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Milan will make it to the Quarter Finals UCL


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Kmoney

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It's Maldini's fault that he spent the little money he had available on Bakayoko, Origi, Florenzi, Messias and Dest. These 5 players are 25% of our whole wage bill.
Not to mention shambolic management of contract renewals and sales.

Maldini has as much blame in this fiasco as anyone else in management/ownership
 

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Wtf happens with Pioli is anyone's guess but the longer he stays the worse our chances of top 4 gets. He has completely lost the team. Don't need to look any further than yesterday at his attempt to deal with a crisis. Incredibly, against odds he somehow managed to get the team to play even worse than they have been. Thank you for all you've done but it's time for change.
Management step the fuck out of your cushy seats and fire his ass already.
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Is it Maldini's fault that the fuckass clueless owner gave him no money to work with?


One day even the last idiot will learn that you have to earn your own money at some point instead of standing on daddy's mat and holding out your hands.

This attitude of constantly demanding money from the owner is pathetic and miserable. We have to get our shit together ourselves.

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Milan's problem when they were leaking goals like crazy in the last games was that the 2 man midfield was being run over. The extra midfielder in 3-5-2 helps with that but the extra defender in 3-5-2 doesn't really help the defence that much and fucks up the wing attack / wing progression.

4-3-3 gives you the extra man in midfield and also keeps the wing attack strong, maybe even a stronger wing attack than 4-2-3-1 as the 2 wingers can be attacking even more in 4-3-3. A 4-3-3 even supports more a winger / forward hybrid like CDK.

What's so difficult about that for Pioli to understand? It's like for him 4-3-3 is a forbidden formation!
 

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What's wrong with signing Florenzi btw, not even that he is a household name, but he can also go on the lists, is versatile (also one of the few great long shot takers) and that for like 4,5m a year total cost.
 

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One day even the last idiot will learn that you have to earn your own money at some point instead of standing on daddy's mat and holding out your hands.

This attitude of constantly demanding money from the owner is pathetic and miserable. We have to get our shit together ourselves.

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Yeah, Maldini supposed to pull 100 million out of his own ass to cover the losses that Milan produces because of over a decade of neglect... And then pull out another 100 million from somewhere to buy some players...

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Which is not connected to what I said in any way
Just making it a point to underline Tata brought it while those players complaining to him should have been more worried about their own God awful performances.
 

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We really do need a top tier striker though. Ibra will help take some pressure off Leao, but surely this will be his last season?
 

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You are missing the forest for the trees

Gala has 22mil - we couldnt buy a backup GK or a South American winger from a smaller league for a quarter that cost.
We have the money. Our revenue is over the 300 m mark again. 2 seasons in a row. We will likely hit 350 m this season unless we finish out of top 4. Teams like Marseille and all teams in PL below the 6th place have much lower revenue than us but spend much much more. We choose not to spend. Why? No idea... Maybe we have a secret agreement with UEFA as I think we never signed (officially) a settlement agreement. Maybe we have some restrictions still active.
 

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Milan's problem when they were leaking goals like crazy in the last games was that the 2 man midfield was being run over. The extra midfielder in 3-5-2 helps with that but the extra defender in 3-5-2 doesn't really help the defence that much and fucks up the wing attack / wing progression.

4-3-3 gives you the extra man in midfield and also keeps the wing attack strong, maybe even a stronger wing attack than 4-2-3-1 as the 2 wingers can be attacking even more in 4-3-3. A 4-3-3 even supports more a winger / forward hybrid like CDK.

What's so difficult about that for Pioli to understand? It's like for him 4-3-3 is a forbidden formation!
With 4-2-3-1 Pioli often uses a CM to form a 3atb-rest-defense, so in that regard 1 more CB frees up that midfielder which I think is the reasoning behind it and the hope to build on existing patterns and maybe form a hybrid system in the future.
 

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Just making it a point to underline Tata brought it while those players complaining to him should have been more worried about their own God awful performances.
True, but if they can't stand him (which seems to be the case), his good interceptions here and there change nothing. They don't look like a team at all. Just a bunch of lifeless corpses shown on TV twice a week.
 

