Anderlecht v Milan - Tue 17th Oct, Milan v Anderlecht - Wed 1st Nov

Well, nothing too special I think, just a routine win, we've been missing that. I don't think Pirlo was needed for this game, but whatever.

Just a note, the whole of last season when Carlo dindt play Pirlo, Seedorf played in his position and Serginho was at the left. It seems unusual for Carlo to play Brocci at Pirlo's place now. One could argue that it's about playing Seedorf at his natural position, but I feel it would be better to play Brocci at CM/L and put Seedorf in Pirlo's place when we're missing Pirlo.

Seedorf played well tonight. Bonera is a savage Nice sending off Daniele

video from the game?

seedorf simply needs to be benched, but unfortunately gourcuff is injured and we have no other class CM to play that role. Pirlo needs more movement around him to play his game. I kind of feel sorry for KAka' as he plays alone! Galliani should pay him 10 times more

New RB, new CM, and a class forward and we will not play good football untill this happens. mark my words.

Saw the game. This is what i thought:

1) Contrary to what most are saying, I thought we played an outstanding game, even in the first half---especially compared to recent games. The tempo was high throughout, we pushed forward aggressively, used the flanks, tested their keeper. What more can you ask for? The only thing missing was the goal, which fortunately came in the second half through Kaka.

2) Excuse the pun, but the Bonera sending off was extremely bone headed. He was on a yellow card, everyone knew the reputation of this referee as being card happy (ask David Beckham), it was just stupid. On the flip side, when Cafu came on, we realized what we were missing. He added a different dimension down the right flank. Which makes me realize that til today, we dont have a quality replacement for him down the flank. Bonera is NOT a right back and doesn look like he will ever be. We need a pacy, young right back and FAST!!!

3) Janku had an awesome game. Great crosses into the box, great running. He is starting to look more and more like the Janku of Udinese.

4) Oliveira has been disappointing. I dont care what anyone says, he was brought in to replace Sheva, and he's not doing the job. He disappears out of games, does not drop back for the ball, doesnt seem to be doing much with it and looks pretty sleepy to be honest!! We need a top quality striker. How many times have I said it.

5) So, all in all, good game, great result. Hopefully, we continue to play like this. Hope Inzaghi does not get injured, hope RO starts playing football, and Gila starts scoring.

Originally Posted by rt9

Which makes me realize that til today, we dont have a quality replacement for him down the flank. Bonera is NOT a right back and doesn look like he will ever be. We need a pacy, young right back and FAST!!!

Have you seriously only just realised this? Most have been calling for a right-back like you describe for a few seasons now, either as a replacement for Cafu or back up to Cafu.

The best replacement fo cafu i think is alves,rafinha,zambrotta.
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off topic:have anyone a link to see on ppstream the super derby
Chelsea-Barcelona?????

guys guys...first we all complaine that we keep drawing games .....and then when we win one..we call its "soutine win" or we didnt "play well enough" i mean come on ....if you look at individual performances it was much better then all the draws we had...i mean right off the bat we were attacking from the right flank using janku..and tested their keeper..and defence did a marvelous even with maldini out..imean dida was probably tested like twice or three times throughout the game..all in all...this is just the beginning of many new brogther things to come..and did u guys seee how close inaghi got i mean he sets the tone for us...he applies preassure early on and then everyone can contribute and kaka...i dont need to say anything about him but it was a terrific and well deserved game for us

I watched the game and I'm not very impressed. The only positive thing is the result. Quite an average game. If we want to archieve this season, we gotta improve a lot.
Dida - excelent game, in the first half wasn't tested at all thanks to our defence, but in the second half he saved the victory - 7
Bonera - its clear that he's not a real RB, out of position, Bousoffa (spell??) made the game very difficult for him. Doubtful first yellow card, the second one was just stupid - 4.5
Nesta - a solid game, some very good tackles, pure class - 6.5
Kaladze - same as Nesta, even better than him, too bad for the yellow card, he didn't deserve it - 6.5
Jankulovski - quite good game, with 2 very good crossesfor Pippo in the first half, but I'm sure Marek could do much better - 6
Gattuso - Our captain made his usual game - 6
Pirlo - his fitness condition is not OK, but he played not bad, no doubt he can do much much better - 6
Seedorf - tried to be active in the first half, but made a lot of mistakes with the passes, at least 2 of 3 were wrong, very low efficientcy, didn't improve a lot in the second half, looked tired - 5.5
Kaka - the baddest first half ever, he touched the ball 5-6 times or something. Totally out of the game (except one combination with Pippo...). In the second half he changed his yellow shoes with white ones, Bonera was sent off and Kaka woke up. Quite good second half. - 6.5
Ricardo Oliveira - its clear that his fitness condition is very bad, he lacks power and speed. But this guy has potential, tried to be useful. Got subtituted after Bonera's red card - 5.5
Pippo Inzaghi - he was very dangerous in the first half and definatelly unlucky not to score, he had at least 4-5 chances to score. In the second half got tired - 6.5

Cafu - After the senting off of Bonera, he subst-ed RO and changed the game, thanks to him we didn't feel that we played the whole second half with 10 man, pure class - 6.5
Gilardino - entered on Pippo's place. Unfortunatelly for him, he had only 1 opportunity and he missed it, after that we got back to defend the result and was left alone to fight for the ball against the Anderlecht's defenders - 5
Brocchi - took Seedorf's place in he last minutes, won some balls, not bad performance for couple of minutes - 6

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Have you seriously only just realised this? Most have been calling for a right-back like you describe for a few seasons now, either as a replacement for Cafu or back up to Cafu.

LOL!! If you have read what I have been posting here since day 1, you'll realize that I have been saying exactly this many, many times. So, no, I have not only just realized this!! On the contrary, I've probably been repeating myself too often.

First of all congert for this win 1-0 I got to see
this game on internet however I missed 30 minutes in first half
Milan missed alot of chances .Thanks God Kaka scored.
our lines were equal in mistakes but the Defence was disaster
we really need to chang alot in defence

Cafu got alot of credit even from the commentators, that he did better than Bonera. But he also got much easier conditions, as Anderlecht after the suspension of Bonera thought they could play football with Milan as opponent.
The midfielders and also both full backs got a LOT of space because of that. Had Anderlecht just as before the suspension defended with 11 players, Cafu would have been just as bad as Bonera, because he also a not able to drible and are not pacey enough as Serginho.

Bonera did it ok in the defense, but I still doubt that this was the best buy as there where other and better options(Gallas/Oddo)

Does Anyone Know A Stream For Chelsea-barcelona???

In the first half Milan played sh*t. But seems to me, that when Bonera got a red card Milan woke up and in 10 men played a lot better then in 11. Although I think that we played not in 10 men, but in 9 men, coz Gila as usual didnt help. Stupid substitution...
Dida played very good, Janculovski was great, Kaka activated only in the second half and scored a wonderfull goal!!! Oliveira played well, Inzaghi missed a lot of chances. All the rest were either sleeping or playing aggressively.
We cannot continue playing like this...

Inter scored after 2 minutes!

Are they actually going to win a CL game?


Edit.

They've scored again, 2 goals in the opening 10 mins Come on Spartak Moscow

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Inter scored after 2 minutes!

Are they actually going to win a CL game?


Edit.

They've scored again, 2 goals in the opening 10 mins Come on Spartak Moscow

Spartak are just too weak away from home to do anything vs even an average team, so I wouldn't expect anything from them. They will be a much tougher opponent in the next game in Moskow though.
I would expect this win, if Inter wins that is, to give them a false sense of security once again and they will probably mess it up in the next game, so ... give it time and you won't be disappointed