Riccardo Montolivo Thread

jammin · May 15, 2012

i'd prefer Monty to play further up forward to link up the mids with Zlatan and let TS do the deep-lying playmaking.

Senatore_M84 · May 15, 2012

jammin said:
i'd prefer Monty to play further up forward to link up the mids with Zlatan and let TS do the deep-lying playmaking.

eh, boateng does a great job in final 3rd.

We need someone with extremely high work rate, quick touches and movement in final 3rd region, considering zlatan and cassano's style.

for me it's somewhat irrelevant if montolivo is RCM/LCM or DM. It's more in context of who the other 2 mids are and how the three effectively play together, if you follow.

you're always going to want your best passer in the heart of midfield, in center, which anchor role is. More touches. More dangerous touches, so they need to be trustworthy.

And montolivo is no defensive liability persay. Wins way more tackles/interceptions than our midfield.

ELMAGO99 · May 15, 2012

I DEFINITELY think he's better than Aquilani.

----------------Boateng------------------
---Hernanes(Seedorf)------Asamoah(Gattuso)
-------------Montolivo(Pirlo)------------------

I'd be VERY happy

Curupira · May 15, 2012

Our saviour in the MF it looks. He probably will be our best player in the midfield except the CAM position

jammin · May 15, 2012

Senatore_M84 said:
eh, boateng does a great job in final 3rd.

We need someone with extremely high work rate, quick touches and movement in final 3rd region, considering zlatan and cassano's style.

for me it's somewhat irrelevant if montolivo is RCM/LCM or DM. It's more in context of who the other 2 mids are and how the three effectively play together, if you follow.

you're always going to want your best passer in the heart of midfield, in center, which anchor role is. More touches. More dangerous touches, so they need to be trustworthy.

And montolivo is no defensive liability persay. Wins way more tackles/interceptions than our midfield.

i think i worded it wrong. :tongue:

i meant he can be the person who will get the ball forward to Zlatan, Cassano, Boateng... etc. from midfield. i say this because the only other player who can pass the ball forward in a tight situation is Aquilani and maybe an on-form Muntari. for example, in the 3-1 against Barca, we were really struggling to get the ball forward to our strikers and Boateng .

just saying it'll be nice to have an option of getting the ball directly to Zlatan's feet with a short pass from midfield rather than relying on long balls from defense or forcing him to come deeper into midfield in most of the big games we played.

Senatore_M84 · May 15, 2012

jammin said:
i think i worded it wrong.

i meant he can be the person who will get the ball forward to Zlatan, Cassano, Boateng... etc. from midfield. i say this because the only other player who can pass the ball forward in a tight situation is Aquilani and maybe an on-form Muntari. for example, in the 3-1 against Barca, we were really struggling to get the ball forward to our strikers and Boateng .

just saying it'll be nice to have an option of getting the ball directly to Zlatan's feet with a short pass from midfield rather than relying on long balls from defense or forcing him to come deeper into midfield in most of the big games we played.

ah ok.

Yeah thing is, in those games where we couldn't, they pressed our anchor to death. MVB/Ambro. V, Juve Arsenal, barca etc.

And it was mvb/ambrosini's inability to effectively play it forward which hurt just as much as mezzalas.

jammin · May 15, 2012

Senatore_M84 said:
ah ok.

Yeah thing is, in those games where we couldn't, they pressed our anchor to death. MVB/Ambro. V, Juve Arsenal, barca etc.

And it was mvb/ambrosini's inability to effectively play it forward which hurt just as much as mezzalas.

agree, tho i believe the burden on the anchor to distribute the ball would be less if we had a more creative CM playing (like Clarence in the first leg vs Barca).

Milan10 · May 15, 2012

Senatore_M84 said:
ah ok.

Yeah thing is, in those games where we couldn't, they pressed our anchor to death. MVB/Ambro. V, Juve Arsenal, barca etc.

And it was mvb/ambrosini's inability to effectively play it forward which hurt just as much as mezzalas.

This is partially why I like the idea of Aquilani at RCM and Montolivo at CM.

