Gianni Vio Thread

Jasper · Jul 28, 2014

double wall

milanpalermo23 · Aug 7, 2014

Balo's goal was going in anyways,

But this guy is pure brilliance. Best signing so far.

We looked great on every set piece....that one set piece that was called offsides, if times correctly we had like 5 players alone. And even balotelli 35 yard free kick almost went in with the extra men we added to the wall

Mario · Aug 18, 2014

Grazie Gianni

Lol at Alves complaining he couldn't see anything because like 6 of our players purposely blocked his view :lol:

Sven · Aug 18, 2014

IDK why we used it in preseason.

Will just make other teams aware of it now

Mario · Aug 18, 2014

Meh... sure he has a lot more up his sleeve

Hoping we see at least half of success Fiorentina had with him

necromancer · Aug 18, 2014

Sven said:
IDK why we used it in preseason.

Will just make other teams aware of it now

But what can they do about it? Even if they have a plan, they'll be always confused about what freekick variation we use at what time. I see no disadvantage in this smoke and mirror situation.

Jasper · Aug 18, 2014

Sven said:
IDK why we used it in preseason.

Will just make other teams aware of it now

Serie A has rules against it. Needs to be perfected.

Hitman · Aug 18, 2014

Jasper said:
Serie A has rules against it. Needs to be perfected.

It was perfectly legal. They were standing offside but all sprinted to onside positions before the ball was kicked (pretty much our tactic in every set-piece we've taken this summer). It's good because the opposing defenders cannot really man-mark our players tightly and our players can roam around the off-side position and change positions and their players will be absolutely lost trying to mark their assigned man. It's a great tactic that I'm pretty certain will be be caught upon by the rest of Europe and used more often.

mrki · Aug 18, 2014

If we cant be dangerous with Balo, Alex, Rami jumping then fuck it.

necromancer · Aug 18, 2014

Jasper said:
Serie A has rules against it. Needs to be perfected.

What Serie A specific rules?

Jasper · Aug 18, 2014

necromancer said:
What Serie A specific rules?

The offside rule suffers another tweak, as from now on there will be further protection for goalkeepers and punishment of any opponent blocking his view, even if the player is not contributing to the move.

http://www.football-italia.net/53330/refs-spray-offside-and-racism

Yesterday it was pulled off perfectly but from what I make of it - if one of the players had been in offside then Serie A official would have been instructed to call offside.

Hitman · Aug 18, 2014

Jasper said:
The offside rule suffers another tweak, as from now on there will be further protection for goalkeepers and punishment of any opponent blocking his view, even if the player is not contributing to the move.

http://www.football-italia.net/53330/refs-spray-offside-and-racism

Yesterday it was pulled off perfectly but from what I make of it - if one of the players had been in offside then Serie A official would have been instructed to call offside.

btw, that rule is all over the world not just Serie A

Jasper · Aug 18, 2014

Hitman said:
btw, that rule is all over the world not just Serie A

Yeah, but as mentioned from this season referees are encouraged to protect the goalkeepers more.

VultureSheva · Aug 18, 2014

Inzaghi: The goal from the free kick was a training scheme, but Honda struck the ball well.

#GianniVioEffect

joyrider · Aug 18, 2014

shit rule

necromancer · Aug 19, 2014

Jasper said:
The offside rule suffers another tweak, as from now on there will be further protection for goalkeepers and punishment of any opponent blocking his view, even if the player is not contributing to the move.

http://www.football-italia.net/53330/refs-spray-offside-and-racism

Yesterday it was pulled off perfectly but from what I make of it - if one of the players had been in offside then Serie A official would have been instructed to call offside.

This is just the kind of directive that Serie A refs usually 'misuse'. They will be overly strict for no reason.

Yeah, execution has to be perfect now.

jammin · Aug 19, 2014

ignazio said:
Inzaghi: The goal from the free kick was a training scheme, but Honda struck the ball well.

#GianniVioEffect

Staaaaaaaay scheeeeeeeeeeeeemin

milanazkals · Sep 15, 2014

I can see the changes. Team is more dangerous in set pieces now. Good job Vio.

Mario · Oct 26, 2014

Best signing this year along with Alex.

We are so dangerous on the set pieces.

romlakers · Oct 26, 2014

A very good addition.

belloefamoso · Jan 6, 2015

flop. a fodder! 7 goal concede from corner. disaster set piece

Mario · Jan 6, 2015

^Ok??

This guy is responsible for attacking set pieces. Hes not here to organize our defensive set up for corners.

Raz · Jan 6, 2015

Tassotti is responsible for defensive set pieces. We were just as shit at defending set pieces before Vio came here and under 3 different coaches. Tassotti is the only constant.

Bird · Jan 6, 2015

We had 9 corners, they had 1 and they scored 1 goal while we didn't do shit.

That pretty much says that Tassotti AND Vio are shit.

Master Smurf · Jan 6, 2015

There is only one way to solve our defensive set piece frailty...... bring back Ibra.

Before (yes even Carlo years) and after we have been rubbish in this area.

Ender · Jan 7, 2015

The fact is that we are the team that has conceded the most from corners in the whole Serie A ... 7 out of 19 goals is too much.

As about attacking goals from dead balls, excluding a goal from De Jong I believe, Gianni Vio schemes have brought in shit. Compare that with teams like Sampdoria and Genoa who have had plenty of goals from dead ball situations and the answer becomes clear that we spend very little time working on dead balls as a team and positioning properly to cover the most ground.
One doesn't need to be tall like Alex to cover his area, and FFS Zaza's goal was not even a high ball

Hitman · Jan 7, 2015

I also am for the opinion that Vio has brought in pretty much nothing. At the beginning I felt our setpieces are rather dangerous, but I haven't seen any thing good or impressive since September. The free kicks scored were all direct and maybe Vio decided to line the wall differently, but we haven't really seen any goals that should be credited to Vio yet.

We've had countless free kicks that are being wasted every game.

Jivara · Jan 7, 2015

The movements on our attacking set pieces are better but we don't have players who can deliver dangerous balls. Montolivo doesn't really whip them, his crosses never seem to drop at the right place. Honda has been very disappointing with his set pieces and his technique is just strange and seems to defy physics. Compare these to Berardi for example who whips it beautifully so that it lands on the players foot / head at the perfect height and as slowly as possible.

General · Jan 7, 2015

Razvalinho said:
Tassotti is responsible for defensive set pieces. We were just as shit at defending set pieces before Vio came here and under 3 different coaches. Tassotti is the only constant.

You know, people bring that good point up every so often.

The only thing I can think of is that Tassotti has been exposed to Sacci, Capello, Carlo and they want a guy with all of that experience on the coaching staff....
Just conjecture of course..

I wonder if Milan ever land a guy like Klopp..I would think a coach like that would clean out the coaching staff. Dunno.

VultureSheva · Jan 7, 2015

please sack this shit, look at atletico, 19 goals scored from set pieces this season.

milan has scored only 3-4 goals from set-pieces.

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