strikers problem

"A good result for a not-in-form Milan" says most the players, isnt that what they keep saying after each game? Im fed up with this not-in-form Milan.. With all this quality of players, with a squad this size and this good, the best in europe, we are unable to find our form? We are supposed to have our form on from the beginning till the end of the season! I agree its better to find form at Spring rather than now, but what makes you so sure we will find that form? How often has Milan found their form in Spring other than last year? I think last year's mid-season Milan was the best I've seen in a decade, they were simply unstoppable, and yet they haven't lost any players but are yet to impress this season. Not one impressive game. Its always Carlotti saying "We played well for the first 30 mins" Or "We dominated for the first 60 minutes". This annoys me really, evreytime I see that i feel i want to punch Carlo. We should dominate the game for most of it! and not only 60 minutes!.. I mean ok, the team obviously cant be on top form for the rest of the reason, but they havent shown anything yet! Only players living up to their standards at the moment are Sheva and Cafu, maybe even Nesta and Dida, but thats it. Actually Stam impressed me alot in the games he played.

I agree, Crespo and JDT shouldn't be sold to another club, but should be thrown in a garbage truck. The ideal and most perfect player that would suit Milan would be Tevez, but thats just dreaming. With Carlo here, I guess we'll probably buy 2 more quality defenders rather than buying a striker .

Originally Posted by ASHWIN

Dhorasoo was benched 4 most of last season.Didn't play 4 Lyon that much.
Besides,now is not the time 2 experiment players.

Now is the best time to experiment. you change when you play bad, not when you play good.

With Carlo here, I guess we'll probably buy 2 more quality defenders rather than buying a striker .

Carlo hasnt brought in any defenders we didnt need. He didnt ask for Stam, infact he once said he thought Milan dont need him.

He did however ask for Crespo. I thought Crepo looked good when he came on against Roma. He seemed very relaxed on the ball and his good touches were impressive. Once Roma scored he dissapeared. It couldnt have been good for his confidence that in a game he should have left his mark on thet other team went and scored. He also seems unwilling at the moment to "dive into" chances, but he has just come from injury. He just needs a goal under his belt and Im sure he will start showing his quality that most here agree he has. It would help if he gets to actually start a game though.

Originally Posted by K77SH C

Carlo hasnt brought in any defenders we didnt need. He didnt ask for Stam, infact he once said he thought Milan dont need him.

He did however ask for Crespo. I thought Crepo looked good when he came on against Roma. He seemed very relaxed on the ball and his good touches were impressive. Once Roma scored he dissapeared. It couldnt have been good for his confidence that in a game he should have left his mark on thet other team went and scored. He also seems unwilling at the moment to "dive into" chances, but he has just come from injury. He just needs a goal under his belt and Im sure he will start showing his quality that most here agree he has. It would help if he gets to actually start a game though.

well I saw that match and thought Crespo looked poor. Shevchenko I feel would have scored given another had he been on instead of Crespo, of course you can never be sure but Crespo isn't even hitting the target let alone beating the keeper right now.

IMO We need Bojinov he is... fantastic! Great player we must sign him other way... we hasn`t other way!

its bojinov, or tevez or gila for me!

where was fester when the ronaldinhos the makaays the drogbas the robbens the rooneys the etoos the larsson the chevantons the owens were on the market?

i would love to see crespo doing well, but he was a huge risk in august cause he was troubled and we already had a troubled player, pippo.
we need another striker but the best pieces are away.

what should we do to solve our striking problems anyway?
change the system or change the players?

play one tocuh, try new schemes and solutions, and sign a great alternative to shevchenko.did you watch how easily barca cut our defence with one touches? and our is a quality one.we must finally find a way to broke these catenacci around

imagine you reach a final, then sheva gets injured..what happens?

Originally Posted by Giovanni

play one tocuh, try new schemes and solutions, and sign a great alternative to shevchenko.did you watch how easily barca cut our defence with one touches? and our is a quality one.we must finally find a way to broke these catenacci around

I also noticed that, Gio.. That cost Eto'o equalisher..
IMO our defence is great, but some times we just couldn't deal with the opponent's speed.
even worse we play a very tight schedule.

