Jim_UK

Jim_UK · 02-10-2006, 11:01

As we have back to back matches against Anderlecht it makes sense to create one thread for both games.

With over 2 weeks until the match it'll give us as fans plenty of time to research Anderlecht and familiarise ourselves with their players and their form. As we have a few Belgium members, they will hopefully be able to provide us with some first-hand info on our CL opponents.

Anderlecht have played 7 games in the Jupiler league so far and are unbeaten with 5 wins, 2 draws and are joint top on 17 points.

With few familiar names (Mpenza, Borre & Van Damme probably the most well known), we'll be relying on our Belgium pals to enlighten us on who the dangermen are.

Naturally it's far too early to start talking about line-ups, much can change for us over the international break and beyond. But what we can obviously deduce is that we need at least 4, if not 6 points from these matches. Gaining either amount would leaves us with little or no work to do to secure qualification and lift some pressure off of the team.

1st place is ours for the taking!

nefremo · 02-10-2006, 11:42

Anyone can tell us more about Borre? He seems to be a great young prospect. I have never seen him play but have heard and read that he has a potential of a great defender.

remote2book · 02-10-2006, 14:51

Milan will win this

Oldman · 03-10-2006, 10:34

I think that Anderlecht would be a tough opponent to Milan....I am sure that Milan would win all the rest of the matches, 2 times vs Anderlecht, 1 with AEK and Lille respectively... Milan's points would be a maximum of 18 points...I'll bet on this...

Xudong · 03-10-2006, 10:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oldman

I think that Anderlecht would be a tough opponent to Milan....I am sure that Milan would win all the rest of the matches, 2 times vs Anderlecht, 1 with AEK and Lille respectively... Milan's points would be a maximum of 18 points...I'll bet on this...

How could Milan's points be at 18? We already lost 2 at Lille.

You probably will lose your bet.

RIO · 03-10-2006, 10:52

I saw Anderlecht play twice last season. They have changed the team quite a bit since then with players leaving and new players coming in the squad, so my contribution will be necessarily limited on this subject. I thought Vd Borre was noticably faster that the other players they had on the pitch those two days. Sometimes he didn't seem to know what to do with the ball when he got it but one can chalk that up to his being a young player. I didn't see him playing too much defense, though. That might be due to the weakness of the opposition in one match and the toughness in the other, or maybe he will just end up being a midfielder as time progresses. This year, I understand their young players are playing more and that Lucas Biglia is the player to watch out for. Or so I have read. I'll try and find out more or to goad some Anderlecht fans into posting here, because really I cannot say much more.

Oldman · 04-10-2006, 09:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xudong

How could Milan's points be at 18? We already lost 2 at Lille.

You probably will lose your bet.

Hi Xudong,

At this moment our point is 4 (3 from AEK and 1 from Lille)
What I meant is that we will be having another 4 matches and if we win them all then we will get additional 4x3 = 12 points + 4 points = ..ooopppsss...... you are right a maximum of 16 points and NOT 18 as what I've said before...

Thanks Xudong to wake me up from my wishful dream or better say that I'm growing older and older to loose somemore memory..he3x

In anyway I think that Milan will be the top of the group.....that I will bet my money on...

RIO · 04-10-2006, 09:58

I have managed to get the educated opinion of a real live die-hard Anderlecht fan (my friend Geert, who really does support them, which is probably not good for his health, which is touchy anyway

), so here goes:

My nick doesn't work at MM so I'll post it here (copy paste it if you want):

Anderlecht plays in a 4-3-3, sort of like Milan. We have a completely different squad than last year soo the comparison with the team that did soo poorly the previous two years is wrong. Still, not all compartments of the team have improved.

In defence Hanu Tihinen (to Zurich, don't ask me why) and Vincent Kompany (Hamburg SV) have left and it shows. Nicolas Pareja is ok, but Jelle Vandamme is a liability. The main problem is that neither of them can give a pass over 5 meters without losing it. A litte pressure on the central defenders can kill us. On the right-back position Anthony Vanden Borre seems to have made a lot of progress. The guy is a central midfielder, so last year he had a lot of problems with his positioning. He has come a long way, but he still lacks concentration and in a one on one situation, the attacker will dribble him a bit too easily.

