AC Milan v. Udinese {9/1/2011: 15:00 CET}

Udinese had quite a rampant start.

Is it just me that Seedorf has played well so far?

Originally Posted by Xudong

Is it just me that Seedorf has played well so far?

He was good defensively... up front he lost many balls... only players that might have lost more balls are Gattuso and Pato.

Great work from Ibra for the goal... I was thinking to myself...hmm seems like Ibra hasn't done much so far so he then comes out the box, gets the ball and assists a goal he's really a great player.

Pato's lost so many balls time after time...don't know when the kid will learn to use that brain

Pato needs to learn to play as a team than individual.

I think Pato's had a decent game until now personally. The guy's moved relatively well and has been working for his teammates. On the ball, he's lost a few, but nothing too serious, whilst he has tried serving crosses for his teammates more than any other player and ultimately we're back in the game because of his goal (great finish after Ibra's fantastic work).

Udinese are much quicker than us and it shows as they dominate the midfield as our players are forced to drop deep. That said, at the back we're pretty stable, although Antonini worries me, and he's clearly been identified as a weak spot.

Going forward, we need Ibra and Robinho to drop deep more often to help link midfield and attack and offer some creativity. Defensively, one of the two should help more often to stop Udinese dominating so easily by keeping the ball in front of our midfield.

Finally, the ref is awful. His decisions are stupid at best and he's letting the Udinese players jump all over ours everytime we start an attack.

Somehow I felt lucky that we equalized the score before the halftime. Our weakest links were the two LBs, particularly Antonini who was horrible. Our midfielders so far have failed to bring the ball up the field. Ibrahimovic was not in great shape, and the front three didn't run enough to creat space. Seedorf has been good, even made two crucial clearances inside our own box.

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

He was good defensively... up front he lost many balls... only players that might have lost more balls are Gattuso and Pato.

Great work from Ibra for the goal... I was thinking to myself...hmm seems like Ibra hasn't done much so far so he then comes out the box, gets the ball and assists a goal he's really a great player.

Pato's lost so many balls time after time...don't know when the kid will learn to use that brain

my point too. the entire midfield didn't do well offensively.

by the way, except for the match that ended (Sampdoria 2-1 Roma), no home team was leading at the halftime.

Here we go again! Forza Milan.

I think the problems so far in this game are: Lack of speed or just not enough from the midfield and the links between midfield and attack. somehow, I think Pirlo not playing is actually a good thing as he will be over run by Udin., midfielders.

I think the forwards are playing too far from the midfielders so when we try to clear from a set piece, as with the corner that led to the 1st goal, the forwards were not able to challenge for the ball, and so Udinese regained posession. (Even if it looked like Di Natale was offside)

Bonera is still too slow to read the play, hence the mistake on the 2nd goal that allowed Sanchez the header.

I like the sense of urgency we are playing with now, but we still look outnumbered in many areas of the pitch.

My God, can we please score from a set piece?

Please please please please play anyone....anyone over Seedorf.

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

Shocking! I can't believe it's Milan I'm watching...

Bonera and Seedorf, the terrible two.

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

Please please please please play anyone....anyone over Seedorf.

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually I'd say anyone over anyone. The team as a whole have been total crap today. Nobody is even near the standard we should expect. Absolutely unbelieveable.

I cannot for the life of god understand why Seedorf and Bonera keeps getting picked for every freakin game...