CM role because he tends to want to get forward to often. I've said it over 10-15 times in here but I guess no one except myself and Dos has really seen these flaws in Boateng's game.

well let me add that i also don't mind Robinho as the CAM he does the job just as well as Boateng in certain games even better.

I agree he's the most natural there at the moment, but that doesn't mean he's good enough for a starting spot. If he wants to start for us he MUST be trained to adapt to a 3 man mid, otherwise he should never start for us.

If we can convert Abate to a top RB, we can convert Boateng to a top CM

Boateng is CM/AMF while Robinho is natural winger and he played AMF coz he was forced to play that role

not really.He played as a secondary striker in Brazil,and i believe he played as a CAM for madrid most of the time.

anyone watching ger-bra?robinho is being an amazing playmaker.

KR10 wrote:

IzzyC08 wrote:I'm tired of repeating myself so I'll keep it short and simple.

Boateng is most natural as a CAM

Boateng has bad positioning in the CM role because he tends to want to get forward to often. I've said it over 10-15 times in here but I guess no one except myself and Dos has really seen these flaws in Boateng's game.

well let me add that i also don't mind Robinho as the CAM he does the job just as well as Boateng in certain games even better.

I agree he's the most natural there at the moment, but that doesn't mean he's good enough for a starting spot. If he wants to start for us he MUST be trained to adapt to a 3 man mid, otherwise he should never start for us.

If we can convert Abate to a top RB, we can convert Boateng to a top CM

Not necessarily seeing as most the youth that we raise up tend to be defenders or attackers. Not midfielders just saying. It's possible that we could but we aren't exactly known for it.

Ganso wrote:anyone watching ger-bra?robinho is being an amazing playmaker.

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He's got the touch, He's got the PoWeR, YEaAHAHAH!

seriously i hope someone makes a robinho vs germany video.best player on the pitch after schweni imo.

imo, if kpb can't adapt to play RCM, he should be dropped cause even LCM is to creative for him to handle

Ganso wrote:seriously i hope someone makes a robinho vs germany video.best player on the pitch after schweni imo.

Did you see troll.com, I mean goal.com player ratings? Hahahahah they really do know nothing.

Agree with MTD, I've always seen Prince as a box to box but he lacks the necessary creativity as a CAM, he has the muscle to push the ball forward but not the finesse passing i like. Binho is much better suited