Cagliari - Milan (post-game comments)

With points at stake, I'll take a boring even lazy win over an exciting loss. Considering the matches coming up, sometimes you have to do just what is necessary and no more. One match isn't a trend.

Originally Posted by midori

With points at stake, I'll take a boring even lazy win over an exciting loss. Considering the matches coming up, sometimes you have to do just what is necessary and no more. One match isn't a trend.

Originally Posted by midori

With points at stake, I'll take a boring even lazy win over an exciting loss. Considering the matches coming up, sometimes you have to do just what is necessary and no more. One match isn't a trend.

I completely agree...we played at a pedestrian pace but controlled the game for almost the entire 90 minutes.

Cagliari did have some posessions and attacks on the counter, but only the break away which was mysteriously missed/ignored by the ref represented any real threat from the newly promoted team.

I dont mind wins like this especially when Carlo has opted to field some squad players, and we are embarking on a critical set of matches in a short time frame.

3 points is what I asked Milan for, and no matter how we looked, we got them, while playing on cruise control, away, and against a packed defense...now on to Barca and Inter!

(Saw Barca in the derby yesterday, and though their attack is potent, they are not unstoppable, and I am not as worried as I was b4 )

dont wory Barca saved themself also , I read before the game all sayed the game is hard bla bla bla and now no one is just happy with the win .. lets hope for a good win againts Barca .. FORZA MILAN!!

Originally Posted by midori

With points at stake, I'll take a boring even lazy win over an exciting loss. Considering the matches coming up, sometimes you have to do just what is necessary and no more. One match isn't a trend.

Perfect summary of the game.

I agree with those who say the win is what counts.

There are definately more positives than negatives from todays match.

Negatives first..

- Not a great performance
- errr...defence was shaky at times

Positives...

- 3 points
- we keep up with Juve even though they're in peak performance and were far from ours
- clean sheet
- We don't rely on Sheva or Kaka for goals
- Squad players performed well
- Players haven't used too much energy and should be well prepared for Barca and Inter

so there we have it, we should be glad about todays result, as thats what counts.

FORZA PIRLO!
FORZA MILAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i don't think a single person here is complaining but i almost fell asleep watching the game. i was just pretty impressed with Brocchi though. JDT looked asleep in the game and Shevchenko looked like he was thinking of Ronaldinho and Deco

yea, we definetly need a partner for sheva and it looks like its gonna b gilardino.

brocchi did realli well..winning the ball like nobodies business..i thot i was seeing gattuso in disguise ( wifout the beard )very entertaining football by brocchi..nice skills too...he should play more often
as for our defence..i feel they did a pretty gd job..managing some effective last min tackles to save dida the trouble...almost impreganable...its goooood
Considering carlo rotated the squad...n our key players got to rest... overall performance was satisfactory....n since we have ended the unbeaten home streak of the sardinians...now its time to end the catalan's unbeated run.

Terrible performance.
Maybe Milan pay more attention this midweek against barca. Great idea.
But the performance lack of spirit to score.
After pirlo's goal(the only one), I think there's only barca match in the players mind.
That's Ok, we still get 3 pts from saint elia.
This midweek, Prove that strategy (ag. cagliari) effect pretty result.
If milan's performance dont change much better, barca could get a party in san siro !!
Beware of barca's 10 !

Like everybody else, I am happy about the result but not satisfied with our performance.

In my opinion, it has nothing to do with players being lazy, or tired, or saving themselves for next week, etc.

Milan did not have a good and solid "pre-season" preparation, and the players are still not in good physical shape, six weeks into the season. Instead of concentrating on good conditioning and fitness, they had to go around the world playing "exhibition games" for the money. The result: poor fitness. I know some are saying we should not "peak" too early, leave some energy for the long season, etc. Frankly, I do not believe so. Players should be at 100% by now, and I fault lack of good training - eventually it is the responsibility of the coaches, trainers and managers.

Of course, sooner or later, they will get into proper gear and "play their hearts out" - then we will finally see the real Milan.

Brocchi's good performance is not surprising to me: he is a capable and hard working player, and could be a starter with most teams in the league.

Originally Posted by Nadir

i don't think a single person here is complaining but i almost fell asleep watching the game. i was just pretty impressed with Brocchi though. JDT looked asleep in the game and Shevchenko looked like he was thinking of Ronaldinho and Deco

Totally agree with you
Boring match, but we won and that is what counts

Originally Posted by Peachtot

Terrible performance.
Maybe Milan pay more attention this midweek against barca. Great idea.
But the performance lack of spirit to score.
After pirlo's goal(the only one), I think there's only barca match in the players mind.
That's Ok, we still get 3 pts from saint elia.
This midweek, Prove that strategy (ag. cagliari) effect pretty result.
If milan's performance dont change much better, barca could get a party in san siro !!
Beware of barca's 10 !

Why don't we put it in this way:

"IF Marca performance don't change much better (as they do against Espanol), Milan could get a party in San Siro!!"

That's how you change your mentality.
The game is in your mind.