The Rumour Commode IV

[Senatore_M84]

I like Spalletti. I think it would be interesting to have a system in which Ibrahimovic's role could be that one Totti played from 2006 or 2007. Just a thought.

which would only work if ibra was as good as totti in his prime.

 

[Australiano1980]

AC Milan News ‏ @Milanello

Milan will try to sign Luciano Spalletti if they don't win the Scudetto, according to tomorrow's edition of Corriere dello Sport.

There are strong indications that Berlusconi wants to hire Capello. However, he would get a role as a director, and not as a coach.

Lotito is considering to offer a 1-year contract to Nesta and afterwards a role in the Lazio management when his playing career is over.

if spalletti comes.. than we can start thinking about have wingers.

 

[ForzaSandro]

Capello would be a disaster and an expensive one , he is old with old ideas and would not work.

Thank you!

 

[USC]

I wish that Berlusconi would stop being obsessed with names and start being obsessed with prudent investment and business.

NEEDZ MOREZ STRIKERZAZ

 

[Senatore_M84]

I wish that Berlusconi would stop being obsessed with names and start being obsessed with prudent investment and business.

NEEDZ MOREZ STRIKERZAZ

We technically do need better strikers. But aside from that I agree. I miss kaka/thiago/pirlo/sheva transfers. Young players on the rise but not there yet


And I should also mentio. I'm patrticularly annoyed merkel left for no reason. I figured if we were loaning him we had plans to get 2 quality mids. Since we didn't we should have let him stay and play.


Personally I'm still MOST annoyed with galliani. What is this, year 6 were running a massive loss? Learn how to run a business and stop with your nepotism.

 

[milanpalermo23]

if spalletti comes.. than we can start thinking about have wingers.

sounds good to me, although ibra for some reason can't play as a lone striker.

what formation does spalletti play right now? i would love for us to play with wingers.

robinho and el shaarawy are capable of it.....new generation of football is all about winger/striker hybrids ala messi, sanchez, ronaldo, neymar, etc.

 

[Mils]

sounds good to me, although ibra for some reason can't play as a lone striker.

what formation does spalletti play right now? i would love for us to play with wingers.

robinho and el shaarawy are capable of it.....new generation of football is all about winger/striker hybrids ala messi, sanchez, ronaldo, neymar, etc.

What makes u think Ibra cannot play with as a lone striker? I think 4-2-3-1 would fit him very well

Robinho, Boateng, Shaarawy, Urby, they can all 4 play as wingers (not that I want them all here next season). From what I saw of Robinho in real madrid, he is a way better winger than he is a pure striker. Robinho was boss as hell at this time!

Montolivo (creative) and Ambrosini (destroyer) would be in the midfield, and we would want someone like Sneijder as the offensive midfielder hell Allegri should start playing this formation right away. hate 4-3-1-2. we suck at it and dont have the players..

 

[jammin]

tbh, even if we do play 4-3-1-2 with KPB and Binho supporting Zlatan, they do tend to drift to the wings to make it more like a 4-3-3 with Zlatan as the lone striker. the last Barca game is a good example.

so 4-2-3-1 might work.

 

[milanpalermo23]

What makes u think Ibra cannot play with as a lone striker? I think 4-2-3-1 would fit him very well

Robinho, Boateng, Shaarawy, Urby, they can all 4 play as wingers (not that I want them all here next season). From what I saw of Robinho in real madrid, he is a way better winger than he is a pure striker. Robinho was boss as hell at this time!

Montolivo (creative) and Ambrosini (destroyer) would be in the midfield, and we would want someone like Sneijder as the offensive midfielder hell Allegri should start playing this formation right away. hate 4-3-1-2. we suck at it and dont have the players..

idk about ibra, it's just what has been said by the majority of the press and this forum....

anyways, i love the 4-2-3-1 formation, but we don't have the players to pull it off. if we tried to play with robinho and el shaarawy as the wingers it would almost be like L30's 4-2-fantasia.....and we all know how that ended.

the team that plays the best 4-2-3-1 imo is bayern. it almost converts to a 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 depending on the circumstances. the whole thing is the 2 wingers need to not only attack heavily and put pressure on the oppositions full-backs, but also play as outside midfielders and do a lot of tracking back.

robinho is an excellent winger and el shaarawy can be too, but idk if the formation would work. would like to see it in action though.

 

[Senatore_M84]

What makes u think Ibra cannot play with as a lone striker? I think 4-2-3-1 would fit him very well

LEt's see... he threatened to get allegri fired for using a 1 striker sysytem v. arsenal. Said he felt isolated.

He hated it at barcelona. Again isolation

Didn't like it w/ mourinho who specifically bought wingers for it an immediately dumped them.

Ibra's a lot of things. Most wonderful but he's also a tactical headache. Because if you don't play his way, he stops playing....

Beyond that, ibra does not move like a prime totti did. Not does he have as good a touch, or range of passing which is key to the false-9. Nor does he have the vision. Nor is he as quick on the ball. Totti was literally best 1 touch passer.