Midfield has improved dramatically. There still are the geriatric patients called Yves Vanderhaeghe and Bart Goor, who are utter sh!te, but Lukas Biiglia is a delight to watch. Those who've seen our friendly game at Real Madrid can agree. Some ask why he has come to Anderlecht. Well there is a simple answer. Because he is smart. How many South American talents haven't come to Europe to immediately join a top team. They never have the time to adapt to a different style of football and ruin their career. On top of that Biglia is a good friend of Argentinean striker Nicolas Frutos. That has probably helped him decide to join Anderlecht.
Biglia is a great player, but he still isn't dominant enough if you ask me. I sometimes have the impression that he only rules the midfield in top games.

Apart from Biiglia, watch out for Mbark Boussoufa. The Dutchman is the creative spark in the team. The Dutchman/Moroccan is a great dribbler and superb passer. He will hurt Milan. Boussoufa will get the help of Nicolas Frutos. Frutos is the tall striker up front. He is the Jan Koller type: tall, very good with his back towards the goal and someone who scores easily.

So we do have a lot more quality than the years before. Still, this is a team that needs time to be formed. Anderlecht is far from playing at its full potential. Therefore, it's hard to predict anything. At home I think we will do fine. At San Siro, I fear the worst. Also because our coach thinks that playing defensively will win us a point, whereas in fact it will just put a lot of pressure on our weakest compartment: the defence.

(originally posted by gOD at Xtratime.org, re-posted here by permission)

Jim_UK · 04-10-2006, 13:07

Rio, tell him to come and re-register here, so we can discuss these games

Some great info there, thank your friend for us.

Clarence1990 · 05-10-2006, 14:04

I live in Holland and they sometimes show some matches from the Belgium competition here.
We should'nt be too worried about them, their defense and midfield are solid but have their weak points.
We should watch out for their stiker, Tchite.

Billy1969 · 05-10-2006, 19:24

I have my ticket for the match. Anderlecht is probably the third team I hate most right after Juventus and Inter. In fact Anderlecht is the belgian Juventus, enough said. We must win or I'll die of rage, best part is that since I'm belgian I had to buy a ticket for the Anderlecht reserved seats, they refused to sell me a ticket for the Milan stands. I'll take my Sony and take some shots lol.

Their most dangerous player is Tchité, he's fast as Suazo, and then there's Frutos, he's not fast but he's tall and packs some punch especialy in the headers. Goor is an experienced veteran and he has some tricks upon his sleeve, like fouling when the ref doesn't see it, fast free kicks, provoking ect...

Their weak point is the right back position and the central midfield, I think they'll have the most trouble with Kaka and Pirlo. We must win this guys, 90% of my neighbourhoud are Anderlecht supporters, I can't show my face on the street no more if we lose this lol.

P.S : last two times I saw Milan live we lost twice (both matches at PSV), time to turn it around, or should I stay at home? ROFL

cxd · 05-10-2006, 20:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billy1969

P.S : last two times I saw Milan live we lost twice (both matches at PSV), time to turn it around, or should I stay at home? ROFL

That 1-3 loss wasn't really a loss with Ambrosini's goal.

Were you watching it with PSV fans or with Milan fans?

Billy1969 · 06-10-2006, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by cxd

That 1-3 loss wasn't really a loss with Ambrosini's goal.

Were you watching it with PSV fans or with Milan fans?

Milan fans, I bought my tickets online for that match, for the Anderlecht match I had no choice, it's a free ticket

Mystik · 15-10-2006, 13:34

SQUAD FOR ANDERLECHT
10/15/2006
GOALKEEPERS: Dida, Fiori, Kalac
DEFENDERS: Bonera, Cafu, Costacurta, Kaladze, Maldini, Nesta, Jankulovski, Simic
MIDFIELDERS: Brocchi, Gattuso, Kakà, Pirlo, Seedorf
STRIKERS: Gilardino, Inzaghi, Ricardo Oliveira, Guerci (n°28)

Who is this Guerci character..?

Jim_UK · 15-10-2006, 13:55

when you look at the list of defenders and take into account we don't have Serginho or Favalli on that list, you can see we have far too many. I'd swap one of our defenders for another midfielder any day.

My line up would be:

Dida, Cafu, Nesta, Maldini, Kaladze, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka, Oliveira, Inzaghi

Whoever this Guerci is Mystik, lets hope he has pace!

