AC Milan Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

GTR63

Poor performance. Gabriel should of done better for both goals despite the awful defending. El Shaarawy and Niang had little impact on the game aswell. Great free by Mario & I was sure his late effort was dipping in.

GTR63

Just watched Roma vs Fiorentina, Pjanic got sent off and Castan picked up a yellow so both will miss their next game against us Monday week. Mina Rzouki is back on BT again, YEY.

Smithwicks Man

Never copped that when I was watching it! Pjanic deserved to go, silly foul. They look dangerous and will definitely trouble us big time

GTR63

Milan squad for Ajax:
Abbiati, Coppola, Andrenacci; Bonera, Constant, De Sciglio, Mexes, Zaccardo, Zapata; Cristante, De Jong, Emanuelson, Kaka, Montolivo, Muntari, Nocerino, Poli; Balotelli, El Shaarawy, Matri & Pazzini.

Seaneh

Hopefully he can come in and give us some extra incisiveness in the final third. I think an attacking midfield 3 of him, Kaka and SES behind Mario will be pretty decent. Him and Rami will be good additions for us.

Milan have announced Keisuke Honda will be given the No 10 shirt when he arrives at the club in January.

“Yes, now I can say it,” Vice-President Adriano Galliani told Sky Sport Italia when asked about the CSKA Moscow man. “Honda is officially a Milan player. He will wear the No 10 jersey.”

The midfielder will arrive on a free transfer from CSKA at the start of next month, but it may take some time to see him in action.

“He will be ours from January 3, but I don’t know if he will play as soon as the 6th. If he is not ready at that point then he will play against Sassuolo on 12 January.”

http://football-italia.net/42689/milan-confirm-honda-arrival

GTR63

Milan: Abbiati; De Sciglio, Bonera, Zapata, Constant; Montolivo, De Jong, Muntari; Kaka, El Shaarawy & Balotelli.
Milan bench: Coppola, Mexes, Zaccardo, Poli, Nocerino, Emanuelson & Matri.
He F'N loves Muntari

Seaneh

I think, in his head, playing Muntari means Monti can play further forward...

Smithwicks Man

EL Shaarawy

Excited for this game. He better follow through and employ an attacking style, not like the game in Amsterdam

Seaneh

Monti, you ****ing idiot.

GTR63

Seaneh wrote: »

Monti, you ****ing idiot.

Down to 8 now, Bonera and Constant are just so, so bad.

GTR63

This is even worse to watch than our usual games. At least DeSciglio has done well, would the Sky lads just insult Balotelli and get it done with.

GTR63

Sky will blame Balotelli for Mandela's death next. Remember the controversial peno he got in Amsterdam. I do I enjoyed it.

GTR63

Thank god we got through & that Ajax ain't great. Webb dragged that thing out like the attention whore he is. We're out come February though.

Smithwicks Man

Bad performance, good result. Montolivo with a horrendous tackle, he can have no arguments about that one. Also there's no excuse for making the tackle as it was in a nothing-area of the pitch, he deserves any criticism he gets after that.

Disappointed with the display but through to the next round without shattering our momentum coming up to Christmas

Smithwicks Man

Also, it shouldn't be long until B&G say that we might be off the pace in the Serie A... But we're the only Italian team through to the last 16 of the CL :rolleyes:

Moneymaker

Milan will be pure cannon fodder for whoever they draw.

Still qualified and that something Napoli and Juve failed to do :pac:

GTR63

Moneymaker wrote: »

Milan will be pure cannon fodder for whoever they draw.

Still qualified and that something Napoli and Juve failed to do :pac:

A bit like when we grabbed 3rd last year it felt a bit too much snatch & grab(both of them can feel very aggrieved also). We're bad but so are most of the teams that finished 2nd. Some of the groups this year were very, very poor.

