Ancelotti announces change in midfield...

Originally Posted by mk18

u also have van bommel, and emerson, vieira but i dont like him, theres also sissoko and lampard, and maybe gravesen

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they will never leave their clubs for now and there should be other players that would be on the look out yaa gravesen will be ok depends if they let him go

and makelele will???


i think we shouldve got sissoko when we had the chance

philly chris, i think maldini will never play as DM. mk18, putting gattuso on dm by himself is a nightmare, he is short and can not pass or cross.

i am glad that milan's formation vs chicago fire is the same as mine and gattuso is not there! i hope milan make new philosophy in the wake of istanbul defeat:
1.always play with 3 defenders and 2 strikers, play attacking football and enjoy yourselves, let your imagination run free! no fear!
2. encourage rotation by trusting all the players.
3. non italian players must not exceed half of the squad.

thats my ideal team.. hehe i am sure many people disagree with me.. i dont want to argue, i just express my idea.

all i can say is.............serginho must play!

Originally Posted by Rando

philly chris, i think maldini will never play as DM. mk18, putting gattuso on dm by himself is a nightmare, he is short and can not pass or cross.

i am glad that milan's formation vs chicago fire is the same as mine and gattuso is not there! i hope milan make new philosophy in the wake of istanbul defeat:
1.always play with 3 defenders and 2 strikers, play attacking football and enjoy yourselves, let your imagination run free! no fear!
2. encourage rotation by trusting all the players.
3. non italian players must not exceed half of the squad.

thats my ideal team.. hehe i am sure many people disagree with me.. i dont want to argue, i just express my idea.

i don`t know if you watched the game but i did and the legendary Roy Hudson said that when gattuso came on in the second half he made a considerable differnce and was one of the reasons why we got back into the game.

you should really give credit where credit is due instead of slagging him off all the time and it wasn`t me who was talking up rino it was the commentator.

p.s if you don`t believe me then watch it yourself and you`ll see the difference he made

matnat, i believe that commentator, but for me gattuso is not good enough to be in starting eleven for a club like milan, i know u disagree about that.
he is good enough to come in as a substitute player to close down the game and give some players a rest.

seems to me milan players are a bit lazy in defending and gaining possession when gattuso is around. thats a big big mistake!

forza milan!!!

Originally Posted by Rando

matnat, i believe that commentator, but for me gattuso is not good enough to be in starting eleven for a club like milan, i know u disagree about that.
he is good enough to come in as a substitute player to close down the game and give some players a rest.

seems to me milan players are a bit lazy in defending and gaining possession when gattuso is around. thats a big big mistake!

forza milan!!!

you could be right there rando (not about gattuso but about the team).

i think the team needs to work far harder when then don`t have posession of the ball. i think its been said many times on here the way the midfielders "trot" back into position, when in actual fact they should run their asses off to get back into position.

from what ive seen of this 3-5-2 formation i aint a fan, although it is pre-season i know and we should give it a chance.

i`m never comfortable when any team play with 3 defenders because all it requires is a little pace from any of the oppostion, to run down into the channels and cause us problems.

we saw it against "the fire" and when faced with our european counterparts i`m sure they`ll expose us even more and considering how great we are at keeping clean sheets i some how think our achilles will again be the defence this year.

the change will be moving Marek Jankulovski to the right..

We will be using the 3 man defence in most occasions next year. Its on acmilan.com

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

the change will be moving Marek Jankulovski to the right..

We will be using the 3 man defence in most occasions next year. Its on acmilan.com

I don't really understand why Jankulovski needs to move to the right. Cafu can be our right winger with Jankulovski on the left. I guess it will be useful when Cafu needs a rest, otherwise I still think we are strongest with Jankulovski on the left. I like the switch to the 3-5-2. With Cafu bombing forward on the right it was pretty much 5 men in midfield. But with a designated left winger we have given our attack a new dimension. We can continue attacking in the middle through Pirlo and Kaka' as well as using the flanks with Cafu, Jankulovski, and Serginho. I guess with the 3 man midfield Seedorf will be on the bench for at least part of the season. I think he can still be effective but doesn't need to be an automatic selection. Lets hope this means Rui Costa can get a few games he proved to me in preseason that he is more than ready to contribute to the team.

My formation for next season:


-----Shevchenko------Gilardino
Jankulovski-----Kaka'--------Cafu
---------Pirlo--------Gattuso----
---Maldini-----Nesta-----Stam
--------------Dida-------------

I like our prospects!

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Carlo's statement recently of playing Jankulovski on the right of midfield