Re: The AC Milan Thread
They need fresh players - their old men can't hack Serie A let alone the Champions League anymore.
Zeem said:
Well this surely will make Milan consider buying new especially young players this summer.
Phrase said:
Time to hang up the boots of some of your players after this defeat.
Abhishek said:
i can't honestly agree with u guys. Galliani and braida sure will have to do something in the next trasfer market window, but it's not about "rebuilding a team"... at least acccording to my idea of "rebuilding".
when i talk about team rebuilding, i mean making serious adjustements to the spine of the team ( the gk, the 2 cbs, the 2 central midfielders, 1 foward).
talking about the gk, yeah, they should really do something :-pp
but talking about the other sectors....
the cb duo (nesta - kaladze) are not that old...... and btw no matter wich is their age...... who should take their place???
i mean yesterday milan was simply outplayed by those u guys like to call "young guns".
but do u think ancelotti would like to trade his cbs with venger's ones?????
the undeniable point is that, no matter how young senderos, tourè and gallas are, kaladze and nesta are on another planet, talking about positioning, technique, awareness, timing, tactical vision, ecc.
i rate a lot gallas and toure (really a lot) but nesta and kaladze are probably the best u can find in europe today (especially if u also consider the magnific chemistry they have, after playing together for so many years).
besides toure and gallas are just 2 years younger than kaladze and nesta
the same goes for the midfield. fabregas and flamini are an AWESOME couple, but honestly do u think they're better than pirlo and gattuso???? andrea and ringhio are probably the best players in the world in their own roles, and they're far from being old.
every time galliani is asked about his transfers strategies he always replies the same way...
"we're not lazy neither cheapskates... we would buy some players if we would be able to find better players than our starters.... but where are theese better players? could u name me a better cb than nesta? or a better playmaker than pirlo? or a better defensive midfielder than gattuso? or a better advanced midfielder than kakà???"
what galliani says is honestly undeniable. milan's spine is still fit and world class and there are no such good players available for transfer in europe.
nontheless sure galliani did many mistakes in the past 2 years. he missed many chances.
infact, even though milan starting 11 is still one of europe's best, they need to work on their backups.
nesta is just unreplacable, but he's also quite injury prone. bonera sure is milan-worthy but he's not enough. i mean look at the european top clubs rosters.... they all have more cbs than milan. 1 good backup cb is not enough for a team who has to face 3 competitions every year.
talking about sidebacks (wich are the only side players in milan's gameplan) oddo and jankulovski are ok, but who are their backups? serginho, cafu and favalli

milan should have tried to get sergio ramos when it was possible to get him. now it isn't anymore, but they could still go for dani alves.... who is not as good and complete as sergio, but still remains one the world's best right back (besides he would be perfect to absolve cafu's duties).
they should also find another left back, but this it's harder, as there are not many good left footed sidebacks in europe...
with ambrosini, pirlo and gattuso they have no problems in midfield, but they should seriously find someone to take seedorf's spot, as he has been pretty unconstant in the last 2 years (gourcouff?).
so it's not about rebuilding a team. but they need to do something for some roles, and sure they need to increase the roster's depth.
with a real goalkeeper, an amauri upfront, (at least) another good cb and 1 more player for the right and left back position, they could still fight for the title in italy.
talking about yesterday's defeat, they lost against one of the european's best clubs, so, tbh, i don't consider this result such an embarassing tragedy.
@ Plan M: it's "Ancelotti", not "Ancelloti"