I really dislike the idea of Zlatan as a 1 in a 4-2-3-1. As long as you have zlatan you want a 2 striker system.

 

[idiavoli]

We technically do need better strikers. But aside from that I agree. I miss kaka/thiago/pirlo/sheva transfers. Young players on the rise but not there yet


And I should also mentio. I'm patrticularly annoyed merkel left for no reason. I figured if we were loaning him we had plans to get 2 quality mids. Since we didn't we should have let him stay and play.


Personally I'm still MOST annoyed with galliani. What is this, year 6 were running a massive loss? Learn how to run a business and stop with your nepotism.

Regarding strikers:
- Ibra/Cassano is a beautiful partnership... if Cassano can stay healthy and there is a highly mobile CAM. Unbelievable how long he led the league in assists even while out.
- I love Pato as a third ace for now and future leader... if he can get "repaired".
- I love SES as the young forward in training under the tutelage of stars.

Problem is there are two big "ifs" there. I think the best option is to sell Robinho, send Maxi Lopez back, and buy JoJo. I don't have enough insider information to make a call on Pato.



About the losses: The Calciopoli years were especially tough without CL and senator renewals at fat wages. Most recently, we've focused on collecting unwanted/injured players. Our wage bill is huge because our roster is huge (33? players). We need to cut that down to 24-26 RELIABLE (i.e. good + non injured) players.

Roughly 60M in wages will expire this year. If I had my way, only Nesta would be renewed and at 2.5M/year gross. That would bring our wages to around 100M. I'd bring in 3 needed signings (Montolivo, Acerbi, Eriksen) at 10M gross TOTAL. If possible, I'd buy Jovetic and Kolarov and pay with Robinho's wages.

 

[Mils]

LEt's see... he threatened to get allegri fired for using a 1 striker sysytem v. arsenal. Said he felt isolated.

He hated it at barcelona. Again isolation

Didn't like it w/ mourinho who specifically bought wingers for it an immediately dumped them.

Ibra's a lot of things. Most wonderful but he's also a tactical headache. Because if you don't play his way, he stops playing....

Beyond that, ibra does not move like a prime totti did. Not does he have as good a touch, or range of passing which is key to the false-9. Nor does he have the vision. Nor is he as quick on the ball. Totti was literally best 1 touch passer.

I really dislike the idea of Zlatan as a 1 in a 4-2-3-1. As long as you have zlatan you want a 2 striker system.

Bro, that thing that you've been smoking.. can I have some?

 

[Senatore_M84]

Bro, that thing that you've been smoking.. can I have some?

Really? IBra doesn't dwell on the ball nonstop?

Yeah.... he dwells unless he has a ready outlet near him.

It's by far the biggest flaw in his game

Everytime he gets isolated he sits on ball and thinks he's messi. And like a moron, concedes' his huge physical edge to try and dribble... you like v. mascerano (idiot, ibra)


what are YOU smoking if you actually think ibra's technique is in the same stratosphere as a prime Totti. Prime totti was a legit AM, who technicall you'd compare v. zidane or rui.

 

[milanpalermo23]

Didn't like it w/ mourinho who specifically bought wingers for it an immediately dumped them.

speaking of this lets buy quaresma

youtube legend

 

[Senatore_M84]

youtube legend?

Try looking up some totti 1 touch shit. Honestly... the only person who might be better is Zidane.

Around 0:50 it gets utterly ridiculous-






He was a NATURAL trequartista. A natural AM. Zlatan is not.

 

[Ham3t1899]

@ the people who talk about Milan bringing Balotelli. Tevez is the best choice ,but B&G are not going to chase after him again. PSG back for pato and he should be sold and used that money to buy talent not Lecce/Palermo quality players..

 

[milanpalermo23]

Totti^^^^ dayummmm i remember that shit, absolute LEGEND.

Its a shame he had to play for roma his whole career, would have been great seeing his class in a milan jersey.

 

[Dominate]

I stand by my opinion that Totti had the best 1 touch pass in football history

 

[SpartanMilan]

Totti^^^^ dayummmm i remember that shit, absolute LEGEND.

Its a shame he had to play for roma his whole career, would have been great seeing his class in a milan jersey.

he almost left to join us when he was young but he didnt want to move away from his mom and family if what I read was correct

 

[SpartanMilan]

Really? IBra doesn't dwell on the ball nonstop?

Yeah.... he dwells unless he has a ready outlet near him.

It's by far the biggest flaw in his game

Everytime he gets isolated he sits on ball and thinks he's messi. And like a moron, concedes' his huge physical edge to try and dribble... you like v. mascerano (idiot, ibra)


what are YOU smoking if you actually think ibra's technique is in the same stratosphere as a prime Totti. Prime totti was a legit AM, who technicall you'd compare v. zidane or rui.

what do you think about trying to buy Jovetic to fit that role if Spalletti comes? I know he is no Totti (at least not yet) but he does have a ton of talent to fit there

 

[Australiano1980]

i wouldnt let ibra alone up front.
http://forum.acmilan-online.com/showpost.php?p=1315794&postcount=2882

but wouldnt work for us.. we dont have players to play like this in high level.

