AC Milan - Serie A 2010/2011 Season

Who were Milan's top 3 players for the 2010/2011 season?


  • Total voters
    116
  • Poll closed .

Sod-Lod

Milanese Dominator
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
29,251
Reaction score
0
Ronaldinho is present 8/12/2010 7:53:00 pm

Milan's double training session consisted of gym in the morning and tactics in the afternoon. Tomorrow morning the departure for Bari.

(PHOTO: RONALDINHO TRAINING)


MILANELLO - On the eve of the TIM Trophy the Milan squad worked at full pace at Milanello with another double session.

In order to be ready for the tournament that kicks off tomorrow at 20:45 at Bari's San Nicola stadium, the team started the morning session at 10.30 in the gym.

After lunch the team headed back out at Milanello at 17.30 on the external pitch to allow the numerous fans the chance to follow the team training.

After the warm-up, when the team also played keep-ball for a few minutes, the Rossoneri players played a practice match with their hands.

This was followed by another practice match on a quarter of the pitch and without goalkeepers.

Each side had 10 players and the aim was to maintain possession.

The next phase incorporated the entire length of the pitch, this time with the inclusion of one goalkeeper.

The teams were predominantly split between forwards and defenders.

To conclude, there was a final 11-against-11 practice match played on the entire pitch.
 

hdcantona

Senatore_M84's Protege
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
10,477
Reaction score
0
YESSSS!!!!!!!!


I have ESPN this season, and there's serie a games on every week, so I won't have to rely on shitty streams all the time! :cool:
 

Maggie

Starting Eleven
Joined
Apr 13, 2010
Messages
706
Reaction score
0
Location
Berlin, Germany
Fav. Players
Ibra, Pato, Robinho
I hope that we will win against all teams this season, especially against Inter (Merda!!!)!
FORZA MILAN !!!
 

anth183

Milan Icon
Joined
Jul 15, 2008
Messages
2,744
Reaction score
0
Fav. Players
Paolo Maldini, Andriy Shevchenko, and Filippo Inzaghi
YESSSS!!!!!!!!


I have ESPN this season, and there's serie a games on every week, so I won't have to rely on shitty streams all the time! :cool:

that's like me but its not Milan every week :head: so sometimes i have to watch streams... kills my internet cap every month too
 

hdcantona

Senatore_M84's Protege
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
10,477
Reaction score
0
Yeah I know they're not on every week, but they're on usually around every other week! plus, I'll be happy to watch more of other teams too, to scout out players for B+G not to buy us :D
 

KujaIX

Mexes & Muntari fanboy
Joined
Dec 10, 2008
Messages
35,561
Reaction score
4,151
Fav. Players
Current team
So happy that people in England don't have internet caps. It must be so unlucky for Americans and Australians/New Zealanders.
 

hdcantona

Senatore_M84's Protege
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
10,477
Reaction score
0
some people do, it depends on your broadband package.

I have unlimited usage, you probably do too, but some people have a certain number of GB's Limit a month
 

KujaIX

Mexes & Muntari fanboy
Joined
Dec 10, 2008
Messages
35,561
Reaction score
4,151
Fav. Players
Current team
Really? I thought it wasn't done in England, as i've only really seen cases in America and Oceania. What provider do you have? I'm with the largest Virgin Media one, which reportedly gives the best internet speeds on average aswell.

And no, i definitely don't have a limit otherwise i would go past it easily. Unless it's something like 250gb.

Also. Can someone post the training video from yesterday please. As i don't know where to get it.
 
Last edited:

hdcantona

Senatore_M84's Protege
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
10,477
Reaction score
0
yeah many do it.

I'm with AOL (they're REALLY SHIT)

they do caps on some plans, but we're on unlimited
 

KujaIX

Mexes & Muntari fanboy
Joined
Dec 10, 2008
Messages
35,561
Reaction score
4,151
Fav. Players
Current team
Why are you with AOL? Last people i saw use that were some old couple like 6 years ago. I actually thought they went out of business. But nice to see you're still holding them afloat. :D
 

hdcantona

Senatore_M84's Protege
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
10,477
Reaction score
0
recently turned 17.

