Tuesday Milan Musings
By: Gianfranco | February 10th, 2009As much as I want to write a rousing post match recap of a meaningless friendly, I have to come clean here and say this game meant absolutely nothing to me. The scheduling was poor, a few days before the derby, and when your favorite team puts more Milan players on the Brazilian side than the Italian side it disheartens me a bit to say the least. I have to yet to watch the match in it’s entirety and will probably do so shortly, as of right now, but with the few things I have read, it was not good.
I can’t thank Lippi enough for WC06, but the man has to admit he had the planets aligned for that unforgettable victory. As for moving forward, he needs to change, sure he had an unbeaten run up to today, but seeing that we are almost a year away from WC10, hard to believe, this team is clearly stuck standing still. Lippi’s leash will be long and it is hard to see him not last until WC10, but the lackluster form of the Azzurri has me a bit alarmed.
But I don’t want to dwell, and once I get the whole match viewing I may have a few words to add, but right now my mind has one focus, and that is the Derby!
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GF, why so much respect for Donadoni?! What has he done to merit you wanting him over Leonardo?
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SURELY the criteria for any potential candidate to take over such as illustrious club as ours must be:
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Avia, I am with you, my respect for the Don comes from his commtiment to the Club. Even when he left Italy to come to MLS, he was commited to Milan and returned to be a huge help to the team even at that age. Reminds a bit of Becks! But the Don has always proved that this club means something to him, even with his Azzuri call ups, Ambrosini may not have gotten chance with anyone else, but he certainly did deserve it! Remeber all the key goals he scored last year, and what about the previous year when he single handledly assured our domestic success. The Don is a keen judge of talent, but he also seems to be stern on his decisions which may be helpful in the Fester/Berlu camp, sure he has alot to learn tactically but so does Leonardo!
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Leonardo sure does have a good eye 4 young talent. after all he did bring us kaka’ and pato
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guys wat abt barcelona’s pep guardiola?? he was the coach of B team…look how he has transformed the team…the team has such a great chemistry that everyone fears them now. i agree they have messi..but listen this was the almost the same team last year for them…ronnie came out and alves went in…i guess leonardo could be great..i know this job requires someone more experienced..but think abt barcelona again…
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As much as i knock Carlo, i never for a second forget what he has achieved and the great moments we have all reveled in.
I just want someone who will come along and build on what was achieved by Carlo and with someone like Leo, i truly dont feel that will happen.
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Syed – good point, i did allude to the same thing once before.
Pep, like Baresi & Evani, is a player who after retiring from playing made his way into coaching the youth sides of his former club.
But so did guys like Tony Adams (recently sacked) and Southgate @ Middleborough (likely 2b sacked??).
The ‘Pep’ effect is a rare thing however, im sure that more explayers turned coaches dont do as well.
What about Scolari?? Dont we need another Brazilian??
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Ooops!
Just thought, Adams & Southgate didnt coach the youth sides of their formers teams but went onto coach totally different teams.
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Avia..exactly….we need a coach who is more dynamic in thinking…mixes youth with experience perfectly well…for instance look at flamini in the last match..he played brilliantly…but i dont think so he will be played in the next match..and instead ambrosinni who played at below par performance will be played…soo what does the young player do??
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Syed – sometimes i throw up my hands in disbelief when i see what Milan is doing.
Flamini is a perfect example of this. Every1 here knows what a beast he was at Arsenal, i have a mate who is a Gunner and he now watches Milan matches with me just to see how he’s getting on and we are both totally lost with whats going on the ex gunner.
Someone here (unfairly imo) said that Flamini had a golden ticket at Arsenal, but you just have to look at how weakassed the Arsenal mid is now without Flamini (& Hleb). Fabregas isnt shining without the likes of Flamini backing up him but we just dont seem to get the best out of him.
In my eyes as soon as Rino went out injured you HAD to throw Flamini on in his place, there should be no question about it. He virtually ran out of Arsenal to come join us so lets repay the guy!!
Come on this is Milan, it dont matter if he played good or bad in the previous match as thats not apparently how we base our squad selection (just look at how many times dorf & Pirlo have been given the nod this year).
I would rather see Flamini become a regular at the expense of Seedorf (AND dare i even say it) Ambro!!!!
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AVIA- you are absolutely rite..is that how our coach is or maybe its the way italian football is?? instead of replacing gatuso with flamini…we play beckham…i know he has been performing really well and i have my full respect for him…and now we are trying to convince LA galaxy to make it a permanent move….so if he stays next year…our midfield will litrally be…backs-pirlo-ambro/gatuso..no flamini….and i think this will also demotivate the likes of gourcuff to return to our ssquad….
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This might sound a little simplistic buuuuuuut here goes;
If you consider how much Carlo is determined to stick to his system then why not sub Dino for Kaka, Flamini for Rino, Becks for Pirlo whenever any of the regulars are injured, suspended or looking like they need a rest??
I naively thought this was what we were gonna do when we signed the 3 new players.
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As for Becks, im all for keeping him.
Im just getting ready to watch the Spain/England match and even tho he’s not starting im looking forward to seeing him come in at some point.
He’s one of us now! Forza Becks, Forza! lol
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lol, just watched John Terry give an interview with regards to Capello and he said that once you make a mistake in training that Capello is on you instantly, shouting and constantly pressuring the players regardless if you were a regular or just called up for the first time!
A fear has been instilled into the once pampered England squad.
I would rather see that @ Milan than Seedorf hugging Carlo!
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i believe capello is the best coach in the world right now. and one of the best in history, the guy is Fucking good. he will get the job done whether you like it or not, you just have to trust him.
avia, its not all hugs, Seedorf yelling and giving it to his boss Carlo!! that was just…messed up.
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Gianfranco, I have to take you up on this ’style’ thing. Milan has been the most stylish team in Europe, apart from Barcelona, in the last 5 years. Even in the Sacchi/Capello era they played magical football as well as being ruthlessly effecient and ‘modern’ when needs be.
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Fet – my fave was in the last derby when Rino was stood a metre away from Carlo and they were both screaming abuse at each other.
Rino has just fouled some1 and the ref actually waited till the lovers tiff was finished before giving Rino a yellow, hilarious!
But i would rather have a coach the squad is afraid of.
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btw I didn’t mean ’style’ as in Armani suites.
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A., in that sense, i think we still are the most stylish team. but we have dolce and gabbana suits, not armani.
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right…
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yep Beckham totally useless as usual for England, the same one-trick pony routine with the cross-field pass to the left winger and no movement. yawn. at least there’s some possibility of his crosses connecting with the 9 foot tall crouch but sadly not with Milan’s Pato…ah well, bring on the Derby
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Kaka wears Armani, which is why he wasn’t allowed to take part in the Dolce and gabbana shoot, but anyways Nesta fully trains today and will take a place on the bench come Sunday according to France Football and Calcio Mercato i think it was…if true thats great! and considering our woes at the back I’d start him immidiately.
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Gian, u got mail.
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Gian, you’ve got more mail. haha
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if i was the coach i wouldn’t start nesta…only due to the lack of match fitness…risking him in the derby might prove to be a huge gamble with bad consequences…however if we think at half time that we are in a good position to win the game…then i think it would be a good idea to give him some match practise….its the derby and i dont think so we can say at any point during the game that we are in a good position to win….only time will tell..
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