Genoa VS Milan 14/9/08

If Kaka is fit enough to start then I don't see why Carletto should bench him

One thing that seems clear to me, is that if Kaka is fit to play, he will start. How to balance the team with R80 and Kaka on the pitch together, isnt my problem, its Carlo´s, but I think he will solve it in such a way that we get the best out of the team.

Pato should also play, if we chose the "single striker" lineup, though it probably would mean Seedorf on the bench, if we play Pirlo, and 2 DMs.

Suffice it to say that I agree that this match is cruical for us to win, if we want to stay within a point of the other big fish.

I look forward to an even better performance than vs Bologna, inclusive of more than a single goal from our team...seeing that it seems we have to outscore our competition this term.

Just dont let Carlo ruin Pato like he did with henry and Gourcuff. Let the boy play, simply let him start the games. Last season he showed he can carry Milan by himself when Kaka' was injured, he only needs to play.

$heva is 32 and is completely out of form, Pippo showed in how "good" of a form he is, and Boriello is not 100% fit yet. But Galliani has some crazy "3 golden balls attack" idea that makes me sick as it has nothing to do with profesisonal football but with day-dreaming!!

Play Pato, he will repay himself, just let him play a lot.

How to incorporate Kaka' and Dinho? Just let the boys play, they can do it, no problem. Play Ka-Pa-Ro and even one more forward in the same team. Or give Seedorf CM role to play for 60 minutes, as he cant for 90.

And its not a God's law that Pirlo also needs to play ALWAYS, we can play without Pirlo as well now when we have Dinho. We can play Rino-Flamini as DM's and Kaka-Seedorf-Dinho and one forward. That would also work, or simply use Pirlo more forward then right now and let Flamini play pure DM.

We can rotate in 100 ways, yet we still play same old STUPID 4-3-2-1, which makes no use in the games we attak and teams defend with 8 man...

watching Cyprus Italy, and damn Gattuso is a sad excuse of a football player.. he has no idea what he is doing!

Originally Posted by mrki

Just dont let Carlo ruin Pato like he did with henry and Gourcuff. Let the boy play, simply let him start the games. Last season he showed he can carry Milan by himself when Kaka' was injured, he only needs to play.

$heva is 32 and is completely out of form, Pippo showed in how "good" of a form he is, and Boriello is not 100% fit yet. But Galliani has some crazy "3 golden balls attack" idea that makes me sick as it has nothing to do with profesisonal football but with day-dreaming!!

Play Pato, he will repay himself, just let him play a lot.

How to incorporate Kaka' and Dinho? Just let the boys play, they can do it, no problem. Play Ka-Pa-Ro and even one more forward in the same team. Or give Seedorf CM role to play for 60 minutes, as he cant for 90.

And its not a God's law that Pirlo also needs to play ALWAYS, we can play without Pirlo as well now when we have Dinho. We can play Rino-Flamini as DM's and Kaka-Seedorf-Dinho and one forward. That would also work, or simply use Pirlo more forward then right now and let Flamini play pure DM.

We can rotate in 100 ways, yet we still play same old STUPID 4-3-2-1, which makes no use in the games we attak and teams defend with 8 man...

Agreed 100%. pato better play cuz he is our future. he showed last year that he is absolutely amazing, and if he and borriello dont get playing time, we are f-ed. but no matter what we say, we know that the attack will be roni-kaka-sheva, not because of carlo, but because of berlusconi.

To bad we lost from Bologna,but we played beatiful football and were very very inlucky.I think we will take better advantage of the changes at Genoa.We will win this match,every player of the Milan squad nows that only the three points are welcome.

As for our attacking players,if Borriello is fit for the Genoa game than he should play in de starting XI.He deserve a change by now.

But Gattuso coming in actually help Italy to do better because he destroys midfield...

Originally Posted by mrki

Just dont let Carlo ruin Pato like he did with henry and Gourcuff. Let the boy play, simply let him start the games. Last season he showed he can carry Milan by himself when Kaka' was injured, he only needs to play.


Play Pato, he will repay himself, just let him play a lot.

Leonardo criticized Pato of not working hard enough on training everyday and needs to listen to the advice from the coaches and his team mates, and thus failed to claim his spot on the starting eleven. We couldn't get into the training camp, but I think this information is true. I hope Pato take heed of this advice

Originally Posted by Nalx

Leonardo criticized Pato of not working hard enough on training everyday and needs to listen to the advice from the coaches and his team mates, and thus failed to claim his spot on the starting eleven. We couldn't get into the training camp, but I think this information is true. I hope Pato take heed of this advice

If you read his actual words - he said completely different things. It's about media twisting the information. Here are Leondardo's actual words:

“He has to run, fight, sweat in training and listen carefully to the advice of Coach and teammates,”

“He has no physical problems, nor psychological ones. He is happy within the squad and working hard. The directors are very close to him, both in terms of his sporting career and his private life.

“Pato is a valuable member of the club and we have absolute faith in him.”

Four days to go, now i can say which will be my starting 11:
Abbiatti'
Zambrotta, Senderos(if he is available), Kaladze, Jankulovski
Flamini, Pirlo, Seedorf
Ronaldinho, Kaka
Pato.

actually 6 days togo, unless you have a time machine...

... in case you do, can you please look up the score and tell me? thanks

0 - 3: but please dont ask me more.

It seems impossible to have score like that. Genoa failed to score a single goal? You must have watched Genoa - Milan 2009/10.

One thing to take note of, is the amount of our players who will be in action on Wednesday...from acmilan.com

ITALY: ANDREA PIRLO E GIANLUCA ZAMBROTTA
Wednesday 10 September: Italia-Georgia, ore 20.50, a Udine.

GEORGIA:KALADZE
Wednesday 10 September: Italia-Georgia, 20.50, at Udine.

UKRAINE: ANDRIY $HEVCHENKO
Wednesday 10 September: Kazakhstan-Ukraine, at Almaty.

FRANCE: MATHIEU FLAMINI
Wednesday 10 September: France-Serbia, at Paris-Saint Denis.

CZECH REPUBLIC: MAREK JANKULOVSKI
Wednesday 10 September: Northern Ireland-Czech Republic, in Belfast.

BRAZIL: RONALDINHO
Wednesday 10 September: Brazile-Bolivia, at Rio de Janeiro.

This for me isnt a good thing...as I am sure some of the players, like R80, wont be in a position to play for the full 90 vs Genoa, but then, we do have Kaka back, so hopefully this will offset a dip in R80´s form due to fatigue.

On the defensive end, Kaladze for me needs more matches, so hopefully he will be sharper come Sunday´s match.

FORZA MIIIIIIIILAN!! Lets get the 3 points.

There is a friendly game against Lugano before Genoa's game. Here is the formation :

LUGANO-MILAN: LA FORMAZIONE ROSSONERA
09/09/2008
MILANELLO - Il Milan scenderà in campo così nell'amichevole di domani allo Stadio Cornaredo di Lugano: Abbiati; Bonera, Senderos, Maldini, Antonini; Cardacio, Emerson, Ambrosini; Seedorf; Inzaghi, Pato. A disposizione: Kalac, Favalli, Kakà, Strasser (51), Gianola (52), Pasini (53), Romagnoli (54), Ruggeri (55), Angelilli (57).