Goodbye Ancelotti. Hello Leonardo. Hopefully he can emulate Pep.

Selling Kaka would be a big mistake, even for 65 million euros. Winning the champions league will bring milan that much easily. I watched most of the games that's on the teli and Kaka is still the key player in Milan. Everytime he plays, he provides telling contribution to the team, either scoring the goal himself, setting up others or pave a way through the opposition defence. Milan will be toothless without him.

Pato is good but still needs a few years to have the impact that Kaka brings. Sell few older players, such as Seedorf. He is lethargic most of the time. Beckham is ok but not great. Not hard to find better players than him. I would not mind if pirlo goes, he has not been in good form since he won the world cup. Maybe he needs a new challenge.

This post has been edited by khizer982: Jun 5 2009, 11:31 AM

Lies, Lies and more lies from the plastic faced skirt chaser

Damn Berlusconi. Not only he and Galliani are the ones that push Kaka away, he had the cheekiness to lie about it. He said that he begged Kaka to stay but that the decision is not his. Real Madrid can't even talk to Kaka without Milan's consent and he is the owner of Milan so it is obvious who's fault this all is.

I wish all of luck to Kaka and I don't blame him one bit. He is a stand up guy who got caught in the situation. There is no point staying when it is obvious the club wants him sold.

Economy

I do not understand the need to sell Kaka because it is obvious the monetary problems stems from subpar performance on the pitch. The club didn't qualify for the champions league last year so of course they will be in the red. The best way to solve this problem is to play better and win trophies, not by selling your most important player because by selling they get paid only once. Not to mention they need to spend for a replacement.

Pride and the Bucktooth pet

My theory there are two reasons why Kaka is sold. The first one is that Berlusconi knows that Milan needs a makeover and he is too cheap to make the nessessary investments. He lied by saying he invest a lot of money last year to bring new signings to Milan. The truth is in the summer dealings last year with all the players sold and bought Milan spend only around 3 million pounds. Relegation teams spend more money than that, no wonder we are not competitive. Let's all pay attention whether he is lying again or not this summer. He promise to invest all the money back into players. Kaka + Gourcuff money means Milan got 80 million euros from selling players. Let's see whether they spend that much or not.

The second reason is that Berlusconi wants ronaldinho to play and wants Milan to play with two strikers. See the problems there? Too many attacking midfielders, too few fit strikers. Since Ronaldinho is Berlusconi's 'it' thing now so Kaka is the odd man out. Ancelotti wants a striker last season and not Ronaldinho for obvious reasons but Berlusconi did not heed him and sign Ronaldinho anyway. Now he wants to prove that he is correct in signing Ronaldinho and Milan will not miss Kaka because of his absolute genius of a signing last summer.

Most Important Player

Watching Milan's play last year it is obvious Kaka is Milan's main man. It is no coincidence that Milan's lost of form coincides with losing Kaka to injury. There is nobody that can replace him, even when spending 80 million euros. Remember when Shevchenko left, the club promise a replacement but none came and the club struggled in front of the goal. Only now that pato has improved that Milan seems to recover from losing Shevchenko. Milan will no doubt be back on top one day, but I predict a few years of struggle ahead.

B&G Mush Die (one day and preferably before I do)

I think I will follow Punishs' suggestion and boycott Milan until a new regime helms the club, however long it takes. I'm sure berlusconi will die before I do, barring any unforeseen circumstances. I think in the meantime I will follow carlo and support Chelsea. Or real Madrid. Nah, Bercelona will surely kick their ass so I will support Bercelona.

This post has been edited by khizer982: Jun 9 2009, 10:17 AM

Kaka consider the move to man city because Milan wants to sell him. Same as Real Madrid. Milan accepted the offer for him. Previously any mention of the availability of Kaka is met by angry reactions by the Milan officials but now they are accepting bids for him from other teams. It is not fair to expect the player to be loyal to the club when the club couldn't show the same gesture. Twice in six months now the club had tried to sell him. That would make everyone rethink their future at a club.

Now Pirlo and Pato is unsettled and is considering leaving Milan. Galliani must make good signings quickly to show people that Milan is still a big clubs and is still ambitious to win trophies.

Huntelaar seems to be a good player. Could possibly be a great signing because we do need another goalscorer. He would nicely tie up ronaldinho and pato together.

The only other signing i see we need to make is a complete midfielder to gel everyone together. A complete midfielder who is mobile. Fabregas would be the ideal candidate but I doubt Milan can get him. An alternative would be the much rumoured hernanes. He is a complete midfielder that would merge everyone together, much like what seedorf have been doing in recent years before he becomes too old to move.

will the milan derby be shown on tv? is yes the when? their website is crap.

bro, where u watch it ah? can share link ka?

Seems like were lucky to win today. First half performance is typical milan. Keeping possession nicely, being patient by passing the ball around and a swift goal by inzaghi when the oppertunity arises.

But somehow, as it usually is this season, their performance was awful in the 2nd half, and marseilles was brilliant. They got the equalizer and milan was holding on for dear life. But suddenly, as it usually is in the champions league, milan sneak in a winner against the run of play thanks to the brilliant seedorf inzaghi combination.

Although we win, whoever watches the game would and should be very worried. We really do miss kaka's flair and maldini's leadership badly.

We should give leo a chance. The fact is thst he, a rookie manager is not given enough tools to succeed. Ancelotti is a great coach, but even he struggled to make the current milan team competitive. I still think whoever is coach, the current milan team will always struggle. The best to hope for is a top 4 finish.

The company that owns Milan, Fininvest (which in turn is owned by Berlusconi) is fined $1.1 billion by italian courts for bribing a judge. So unless someone buys the club (which is reportedly valued around US$1 billion), the current financial situation will not change anytime soon.

