Preferred Formation

[manfromGrenada]

4-3-1-2 is the way to go!! that kid Paqueta in the Kaka role.

[jasiom]

---------------------------------------------------------------
-------------Cutrone-----------------------Piątek-------------- (A.Silva back from loan)
-------------(A.Silva)-------Paquetá-------(Suso)--------------
----------------------------(Borinho)---------------------------
---------------Bakayoko-----------------Kessié----------------- (Jack)
---------------------------Çalhanoğlu---------------------------
-Rodriguez----------------------------------------------Conti---
-----------------Romagnoli------------Caldara------------------- (Musacchio)
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--------------------------Donnarumma--------------------------


----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------Piątek----------------------------- (Cutrone)
-----Paquetá--------------------------------------Suso--------
---------------------------Çalhanoğlu---------------------------
-----------------Bakayoko-------------Kessié------------------- (Jack)
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-Rodriguez----------------------------------------------Conti---
-----------------Romagnoli------------Caldara------------------- (Musacchio)
----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------Donnarumma--------------------------

PS: Need to buy third forward (or keep Andre Silva) and most important buy a central defensive playmaker (Pirlo, Veratti, Tonali type) - not wingers! keep Castillejo.

[jurinius]

- 4 3 3 - Because it is the only stable formation we can use now, and this formation can deliver better than today with a better coach.

-----Paqueta ------- Piatek (Patrick) ------- Samu (Suso)

-------Hakan(Jack) ----- Bakay (Biglia) ----- Kessié

RicRod -- Romagnoli -- Zapata (Caldara) -- Conti (Calabria)

Up skilled wingers needed (Everton + Malcom if you sell Suso will be fine) and another Midfield player (Tonali can be a good catch But ..... But ... without trust between players the team will always looks shit. An anchor is god when there's movement around him so he can pick the right place to play the ball).

[makcoul]

Guys, Hello to all of you!
I know preferred GP formation is 4-3-1-2 and it looks quite obvious that this formation is giving very good prospects for incoming season.
The thing is for this formation to be really successful, we will need in my opinion to spend in another attacker like Correa the management is trying to bring, with almost 50M to spend. So I was thinking after the few pre-season matchs, with the players we have, if that wouldn't be better to use Carlo's Christmas tree formation with Paqueta and Suso playing Kaka-Seedorf role just behind the single forward Piatek or Leao.
This would give us a really strong middlefield with on my preference:

...................Piatek/Leao
.............Paqueta - Suso

.....Benacer Hakan Bonaventura

Krunic, Kessie, Borini as good subs, with possibility to play Benacer in the middle. Then let's sell Biglia as very slow and always playing behind.

This will then allow us to have the 50M to save or to spend on RB or a very good CM playmaker...
Just some thoughts I wanted to share. And during some games, when we need to go all attack, we can sub one AM for Castillejo...

[Jivara]

I'd like to see us try to learn the 4-4-2 diamond midfield formation.

Starting team
---------------------Gigio
-Calabria--Kjaer--Romagnoli--Theo
---‐‐---------------Tonali
------Bennacer---------Kessie
----------------------Hakan
--------------Ibra------------Rebic

B team
----------Tatarusanu
--Kalulu--Tomori--Gabbia--Dalot
--------------------Meite
---------Saelem------Krunic
------------------Brahim/Samu
-------------Leao---------Mandzukic

I like the current formation but it needs a lot of intensity and pressing. With the busy schedule you get burned out playing like this for the full 90 mins. The team needs to learn also how to defend deep and hit the counter attacks. We have the players to play this way in a diamond midfield, because our two fullbacks are good at going forward and they would have an open lane. The centre backs are slow so they like to play deep. You also put Tonali in his favoured position and you can benefit from the African duo to control the advanced mid. One of the two centre forwards roams right and left into the attacking space and the other occupies the opponents penalty area and the attacking mid operated between the lines and shoots from a distance by playing off the two forwards.

[jawz10]

Lots of talk about a change of formation and amongst those rumored includes a 3-5-2... I'd hate to move to a 3 man backline. For some reason, I see 4 man backline as a heritage piece of Milan tactics, despite being old enough to remember the Zaccheroni scudetto season.

I should be more open to change and evolution considering the recent turn of form, that with a completely different philosophy than that of old.

[Australiano1980]

The change for the 3 man defense should have been made like a month ago. Our left side is a disaster.

Does anyone knows how the team trained today?

[Forza AC Milan]

Originally Posted by Jivara

I'd like to see us try to learn the 4-4-2 diamond midfield formation.

Starting team
---------------------Gigio
-Calabria--Kjaer--Romagnoli--Theo
---‐‐---------------Tonali
------Bennacer---------Kessie
----------------------Hakan
--------------Ibra------------Rebic

B team
----------Tatarusanu
--Kalulu--Tomori--Gabbia--Dalot
--------------------Meite
---------Saelem------Krunic
------------------Brahim/Samu
-------------Leao---------Mandzukic

I like the current formation but it needs a lot of intensity and pressing. With the busy schedule you get burned out playing like this for the full 90 mins. The team needs to learn also how to defend deep and hit the counter attacks. We have the players to play this way in a diamond midfield, because our two fullbacks are good at going forward and they would have an open lane. The centre backs are slow so they like to play deep. You also put Tonali in his favoured position and you can benefit from the African duo to control the advanced mid. One of the two centre forwards roams right and left into the attacking space and the other occupies the opponents penalty area and the attacking mid operated between the lines and shoots from a distance by playing off the two forwards.

Totally agree with you. Currently its so easy to neutralize Milan because you just need to press high and force Ibra deep, block our left side and attack the space behind Theo