i think your post has alot of contradiction, while you admitting jack ability you are at the same time want him out, why? because he should be the one who is picking up the runs? we have both bonucci and bilgia to do so, not to mention it is not the LM main duty to pick up runs, usually it is happening from the anchor(biglia), also 28 is the players prime, you want to sell him at his prime for what 25 M or? so that we can have a player who might worth double than than and maybe flop, if the renato (bayren flop) worth 45 M, what do you think a WC mid would worth?..
i can't really understand milan fans in this forum, Jack has been our best player in the past 3 years without a doubt, he just come out of 2 injuries, one of them could be a career ending one, and he is playing with new players and change of formulation, give him a chance for god's sack, you guys want to sell him after 1 game?? and not that he was bad either, he just wasn't at his best, and no disrespect to Hakan, and not to take anything from him, he did an excellent job in the EL game and i hope he keeps it, but it was a weak opponent, and also he was one of our worst players against Calgiari game, for me at least it should take full bad season from Jack before i would Consider selling him, and as a true milanista, i SHOULD stand by the player who supported our colors in the bad days, and was our only hope more than any other player, especially knowing how talented he is, not asking for his head after 1 average performance....
thanks for reading and replying.
i'll start with the second paragraph.
that's exactly where i did not want to go, the emotional route.
we all like Jack, but excuse me for talking from a tactical point of view here. and will be great if we can stay on that field.
and my post is not fueled from Bonaventura bad showing on Sunday.
i've been raising this issue for a while now, purely on tactical basis
http://forum.acmilan-online.com/showpost.php?p=2738909&postcount=12887
there is only contradiction is you want it to be.
i don't know how saying "Bonaventura is a Great Talented player...but not suited to be an effective CM" is contradictory.
i respect your arguments though they're a bit simplistic and generalizing
i don't say that the LCM has to do this or Anchor has to do that. there is no football constitution that impose that. those are not rules.
sure there are midfield schemes that are popular and widely used but ultimately you play to the characteristics of your players to create a Balanced and Functioning midfield...
so i said the third midfielder should be the one picking out the forward runs based on the fact that the characteristics of the 2 players who are already set as kind of untouchable Biglia and Kessie.
Biglia is not a Pirlo, if he was we would probably need 2 B2Bs next to him.
he marshals the midfield, breaks opposition play, and calmly get the ball out of the danger zone. and he's great at it. he can pin point pass on occasions but he is not acting as a playmaker.
Kessie assisted in Europa and would have had another if Kalinic 3rd had stood... but he is not a playmaker.
Bonucci? you sure you want to watch games with balls flung from the back rather than a fluid build up?
it's great that we have more players able to chip in assist and all but that won't cut it.
WC? so now a signing has no value if it's not WC?
why is that an automatic way of thinking for some?
i can name legion of players from serie A (out of top 4 teams) that would be a better fit for CM while not being more talented or better players than Bonaventura (i hope you don't register this as another contradiction) ...
but if name any, we'd probably be discussing who's more talented which is not the point.