I don't think you absolutely have to have a pure destroyer in your midfield, but guys like Nocerino that contribute absolutely nothing defensively is not a sound alternitive. Rather, I would like to have three midfielders that contribute defensively but also have the ability to hold onto possession.

Aquilani-Montolivo-Hernanes would be awesome, IMO. You don't have to play them together in every match, but their ability to create and defend equally well would be a fantastic reversal from what we've seen over the last four.

necromancer · May 15, 2012

New CDM of course. He was quite good when playing that role for Viola right after Rossi came in.

And the simple fact of putting a creative player in that position is gonna make our game look quite a bit better.

joyrider · May 15, 2012

RossoneroTifoso said:
So apparently he is going to play centre midfield : http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&tl=en&u=http://www.milannews.it/

where did you expect? swimmingteam?

Curupira · May 15, 2012

necromancer said:
New CDM of course. He was quite good when playing that role for Viola right after Rossi came in.

And the simple fact of putting a creative player in that position is gonna make our game look quite a bit better.

Less technical than Pirlo but IMO a huge step up in defense/physicality in that position, it just might work if the other 2 CMs are good

acmilan · May 16, 2012

Montolivo loves to play along his best friend Melo. So lets get him and also we can get Krasic.

Kingmilan · May 16, 2012

Montolivo is a great signing . I think most people are underestimating this transfer because its a free one . Montolivo will add so much to milan . Plus he can play pretty much all 4 positions in the midfield . I would defenetly play him in the pirlo position , right infront of the D .

Kingmilan · May 16, 2012

Riccardo Montolivo Compilation (passes, assists, goals... ) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoTcoA4AlIE&feature=related

Ashish · May 16, 2012

i like this .. another who can defend :star:

and he can run and pass too . young

strootman and hernanes too

jammin · May 16, 2012

---strooty
aqua---monty

barca who?

or
----monty
strooty--noce

milan style. :proud:

Curupira · May 16, 2012

Kingmilan said:
Montolivo is a great signing . I think most people are underestimating this transfer because its a free one . Montolivo will add so much to milan . Plus he can play pretty much all 4 positions in the midfield . I would defenetly play him in the pirlo position , right infront of the D .

I would say all 3, hes pretty terrible at CAM

Jivara · May 16, 2012

Sick compilation I am very excited

Max Allegri · May 16, 2012

Montolivo arrived at Milano !
He will undergo the medical check-ups both today or tomorrow !

Benvenuto Riccardo!!

Hondayum · May 16, 2012

From Milanello Twitter:

The first part of Montolivo's medical check-ups at the hospital in Busto Arsizio just ended. He will now go to #Milanello.

Dottore Joey · May 16, 2012

Can't wait for pictures

VPayne · May 16, 2012

wow looks good in the clip gotta say I'm excited

Dottore Joey · May 16, 2012

Montolivo - Sky

Ultra Swan · May 16, 2012

So Milan now has models, psychos, old people, children, a nazi, an atheist and Mesbah... Are we missing anyone?

Max Allegri · May 16, 2012

http://video.sky.it/sport/calcio-it...iche_del_nuovo_acquisto_montolivo/v121230.vid

Riccardo Montolivo at the Busto Arsizio hospital!!

Benvenuto Riccardo...

Max Allegri · May 16, 2012

Montolivo has just started the 2nd part of his medical check-ups at Milanello !

Is very close to signing with Milan....

voom · May 16, 2012

Welcome Monty hope that he show his quality in Milan.

Campione · May 16, 2012

Written 14-12-2006, 13:41

ics_rk said:
I don't think Montolivo is a defensive midfielder, he will be a good replacement for Seedorf. About the news, since I don't read the news in Channel4, I don't think the news is correct..

5 years to late but better late than never.

Nestafan · May 16, 2012

I have been compared to him already on this forum....... in likenss anyway :lol:

Have high hopes for Riccardo, and he really has that traditional Milan look :thumbsup:

Still hoping Aquaman remains with us too, would be fantastic!

Curupira · May 16, 2012

Welcome Monty, move thread?

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