New LB sugegstiong 2009/10

The way I look at it, Gattuso and Pirlo will start if they are healthy. Seedorf will also start, whether you like to believe that or not, as I still don't see Leo going to bench him unless to give him rest.
And Leo knows that Flamini is effective but he is also a great option as FB. Actually, I rate Flamini as the 2 nd best FB in Milan right now, as he really covers a lot of ground.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

The way I look at it, Gattuso and Pirlo will start if they are healthy. Seedorf will also start, whether you like to believe that or not, as I still don't see Leo going to bench him unless to give him rest.
And Leo knows that Flamini is effective but he is also a great option as FB. Actually, I rate Flamini as the 2 nd best FB in Milan right now, as he really covers a lot of ground.

where do you get that Seedorf is going to start? Carlo isnt the coach anymore. Flamini has stated he doesnt want to play FB, and he shouldnt have to as he is our best mid. I would try Ambro at LB

Trust me, if it is up to me, I would kick Seedorf out of Milan.

Just a feeling that Seedorf will start most often than not.
Yes, I know that Flamini is the most complete midfield in Milan and he should start but like I said, when Oddo, Antonini and Janku all failed at FB, Flamini will be playing as RB as there will not be anyone else.

i would try albertazzi at that point

Dude, my original post stated that
1. Give Albertazzi chances
2. Antonini and Janku are actually better than any LB that is being link with Milan except of Cissohko
3. WHen all players failed or injured, Flamini can more than fill in as FB

I agree, Albertazzi should be given a chance. a team without too much money must be creative and inserting youth players is very important! and one of our main problems is the fullback position and one of our bigget youth talents ironically is a fullback so why the hell arent we using him??

I play Left Back , Im young Im fast I love Milan and Silvio il play for 100,000 per season and I know lots of young ladies sign me up silvio.

i must say i got excited a few weeks ago, when i heard Braida was in Brazil, checking out Juan Maldonado from Flamengo & Hernanes......from what i've seen of Maldonado, i was really impressed......he's fast...attacking....good crosser & passer of the ball....and looks lethal on the counter (he always joins the attack).....perfect for Leonardo's "Brazilian" 4-3-3.......& most importantly holds an eu passport......so no worries about the last non-eu slot....hopefully, a transfer for hernanes is on the cards...especially since Pirlo seems on his way to chelski.....it's time he moved on.....we've become so predictable with him playing in that deep role.....and when he loses the ball....he cant tackle for ****...god knows, how many times....we conceded last season with Pirlo losing the ball there...but anyway..that's for another thread, no doubt...

Hi,

I'm new here, I'm from Bosnia and I've been watching Milan since their great triumph against Barcelona in Athens 1994.

Well, after some introduction, here comes "Reply to thread".

Unfortunately, Cissokho is lost for good. It was all about the money. It's a real shame because he's fantastic left back at the age of 21 and (more important) Leonardo could play Seedorf instead Ambrosini, with Cissokho covering him.

I really think that we are lacking creative options without Seedorf in the team. Those of you who witnessed our performance against Chelsea will realize what I'm talking about. Simply, Pirlo is really too deep and, without Seedorf, Ronaldinho is all by himself in attacking third and that's not good.

So, I think Leonardo should choose a left back who could prove a cover for Seedorf defensively, which automatically excludes Jankulovski. He's average positionally, he's awful in the air, he's communication isn't good... And remember that if we gonna play offsides (and we will), communication in defense is really important. Cissokho really was the man for the job.

I know that we cannot afford good left back, so what we really need is a player who's RELIABLE. Just think that we won the Scudetto with Pancaro as a LB. And that even worked great!

Now, from other full-back options, there's Oddo, who can play on the right only, but the real problem is that he's just the other Jankulovski, just slower. Then, there's Flamini, who cannot cross the ball properly even on his best day and he has only one good leg. I don't even need to mention that we will lose a cover-player in our already bad covered midfield if Flamini plays as a side back. So we're stuck with Antonini. Well, I agree with some of you that Antonini isn't Milan material, but he's reliable full-back, who can join attacks and make width in the midfield. He's better than Jankulovski and Oddo in all aspects that are important defensively, he's pretty quick, good in the air, he can communicate and he's really good tackler. Furthermore, he can come forward with the ball, and he's pretty good passer too. AND, he can play on both sides and is two-footed.

Play him on the right with Zambrotta on the left and we can have Gattuso-Pirlo-Seedorf midfield. With Leonardo, Seedorf will not play that loosely and he actually CAN produce a lot of defensive work.

Why a LB ?
We could take a RB and play Zambrotta as a LB if there are better RBs available than LBs ...

Originally Posted by GeoTav

Why a LB ?
We could take a RB and play Zambrotta as a LB if there are better RBs available than LBs ...

Zambrotta didn't play well at LB last seaosn, and I know he used to be there a long time ago.....

As for Antonini, he needs to play games where he can defend and attakc well at the same time. At the moment, he is only doing these one at a time and needs to out them together to improve his game. For me though, janko hasn't defended well in a long time!

Cissokho was amazing at Lyon's 5-1 win against Anderlecht

I don't know if he is worth the money Porto wanted, but he looked unstoppable for 90 minutes...