Serie A 2022-23

[Power Man]

Is this dude good?

He's an attacking midfielder, I guess Milan isn't 100% convinced by Brahim yet

 

[Evilo]

He's very good IMO. Tall, talented forward.

 

[Eye of Ra]

He reminds me of Zlatan, which is kinda of ironic

 

[gary69]

After that signing, offensively I think Milan aren't that much behind of any team in Europe on their best day with Leao and de Ketelaere on the flanks (obviously their CF is much worse than the absolute top teams).

That said, I'm far less convinced with them as a team when it comes to defensive side of the game. Neither of those guys have been committed defensive players.

Adli (or Brahim Diaz) probably won't be able to do that much defensive work if they play as high on the pitch as anticipated. Not to mantion their group of center forwards.

With Theo Hernandez not being a stalwart defensive player either, I'm afraid they can be exploited on the flanks. It will put enormous pressure on Tonali/Bennacer (or anyone else in that spot) plus the CB's to be great defensively. Maignan also has to make several great saves during the season.

I would be satisfied with Milan finishing 3rd in Serie A and going relatively far in the CL (say QF's) while playing more attractive football than last year, where they had quite a few 1-0 or other narrow wins after stellar defensive work.

 

[Power Man]

He's very good IMO. Tall, talented forward.

Thanks

He reminds me of Zlatan, which is kinda of ironic

Can't be a bad thing, can it?

I would be satisfied with Milan finishing 3rd in Serie A and going relatively far in the CL (say QF's) while playing more attractive football than last year, where they had quite a few 1-0 or other narrow wins after stellar defensive work.

Milan looked promising in a tough CL group last season, they deserved a better outcome

 

[gary69]

Thanks


Can't be a bad thing, can it?


Milan looked promising in a tough CL group last season, they deserved a better outcome

Especially their first match, the Porto matches less so.

 

[Evilo]

After that signing, offensively I think Milan aren't that much behind of any team in Europe on their best day with Leao and de Ketelaere on the flanks (obviously their CF is much worse than the absolute top teams).

That said, I'm far less convinced with them as a team when it comes to defensive side of the game. Neither of those guys have been committed defensive players.

Adli (or Brahim Diaz) probably won't be able to do that much defensive work if they play as high on the pitch as anticipated. Not to mantion their group of center forwards.

With Theo Hernandez not being a stalwart defensive player either, I'm afraid they can be exploited on the flanks. It will put enormous pressure on Tonali/Bennacer (or anyone else in that spot) plus the CB's to be great defensively. Maignan also has to make several great saves during the season.

I would be satisfied with Milan finishing 3rd in Serie A and going relatively far in the CL (say QF's) while playing more attractive football than last year, where they had quite a few 1-0 or other narrow wins after stellar defensive work.

Adli apparently impressing, which is good to hear.

 

[gary69]

Adli apparently impressing, which is good to hear.

Yeah, he certainly is the first choice for ACM position now.

Who knows how the season unfolds though. Last year, Diaz was great for the first few months, then fell off.

 

[Power Man]

Especially their first match, the Porto matches less so.

You are right, they struggled vs Porto

 

[Savi]

with Leao and de Ketelaere on the flanks

He reminds me of Zlatan, which is kinda of ironic

Okay so De Ketelaere is not a winger nor is he a striker. He did play both positions (along several others lol) for Brugge at times because when he first broke through our coach kinda used him everywhere on the pitch because he's got so many tools and is so intelligent. But by now its clear that his best position is probably the 9.5 or 10 so as a playmaker or behind a striker. I would say the best comparison is probably Havertz.

 

[gary69]

Okay so De Ketelaere is not a winger nor is he a striker. He did play both positions (along several others lol) for Brugge at times because when he first broke through our coach kinda used him everywhere on the pitch because he's got so many tools and is so intelligent. But by now its clear that his best position is probably the 9.5 or 10 so as a playmaker or behind a striker. I would say the best comparison is probably Havertz.

Yeah, I'd think he wil play a sort of an inside forward for Milan like Leao. If Milan would put him behind the striker in the middle of the pitch, then certainly Milan have no use for both Adli & Diaz (not to mention some other players).

With the Milan strategy, it seems that the best place for a player looking to score or contribute offensively is on the flanks (outside of the more static lesser players on CF spots).

I think he will start in the right forward position.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Okay so De Ketelaere is not a winger nor is he a striker. He did play both positions (along several others lol) for Brugge at times because when he first broke through our coach kinda used him everywhere on the pitch because he's got so many tools and is so intelligent. But by now its clear that his best position is probably the 9.5 or 10 so as a playmaker or behind a striker. I would say the best comparison is probably Havertz.

In the games i saw him, he played as a forward. He is tall, lanky and good technical skills. Kind of reminded me of a young Zlatan.

 

[N o o d l e s]

So Raspadori is basically trying to force a move to Napoli and has already agreed terms but ADL is holding firm over $10 million which is probably going to result in him going to Juve. Fun.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[bluesfan94]

Not that I'm not sympathetic to the difficulties of losing key players for a month in the middle of the season, but this seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face, and can't be well received by the African players currently there (Osimhen, Ounas, Anguissa).

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

AFCON should be during the summer. Find a way to play the games in cooler parts of the continent, all the games at night, or in indoor stadiums in the Gulf states.

 

[bluesfan94]

AFCON should be during the summer. Find a way to play the games in cooler parts of the continent, all the games at night, or in indoor stadiums in the Gulf states.

Not sure why some African nations shouldn’t be able to host or have a normal tournament just because of European leagues.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

AFCON should be during the summer. Find a way to play the games in cooler parts of the continent, all the games at night, or in indoor stadiums in the Gulf states.

The Gulf states? They’re not in Africa

Not sure why some African nations shouldn’t be able to host or have a normal tournament just because of European leagues.

To be fair these clubs pay their salaries. I can see an argument for it

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Not sure why some African nations shouldn’t be able to host or have a normal tournament just because of European leagues.

Then don’t use players from Europe. Clubs pay their salaries.

The Gulf states? They’re not in Africa

But it’s right near Africa and it’s a neutral location with those types of stadiums. It would be equivalent to a Copa America in the USA.

 

[bluesfan94]

National teams pay the players too.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Then don’t use players from Europe. Clubs pay their salaries.



But it’s right near Africa and it’s a neutral location with those types of stadiums. It would be equivalent to a Copa America in the USA.

That was a one off and connembol does this to include more teams in the tournament since SA doesn’t have many teams to participate. This isn’t an issue for Afcon. You’re talking about having a continental tournament move full time into another continent.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

National teams pay the players too.

They don't pay their salaries. They compensate them for their time, not pay them years-long contract.

 

[gary69]

Should Juve be worried? They got trashed 4-0 by Atletico week before start of the season, Morata hattrick. Looks like they were playing close to first choice line-up.

 

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[gary69]

Some sloppy defending, but Milan start their title defence with 4-2 win over Udinese. Rebic with two goals.

Liked Brahim Diaz effort and skill in the match. Sub debuts for Origi and De Ketelaere. Latter played sometimes deep, but largely in middle of the pitch. Showed some nice playmaking skills and passing.

Another Belgian sub Saelemakers showed his typical sparkplug performance, but also his usual lack of finish and no general end product.