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The Rumour Commode XXXI: The Panther Era

Thread starter Hitchens
Start date Dec 14, 2020

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Hitchens

In flux

New Era Vanguard

Jan 22, 2021

#11,941

Milan10 said:
I love that gif and I HATE this dinner party for you.

You have to give momma a schedule and let her know you are all hers just not for those 2 hour blocks

I will be more vigilant in the future.

Bird

Haven't you heard?

Jan 22, 2021

#11,942

Terrible in the air and when under pressure...

Zero chances of him impressing if the loan is only for 6 months, unless he is supposed to be 2nd/3rd choice, benching both Kalulu and Gabbia, which would be stupid of Pioli/Maldini, if they did.

Why gamble on a 30M player when you already have two free players in the squad that could be just as good, if not better, than this guy?

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milanator

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,943

helloAgain said:
I honestly feel Maldini is way more talented than hauge. Time will tell.

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Hauge?s short diagonal final pass to the striker while cutting in from the wing is deadly, that?s a free put through-chance for the striker per game. Ibra almost scored from it last game.
With all sympathy for Maldini he hasn?t shown anything like that yet.

Milan10

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,944

Bird said:
Terrible in the air and when under pressure...

Zero chances of him impressing if the loan is only for 6 months, unless he is supposed to be 2nd/3rd choice, benching both Kalulu and Gabbia, which would be stupid of Pioli/Maldini, if they did.

Why gamble on a 30M player when you already have two free players in the squad that could be just as good, if not better, than this guy?

I wouldn?t uh draw conclusions from a YouTube scouting video lol

Birsaforever

I hate Pink Floyd

Jan 22, 2021

#11,945

VultureSheva said:
Samu, Dalot & Krunic have to go, its simple. Get 7M from Krunic (can be used to sign Meite) and 5th choice CM can be any free Primavera player.

Dalot is good

Birsaforever

I hate Pink Floyd

Jan 22, 2021

#11,946

Bird said:
Terrible in the air and when under pressure...

Zero chances of him impressing if the loan is only for 6 months, unless he is supposed to be 2nd/3rd choice, benching both Kalulu and Gabbia, which would be stupid of Pioli/Maldini, if they did.

Why gamble on a 30M player when you already have two free players in the squad that could be just as good, if not better, than this guy?

We needed depth until the end of the season and we are having it for free

ForzaACM

Milan Veteran

Jan 22, 2021

#11,947

Hauge started off very strong but cooled off during the last month or so.

There's no doubt he has talent but also a lot of room for growth.

We must remember it's his first year in italy and he's very young.

As of today Leao > Hauge for LW and Rebic > Hauge as well, although the latter not by much.

Alo88

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,948

Goodfella said:
Not just the Juve game. If anything the team has been pressing more intensively in the last months than we ever did with Ibra.

I think Milan2012 is confusing high press with possession in the final 3rd, or possession overall.
That will return when we have Ibra, Rebic, Hakan, Saele, Bennacer, Kessie & Theo from start, and Leao, Diaz, Samu, Mandzu, etc on the bench.

But it also needs to be said that games are now played at a higher tempo than in July.
There's no cooling breaks now. In July and early August we faced a few unmotivated midtable teams that had nothing to play for.

Yeah I wasn't even meaning the pressing itself as we often press like mad men even now.

The difference to before to me is that we tend to have more moments in the course of a game where we suffer and are more often forced to absorb the opponents attacking schemes, even against smaller teams... which again is totally normal when you constantly miss so many important elements in your team and the rest is forced to play with very little time to rest between the games.

Once we have our full starting 11 together I expect us to have more consistently control over the game over the full 90 minutes.

Master Smurf

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,949

Bird said:
Terrible in the air and when under pressure...

Zero chances of him impressing if the loan is only for 6 months, unless he is supposed to be 2nd/3rd choice, benching both Kalulu and Gabbia, which would be stupid of Pioli/Maldini, if they did.

Why gamble on a 30M player when you already have two free players in the squad that could be just as good, if not better, than this guy?

Did you see Kalulu in preseason and then when he got his chance? Thats a player that had no senior level experience.

A loan can be renewed or extended but what is more interesting is the push to get an athletic CB. I am very curious to see our starters next year.

Alo88

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,950

Chiko said:
I mean they all only played like around that mark.

