Milan's Biggest Need + Crisis Solution + Don't blame management

Originally Posted by SANT

why Grenoli? because we have won titles with them?

No, but because we're an ITALIAN side, if you have forgotten that.
Italian players must form the squad's core.

Originally Posted by ARIO

Ronaldinho will never hurt anybody's game play

Where would you play him. Part of a front three with Kaka and Ronaldo or in Seedorf's role. Personally I see problems with both as he wont work back like Seedorf and if he plays in a front three with Kaka and Ronaldo we will miss a "Fox in the box" type of striker to get the scrappy goal that we oh so need in a tough match against a PSV Eindhoven.

Originally Posted by Nordahl

No, but because we're an ITALIAN side, if you have forgotten that.
Italian players must form the squad's core.

If permiership sides decided to go with mostly English players then I personally feel it would go back to the days where they struggle to get out of the group stages, let alone have 3 teams in the last 4.

Besides if the best players on the market are not Italian then why should we sign Italian. I think Milan already has enough Italians.

With the arrival of Pato I thinkour forward line is complete though he will only be elgible to play only from the 2nd of January still I think before january Gilardino, Inzaghi and Ronaldo can do the job. Though in my opinion our basic need even before the transfer window started was a goalkeeper to replace Dida. Since Dida played really poorly in the second part of the season and almost knocked us out from the Champion league by his horrible keeping against Manchester and Munich. I just hope we can replace him or find a good back-up for him, which could have been Abbati but he has now been loaned to Atheltico.

Abbiati won't come as 2nd keeper as he believes a Number 1, and Dida despite his occasional mistakes is better than him. I'd take Abbiati over Kalac, or any of our other keepers, but he wouldn't accept Dida as number one. We have more urgent worries like a proper LB, better cover in CD, DM, and another striker.

Originally Posted by totti_jonaid

Since Dida played really poorly in the second part of the season and almost knocked us out from the Champion league by his horrible keeping against Manchester and Munich. I just hope we can replace him or find a good back-up for him, which could have been Abbati but he has now been loaned to Atheltico.

He did not play "poorly" in the second half of the season, save for the aforementioned matches. Also, the zebra Abbiati left in the first place because he got tired of warming the bench.

Originally Posted by BMWTaylor

He did not play "poorly" in the second half of the season, save for the aforementioned matches. Also, the zebra Abbiati left in the first place because he got tired of warming the bench.

If not for an injury which saw Abbiati giving his spot to dida, he could have been one of the best goalie in the world today. But credits for Dida for taking the chance to shine when he got that chance and replace Abbiati as our No.1. Abbiati was one of my fav players, sad to see him being loan all over.

Biggest need is a new center back to pair with Nesta.
Maldini is a legend but he is a step slower than every top class striker (and two steps slower after 60' in a game.)

Bring in a top talent center back and Maldini will tutor him..

Originally Posted by Maevious

Biggest need is a new center back to pair with Nesta.
Maldini is a legend but he is a step slower than every top class striker (and two steps slower after 60' in a game.)

Bring in a top talent center back and Maldini will tutor him..

We have Kaladze...

biggest need:
-2 new defenders : future sub for nesta and 1 to play with
-2 new midfielders : future replacement for ambrosini, gattuso or brocchi

Price shouldn't be the issue here for any of those guys. We made so much money from the CL last season that we should be spending like crazy. The problem is the management's unwillingness to spend even one penny on improving this team. They always take the cheapest option there is instead of the best one. You can't tell me that one of the richest clubs in the world cannot afford one Samuel Eto'o. That is flat out BS.

Originally Posted by hwmook

If not for an injury which saw Abbiati giving his spot to dida, he could have been one of the best goalie in the world today. But credits for Dida for taking the chance to shine when he got that chance and replace Abbiati as our No.1. Abbiati was one of my fav players, sad to see him being loan all over.

I'm not sure if it was injury to Abbiati that forced him. I think it was more of a coaching preference. If im not mistaken, it was either Cesare Maldini (interim coach after Zac was fired) or Terim or Carlo who chose Dida ahead of Abbiati. As far as I remember, Abbiati was always a favorite of Zac and got his chance after Jens Lehmann had a prolonged injury in his one and only season with us.

Personally, i dont like Abbiati very much. He's very acrobatic, but IMO not consistent enough. Given the choice I would take Dida over him any day.....Alright BMW, I hope the check is in the mail

I don't normally do this, but I’m starting to seriously panic right about now. There is not way we will win the Scudetto with this squad. And if you listen to Ancelotti and the players, it seems like they have realized that fact too. All they talk about is the European super cup, the World cup and the Champions league. Furthermore, Galliani is talking about Kaka as a striker, which indicates we are going with the 4-3-2-1 system that won us the CL last season. That’s fine in CL and against bigger teams (I actually think it should be used more often than it has been under Ancelotti), but at home, and against smaller teams in Serie A, the 4-3-1-2 is vastly superior. Again; even the management has given up the Scudetto!

Don’t misunderstand me, our starting eleven is the best in the world. It’s the squad I am worried about. Because when Ancelotti starts resting players for the mid-week CL match, our team gets seriously weakened. And I haven’t even mentioned injuries yet! We have three, 3, strikers, of which two are extremely injury pruned (Ronaldo and Inzaghi). And in midfield it’s just as bad. Seven players for four positions (or five, in the 4-3-2-1). We only really have cover for the hard fighting midfielder-type (Gattuso, Ambrosini and Brocchi). Our only cover for Seedorf, Pirlo and Kaka is an unproven, although extremely talented, 20 year old (Gourcuff). Only at the back do we have adequate cover, although some players are getting older. Still most people in this forum seem to think this is our biggest worry.

I won’t end by listing players I want. Right now, any descent midfielder and striker will do. Even Emerson.

In the meantime I pray nobody gets injured tonight.

Originally Posted by rt9

Personally, i dont like Abbiati very much. He's very acrobatic, but IMO not consistent enough. Given the choice I would take Dida over him any day.....Alright BMW, I hope the check is in the mail

Abbiati not consistent? Its his consistent acrobatic performance that play such an important part in us winning the scudetto back in 1999. I really can't agree with you on the consistency part. Dida and abbiati are similar keepers who can save difficult shots but always make errors on high balls. Abbiati > Dida in acrobatic stunts though.

I am quite sure its an minor injury that force abbiati out and let Dida has a run as the No.1 and after that abbiati find it difficult to break into the team anymore because Dida is doing well and the coach prefer not to change. There was also a very long thread here arguing about whether we should use back abbiati or continue with Dida.

I don't support Milan but I can't see them signing anyone, They need BIG names, They're European champions and there best squad is: Ronaldo, Kaka, Pirlo, Gattuso, Nesta..

I heard Ronaldinho and maybe Eto' might move..

When does the Transfer market close? How long have they got?