 

[Ash]

LEt's see... he threatened to get allegri fired for using a 1 striker sysytem v. arsenal. Said he felt isolated.

He hated it at barcelona. Again isolation

Didn't like it w/ mourinho who specifically bought wingers for it an immediately dumped them.

Ibra's a lot of things. Most wonderful but he's also a tactical headache. Because if you don't play his way, he stops playing....

Beyond that, ibra does not move like a prime totti did. Not does he have as good a touch, or range of passing which is key to the false-9. Nor does he have the vision. Nor is he as quick on the ball. Totti was literally best 1 touch passer.

I really dislike the idea of Zlatan as a 1 in a 4-2-3-1. As long as you have zlatan you want a 2 striker system.

Says who?

Dude was on fire when he was being played in the centre as a lone striker. What he hated was being switched to the wings and no longer being the top man in the team

 

[Ashish]

I love monty rumours excellent excellent signing .. not going to win the titles but somehow he is solid and yet to achieve true potential ..

 

[MilanMB]

LEt's see... he threatened to get allegri fired for using a 1 striker sysytem v. arsenal. Said he felt isolated.

He hated it at barcelona. Again isolation

Didn't like it w/ mourinho who specifically bought wingers for it an immediately dumped them.

Ibra's a lot of things. Most wonderful but he's also a tactical headache. Because if you don't play his way, he stops playing....

Beyond that, ibra does not move like a prime totti did. Not does he have as good a touch, or range of passing which is key to the false-9. Nor does he have the vision. Nor is he as quick on the ball. Totti was literally best 1 touch passer.

I really dislike the idea of Zlatan as a 1 in a 4-2-3-1. As long as you have zlatan you want a 2 striker system.

Says who?

Dude was on fire when he was being played in the centre as a lone striker. What he hated was being switched to the wings and no longer being the top man in the team

These post are both true and false.

@ m84
He doesn't like to be isolated on top, but that doesn't mean he can't be played in a 4-2-3-1.

He's played CAM in that formation in the Swedish NT 4-5 times and he's done it very well. Last time was against Croatia when he dominated the game.

@ ash
yes he was very good, but in the end, Ibra plays his best football when he's not isolated. He needs to be involved in the game much more than that.

 

[idiavoli]

Certainly Ibra can play multiple positions well. Ultimately, it's a question of where is he most useful in a particular squad.

For a squad that isn't great at advancing the ball into the final third, he's more useful dropping deep to help move the ball up (it's impossible to take the ball off him and his passing/dribbling are very good).

If a squad had great midfielders to perform this role, he'd be much more deadly spending more of his time bullying the box, scoring goals, occupying defenders to create space for others, etc.

I'd like to see him paired with someone that can complement Ibra regardless of which role his in at any time. If he drops deep to CAM, I'd like to see someone who can exploit the empty space behind him. If he drifts wide, I'd like to see someone who can occupy the CBs physically. If he stays at the tip, I'd like to see someone who can drop deep to collect and advance the ball toward the final third.

Essentially, someone who can play S/SS/CAM. Essentially, Jovetic.

Now, here's an interesting question. If we had Ibra and Jovetic, who would be the ideal third attacker? A workhorse like Prince? A fantasista like Cassano? A nimble mover like Robinho? A finisher/poacher like Pato? A winger like Robben? Or someone who can do it all like Rooney? I haven't thought about it much, but I'm leaning towards a true trequartista+fantasista like Totti/ADP/Rui (can't find one today). Maybe Eriksen, though he's nowhere near the aforementioned players (and I'd likely want to see him in midfield instead).

 

[fredrik9]

La Gazzetta dello Sport today

 

[gucciluc]

http://football-italia.net/18023/lazio-ponder-nesta-offer

 

[Dark Knight]

youtube legend?

Try looking up some totti 1 touch shit. Honestly... the only person who might be better is Zidane.

He was a NATURAL trequartista. A natural AM. Zlatan is not.

Yeh forget about totti post 2006, maybe even a year or 2 before that.. because he became more and more of a forward but totti in his number 10 days was a thing of beauty. His one touch flicked pass were just amazing. He had a much much faster brain than Zlatan as an AM. Zlatan i guess feels the need to stand on the ball and wait for the defender to come and then to beat him with a fancy dribble. Totti was very quick with his passing his movement and his passing range was in the league of Platini, Baggio , Zidane etc

 

[punisher]

that coppa game against ladri fucked our hole season

allegri

where the fuck is merkel?
i say play him the 5 remaining games and see what he can do

no seedorf please

 

[gucciluc]

merkel reminds me alot of eriksen. deserves many more chances, allegri should field him more often