Ancelotti announces change in midfield...

Originally Posted by KhRiS

I agree with you and I feel that max should be given the same amount of playing time as gattuso.

yeah but not at right back as Xudong thinks?

Originally Posted by KhRiS

I agree with you and I feel that max should be given the same amount of playing time as gattuso.

People seem to like Gattuso a lot more than Max. I may be a strange one, but I will pick Max over Rino without much hesitation. I have always like him, and I still kind of hope that he will take over the captain armband one day Maldini retires (that should be very unlikely now). Rino is not handsome enough to be our captain.

Originally Posted by MATNAT

yeah but not at right back as Xudong thinks?

LOL no, but only Ancelotti knows what Ancelotti is cooking, he must be mind fu(ked after the C.L defeat, he must still be having nightmares about that match inrespective of what he says.

Originally Posted by MATNAT

yeah but not at right back as Xudong thinks?

Why not? Never say never. He used to play RB. Besides the most significant one (2003, Manchester), Ancelotti is reported to have fielded him in that position in MANY training games. Somehow, there were no follow-ups.

Remember that reading from somewhere (no source, sorry), that Ambrosini is even our No.1 emergency goalie! Never got a chance to see that (wish we don't have to), but wouldn't that be so cool that he is such a versatile player?

agreed his versaitle.. whats got me thinking is the fact that we signed another defensive midfielder in vogel.

we have gattuso, vogel and max.

considering berlusconi wants to play with two strikers i get the feeling that we will see milan playing 3-5-2 more often next season.

Originally Posted by MATNAT

agreed his versaitle.. whats got me thinking is the fact that we signed another defensive midfielder in vogel.

Vogel is to take the place of Brocchi. We sell one and buy one (not necessarily in that order. ).

Originally Posted by MATNAT

we have gattuso, vogel and max.

considering berlusconi wants to play with two strikers i get the feeling that we will see milan playing 3-5-2 more often next season.

That's a statement already made in public. With Janku and Cafu, it will be a crime if we don't even think of taking that advantage. However, as Ancelotti claimed, 4-man defense will still be our major one.

i hope its a spot for ambrosini. man.....does he deserve a spot, even over ringhio.

The key word is invent...thus means sometihng new.......

i think it has to do with the 3-5-2 formation...

just my dumb opinion...but i think it has to do with a deeper midfeilder...

just a hunch, but we might see max filling in more a central defender role when defending...thus allowing maldini and stam to become more wingback during this period........

lemme see if i can clear this up for some ..

in attack:

--------striker 1--------------striker 2--------
-------------------attacking midfielder-----------------
------- midfielder 1---------------midfielder2------------
attacking wingback-----------------------------attacking wingback
------def 1---------------def 2--------------------def 3----------

but now in defnese..it may look like


--------striker 1--------------striker 2--------
-------------------attacking midfielder-----------------
attacking wingback-------midfielder1----------attacking wingback
def 1---------------def 2-----midfielder2-------------------def 3

thus allowing us to maintain a back 4 while leaving areas for the counter wide and in the center.....


like i said it is just a hunch, but something i have thought about with our team....

Originally Posted by K77SH C

I think Gatusso will play a more central role.

if that happens you can kiss any kind of offense good bye . . . except if you are going to use two central midfielders teaming he and Pirlo up in the middle . . . but then you would have to use a wing back such as Cafu to make runs up the sidline and basically play a three man defense . . .? what? who ?

I merged the "Ancelotti : Don't worry, Milan have not stopped" thread into this one as no discussion took place there.

I think it's Seedorf who will have to adjust and work more centrally when Jankulowski plays as a LB in the 4-3-1-2 formation. When the 3-4-1-2 formation is used, everbody will have to adjust, so I doubt that that is what Ancelotti was referring to.

i am sorry if most of u might disagree... i think gattuso is a big obstacle to attacking football! he can not pass,cross,shoot,keep possession and he is... short.. i think we dont take full advantage of the best strike force that we have if we play gattuso. actually now i start to worry that ancelotti will keep using gattuso in starting eleven.

Originally Posted by Rando

i am sorry if most of u might disagree... i think gattuso is a big obstacle to attacking football!

1.The topic for this discussion is what change we THINK Ancelotti will make, not hat change we WANT Ancelotti will make.
2. I disagree with you on Gattuso, in a 4 man midfield with 3 creative midfielders with limited defending abilities, Gattuso is the best option around. But that is really for discussion in another thread.

I think there are some games that are just made for Gattuso, whilst others where he just seems to hinder the teams progress. That's not to say that I think he's a bad player, I would just like to see a slightly more creative player take his place against teams that are likely to play for a draw.

But getting rid of him completely is a big mistake in my opinion. His grit, determination and defensive qualities make him an excellent holding midfielder. Wasn't he the player with the most tackles made during the last CL campaign?

As for him being the next captain, I wouldn't really like to say. He certainly has many of the qualities necessary for such an honor, but then I could say the same for a few others as well.

He was the Best player for Milan when we won the CL not too long ago. Gattuso that is.