++ [ originally posted by sateeh ] ++
Everone here just wants the best for the team.
Abt the match, and the stuff u talked abt.
Going into a game like this, with a three man offensive side is just suicide.U saw how the milan midfield played, and they own ower midfield. Playing with three or 5 would jsut be unbalanced. I know that players like alex & mutu would've helped the defense and the midfield but then whoever was going to be upfront was jsut going to be lost between the milan defenders(who were great by the way) and we would be under constant pressure from the milan guys , and would have to revert to the long balls.Eventually we would just be outscored again.
4-3-3 is a very risky formation, and as it wasnt used that much this season, u just cant expect the guy to use it in this kind of game.I know it should've been tested before, but the 4-4-2 was working and if ain't broken why fix it.
Abt chimenti, u just cant change the whole system jsut cause the keeper was changed.Cap had to work with what he had.Its a shame that our 2nd keeper is as poor as he is, but again i dont blame him, he didnt play that much.
U just cant blame tactics cuz in the past we were more competitave in derbies.I didnt see anyone say anything when we just brushed away Inter in their prime(begining of this season) the same way Milan beat us last nite.
The team was complacent and its partly cap's mistake and the players take some of the blame.
u predicted a loss right? did u know that the only goal in the game thats well worked would be ours?Three lucky goals.I wont deny the Milanista faithful that their players played an excellent game.But the goals didnt come cuz of the way they played.U just can't blame the tactics cap had, its the mentality that the players approached the game.It wasn't good enough.
I have to agree abt the improvement abt the flaws, he didnt do that much.The only thing he tried to do is trying out chiellini as well as mutu more and more.
This is a great game, if u doubt it from bouncing back then u dont know this team very well. If its not the next game then its the game after.There is no crisis here.
we dont have to play a 4-3-3 there are other systems we could use 3-5-2,5-3-2,3-4-3 etc etc even a 4-4-2 with a diamond could work,
just try anything else when u see flat 4-4-2 leeds u nowhere,
or at least change some players,use the one on form,sub them if necesary,
there too many options and he is paid milions to find a solution
but he is always coming with the known predictable and failed tactics...
what advantages this tactic offered us?
didnt we reverted to the desperate long balls anyway?
our attack line was cut off, our midfield was wiped out and our defence couldnt resist all this pressure,could this be much worse?
wasnt it the same against Pool last year?
with the 4-3-3 we might risk to loose but even risk to win too,
with 4-4-2 and the players he chooced our failure was certain,
that was prooved in the field more than once,
it was the players fault not to be hungry for the victory with Cap declaring the win in this crucial derby isnt important?
playing our third keeper wasnt Caps fault(our bad luck again) since our first and second got injured but he sould have tried Bonnefoi as third solution or try smth extra defensive our offensive for this game,
we cant have a normal play with such a liabilty,
it was certain we would have conceded a goal,
i cant forgive Chimenti because he just tried,
i could have tried with all my heart if i was in his place but am i keeper for Juve?
u sould have retired or asked not to be played,
whenever we trust our posts on Chimenti we always concede silly goals,
why didnt we loaned away Bonnefoi if we intend to keep him on the bench for ever?
i m not saying that are players are innocent but the gratest part of the blame is capello's,
when a player doesnt play it means its not his day,
when the whole team doesnt play its coaches fault.
can u please make up ur mind if our defeat was just bad luck or our bad play?
I believe luck had i big part in this game,
but we almost never have it against Milan,
we always play against one key player and concede supernatural gols,
thats why we have to be very determined and leave luck no space no make its game,
Cap is praise to give us the winning mentality but he has no fault in the loss?
Caps superior tactics won us the game with Inter but it was the players fault we didnt do the same against Milan and Bayern?