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I think there is far too much negativity here. The game against Inter was a massive improvement over previous friendlies, we did lose but Inter scored from their only chance.
We made do with a midfield without Pirlo or Seedorf, one of those two is needed to link the attack, we also missed Zambrotta and even Janku who are our only full-backs with the technique and intelligence to produce something when given the ball in the final third. Inter's marking of Ronaldinho was very tight and the fact that we were missing Pirlo and Seedorf meant that really stopped us attacking, but he still supplied Antonini on several occasions. If Zambrotta or Janku had been there we would have had chances. Huntelaar was not on the same wavelength as Ronaldinho and Pato which is understandable. So we were essentially missing three key parts of the team and still outplayed Inter, there are a lot of positives there.
Our weakness is certainly at full-back and we really need a player there. I'm a bit worried about the midfield when Pirlo comes in, it was very strong today but I'm not sure if it can accomodate Pirlo and Abate with only Gattuso or Flamini as the true ball-winner. Still, Abate was so good that he deserves to keep his place. I'd use Gattuso or Flamini in front of the defence and Pirlo further up. Gattuso clearly can't distribute the ball well, but it's better to have him further back and Pirlo further forward as long as Gattuso can just give Pirlo the ball instead of trying to pass himself.
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