I'll be off to University a year from september...

Why? do I come across as older/younger ?
 

Sophie

chiamato Mr X
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
4,876
Reaction score
0
Location
UK
Fav. Players
everyone always
I thought you were older too hd :D
 

hdcantona

Senatore_M84's Protege
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
10,477
Reaction score
0
I've been told before that I'm a mature poster for my age, plus I have a large vocabulary (great considering it was Welsh I learnt first)
 

KujaIX

Mexes & Muntari fanboy
Joined
Dec 10, 2008
Messages
35,561
Reaction score
4,151
Fav. Players
Current team
I really doubt that. All Roma have bought is Adri. Woopedy doo. Meanwhile Roma lost 5-1 to Olympiakos a few days ago. Improved team? Buahahahahahahah
 

hdcantona

Senatore_M84's Protege
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
10,477
Reaction score
0
I've never heard of EUGENIO ASCARI :conf:

I didn't post that article, so I dunno who he is
 

ladro

Milan Legend
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
8,357
Reaction score
0
Location
Slo
Probably the same guy who wrote the exact same thing on goal.com a year ago although he has a point with some of the squads. Fiore has no europe games so they will focus everything on the campionato while i dont see jube failing as miserably as last season. It will be tougher than last year thats 4 sure.
 

ladro

Milan Legend
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
8,357
Reaction score
0
Location
Slo
I really doubt that. All Roma have bought is Adri. Woopedy doo. Meanwhile Roma lost 5-1 to Olympiakos a few days ago. Improved team? Buahahahahahahah

Yeah something similar was happening 2 them a year ago as well yet they did a 180 and started beating the shit out of everyone incuding inter. It will come down 2 ranieri and the form of totti with them. Adriano if fit will help their attack out alot. Him + vucinic and totti sounds pretty solid.
 

Elbow man

Beginner
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
88
Reaction score
0
Location
Pilton, Edinburgh
Fav. Players
Nesta, Maldini, T.Silva, Rui Costa, Inzaghi
Sorry if this is completely off topic but im really quite bored--Serie A 2010/2011 predictions (feel free to insult me if you disagree)

1st- Inter Milan___Scudetti + CL semi
2nd- Roma_______CL last 16
3rd- Sampdoria___CL Group stage
4th- AC Milan_____q CL last 16
5th- Juventus_____Europa win
6th- Palermo______No qualification
7th- Genoa_______Europa group stage
8th- Fiorentina
9th- Napoli
10th- Lazio

Coppa Italia - AC Milan (hmmph);)
 

KujaIX

Mexes & Muntari fanboy
Joined
Dec 10, 2008
Messages
35,561
Reaction score
4,151
Fav. Players
Current team
No way. Samp ahead of us? Bahahahahahaha.

Fiore 8th? No way, they aren't in either european competition so they'll finish high.

I doubt we'll finish 4th, i'm bargaining on a higher finish than that.

Sorry to sound rude if i did, just felt those were kinda stupid.
 

Pedro

iedereen is gek
Joined
Aug 18, 2006
Messages
17,339
Reaction score
0
Fav. Players
Paolo Maldini & Marc-André ter Stegen
2. AS Roma
3. AC Milan
4. Juventus
 

Elbow man

Beginner
Joined
Aug 17, 2009
Messages
88
Reaction score
0
Location
Pilton, Edinburgh
Fav. Players
Nesta, Maldini, T.Silva, Rui Costa, Inzaghi
No way. Samp ahead of us? Bahahahahahaha.

Fiore 8th? No way, they aren't in either european competition so they'll finish high.

I doubt we'll finish 4th, i'm bargaining on a higher finish than that.

Sorry to sound rude if i did, just felt those were kinda stupid.