Originally Posted by Giovanni

imagine you reach a final, then sheva gets injured..what happens?

then another 0-0 draw and hope we'll win the shoot-out.

what about miccoli.. i like him alot, and his free kicks are a big benefit because like some1 said we have 0 effecieny out of them, i also like maresca and obodo from fiorentina!

Ancelotti just said that he won't sign any players during the January transfer window especially strikers.He is still confident on Crespo and Tomasson.We need 2 get either Bojinov or Gilardino.It would be great if we could have both!

Another goal-less draw without Sheva....
The only positive note was Dhorasoo's performance.
Milan need strikers especially those who have played in the italian league.This way,they won't take too long 2 adapt 2 Italian football

Galliani and Berlusconi i hope u're reading this.

MILAN NEED STRIKERS!
MILAN NEED STRIKERS!
MILAN NEED STRIKERS!
MILAN NEED STRIKERS!
MILAN NEED STRIKERS!

what is the use of us whining here? many players were fantastic before they came to milan. what makes milan sign them? of course they were good. laursen in verona, helveg in udinese, duggary in bordeaux, rivaldo in barcelona, but some of them simply can't prove themselves in milan. or, they could never gel into milan.

i have hope in gilardino. but what if he simply won't shine with us? the same goes to all the possible new strikers. if we are just doing the cheap talk, that's fine. if galliani is, then it is not good for morale. one day he is interested in one player, the other day he wishes to sign somebody, what will that make our current loyal players think??

i would rather see galliani denying here and there. that he said we won't sign anybody may not necessarily mean it. we all know that he is a lying bastard. our president is not just a businessman, he is a politician! he can't just splash out in the mercato! again, he is a politician, he has other concerns to take care of.

so people, i think it is good to recognize that we have a strikers problem, but we don't have to overdo it. galliani and co will delivery when it is time. i know that we may have missed a few guys in the past, like ronaldinho. but the football is like a gamble, nobody wins all the time. is juventus still paying for the guy who is now in argentina ? (of course, you don't lose all the time either, except inter merda. ) don't dream crazy about getting a shevchenko every year, or a nesta every year.

we have a strong enough team, and let's give ancelotti more trust. he knows everybody in the team, right? sometimes, surprise could come from the team, and it doesn't have to a new purchase. don't forget DIDA after all, unless you were berlusconi, or son of berlusconi , what could you do?

to sum up, be patient. milan won't fail us, buying a new guy or not.

Originally Posted by xudong

i have hope in gilardino. but what if he simply won't shine with us? the same goes to all the possible new strikers

yes but that doesnt mean we should sit there and let others pick him up... u said it urself football is a gamble, however obviosly the chances of crespo succeeding here after a miserable season at chelsea are much slimmer than gilardinos after a more than excellent season with parma. u have to go with what seems to be a better choice... obviosly we need a striker... and crespo isnt scoring when we need him to be!

Originally Posted by mk18

yes but that doesnt mean we should sit there and let others pick him up... u said it urself football is a gamble, however obviosly the chances of crespo succeeding here after a miserable season at chelsea are much slimmer than gilardinos after a more than excellent season with parma. u have to go with what seems to be a better choice... obviosly we need a striker... and crespo isnt scoring when we need him to be!

you are missing my point here, or maybe i didn't put them together clearly enough so that you can get it.

gilardino proved himself last season, crespo didn't (but not very bad anyway, scored quite a handful when not given too much time). if they were both samely priced, i bet that we would have gone for gila.

but gilardino costs big buck! and crespo is free! my point was: nowaday, we are not like old days anymore, we need to make wise decisions.

little money for superstar; >> big money for superstar; >> little money for good player >> big money for good player

the decision for gilardino and crespo should fit into the second and third situation, yet gilardino is yet to be a superstar, and i understand if galliani wants to play safe (giving gila one more year to mature; and crespo as a interim replacement to warm up the place for gila, i think it is good.)

to sum up, my point is: it is not like we have unlimited resources so that we can simply go all out to try our luck. we have budget constraints too. sometimes we are just playing safe, and that is understandable to me. and sometimes we lose because we are not aggressive enough, and you just have to face it.