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Also, it shouldn't be long until B&G say that we might be off the pace in the Serie A... But we're the only Italian team through to the last 16 of the CL :rolleyes:

G said we should build a monument for Silvio today, to what spit on?
He also spat out that we have won the most international honours since 1989 crap. Yeah and Livorno battered us at times on Saturday.

Moneymaker

GTR63 wrote: »

A bit like when we grabbed 3rd last year it felt a bit too much snatch & grab(both of them can feel very aggrieved also). We're bad but so are most of the teams that finished 2nd. Some of the groups this year were very, very poor.

Yeah some of the sides that finished 2nd are absolute dross tbh.

Damning indictment of European football. You'd usually have a few teams there that are capable of doing well but none of the top seeds will fear any of them, with the possible exception of Arsenal.

Smithwicks Man

Hopes for the draw?

Has to be United and then Chelsea for me followed by the none-too-shabby Dortmund and Atletico and then PSG.

I'd fear Bayern and Madrid as they could absolutely hockey us and because of their styles, I'd give us very little hope, even less than against Barca in the group games.

Realistically we will be underdogs regardless of who we draw but, even though they could be on form come February, I think we'd be suited to United and out of the 8 seeded teams in the last 16, they would be the most beatable imo.

Is the draw Friday yeah?

kksaints

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Hopes for the draw?

Has to be United and then Chelsea for me followed by the none-too-shabby Dortmund and Atletico and then PSG.

I'd fear Bayern and Madrid as they could absolutely hockey us and because of their styles, I'd give us very little hope, even less than against Barca in the group games.

Realistically we will be underdogs regardless of who we draw but, even though they could be on form come February, I think we'd be suited to United and out of the 8 seeded teams in the last 16, they would be the most beatable imo.

Is the draw Friday yeah?

United or Dortmund would be the two that I would be resonable happy with. I think Dortmund are weaker this year.

Moneymaker

Yup its Friday.

I'd be looking for United for sure. Milan should be in a better position with Honda, Rami and hopefully a few more bodies, injured lads back and maybe a few wins and some confidence.

Well one can hope anyway.

kksaints

Moneymaker wrote: »

Yup its Friday.

I'd be looking for United for sure. Milan should be in a better position with Honda, Rami and hopefully a few more bodies, injured lads back and maybe a few wins and some confidence.

Well one can hope anyway.

He'll be cup-tied because he played with CSKA, won't He?

Seaneh

Yes, he will.

GTR63

The draw is Monday at 11 am.
Would like a team with absolutely no pace or width as we visibly lack both in abundance. In a weird way I want Atletico as I think they'd score less on us than the others would. Just can't see us building a good lead in the first leg as our home form has been a bit shabby in europe for a few years now.

kksaints

In fairness a fully fit Milan team will be a dangerous opponent for anyone except Bayern and Real. Some of the more regular Milan fans can correct me but it would line up something like this I think.

Abbiati
Abate-Mexes-Rami-De Sceligo
De Jong
Monti-Poli
Kaka- El Shaarawy
Baloteili

If a new Keeper and possibly midfielder were brought in that would be a very useful side.

Smithwicks Man

kksaints wrote: »

In fairness a fully fit Milan team will be a dangerous opponent for anyone except Bayern and Real. Some of the more regular Milan fans can correct me but it would line up something like this I think.

Abbiati
Abate-Mexes-Rami-De Sceligo
De Jong
Monti-Poli
Kaka- El Shaarawy
Baloteili

If a new Keeper and possibly midfielder were brought in that would be a very useful side.

On paper it's a strong team but injuries and team selection hinder us badly. Out of that back four, only De Sciglio started tonight and even then it was his first proper game in a long while. As well as this, Muntari is constantly selected in midfield (him and Montolivo will be suspended for the last 16 home game) and unless Montolivo plays well, there's no real creativity at all from 8 of our 11 players.