Woke up for the 2nd half and milan did not disappoint. Milan should have won 4-2 as the own goal should not have been disallowed.

4 points. Yeay! The way inter playing now we will surely catch up to them if we maintain our form. Hopefully we qualify for the champions league as well.

I think it is good that Milan got trashed yesterday. It points out the obvious, which is this Milan squad is long overdue for an overhaul.

But the blame of this 7-2 thrashing lies mostly on Leonardo's shoulders. It's apparant from the 1st leg that the reason milan lose is the 4-3-3 formation. Miedfielders is way too sparse and this gives united the control of the midfield. Gary Neville is allowed to cross multiple times without an ounce of pressure, and at this level pinpoint crosses are expected if no pressure is applied.

Sometimes to defend better you need to add a striker, and to score you need to add a defender. The choice of bringing seedorf in the 2nd half is spot on,because milan needs more bodies in the midfield, but taking off a central defender is a mistake. Too many strikers that do little to help the team (Huntelaar was nowhere to be seen) is useless while shorting the team at the opposite end of the pitch.

Leonardo wants to play a certain way, but it is obvious the players at his disposal are not suited for such tactics. The reason milan have dominated europe under ancelotti is because of the hard working, compact and very balanced midfield. Leonardo's formation effectively makes the midfield impotent. No club play pure 4-3-3 formation nowadays except for the exceptionally gifted Barcelona midfield. Most would play 4-5-1 that can be converted to 4-3-3 as needed.

Milan's failure to rejuvenate the squad and Leonardo's rookiness is the cause of Milan's downfall. Hopefully the club will see the obvious and make the right changes this summer.

This post has been edited by khizer982: Mar 12 2010, 01:36 PM

Seeing Barcelona play tonight really highlights what is wrong with Milan right now. I believe Barcelona and Milan are the most dominant clubs in the champions league this past decade and the reason for that is simple. They are both very good at keeping the ball.

They are successful because they have outstanding midfielders that are very good at passing and retaining possessions thus controlling the game. If you control the football, it is impossible for your opponent to score.

They both have different style of play though. Barcelona overwhelm their opponent by constant pressure and non stop attacks. Eventually, any defense will buckle when they are facing such intense pressure.

Milan's style is different, they tend to score by surprising their opponents. They would pass the ball, playing within themselves, but suddenly, just when the opponent starts to feel tired and switches off, that is when they strike with deadly precision. 1 shot, 1 goal.

The dominating midfield play is absent in Milan's team nowadays. That is why I am highly critical of Leonardo. His tactics has made Milan's used to be glorious midfield impotent. Not to mention they are getting older and is probably past their best. Galliani should stop being delusional and find young, quality players or else the club will continue to decline. I really hope Milan won't win the scudetto this year, for their own good.

AC Milan vs Napoli 9.55 tonite at Astro Supersports 2 and Supersports HD. Hopefukky they'll top the table tonite.

Having just watched the game against lecce, I am cautiously optimistic of milan this year. Ronaldinho seems to be in the best shape he has been in years. Allegri got it right with Pato as well, playing him as a striker, sitting at the defenders shoulders where he can latch into diagonal balls. Leonardo wants him to play more to the right and get deep to retrieve the ball but that is not where he is most dangerous. Another key reason Milan played so well is because Pirlo was given acres of space. Against better teams, he will surely be marked tighter and milan would not have passed the ball as smoothly.

I think either robinho or seedorf will sit on the bench this year. I think it will be seedorf, as he seems past his best. The younger seedorf would have scored a couple of goals against lecce. If seedorf is benched, then ronaldinho will play at the centre and robinho at the left side.

This post has been edited by khizer982: Sep 1 2010, 08:40 PM

Does anyone know where to get the Astro schedule for ac milan games. The website is a bit confusing.

I have to agree. Since Milan only play 3 in midfield nowadays they need mobile hardworking midfielders. Pirlo is OK to me, since he seems to be trying but Seedorf barely moves at all (observe him off the ball and you will know what I mean). He seems to always be behind the play so his role clashes with pirlo. We don't need two quarterbacks spraying balls from deep. Either Pirlo or seedorf can play. Boateng and Flamini(when he comes back) should be 1st choice for the other two spots.

Such unbalanced, galactico style formation would only aggrevate the midfield problem that milan has. 2 hardworking, mobile midfielders must be on the pitch at all times. With such a formation, milan will be brittle and even smaller, not so technical teams can power through and break the midfield and outpace and outnumber our defence.

The milan that goes to 3 champions league finals in 5 years has compact, hardworking, determined midfield. The only way people can break milan is by using highly technical precision and not many teams can do that (ronaldinho's superb pass to giuly comes to mind). The only way milan can be successful again is if they can rediscover that grit in the midfield.

Right now it is fairly simple to contain milan. Mark pirlo and stop him from spraying the ball all over the field. He's never that strong to fend off pressure and he is no longer mobile enough to evade the marker. Stop ronaldinho from making the killer pass with his right foot. Defenders can get really tight to him as he no longer has the pace to pass people with his left foot. With those two out of the game milan is as dangerous as a kitten. Then just power trough the midfield and it will be hours before slowdorf comes back to defend and days before the attacking 3 arrive to help the defence. Against multiple attackers, nesta's diminishing physicality will be apparant and thiago silva's error proneness will be exposed.

This post has been edited by khizer982: Sep 21 2010, 04:56 PM

finally, they drop seedorf and put two hard working midfielders and they won.

I really like ronaldinho playing at the middle. Much more dangerous and harder to pacify compared to when he is playing on the left side. This will allow pato to play in the middle alongside ibrahimovic as well, where he is most dangerous.