Thats fine :p I don't really expect anything higher than 3rd for Milan, I'm still a fan but i can be realistic... Sampdoria where looking very strong at the beginning of last season and as they haven't lost anyone crucial i think they could achieve a bit more, as for clubs like Napoli, Genoa and Palermo they are all incredibly difficult to predict. Inter winning seems like the norm now so im sticking with the predictions :cool:
 

MilanMB

Serendipity
Joined
Sep 13, 2009
Messages
43,605
Reaction score
28,594
1: Milan
2: Merda
3: Roma
4: Jube

Yes, I think we'll win the scudetto this year...
 

ymt190e

Beginner
Joined
Sep 15, 2009
Messages
54
Reaction score
0
A Quick Look at Milan's 2010/2011 Serie A Campaign
By Tim Fontenault (Member) on August 17, 2010 - Bleacher's Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/438030-a-quick-look-at-milans-20102011-serie-a-campaign


Massimo Cebrelli/Getty Images Once again, Milan begin their quest for their first Scudetto since 2004.

Milan are looking to improve on a season which saw them take seventy points from thirty eight Serie A matches last season. Also, for the second time in three years, they were knocked out in the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions' League, falling 7-2 on aggregate to Manchester United. The Rossoneri were knocked out in the quarterfinals of Coppa Italia.

The season begins August 29th with a match against Lecce, who were promoted this season after being sent down to Serie B in 2009.

The club have made a couple of changes leading into this season.

One notable change is in sponsorship. Milan are now sponsored by Emirates Airlines, whose name appears on Milan's uniforms.

To more important changes, the most noticeable will be the mutual parting of the club and one year and done manager Leonardo, who will be replaced by 2008/2009 coach of the year in Italy, Masimilliano Allegri, who joins from Cagliari.

Several players left the club. Among them are Dida (end of contract), Marco Storari (sold to Juventus), and Guiseppe Favalli (retirement). Mancini and David Beckham both returned to their respective clubs after loans from January to June.

Several new faces enter Milan this year. Marco Amelia and Sokratis Papasthapoulos (known simply as Sokratis or Papa) join from Genoa, with Amelia on loan with an option to buy. Mario Yepes joins from Chievo Verona. Milan are also expected to complete a deal for Kevin-Prince Boateng very shortly. The Ghanaian international is in Milan ahead of an anticipated sale from Portsmouth to Genoa who will immediately loan him to Milan with the option to buy.

The talk at the Milanello is very positive, despite arriving on July 20th to the site of fans displaying banners of protest and lack of confidence in the club, primarily the front office, in regards to the inactiveness in the transfer window over the past several seasons.

The talk is rightfully positive. Milan have a chance to right the ship this season. Leonardo was not the right man for the job. He is an inexperienced coach. In fact, Milan was his first club after having been the technical director at the club for several years. Allegri is a very experienced coach, and one who is good at getting more out of his team than anyone expected. Did anyone really expect to make an eleven point leap and climb from 14th to 9th in his first year at the club? Granted, they did finish 16th last season on 44 points, but last year seemed to be a year when anybody could have finished anywhere. The only teams we knew were safe at the top were Inter and Roma.

I say rightfully because this team does have a chance to do something positive this season. The club will return to the championship campaign healthy and hungry. Part of the problem last season was the inability for Milan to remain healthy all season. Pato, Ronaldinho, Borriello, Pirlo, Gattuso, Seedorf, Ambrosini, Nesta, Silva, and the majority of the rest of the team, was hurt at one point or another last season.

The loss of Pato was very harmful to Milan's pursuit of second place, which they were in contention for until Pato went down against Udinese, however, it was the midfield that gave the most trouble, as the line was the most inconsistent, unhealthy, and out of shape part of the pitch for Milan.

Milan have been in pursuit of a midfielder for some time, with the names Clint Dempsey, Keisuke Honda, Robinho, Giovanni dos Santos, and more being thrown about. Reports have placed Kevin-Prince Boateng at the Milanello as he is prepared to join the club this week.

