Week 2: S.S.C. Napoli - AC Milan 25/08/2018 20:30 CET

The Philosopher · Aug 19, 2018

Caldara is a noob in back 4 based on interviews he gave. I'd rather have Musa starting

Thenebra · Aug 19, 2018

Musa to start over caldara. He needs to get the feel of the squad and roma in training.

Youth · Aug 19, 2018

necromancer said:
What makes you think Gattuso is starting Musa? I think the chances are that Caldara will start, with a minor possibility of Musa starting.

Caldara is a new player for Milan (less than a month playing for Milan), is still young and never holds pressure on big club. CB is also a vital position in a team. On the other hand, Musacchio is more experienced, has been already playing for one year with Milan including with Romagnoli. The quality of one of them is not superior to the other. Base on all these, it is understable that the coach would pick Musacchio ahead of Caldara except Caldara shows something significant that Musacchio does not have or lacks of.

I tip Caldara as regular CB for us this season but not in the first games of the season.

punisher · Aug 19, 2018

difficult away match.....

3 points for milan

The Philosopher · Aug 19, 2018

Maradona
Calabria - Musa - Capitano - Ricrod
Kessie - Biglia - Jack
Suso - Higuain - Samu

A draw wouldn't be so bad

Milaniscool · Aug 19, 2018

Screw Napoli. Tanked the UCL last season just to come up short in Serie A. The points easy for Milan.

Polotelli · Aug 19, 2018

Person1: Musacchio
Person2: Caldara
Person3: Musacchio
Person4: Caldara
Reality: Zapata

AndreiX · Aug 19, 2018

Simic

Mexes5 · Aug 19, 2018

Zapata will find himself in the starting XI until he is inevitable dropped, same story every year.

Hitchens · Aug 19, 2018

Why cant this be on fucking sundayyyyy.

Never been so excited for an opener and I can't fucking see it because I'm in a 30 birthday. Travesty.

We'll win this 2-1. Gonzalo, Hakan, and then a defensive error which allows Callejon a goal.

scarecrows · Aug 19, 2018

Zapata is slightly injured so i doubt he starts

rocknrolla1v1 · Aug 20, 2018

Hitchens said:
Why cant this be on fucking sundayyyyy.

Never been so excited for an opener and I can't fucking see it because I'm in a 30 birthday. Travesty.

We'll win this 2-1. Gonzalo, Hakan, and then a defensive error which allows Callejon a goal.

Hakan is suspended?

punisher · Aug 20, 2018

rocknrolla1v1 said:
Hakan is suspended?

yes, he is suspended

Hitchens · Aug 20, 2018

rocknrolla1v1 said:
Hakan is suspended?

My mistake. Samu will score then. On his debut, against Napoli!

Oedipus · Aug 20, 2018

We're Lucky that the game is played in Palermo. I give us a good chance at a good result. (Which would be at least 1 pt)
Really curious about our starting XI

MilanMB · Aug 20, 2018

MilanMB said:
Win!!

Calabria - Musa - R13 - RR
Kessie - Biglia - Bakayoko
Suso - Higuain - Jack

That's gonna be the team most probably. Unless Laxalt or Samu impress and take the LW spot and push Bakayoko to the bench.

Oedipus said:
We're Lucky that the game is played in Palermo. I give us a good chance at a good result. (Which would be at least 1 pt)
Really curious about our starting XI

You can stop wondering now.

Hitchens · Aug 20, 2018

Points will be my number one concern this season. Points points points. We have to win every match where we're the favourites, and clinch more than a couple of the difficult h2h. Two derby wins would be absolutely awesome.

We really are underdogs this season. If everything falls into place we're 3rd. If we start fucking up and have to change coach as usual then we're out of the race I think.

