AC Milan vs. Genoa (25/9/2010: 12:00 ET)

The gap is 2 points now.

its too early to speak about points and gaps, especially when we play like this..

its the weakest championship in years, all we have to care(for now) about is our team..

Had a concert to go to and missed the game. Very happy to see the win! Have read all the comments on this thread. Pretty obvious how everyone seems to agree about how useless Dinho (Goofy) was and how the game changed for the better with him subbed. Great to hear the positive comments on Robinho...he should be even better with improved fitness. And good to hear that Rino and Andrea played better today. Ibra did what he came to do...score!

By the way...when is Pato back? Can't wait. And Flamini is just back...need to give him time to aclimatize.

Originally Posted by M.O.I.

its too early to speak about points and gaps, especially when we play like this..

its the weakest championship in years, all we have to care(for now) about is our team..

Yeah, it is still early to speak about gaps, but it is also early to conclude that the championship is weak

Robinho VS Genoa
Excellent game.So many shots on goal and he created chances and space for others.

and now R80 vs Genoa
If only he stopped holding up the ball so much and passed it around instead of looking for that superawesome intergalactic pass...

Spot on...R80...you're right..."looking for that perfect galactico pass"!...and holding up the ball and the play.

I just want to add that 4-4-2 looked very good, and that's another option, something we've been lacking last season. Allegri showed he's willing to change things from time to time and not to stick with 4-3-3 all the time. I think another option could be 4-3-1-2 with Seedorf as "1". Hell, it could even transform into this from last night's 4-4-2. Now when we have strikers who are willing to drop back to collect the ball even option with Seedorf as AM could work, unlike last season when there was a huge gap between him and strikers.

Originally Posted by Revolver

I just want to add that 4-4-2 looked very good, and that's another option, something we've been lacking last season. Allegri showed he's willing to change things from time to time and not to stick with 4-3-3 all the time. I think another option could be 4-3-1-2 with Seedorf as "1". Hell, it could even transform into this from last night's 4-4-2. Now when we have strikers who are willing to drop back to collect the ball even option with Seedorf as AM could work, unlike last season when there was a huge gap between him and strikers.

I think the quality of forwards helps a lot.

Last year the inexperience Pato was our best striker. He is good, of course, but his tactical sense needs improving. While Hunter, Pippo and even Borri are quite one-dimensional.

Looking at Binho & Ibra playing with each other bring me the memories about Sheva & Kaka, skilled, quick decision, quick understanding.

The great transfers begin to show their value.

About Pirlo:
- during the first half, he missed everything, he got a new yellow card
- during the second half, his passes were better (even if he missed some), and more importantly, when Gattuso came off, he suddenly became a wall in midfield, catching passes of Genoa players several times, it's something that I didn't expect from him

About Ibra: it's weird, I think he decides before the game for how much time he's going to run and play seriously ... When the guy wants, he can do whatever he wants on the pitch. At the end, he looked tired, it's going to be time to start rotation Mister Allegri !!

And I join the others in what they thought about Robinho-Ronaldinho: it looks like a new Ronaldinho-Kaka' problem, with one cancelling the other. In both cases, the problem was/is Ronaldinho. The last time, the club decided to count on Ronaldinho and sold Kaka'. This time, I'm quite sure the same will happen, but Ronaldinho will be the Kaka' of this story ...

Anyway, I'm not satisfied at all with the way we played, but the last 10 minutes showed we can have hopes with both Robinho and Flamini in, and that also confirmed that we can be better by playing in another system, no more 4-3-3 please !!

And to finish this post, I want to send a message to Inter fans: it's a perfect week-end !!

EDIT: And do you notice how Seedorf can play with any player without any problem ?! This guy quickly understands how the others play, that's incredible. It looks like he has played for 10 years with Ibra, Robinho, etc ...

I think Seedorf just kept his game simple. Which is something he had not done for a long long time. It was good to see him understand that he is no longer a key player in Milan but rather a squad player. I think he is more an capable to perform at role.

a Seedorf at 100% fitness is absolutely brilliant IMO. too bad he cannot be at his best every game due to his age. We need to keep him fresh for the important games. And we need to ditch ronaldinho

If Juventus beats Cagliari tonight, all teams, after 5 games, will have lost at least once !! Impressive ...

I thought the level was a bit higher last year, well, this year, it seems it's even higher than last year. I'm not among the people who think this championship is worse and worse, IMO, it's slowly coming back to a very good level (and teams coming from Serie B seem really "strong" since few seasons, that's good for the future) !!

I think Serie A (and the Bundesliga) are heading in the right direction. There are no easy games. At all. It's really exciting to watch.

roma inter and juve are weaker than last years..thats why every match is risky,of course some smallers have strengthen(lazio napoli for e.g.) too.

Originally Posted by GeoTav

And I join the others in what they thought about Robinho-Ronaldinho: it looks like a new Ronaldinho-Kaka' problem, with one cancelling the other. In both cases, the problem was/is Ronaldinho. The last time, the club decided to count on Ronaldinho and sold Kaka'. This time, I'm quite sure the same will happen, but Ronaldinho will be the Kaka' of this story ...

You know what, don't be surprise if AC Milan gets Kaka back on loan at least this January After all its AC Milan and Galliani man Plus Kaka is also approaching 30, which is the most suitable age of becoming an ACM player.

And as far as the game is concerned, I must say, although a free flowing football and winning 3-0, 4-0 is great, but I prefer to see these kind of battling wins. I just like it. It give more things to think about and keeps the fans on the edge of their seats. I would love to see ACM destroying the smaller teams on every weekend, but at the same time these kind of matches are the once I want even more. Just love them & I really enjoyed yesterday's victory

& some one here said, our fullbacks are nothing compared to the other big clubs. I must say, come on man, Antonini deserves some credit & respect . This guy give 100% every time he is on the field in red & black. He is my favorite ACM player rite now after King Nesta. As for Abate, well he is not skillful, but still works very hard. SO I am happy to see such hard working fullbacks.


But still I won't mind the addition of Phillip Lahm or Yuri Zirkov