As I have said in earlier articles, I believe that in order for Milan to compete, all they truly needed was to sign a young, talented midfielder the likes of Boateng. The additions of Papa and Amelia, along with the return to health of the critical players up top and in the midfield make Milan contenders.

It is impossible it seems to predict the lineup of the club heading into the 29th, as everyone has their own ideas. I will do the best I can to formulate a line up here:

GK: Marco Amelia

RB: Gianluca Zambrotta

CBs: Alessandro Nesta, Thiago Silva

LB: Luca Antonini

DM: Kevin-Prince Boateng

CM: Andrea Pirlo, Massimo Ambrosini (C)

AM: Ronaldinho

FWs: Marco Borriello, Pato

Subs:

GK: Christian Abiati

DFs: Sokratis Papasthapoulas, Daniele Bonera

MFs: Gennaro Gattuso, Mathieu Flamini, Clarence Seedorf

FW: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Milan may also consider taking advantage of some young Primavera players. When it comes to Coppa Italia or league matches before the Champions' League, players like Alexander Merkel, Giacomo Beretta, and Mitja Novinic may get the call-up. They are also likely replacements should anyone get hurt, a very likely situation. Merkel has been a standout in the preseason and could get the call as a replacement midfielder before Ignazio Abate.

Milan need to take advantage of a schedule that saves the adversity for November. The first three games are where Milan need to set the bar, as they face promoted clubs Lecce and Cessana, as well as Catania.

The end of September sees ties against Lazio and Genoa, two challenging teams. Milan needs to play these teams the way they did in the first half of the season last year, when they defeated both: 2-1 against Lazio and a 5-2 thrashing of the Giofrani. The second half saw a 1-1 Lazio draw and a 1-0 loss to Genoa.

After seemingly less competitive matches with Parma and Chievo Verona, Milan end October with Napoli and Juventus, but the tough gets tougher.

After a break against Bari, the Rossoneri and Allegri begin the first past their toughest four week stretches of the season.

Since the schedule repeats at the opposite venue in the second half of the season, Milan will twice have four week spans where they are tested against Palermo, Inter Milan, Fiorentina, and Sampdoria, all teams that competed for the Champions' League spots eventually won by Inter, Roma, Milan, and Sampdoria. Palermo swept Milan last year, in 2-0 and 3-1 thrashings while Sampdoria defeated Milan in a crucial late April match.

This is where Milan will be tested. This is when we find out everything we have wondered about Milan. How will Allegri handle the big matches? How strong is the defense? Can our goalkeepers perform the way they did in years past? Most importantly, how competitive can our midfield make us? Despite the aging, can they perform at a high level? Will a couple of small signings be enough?

After the torture of those four matches, Roma and Udinese lay in waiting in the final five fixtures of the first and second half. If all goes well, Milan should end up in a spot to enter directly into the Champions' League Group Stage next season.

I should not say torture, expect Milan to take at least seven points from these four matches. Milan appear stronger, more lively all across the field, healthier, and ready to play. This is definitely not the Milan of the past three seasons. Expect this team to be competitive and go far in all competitions this season. I know we all say that this year is the year every single year, but this year seems different. I am not saying they will definitely win the Scudetto this year, Inter are still very strong, but they will make it a challenge for the San Siro rivals.

You want an early Coach of the Year candidate? Masimilliano Allegri could quite possibly win the award again this year, as Milan should improve greatly on the seventy points last season, as they look to become the Milan of old.

Here are some quick player notes:

Players who will star: Pato, Ronaldinho, Thiago Silva, Andrea Pirlo, Luca Antonini

Players who need to have big seasons: Marco Borriello, Massimo Ambrosini, the goalkeepers (Abiati, Amelia), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Players who need to improve: Ignazio Abate, Oguchi Onyewu

Young and upcoming: Alexander Merkel, Giacomo Beretta, Ignazio Abate, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Newcomer of the year: Kevin-Prince Boateng



For the team:

Serie A: 2nd Place

UEFA Champions' League: Quarterfinals

Coppa Italia: Semifinals
 
Top