Donato · Aug 20, 2018

Just read Bonaventura is favourite for LW this week and Castillejo is also in the running. Personally I’d love to see Samu start but not for this game, too soon and not enough time to build chemistry with the team. If we need a spark off the bench it’ll be nice to see him.

truant · Aug 20, 2018

Has to be a hat-trick of uncelebrated goals from our Gonzalo. It's written in the stars

Polotelli · Aug 20, 2018

truant said:
Has to be a hat-trick of uncelebrated goals from our Gonzalo. It's written in the stars

Do tap-ins from 5m count?

punisher · Aug 20, 2018

Oedipus said:
We're Lucky that the game is played in Palermo. I give us a good chance at a good result. (Which would be at least 1 pt)
Really curious about our starting XI

In Palermo? why?

Do you know the stadium?
Fans are gonna be 50-50?

Thats huge bro if true

punisher · Aug 20, 2018

Donato said:
Just read Bonaventura is favourite for LW this week and Castillejo is also in the running. Personally I’d love to see Samu start but not for this game, too soon and not enough time to build chemistry with the team. If we need a spark off the bench it’ll be nice to see him.

I agree with you

The spark you mention are exactly what Samu and Laxalt give to our team...we missed that so bad....

But Bakayoko as our only midfield signing was bad business from leo...

Soldier_of_god · Aug 20, 2018

what a shit piss poor midfield we have rofl. it's a bloody joke. no creativity whatsoever. hopefully we win. cmon higgy.

Az. · Aug 20, 2018

Don_Jacare said:
what a shit piss poor midfield we have rofl. it's a bloody joke. no creativity whatsoever. hopefully we win. cmon higgy.

I honestly have a good feeling about that midfield, and i think Biglia will find his Lazio form this season.

He is being paired with two tanks now, that will surely take some of the pressure off.

My hope is that Samu impresses and pushes Jack out of the first 11, i can't stand his fucking stupid runs with his head down, crossing & passing to absolutely nobody except the position.

Kessie - Biglia - Bakayoko
Suso - Higuain - Samu

This could be a lethal attack & midfield if everybody performs up to their best. Also it would work better if Gattuso would actually tell the players to pass into space on the wings, something we rarely do.

truant · Aug 20, 2018

Polotelli said:
Do tap-ins from 5m count?

Sure they all do. A bit of panache would be preferable, but even for tap-ins one has got to read the game and get into a good position, innit? Superpippo and all that. No point in having balls whizzing just in front of the goal if no one's there to nudge it in.

Goes for Andre Silva, Bacca or Gonzalo (who is not above the tap-in goal from 5m in addition to more spectacular efforts), but for me the important thing is that they score for us!

Balo45 · Aug 20, 2018

We don't need creativity in the midfield to win games. But Gattuso has to speed up our play. Let Biglia sit and dictate and let Kessie and Baka loose. They are physical and can run, and we can completely bully teams with them on the field. We really need to see higher pressure this season, and play quicker offensively. Harass opponents in midfield, play the ball to the wings QUICKLY, and get balls in the box.

I'm not saying we are completely similar, but there are free flowing attaching teams like Liverpool and Monaco from two seasons back who score goals at will with not much midfield creativity. You have to create turnovers and move the ball quickly, but I think we can set our midfield up like that. If we play the same slow paced Milan style we've seen for years now, teams will fall deep and we won't break them down enough. Gattuso changed it after montella and had Jack and Kessie running the channels well, and we created a lot of chances last season. All our creativity is in our wingers. Gotta keep that mentality and improve on it. One things for sure, we shouldn't be losing any midfield battles from here out

The Philosopher · Aug 20, 2018

Would be funny if borini starts

Polotelli · Aug 20, 2018

Dwayne_YB said:
Would be funny if borini starts

for you maybe

Neruda · Aug 20, 2018

.@cmdotcom reports that Caldara could start along with Romagnoli in defence when Milan face Napoli on Saturday even though Gattuso was heading towards starting Musacchio against Genoa.

Thenebra · Aug 20, 2018

Neruda said:
.@cmdotcom reports that Caldara could start along with Romagnoli in defence when Milan face Napoli on Saturday even though Gattuso was heading towards starting Musacchio against Genoa.

Cant wait to see this new partnership.

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