AC Milan - Siena (post-game comments)

nice to see you back Curtis, I'm sure you'll love all the transfer requests at the moment. I'd put off that onslaught till January when the business end of the season begins.

As for the match, we were not bad, in fact we were ok barring a few moments. Our defence's lack of concentration at times could have cost us, but it was never bad enough for us to worry that we'd fail to get the result.

Many players had a decent performance and even though only Sheva scored, we showed that we are dangerous and other teams will be hoping that the others never find the scoring touch, as when that happens we will be near unstoppable.

Anyway, congrats to Sheva on his 100, clearly mom today!

FORZA SHEVA!!
FORZA MILAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i feel as long as we r scoring...i dun care whether its only our 'soccer monster' who is bagging the goals or anyone else...most importantly as a fan...as long as they get the 3pts, i am content... n like trini had said...its just a matter of time....

so a Crespo hattrick against Palermo pleasE?

Ratings

Dida - 5.5 the header was really close to him but prob got a bad bounce or was too slow. safe as usual besides that.

Pancaro - 5.5 Not much to say cause not much done. Needs to learn to cross.

Cafu - 6 Bit better then Pancaro. Crossing can be better as well. Milan play more dangerous through the middle this game.

Nesta - 6 one insane moment, the ball was lost and he tackled (wretling style!) 2 players without getting booked?!? very strange

Maldini -7 goal saving tackle. nearly scored with strong header but too straight.very solid.

Pirlo - 6 good without being great

Seedorf - 5.5 ok but still disappointing. can be much more fluid in attack and pass the ball FORWARD more.

Gatusso - 6 usual self

Kaka - 6 his runs are easily stopped now. good assist for Sheva. few scoring chances. improvement from last few weeks

Tomasson - 5 looked lost. should have scored the chance he got. did put in a great cross for Sheva from nothing, thats bout it.

Sheva - 8 didn't put a foot wrong. 2 chances with the head to get hattrick. ran 1/2 the field near the end, good shot, but good stop.
congratulations- 100goals!!

Originally Posted by triniman

will somone else score...yes..i think so...i mean let's be real people...how long do we think jdt , crespo, and kaka soal scoring slump will continue...there are proven scorers...it's just a matter of time....what we should be thankful for is the fact that we have a top player able to take the load when others are down.....i give them a few more games before we begin to see the real milan...and the good think is i think they will begin to start scoring right when we need to start peaking for all the titles....so around mid december to early january , look for the onslaught to begin

You always have that spirit don't you? Good to see you around with your posts like that.

Originally Posted by BaggioForever

i feel as long as we r scoring...i dun care whether its only our 'soccer monster' who is bagging the goals or anyone else...most importantly as a fan...as long as they get the 3pts, i am content... n like trini had said...its just a matter of time....

so a Crespo hattrick against Palermo pleasE?

we all are happy regardless who scores but the point is still the same:we are too reliant on him, and i wonder when we'll miss his goals. plus, if we wanna contrast juve we must have more than one excellent striker.don't forget in january trezeguet will recover and they will improve with his goals..

They can rely on Trezeguet as much as we can rely on Crespo .

Originally Posted by Milan4eva

They can rely on Trezeguet as much as we can rely on Crespo .

mate i don't agree on this one..treseghe has always scored, he's a dangerous player plus they still are goiing like mad bulls, if you add them an extra bonus i wonder what they will do


but i'm confident we will deliver soon, and juve will have more probs in january february..capello teams always start like that rememeber roma last season

Originally Posted by Giovanni

mate i don't agree on this one..treseghe has always scored, he's a dangerous player plus they still are goiing like mad bulls, if you add them an extra bonus i wonder what they will do

So has Crespo. He's always been world class as well Scoring droughts, injury problems; they've both had their fair share. There is nothing between him and DP and Crespo and JDT. The only thing that can separate these two ios form. And you've can't be sure Trez will be on top form once he comes back, especially from an injury. Same thing for Pippo. Trez coming back might be an extra bonus. But he might not be on top form and JDT and Crespo could come back to form anytime now. You can't be sure Juve will be unstoppable once he comes back.