Without Montolivo in midfield, we will struggle badly in the last 16. Almost every other player can be replaced with a similar player (Robinho for SES, Sapnoara for Kaká etc.) except Montolivo as Cristante wouldn't be given a chance.

GTR63

http://www.football-italia.net/42752/el-shaarawy-out-three-weeks
El Shaarawy is out again for 2 to 3 weeks.

Smithwicks Man

GTR63 wrote: »

http://www.football-italia.net/42752/el-shaarawy-out-three-weeks
El Shaarawy is out again for 2 to 3 weeks.

The training regime is almost certainly to blame for all the injuries. Every team picks up knocks of course, but what has been happening at Milan over the last few years in unbelievable. There's always 9/10 players in the treatment room.

Seaneh

Pazzo back in the squad for tomorrow's match, which is nice.

Smithwicks Man

Seaneh wrote: »

Pazzo back in the squad for tomorrow's match, which is nice.

Should signal the departure of Matri but it won't of course

Seans_Username

Ateltico Madrid in the Champions League.....

Well at least Pazzo is back

Smithwicks Man

Was always going to be a tough draw. They may not be on such a good run come February but it's hard to see us making the quarters

Seaneh

Really depends who we bring in come janurary.

Smithwicks Man

Can't see any signing we make having a huge impact tbh. Honda is cup-tied although Rami may solidify the defense.

GTR63

Seans_Username wrote: »

Ateltico Madrid in the Champions League.....

Well at least Pazzo is back

I could stomach potentially losing to Simeone better than a Wenger or Mourinho. The part I fear the most is playing an organised side with a team like ours that is lacking creativity.

GTR63

Milan: Abbiati; De Sciglio, Bonera, Zapata, Emanuelson; Muntari, De Jong, Poli; Montolivo, Kaka & Balotelli.
Milan bench: Gabriel, Coppola, Zaccardo, Mexes, Cristante, Saponara, Nocerino, Niang, Pazzini & Fatri.
Roma: De Sanctis; Maicon, Benatia, Castan, Dodò; De Rossi, Strootman, Bradley; Ljajic, Destro & Gervinho.
Roma bench: Lobont, Skorupski, Burdisso, Romagnoli, Jedvaj, Torosidis, Taddei, Marquinho, Ricci, Mazzitelli, Totti & Florenzi.

Moneymaker

****ed vs Atleti imo.

They are better pretty much all over the park.

GTR63

Moneymaker wrote: »

****ed vs Atleti imo.

They are better pretty much all over the park.

....our wingbacks are better and if Balotelli is on form(big IF mind).
Don't fear them as much minus Falcao. Not ultra confident but its not Real or Bayern at least.

Moneymaker

Improved once the goal went in.

Mario not broken a sweat yet Kaka has covered unreal ground.

Mina Rzouki on BT Sports too :cool:

Moneymaker

What on earth was Gabriel thinking?

Howler.

Seaneh

Fu*king Matri.

bollocks.

Seaneh

Ref is taking the ****ing piss at this stage.

GTR63

Seaneh wrote: »

Fu*king Matri.

bollocks.

getting murdered out wide the last hour and then he comes on. Come on Mario pull a goal out your ass or hope Roma make a huge mistake

Seaneh

Please, for the love of god, get Muntari off and bring on Cristante.

PLEASE.

Seaneh

The bt commentators are a joke.

Seaneh

Muntri, you brilliant, useless bastard!

GTR63

Seaneh wrote: »

Please, for the love of god, get Muntari off and bring on Cristante.

PLEASE.

2-2 himself, Montolivo and Poli have been horrid. Roma must be baffled that they aren't winning. I am

Moneymaker

Kaka's effort this entire match is simply superb. An example to any footballer.

Seaneh

Moneymaker wrote: »

Kaka's effort this entire match is simply superb. An example to any footballer.

I still can't believe so many people wrote him off and said signing him was pointless. Been out best signing for years besides Balotelli so far!

Moneymaker

Ah jaysus.