02-10-2006, 11:01	#1
Jim_UK Registered User Join Date: 07 2001 Location: England	Anderlecht v Milan - Tue 17th Oct, Milan v Anderlecht - Wed 1st Nov As we have back to back matches against Anderlecht it makes sense to create one thread for both games. With over 2 weeks until the match it'll give us as fans plenty of time to research Anderlecht and familiarise ourselves with their players and their form. As we have a few Belgium members, they will hopefully be able to provide us with some first-hand info on our CL opponents. Anderlecht have played 7 games in the Jupiler league so far and are unbeaten with 5 wins, 2 draws and are joint top on 17 points. With few familiar names (Mpenza, Borre & Van Damme probably the most well known), we'll be relying on our Belgium pals to enlighten us on who the dangermen are. Naturally it's far too early to start talking about line-ups, much can change for us over the international break and beyond. But what we can obviously deduce is that we need at least 4, if not 6 points from these matches. Gaining either amount would leaves us with little or no work to do to secure qualification and lift some pressure off of the team. 1st place is ours for the taking! __________________ ... Is watching you ... Last edited by Jim_UK; 02-10-2006 at 11:04.

02-10-2006, 11:42	#2
nefremo Registered User Join Date: 03 2001 Location: USA; Macedonia Fave Players: All Milan players!	Anyone can tell us more about Borre? He seems to be a great young prospect. I have never seen him play but have heard and read that he has a potential of a great defender. __________________ MILAN FOREVER!

02-10-2006, 14:51	#3
remote2book Registered User Join Date: 08 2006 Fave Players: ALL milan players, juninho, benzema	Milan will win this __________________ "It is the team of my heart and colors of my soul"---Cesare Maldini Forza Milan for life Inchinati al diavolo

03-10-2006, 10:34	#4
Oldman Registered User Join Date: 01 2001 Fave Players: Maldini, Nesta and Kaka. NO MORE Sheva!!	I think that Anderlecht would be a tough opponent to Milan....I am sure that Milan would win all the rest of the matches, 2 times vs Anderlecht, 1 with AEK and Lille respectively... Milan's points would be a maximum of 18 points...I'll bet on this... __________________ FORZA MILAN !! ROSSONERI RULES !!

03-10-2006, 10:52	#6
RIO Moderator Join Date: 09 1999 Location: Twin Peaks, SF, CA, USA Fave Players: the Under-12s	I saw Anderlecht play twice last season. They have changed the team quite a bit since then with players leaving and new players coming in the squad, so my contribution will be necessarily limited on this subject. I thought Vd Borre was noticably faster that the other players they had on the pitch those two days. Sometimes he didn't seem to know what to do with the ball when he got it but one can chalk that up to his being a young player. I didn't see him playing too much defense, though. That might be due to the weakness of the opposition in one match and the toughness in the other, or maybe he will just end up being a midfielder as time progresses. This year, I understand their young players are playing more and that Lucas Biglia is the player to watch out for. Or so I have read. I'll try and find out more or to goad some Anderlecht fans into posting here, because really I cannot say much more. __________________ All the cutest puppies support AC Milan.

04-10-2006, 09:58	#8
RIO Moderator Join Date: 09 1999 Location: Twin Peaks, SF, CA, USA Fave Players: the Under-12s	I have managed to get the educated opinion of a real live die-hard Anderlecht fan (my friend Geert, who really does support them, which is probably not good for his health, which is touchy anyway ), so here goes: My nick doesn't work at MM so I'll post it here (copy paste it if you want): Anderlecht plays in a 4-3-3, sort of like Milan. We have a completely different squad than last year soo the comparison with the team that did soo poorly the previous two years is wrong. Still, not all compartments of the team have improved. In defence Hanu Tihinen (to Zurich, don't ask me why) and Vincent Kompany (Hamburg SV) have left and it shows. Nicolas Pareja is ok, but Jelle Vandamme is a liability. The main problem is that neither of them can give a pass over 5 meters without losing it. A litte pressure on the central defenders can kill us. On the right-back position Anthony Vanden Borre seems to have made a lot of progress. The guy is a central midfielder, so last year he had a lot of problems with his positioning. He has come a long way, but he still lacks concentration and in a one on one situation, the attacker will dribble him a bit too easily. Midfield has improved dramatically. There still are the geriatric patients called Yves Vanderhaeghe and Bart Goor, who are utter sh!te, but Lukas Biiglia is a delight to watch. Those who've seen our friendly game at Real Madrid can agree. Some ask why he has come to Anderlecht. Well there is a simple answer. Because he is smart. How many South American talents haven't come to Europe to immediately join a top team. They never have the time to adapt to a different style of football and ruin their career. On top of that Biglia is a good friend of Argentinean striker Nicolas Frutos. That has probably helped him decide to join Anderlecht. Biglia is a great player, but he still isn't dominant enough if you ask me. I sometimes have the impression that he only rules the midfield in top games. Apart from Biiglia, watch out for Mbark Boussoufa. The Dutchman is the creative spark in the team. The Dutchman/Moroccan is a great dribbler and superb passer. He will hurt Milan. Boussoufa will get the help of Nicolas Frutos. Frutos is the tall striker up front. He is the Jan Koller type: tall, very good with his back towards the goal and someone who scores easily. So we do have a lot more quality than the years before. Still, this is a team that needs time to be formed. Anderlecht is far from playing at its full potential. Therefore, it's hard to predict anything. At home I think we will do fine. At San Siro, I fear the worst. Also because our coach thinks that playing defensively will win us a point, whereas in fact it will just put a lot of pressure on our weakest compartment: the defence. (originally posted by gOD at Xtratime.org, re-posted here by permission) __________________ All the cutest puppies support AC Milan.

