Milans Current Position..

During the first few months of the season we struggled, there was no killer instinct up front. I feel this affected the team as a whole as in the previous seasons they knew they could rely on a player like Shevchenko. However now Milan is looking much better and has bounced back from them troubles, they play much better knowing they have a player like Ronaldo in their team.

Some say there is not much difference between Ronnie and Sheva, I dont want to get into that discussion, however what do you think Milans current position would be in Seria A if we got Ronaldo before the season started? Imagine if he was playin for us all the way through starting from September.

I personally feel we would of been within the top 2.

3rd , close to second placed Roma, and maybe 2nd if there wasn't for the -8.
Actually, Milan would have been 4th again, because Ronnie was injured for bigger part of the half season

I don't think much would have been different if Ronnie was at Milan since Sep.
The reasons for Milan being behind the top2 are of a different nature and we all know what was the main problem.

But since we're here i'd like to mention another reason for Milan not winning the league : Carlo Ancelotti.
Don't get me wrong. My point in writting what follows isn't to attack Carlo but to praise his work.

There are many different kinds of coaches. Carlo and his assistants are having much different method then, lets say Capello.
Capello with Juve was pushing with 100% from the very beggining and Juve was making the difference in points from the start and then they regularly failled in April and May.
Carlo is doing exactly the oposite. Milan is usually playing with equal power from day 1 to day 34. I'd say they even push much more in later stages of the season, which is something not many ( if any at all) other teams do.

This is positive thing, as much as it's a negative thing.
It's positive because Milan has much more power than the others when March comes and CL knock-out matches are about to be played.
Some may say Milan had better players than Juventus and Inter and that's why they were better than their italian rivals in Europe. It may be true but i don't agree with it. I think the main reason is Carlo's method he's using during preparation.
At the time Juve and Inter were exausted, Milan was giving extra gas.
That explains why Milan won CL 2003 , and played in one more final, 2 more semis and one 1/4 in last 5 years. That also explains why was Milan playing so good in serie A in last 15-19 matches of the year.

The negative aspect is obvious : Losing serie A !
While the others push from the beggining and Milan is taking it easier until new year , Inter and Juventus were making some big advantage and it was very hard for Milan to catch them. It resulted with only 1 scudetto in last 6 years while Carlo is at the helm.
The other negative thing is : It's a bit of a gamble. It's almost like Carlo sacrifeses serie A so he'd do better in CL, and it's a huge gamble because CL is a not a long run tournament, it has knock-out stages and if you have one bad day you can easily find yourself knocked out.

I got a little off topic maybe, although i think i was on topic because i was answering you why i don't think it would have been much different if Ronaldo was with you since September !

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Some may say Milan had better players than Juventus and Inter and that's why they were better than their italian rivals in Europe. It may be true but i don't agree with it.

Its true IMO. Milan simply have the better players in recent seasons.

Originally Posted by hwmook

Its true IMO. Milan simply have the better players in recent seasons.

Won't argue with you about this. It's a matter of personal opinion.
For you Milan of 2007 is better than Inter of 2007, for me they are equally good for someone else Inter is better than Milan.
Just like it is with Milan-Juve and Inter-Juve compasissons.

Most of the players from Milan, Inter and Juve were great but the reasons for some of them winning and some losing aren't connected to the quality of the players because Nedved, Kaka, Pirlo, Zlatan, Adriano, Nesta, Materazzi, Stankovic, Trezeguet, Shevchenko, Vieri, Del Piero, Maldini, Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro etc were all worlds best !

Look at Ibra at Juve and Ibra at Inter. Look at Cannavaro at Inter and then in Juve. Pirlo in Inter and Milan.

It's only imo, but i think all 3 teams were of the same quality ( individual quality) but when you make a team out of these world class players sometimes it works sometimes not ! And the way you work with them is the most important thing here.