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What's wrong with signing Florenzi btw, not even that he is a household name, but he can also go on the lists, is versatile (also one of the few great long shot takers) and that for like 4,5m a year total cost.
A household name that has contributed nothing
 

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Milan's problem when they were leaking goals like crazy in the last games was that the 2 man midfield was being run over. The extra midfielder in 3-5-2 helps with that but the extra defender in 3-5-2 doesn't really help the defence that much and fucks up the wing attack / wing progression.

4-3-3 gives you the extra man in midfield and also keeps the wing attack strong, maybe even a stronger wing attack than 4-2-3-1 as the 2 wingers can be attacking even more in 4-3-3. A 4-3-3 even supports more a winger / forward hybrid like CDK.

What's so difficult about that for Pioli to understand? It's like for him 4-3-3 is a forbidden formation!
the issue i see with a 4-3-3- is leao. if you notice, all teams, everywhere defend with at least a 4-4. the 4-3-3 would require at times, leao to drop back into defence positioning, which he doesnt not do (maybe for the best). that is how you end up with a 4-2-3-1, which is more like a 4-2-2-2, with leao as the 2nd striker that mostly stays on the left.
 

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We have the money. Our revenue is over the 300 m mark for again. 2 seasons in a row. We will likely hit 350 m this season unless we finish out of top 4. Teams like Marseille and all teams in PL below the 6th place have much lower revenue than us but spend much much more. We choose not to spend. Why? No idea... Maybe we have a secret agreement with UEFA as I think we never signed (officially) a settlement agreement. Maybe we have some restrictions still active.

Management can only spend what the owners allow them to spend. Why would Maldini not want to spend? He's not spending his personal money!

The ownership is definitely a problem. At the same time, leaking in 4-5 goals per game is not just because of transfer policy. That's just stupid tactics by the coach.
 
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Management can only spend what the owners allow them to spend. Why would Maldini not want to spend? He's not spending his personal money!

The ownership is definitely a problem. At the same time, leaking in 4-5 goals per game is not just because of transfer policy. That just stupid tactics by the coach.
I didn't say it's Maldini's idea not to spend.
 

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the issue i see with a 4-3-3- is leao. if you notice, all teams, everywhere defend with at least a 4-4. the 4-3-3 would require at times, leao to drop back into defence positioning, which he doesnt not do (maybe for the best). that is how you end up with a 4-2-3-1, which is more like a 4-2-2-2, with leao as the 2nd striker that mostly stays on the left.

There are already 3 mids in 4-3-3. The RW can drop back to make it 4 mids when defending. Leao can stay upfront with the striker.
 

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We have the money. Our revenue is over the 300 m mark again. 2 seasons in a row. We will likely hit 350 m this season unless we finish out of top 4. Teams like Marseille and all teams in PL below the 6th place have much lower revenue than us but spend much much more. We choose not to spend. Why? No idea... Maybe we have a secret agreement with UEFA as I think we never signed (officially) a settlement agreement. Maybe we have some restrictions still active.
Or maybe Gerry is a stingy fuck. Or maybe he spends 500m in the summer.

We'll see come the end of the season. But by then it may be too late if we fall out of top 4.
 

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We have the money. Our revenue is over the 300 m mark again. 2 seasons in a row. We will likely hit 350 m this season unless we finish out of top 4. Teams like Marseille and all teams in PL below the 6th place have much lower revenue than us but spend much much more. We choose not to spend. Why? No idea... Maybe we have a secret agreement with UEFA as I think we never signed (officially) a settlement agreement. Maybe we have some restrictions still active.
You surely dont believe this? The tricks on me right? I missed the /s at the end of your post?
 

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I love reading all this analysis

Before you type your next paragraph take a second to realize Pioli spent a week preparing for the gameplan

Which consisted of a 3 back, defending with 11 players, and Messias at CM

You are putting more effort into posting on this forum than Pioli is making millions at his irl job
 

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Or maybe Gerry is a stingy fuck. Or maybe he spends 500m in the summer.

We'll see come the end of the season. But by then it may be too late if we fall out of top 4.
That 500 (if he has it) is going to buy a share of Liverpool :proud:
 
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