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Gazzetta says that Gattuso is going to be out with injury for 70 days...Thats a big loss for us. Brocchi is playing not bad, but he is not Gattuso.

Originally Posted by Kui

Let me try a new angle here. One to make a point to some of you. We will lose this game against Empoli. Why? To prove the point some of you folks are making... that we suck and we need Carlo to go, Galliani to go, Berlu to go....... Okay now if you folks want to serve this kind of rhetoric as a good bunch of you have been doing, I'm going enjoy force feeding what you serve here in MilanMania back down your throats. Spare me the sarcasm excuse too Jim. So there you have it. A bunch of people who gladly eat feces only to cry here about the smell. Happy Thanksgiving!

dude...i havent noticed gaillaini or berlu being ripped here?
when a team is losing and not playing well, everyone is under the microscope, some players/coaches rise above it, others crumble under the pressure.
it is enlightning to see who can rise above it...

notice in the roma game how well brocchi, maldini, and dida played. notice how cafu played possessed against inter!

that being said, what comments about the last couple games do you think are appropriate? should we just keep all are posts positive, and be "rah rah rah" about the poor performances of some players and uncritical of management decisions?

i am quite sure, that if milan was in good form, this bunch wouldn't be posting negative posts.

and mzk57...i think dida has been playing excellent...your relentless "dida is cr@p" statements are annoying. i would like to why you feel this way, maybe im missing something?

Originally Posted by icculus

and mzk57...i think dida has been playing excellent...your relentless "dida is cr@p" statements are annoying. i would like to why you feel this way, maybe im missing something?

You are right - Dida is playing well. If it wasnt for Dida we d consider a lot more goals then we did. You cannot blame Dida and not blame the defence then...The point of good functioning defence is to make sure that the ball rarely approaches the goalkeeper. As you can see that is not the case in Milan now. Dida often stays alone with opposite team strikers, because defenders dont have time to come back, or fail to mark the player properly. The whole team is weak now, so blaming Dida is not really a good go at the moment. He does all he can not to consider goals, and when he does consider goals, it is only because there was little he could do about the situation.

Originally Posted by Egoistka

Gazzetta says that Gattuso is going to be out with injury for 70 days...Thats a big loss for us. Brocchi is playing not bad, but he is not Gattuso.

Gattuso isnt Brocchi

Originally Posted by K77SH C

Gattuso isnt Brocchi

and "the owls are not what they seem" too ...

hey guys....any links sooon? just making sure i bieleve in you guys and milan!!!

i think you need to learn to be a bit more patient, the people with links will post them when they can, you don't need to ask several times in each thread

Or you could look for the links yourself and put these other guys out of a job, at least then you'll know you have the links

Originally Posted by Zlat

and "the owls are not what they seem" too ...

All that glistens is not gold

Originally Posted by K77SH C

Gattuso isnt Brocchi

Why not "Brocchi isnt Gattuso", but "Gattuso isnt Brocchi"...for me "Gattus isnt Brocchi" sounds like Brocchi is better than Gattuso, which is not the case. Maybe my english is very poor.

Ancelotti announced a 20-man squad for Emploli, which includes two youth players (Guerci and Antonelli). KEEPERS: Dida, Fiori, Kalac. DEFENDERS: Cafu, Maldini, Costacurta, Simic, Jankulovski, Bonera, Antonelli. MIDFIELDERS: Seedorf, Gourcuff, Pirlo, Kakà, Brocchi, Guerci. STRIKERS: Borriello, Gilardino, Inzaghi, Ricardo Oliveira.

Nesta will take the gameday off to train. Kaladze, Favalli, Gattuso and Serginho are still on the injured list. Ambrosini is close to being taken off the injured list and we will mostly likely see him available in time for Athens.

acmilan.com


which position do antonelli and guerci play?

I think Anonelli is a left-back, though i'm not 100% sure.

Kash isn't saying Brocchi is better than Gattuso Oksana (although maybe he is ), just that Gattuso doesn't have the offensive abilities of Brocchi and is therefore not the same kind of player. So you got the idea behind his post, just not the correct meaning. That's what i think anyway

Guerci again in the squad. I really want to see this guy play. A lot of promises for him.

from ac milan.com:

Seedorf is applying himself with his national side, so (laughs Ancelotti) I want to thank Van Basten. Now, Clarence already has a smooth road ahead of him. He, Kakà and Simic played 90 minutes, therefore they will all rest. I called Van Basten after Netherlands-England because I wanted to know how it went and Marco was very happy. The two have resolved a problem of communication. Cafu can also play in the midfield, in some of the games. Gourcuff is starting to do decidedly better. After the forty day stop and the three consecutive games, now he is doing really well and is in good shape.’

What does this mean for our starting lineup? Maybe it will be something like this:
Dida - Bonera, Simic, Maldini, Jankulovski - Cafu, Pirlo, Brocchi - Gourcuff - Inzaghi, Oliveira.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

I think Anonelli is a left-back, though i'm not 100% sure.

Kash isn't saying Brocchi is better than Gattuso Oksana (although maybe he is ), just that Gattuso doesn't have the offensive abilities of Brocchi and is therefore not the same kind of player. So you got the idea behind his post, just not the correct meaning. That's what i think anyway

Yeah, basically my point is that Brocchi has plenty to offer. We may lose Gatusso's aggression, but with Brocchi we will enjoy more ball possession. The best thing is we wont lose any energy because Brocchi is a little fire cracker

I hope Guerci gets a chance to play..and Kaka finally gets some deserved rest.

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