Real Madrid (old thread)

[Chainsaw]

Conveniently left out Robinho. Besides Ibra doesn't drop, no need for him to be lightning fast. And you forget Pato too, and offside king Inzaghi whose positioning makes up for lack of pace.
Thiago Silva is injured but the knockouts are far away (still doubt he'll be back but you never know).

Anyway, I have overstated the counter-attacking case, but you have got to keep in mind that this is the CL and competent tactical, defensive play often wins the day. There's a reason Milan have been so successful in the CL. And they will continue to be good in the knockouts. I don't want to draw them - i'd gladly draw Roma though.

Pato is an inconsistent player and is most of times injured. Robinho is half danger as he's mostly play like a clown. Inzaghi is out for the rest of season. It's only Il Nose that can be a danger though.

Anyhow, You can only play defensive if you have top defenders, DMs and GK. Not AC Milan that their best defender is an aged Nesta. Antonini is a joke, Zambrotta is way passed his prime and Silva's likely replacement Bonera is nothing better than Antonini in being a joke. Let's not even talk about Abbiati.

 

[woobie]

(And that bad defense is still 10 points ahead of you in the league, Nim.)

 

[Sergio]

The way that guy talks its like Inter are 2nd and ready to pounce...

6th. End of discussion.

 

[Chainsaw]

(And that bad defense is still 10 points ahead of you in the league, Nim.)

And Lazio is 7 points ahead and Juve and Napoli 4 points ahead. It's Nima.

The way that guy talks its like Inter are 2nd and ready to pounce...

6th. End of discussion.

When did I talk about Inter now?!!

 

[Sergio]

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Milan is only top of Serie A because Inter is a crappy mood.

 

[Chainsaw]

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Yeah? That was from some posts ago and it's true. I was saying this GREAT Milan is only leading Serie A because of Inter's poor form. They still have alot of holes in their team. Guess you forgot how you were owned by Merda in two matches.

 

[yusuf]

LMAO i guess we underestimated the mental focus u need to win a 6th straight seria A

 

[Ataraxia]

I really don't understand it when people say Pato is inconsistent. He played like 6 matches at most in Serie A this season ... scored 6 goals ( and another two legit ones in Cessena match which were disallowed could have made them 8), who cares if he can't "perform" well in the game consistently, he gets the goals so easily and effortlessly.

 

[Chainsaw]

I really don't understand it when people say Pato is inconsistent. He played like 6 matches at most in Serie A this season ... scored 6 goals ( and another two legit ones in Cessena match which were disallowed could have made them 8), who cares if he can't "perform" well in the game consistently, he gets the goals so easily and effortlessly.

People were saying he is inconsistent base on the whole season not 6 matches.

 

[Ataraxia]

People were saying he is inconsistent base on the whole season not 6 matches.

so he plays all his Serie A matches ( 6 or not it's still a decent string of games) doing well and that is not consistency ? as for last year, he was doing great then got injured went back for a few games scored crucial goals over and over then had more recurrent injuries which left him being subbed in or out games but kept a very impressive scoring record again until he got injured again. For someone who gets that many injuries he's been very consistent. I still think the only reason he is considered inconsistent is because he doesn't always perform well in games ( ie passing well, teamwork, beating opponent) but in the end he scores goal for fun. That is consistent return from him.

 

[Chainsaw]

He's inconsistent to be called a world class striker YET. He fades away in many matches, specially the big ones. Kinda choke. He's talented but you just have to be ready to see some poor performances from him when you expected more from him. That's my view of Pato. In these 2 years when Inter was going to face Milan I was never worry of Pato, because he's still far away to be a deadly player for the oppositions.

 

[Ataraxia]

He's inconsistent to be called a world class striker YET. He fades away in many matches, specially the big ones. Kinda choke. He's talented but you just have to be ready to see some poor performances from him when you expected more from him. That's my view of Pato. In these 2 years when Inter was going to face Milan I was never worry of Pato, because he's still far away to be a deadly player for the oppositions.

That's not what Real Madrid thought last season. Anyway you are basing some of your arguments over the couple poor matches Milan had in CL in which everyone including Ibra "choked".

 

[Chainsaw]

That's not what Real Madrid thought last season. Anyway you are basing some of your arguments over the couple poor matches Milan had in CL in which everyone including Ibra "choked".

No. I've seen many matches that he's nonexistant in the game. That's not what I call world class. I didn't say he's ALWASY chocked in big matches, but you have to expect that from him sometimes. Therefore, inconsistent is the right word.

 

[Beast]

No. I've seen many matches that he's nonexistant in the game. That's not what I call world class. I didn't say he's ALWASY chocked in big matches, but you have to expect that from him sometimes. Therefore, inconsistent is the right word.

That's not what Real Madrid thought last season. Anyway you are basing some of your arguments over the couple poor matches Milan had in CL in which everyone including Ibra "choked".

He's inconsistent to be called a world class striker YET. He fades away in many matches, specially the big ones. Kinda choke. He's talented but you just have to be ready to see some poor performances from him when you expected more from him. That's my view of Pato. In these 2 years when Inter was going to face Milan I was never worry of Pato, because he's still far away to be a deadly player for the oppositions.

Conveniently left out Robinho. Besides Ibra doesn't drop, no need for him to be lightning fast. And you forget Pato too, and offside king Inzaghi whose positioning makes up for lack of pace.
Thiago Silva is injured but the knockouts are far away (still doubt he'll be back but you never know).

Anyway, I have overstated the counter-attacking case, but you have got to keep in mind that this is the CL and competent tactical, defensive play often wins the day. There's a reason Milan have been so successful in the CL. And they will continue to be good in the knockouts. I don't want to draw them - i'd gladly draw Roma though.

Pete: Inzaghi's out for the rest of the season, so you might not want to include him into that list.

And to be fair, despite of Milan still having the guns to compete, I don't they are as dangerous as you make them out to be. Certainly, there have been huge understatements of Milan's current situation, but I still believe we'd be able to edge them. GIVEN we'll face them.

And you forgot Pirlo beef. His assists/through passes are crazy and he would be very good at the counter-attack for them.

Pato is an inconsistent player and is most of times injured. Robinho is half danger as he's mostly play like a clown. Inzaghi is out for the rest of season. It's only Il Nose that can be a danger though.

Anyhow, You can only play defensive if you have top defenders, DMs and GK. Not AC Milan that their best defender is an aged Nesta. Antonini is a joke, Zambrotta is way passed his prime and Silva's likely replacement Bonera is nothing better than Antonini in being a joke. Let's not even talk about Abbiati.

(And that bad defense is still 10 points ahead of you in the league, Nim.)

The way that guy talks its like Inter are 2nd and ready to pounce...

6th. End of discussion.

And Lazio is 7 points ahead and Juve and Napoli 4 points ahead. It's Nima.



When did I talk about Inter now?!!

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I really don't understand it when people say Pato is inconsistent. He played like 6 matches at most in Serie A this season ... scored 6 goals ( and another two legit ones in Cessena match which were disallowed could have made them 8), who cares if he can't "perform" well in the game consistently, he gets the goals so easily and effortlessly.

People were saying he is inconsistent base on the whole season not 6 matches.

http://www.barcaforum.com/showthread.php/25-Serie-A/page295

http://www.barcaforum.com/showthread.php/3847-Inter-Milan/page71

http://www.barcaforum.com/showthread.php/3784-AC-Milan/page48

Thank you

 

[putogusiluz8]

Mourinho saying Arbeloa has won the spot on the right side, and will play there regardless of Sergio Ramos' injury. Could this mean he finally realized Ramos is liability on the right side and he's going to CB?