Originally Posted by Henrik

If it wasn't clear before, it certainly is now. Serie A is a two-hoarse race between Juve and Milan. Inter is 15 points off the lead and Roma is 18 behind.

A strange Serie A season indeed.

6 points separate the top 2 teams.
Another 6 points separate the 2nd and 3rd place teams.
And a further 6 points separate the 4th place team and the team 2nd from bottom!

I'm thinking of putting my money on Inter getting relegated this season.

Not a bad game and the team is showing some signs of improvement. Now Ancelotti and the coach staff need to improve some aspects in this week without Serie A games - especially Crespo's physical condition!
Tomasson needs some trainning sessions too. He can't miss the chances he's been missing. Against Brescia Dhorasoo put him in front of the keeper in good condition to score. Yesterday was Seedorf and earlier, in the first half, he missed one after a clash between Sheva and the keeper...
The things will start to be much more serious from next round and Juve probably will drop some points against Inter - another draw?
I didn't expect this 12 points gap between first and third place in Serie A too. Besides that, I really didn't expect Inter with 10 draws in 12 matches.
But you never know what is going to happen with them...

woow again scorer is Sheva...will he ever stop scorin... [God please condemn me for such words]
yes, Crespo is a problem, IMO would better let him go where he belongs -- chelski... and swap Gila+Tevez in january, otherwise I do not see other way to solve ''Sheva's --goal mashine'' problem
Simlpy imagine... if Sheva stop scoring due to grave reasons [injury etc.] then we could only take nil nil draw in best case, cuz no one knows how to score....

Finally a win after 3 games.Though it was a hard fought victory,it was important for our morale.But seriously,we need 2 find another alternative 2 find the back of the net.We're depending too much on Sheva.Although,Sheva netted his 100th goal for Milan in Serie A.Well done Sheva!!!!

Ancelotti said that we have 2 make the best out of the situation and take advantage of Sheva's superb form.There will be a point of time when he will slowly stop finding the net as Defenders all over Europe will learn 2 mark out Sheva.Then who will start scoring?

Kaka looked out of sorts against Siena.Although he did assist Sheva's first goal.Other than that,he did not really contribute much 2 the attack.He needs 2 find the form he had last season.

FORZA MILAN!

Originally Posted by ASHWIN

There will be a point of time when he will slowly stop finding the net as Defenders all over Europe will learn 2 mark out Sheva.Then who will start scoring?

Defenders have had quite a few years to learn how to mark Sheva out of the game. They haven't managed to do it yet.

Same thing with Pippo. Everybody knows his game by heart. He still scores.

Originally Posted by ilgenio

I'm thinking of putting my money on Inter getting relegated this season.

Roma and/or Inter being relegated would be something else. I don't particularely hope for it to happen (bad for Serie A), but I might just this season.

Originally Posted by triniman

.....i give them a few more games before we begin to see the real milan...and the good think is i think they will begin to start scoring right when we need to start peaking for all the titles....so around mid december to early january , look for the onslaught to begin

Well said my caribbean colleague! Milan dont need to peak now, post Jan is fine with me, as long as we can grind out the results.

As we say in Jamaica : Sheva a di REAL man roun' `ere [Sheva is the real man around here]

I did not see the game, only the highlights, and was glad to see JDT with an excellent cross that Sheva should have scored, but thats ok. I will forgive him that miss.

JDT's frustration at not scoring was very apparent, and he needs to find a centre of calm just before kicking the ball, and he will regain his scoring touch, glad to see his level of effort though, its heartening after the arrogance that I have complained about.

The gap to Juve is daunting, but not insurmountable...hopefully this will lend itself to some level of complacency from the (Juve) players, and that is when we must be decisive, aggressive, and yet calm enuf to take advantage of the potential stumble.

FORZA MILAN, FORZA SHEVA!!!! Congrats on ur 100th Serie A Goal!!!!!!