Hauge: 12 app, 1 goal, 0 assists
Leao: 13 app, 5 goals, 4 assists
Rebic: 11 app, 1 goal, 3 assists

I don?t know how anyone can say Hauge is on par with the other 2. He will get good but he isn?t ready to play big matches. Rebic and Leao have contributed in big matches, even when those two aren?t scoring they scaring defenders and creating space. Hauge is a distant 3rd. He needs a lot more time.

On that note Hauge did score against Napoli, but that was when the game had been decided but still a good goal.

Leao, if he kept his consistency and concentration over 90 minutes, would at least already have doubled those figures. He's indeed three or four steps over Hauge at this moment.

But he's a CF. Not a winger. For me Leao shouldn't be considered the vice Rebic. Even now with Mando, who for me is the true vice Rebic. Both have similar work rate. Leao is nowhere in that regard and therefore shouldn't be played out wide.

I'm glad Pioli started to use Leao more and more as CF, even if it was forced, but his performances began to dramatically change once he was freed from the duties of a winger he wasn't taking seriously anyway.

A Wild Homosexual

Rejuvenation

Jan 22, 2021

#11,951

Whats wrong with people today?!!!!!!!!

I leave you in charge of this place & this what happen, General?
Explain.....

Bird said:
Terrible in the air and when under pressure...

Zero chances of him impressing if the loan is only for 6 months, unless he is supposed to be 2nd/3rd choice, benching both Kalulu and Gabbia, which would be stupid of Pioli/Maldini, if they did.

Why gamble on a 30M player when you already have two free players in the squad that could be just as good, if not better, than this guy?

Zero chance.
Ok.

Birsaforever said:
Dalot is good

No he isnt.
Not 20mil good @ least.

ForzaACM said:
As of today Leao > Hauge for LW and Rebic > Hauge as well, although the latter not by much.

So Rebic is slightly better than Hauge?
Is this what you are saying?

Neruda

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,952

Bird said:
Terrible in the air and when under pressure...

Zero chances of him impressing if the loan is only for 6 months, unless he is supposed to be 2nd/3rd choice, benching both Kalulu and Gabbia, which would be stupid of Pioli/Maldini, if they did.

Why gamble on a 30M player when you already have two free players in the squad that could be just as good, if not better, than this guy?

Youve never seen him play. All u got is these comments saying hes bad in the air and under pressure. Id rather trust in Maldini understanding of the game

Bird

Haven't you heard?

Jan 22, 2021

#11,953

Birsaforever said:
We needed depth until the end of the season and we are having it for free

That is assuming that his loan fee is cheap/free and that Timori is dumb enough to be OK with being 5-6th choice CB when he is desperate for playing time, which I doubt that he would be OK with.
This guy is coming in as 2nd/3rd choice.

Milan10 said:
I wouldn?t uh draw conclusions from a YouTube scouting video lol

Master Smurf said:
Did you see Kalulu in preseason and then when he got his chance? Thats a player that had no senior level experience.

A loan can be renewed or extended but what is more interesting is the push to get an athletic CB. I am very curious to see our starters next year.

As I said, zero chance of impressing as 4-5th choice CB in 6 months, as in maybe 4-5 games in 6 months.
You want to spend 30M on a player based on 4-5 games?

He can however show his worth as 2nd/3rd choice (10+ games), even in a short time as 6 months to warrant the 30M price tag, but that would mean gambling on him and taking precious time away from Gabbia and Kalulu, time I'd rather see spent on equally promising players that we, you know, already have for free...

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milanator

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,954

Rebic hasn‘t played a single great game this season, but at the same time also suffered from something all the time so there is really not much ground for discussion at the moment in one direction or the other.

Neruda

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,955

milanator said:
Rebic hasn?t played a single great game this season, but at the same time also suffered from something all the time so there is really not much ground for discussion at the moment in one direction or the other.

Point still stands tho. Not fully fit rebic is still miles better than hauge

joyrider

Il Moderati

Staff member

Jan 22, 2021

#11,956

Hitchens said:
I'm a very good host. I hope I can combine that with watching the game.

I believe you and believe that you will convert them all into Milanistas by the end of the night :thumbsup:

:thumbsup:

VultureSheva

Legendary Scout

Jan 22, 2021

#11,957

Bird said:
Terrible in the air and when under pressure...

Zero chances of him impressing if the loan is only for 6 months, unless he is supposed to be 2nd/3rd choice, benching both Kalulu and Gabbia, which would be stupid of Pioli/Maldini, if they did.

Why gamble on a 30M player when you already have two free players in the squad that could be just as good, if not better, than this guy?