04-10-2006, 13:07	#9
Jim_UK Registered User Join Date: 07 2001 Location: England	Rio, tell him to come and re-register here, so we can discuss these games Some great info there, thank your friend for us. __________________ ... Is watching you ...

05-10-2006, 14:04	#10
Clarence1990 Registered User Join Date: 04 2006 Location: Holland Fave Players: Seedorf, Shevchenko	I live in Holland and they sometimes show some matches from the Belgium competition here. We should'nt be too worried about them, their defense and midfield are solid but have their weak points. We should watch out for their stiker, Tchite.

05-10-2006, 19:24	#11
Billy1969 BANNED! Join Date: 07 2006 Location: Belgium Fave Players: Van Basten, Savicevic, Boban, Gattuso, Maldini	I have my ticket for the match. Anderlecht is probably the third team I hate most right after Juventus and Inter. In fact Anderlecht is the belgian Juventus, enough said. We must win or I'll die of rage, best part is that since I'm belgian I had to buy a ticket for the Anderlecht reserved seats, they refused to sell me a ticket for the Milan stands. I'll take my Sony and take some shots lol. Their most dangerous player is Tchité, he's fast as Suazo, and then there's Frutos, he's not fast but he's tall and packs some punch especialy in the headers. Goor is an experienced veteran and he has some tricks upon his sleeve, like fouling when the ref doesn't see it, fast free kicks, provoking ect... Their weak point is the right back position and the central midfield, I think they'll have the most trouble with Kaka and Pirlo. We must win this guys, 90% of my neighbourhoud are Anderlecht supporters, I can't show my face on the street no more if we lose this lol. P.S : last two times I saw Milan live we lost twice (both matches at PSV), time to turn it around, or should I stay at home? ROFL Last edited by Billy1969; 05-10-2006 at 19:27.

15-10-2006, 13:34	#14
Mystik Registered User Join Date: 05 2006 Location: Caribbean Fave Players: Kaka, Pato, Messi, Iniesta, Nesta, Gourcuff, Cesc	SQUAD FOR ANDERLECHT 10/15/2006 GOALKEEPERS: Dida, Fiori, Kalac DEFENDERS: Bonera, Cafu, Costacurta, Kaladze, Maldini, Nesta, Jankulovski, Simic MIDFIELDERS: Brocchi, Gattuso, Kakà, Pirlo, Seedorf STRIKERS: Gilardino, Inzaghi, Ricardo Oliveira, Guerci (n°28) Who is this Guerci character..?

15-10-2006, 13:55	#15
Jim_UK Registered User Join Date: 07 2001 Location: England	when you look at the list of defenders and take into account we don't have Serginho or Favalli on that list, you can see we have far too many. I'd swap one of our defenders for another midfielder any day. My line up would be: Dida, Cafu, Nesta, Maldini, Kaladze, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka, Oliveira, Inzaghi Whoever this Guerci is Mystik, lets hope he has pace! __________________ ... Is watching you ...

Jim_UK

nefremo

remote2book

Oldman

Xudong

RIO

Oldman

RIO

Jim_UK

Clarence1990

Billy1969

cxd

Billy1969

Mystik

Jim_UK