Siregar

Siregar · 03-11-2010, 06:45

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Originally Posted by gregorio

Our main problem is the midfield!
Look at Barcelona and the spanish team, they have Xavi and Iniesta and they are dominating almost every game, not because of Messi, because of these two midfielders! Without them Messi wouldn't be that awsome!!
Most games are decided in the midfield!!
When Pirlo, Seedorf and Gattuso were in their prime, we won every battle in the midfield!
If the midfield works well, they put the strikers in better position to score, and help the defense and take some pressure off from them!
Nowadays soccer is faster and faster and needs lots of space and stamina besides the creativity!
Our attack is one of the strongest in the world, our defense is not so bad (of course it would be nice to have two great fullbacks, but Nesta and Thiago Silva are one of the bests)
But our midfielders are finished, they are twoo old, slow and not hungry, motivated! In the last 10 years we always changed our attack and defense but our midfield remained almost the same!
We can dominate in one or two games with this midfield, or small teams in Seria A, but in Europe, not any more and we miss consistency!
Everyone says that Seedorf, Gattuso and Ambrosini are finished, yes I agree, they are done, but I see our biggest flop and luxury is Pirlo! Yes, he can pass, and his vision is super, but that's all, he is slow, can't run any more, can't dribble, and he is a luxury in our midfield! We would need two defensive guy to cover up Pirlo!
Beside Xavi and Iniesta I only see 3 guys who can be a great Pirlo replacement: Fabregas, Hernanes, Modric! It's easier to find great defensive midfielders, but it's very rare to find creative guys who can dictate the tempo!
I wouldn't change our attack next summer, I would add min. one fb and cb, but I totally revolutionised our midfield!
We have to get rid of Seedorf, Pirlo, Gattuso and Ambrosini, invest in one creative and one defensive midfielder and bring up Merkel, who can bring a german mentality, to die on the pitch!!
Flamini, Boateng, Merkel, Strasser, Poli, CM, DM and we are set!
Ronaldinho, Robinho and Pato would be much better behind this midfield, and our defense would have less pressure!

I am still not sure if our biggest problem is fullback or creative midfielder but I tend to go to the last part. We really need creative midfielder. Pirlo can't do it alone even since he started his job as deep-playing playmaker with Milan.

So, I absolutely disagree with most of your say about Pirlo. From all games Milan have done with Pirlo, he just has been like that: slow, never dribble (he has the ability to cover the ball very well but not to dribble it) and can't run. The problem is, he can't play with the ball from our defensive area until opponent defensive area. It is almost impossible. Either he plays as deep-playing playmaker accompanied by creative midfielder or he plays as offensive midfielder, it can be in old Seedorf position or playmaker behind strikers.

If we take Pirlo out and have only one creative midfielder with our current squad, it won't be better. Boateng and Robinho until now haven't shown that they can fill the position Seedorf and Ronaldinho have with regard the offensiveness creativity they are able to do.