Fikayo

Aerials won: 2.4
Aerial success: 55.8%

Possession:
Dispossessed 0.3
UnsTouches 0.8
Ball receiving success: 98.4%

Short Passes: 67.1
Short passes success: 91.9%

Kjaer

Aerials won: 2.4
Aerial success: 58.5%

Possession:
Dispossessed 0
UnsTouches 0.3
Ball receiving success: 98.6%

Short Passes: 40.3
Short passes success: 91.4%

Romagnoli

Aerials won: 2.5
Aerial success: 62.5%

Possession:
Dispossessed 0
UnsTouches 0.4
Ball receiving success: 97.2%

Short Passes: 40.7
Short passes success: 94.9%

Gabbia

Aerials won: 3
Aerial success: 65.2%

Possession:
Dispossessed 0
UnsTouches 0.4
Ball receiving success: 99.6%

Short Passes: 49.1
Short passes success: 93.9%

Kalulu:

Aerials won: 1.9
Aerial success: 50%

Possession:
Dispossessed 0
UnsTouches 0.2
Ball receiving success: 96.8%

Short Passes: 48.7
Short passes success: 90.4%

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milanator

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,958

What‘s an UnsTouch? Accidental foul or loosing the ball with a heavy touch?

VultureSheva

Legendary Scout

Jan 22, 2021

#11,959

milanator said:
What?s an UnsTouch? Accidental foul or loosing the ball with a heavy touch?

OPTA:

Dispossessed
- Being tackled by an opponent without attempting to dribble past them

Unsuccessful touch
- When a player mis-controls the ball with a poor touch, we award an unsuccessful touch.

Last edited: Jan 22, 2021

Hitchens

In flux

New Era Vanguard

Jan 22, 2021

#11,960

Romano: Fikayo Tomori has signed his contract as new AC Milan player after medicals completed today afternoon in Milano. Chelsea will receive ?25m only *if* AC Milan will decide to sign him on a permanent deal next summer.

Again this "next" thing.

VultureSheva

Legendary Scout

Jan 22, 2021

#11,961

Hitchens said:
Romano: Fikayo Tomori has signed his contract as new AC Milan player after medicals completed today afternoon in Milano. Chelsea will receive ?25m only *if* AC Milan will decide to sign him on a permanent deal next summer.

Again this "next" thing.

The English of italian journalists in Twitter is usually not perfect from what I?ve noticed all these years.

I?ve seen ?next? being used also in other tweets when they mean ?this upcoming summer? or if they can just write it ?in summer 2021? but well...

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DeNiro

Milan Icon

Jan 22, 2021

#11,962

Milan-Atalanta, Gasperini's squad: Piccini and the former Pasalic out, as well as Gomez

MilanFan89

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,963

Milan 3 - 0 Atalanta

Dottore Joey

Vice

Jan 22, 2021

#11,964

Milan - Atalanta 1-2

LocalHero80

The other side of Ba

Jan 22, 2021

#11,965

Neruda said:
Point still stands tho. Not fully fit rebic is still miles better than hauge

and skriniar is world class, we know.

LocalHero80

The other side of Ba

Jan 22, 2021

#11,966

VultureSheva said:
Samu, Dalot & Krunic have to go, its simple. Get 7M from Krunic (can be used to sign Meite) and 5th choice CM can be any free Primavera player.

agree, these 3 can go. Maybe Dalot can be given a chance.

LocalHero80

The other side of Ba

Jan 22, 2021

#11,967

helloAgain said:
I honestly feel Maldini is way more talented than hauge. Time will tell.

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:lol:

okay man, indeed, let's watch and see

D

DeNiro

Milan Icon

Jan 22, 2021

#11,968

Pasalic was a key player for atalanta for last season. Hopefuly they will be shit without him and gomez

Goodfella

Milan Legend

Jan 22, 2021

#11,969

How is Gabbia's recovery going?

If it's not going as predicted then this 6 month loan would make sense.
Otherwise it doesn't.

6 month trial, 28m buyout clause for a kid who is new to Italy, when we have two clear starters and an additional 3 CBs who are at least backup quality.
It's strange.

You might not rate Romagnoli, but he's not going to lose his spot anytime soon.

LocalHero80

The other side of Ba

Jan 22, 2021

#11,970

Seems like after Hakan and Kessie are more or less troll free, I'll have to switch to Tonali and Hauge defense :proud:

:proud:

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