Serie A Week 11: Milan vs. Torino: the quest for C

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

by the way guys, infact we played really well today. the only time were I thought we went lost was when we had two strikers on and Seedorf went back to midfield, his old position. Today Seedorf played one of his best games in a Milan shirt and was outstanding with all the assists and ball-winning, and then Carlo decides to bring on Gourcuff for Seedorf. But every other day when Gourcuff should come on, he keeps on the bench, today when Gourcuff should have stayed on the bench, he brings up on for Seedorf, our most attacking threat!

Kaka was very bad, Pirlo's form in the last 3 years in the league has been bad really. He plays a few good games in a row but then just disappears. There's no doubt he's one of the best in the world, but his consistency is probably one of the worst in the world too.

Gila played very well again today but he should have buried those chances. Pippo did well with his chance to pass the keeper in the first place so I dont understand why everyone is blasting him. He did well, but he could have done better.

Carlo's decisions for me were really bad today. Removing Seedorf was the biggest disappointment and playing Pippo along with Gila. Did anyone notice how Gila absolutely disappeared after Pippo came on?

Unfortunately it's no longer a surprise.

Seems the roller coaster theory wasn't disproved.. I guess that means we'll own Shakhtar ?

We all know it isn't about Milan being bad. Sampdoria is a lot better than Torino and we killed them 5-0. I think 0-0 is a decent score against a very defensive side like Torino. We have picked up 4 points in the last 2 games which is a major step up from picking up 0 the previous 2. Our defense was surprisingly solid against and Torino really didn't pose any threat. I really feel that Ancelotti made a mistake this afternoon that a coach of his caliber should NEVER make. You can't possibly have Favalli and Ambrosini on the same flank. They're both defensive players and they create almost nothing from the left wing. I was also very surprised on the right that Cafu seemed more of a midfielder and a force to be deal with than Brocchi. As for Kaka, he can't possibly be on fire every match. He can only do so much. Pirlo was a no show in this match and in this campaign so far. He plays excellent for the national team and in the CL but does absolutely nothing for us in the league. What we need is to try Gourcuff as a possible replacement from time to time (only in Serie A, I'm not crazy) for Pirlo and we must play with 2 strikers from the 1st minute. I don't hate the christmas tree formation but it isn't working. I would really like to see this line-up for Serie A games from now, including Ronaldo starting next week (Janku+Oddo are injured):

DIDA

CAFU NESTA KALADZE SERGHINO

GATTUSO GOURCUFF SEEDORF

KAKA

RONALDO GILARDINO

I heard La Curva singing all through the 90 mins, which was fantastic!

Oh to one day be in the stands and hurl 'vafanculo' at the ref...my dream.

I have to say milan is on a way up since recently. Torino's never been a easy target, which team they usually quote as "raging bull" for the Juventus's inner city rivalry. To be honest, I didn't see any highlights from the clinical pass or proper running.I saw everyone's looking forward to scoring even Cafu, in that case, the midfielders narrowed the space that Pippo,Gila needed for running. I only expect a rotation on the midfielders, since the striker pair's been lacking support from behind.

We'll beat Shakhtar (H before K? Argh!) 11-0 then lose 0-1 to Atalanta.

I wouldn't be too hard on Gila today. He tried so hard, yet unfortunately ended up doing nothing.

Originally Posted by curry chicken

I heard La Curva singing all through the 90 mins, which was fantastic!

There were a lot of boos and whistles as well.

Originally Posted by Mehdi

There were a lot of boos and whistles as well.

Especially at the end of the match, during which some of the players looked as if they were walking the last mile.

We should capitalize on Rosina, hes so fasssst.

Thank God though we are going up the rankings! This is a very goog thing! Even a point helps!

Originally Posted by Milanista_MP3

Thank God though we are going up the rankings! This is a very goog thing! Even a point helps!

Well, it's really not worth getting excited about because everyone else tied with us will play tomorrow. When all is said and done we'll probably be back in the lower half again.

Originally Posted by Milanista_MP3

Thank God though we are going up the rankings! This is a very goog thing! Even a point helps!

We could reach 6th with a win at least for a day , and can't see any good thing in a draw against Torino in San siro

We are out of scudetto race virtually.No matter int's caused by large number of injuries or bad luck;From now on, we shall have priority checks every gameday for the rest of the season.For games against team like torino. we can rest even kaka and pirlo.

Originally Posted by BMWTaylor

We'll beat Shakhtar (H before K? Argh!) 11-0 then lose 0-1 to Atalanta.

Naw. The latter scenario will be different if Fatnaldo is able to play. So keep your fingers crossed guys . . . and keep the goals coming Gila, you owe us 2 goals tonight

We were supposed to win this game, but ended up with 1 point only...How didnt Kaka and Gila score from those great positions??? It is a mystery for me...