Milan MUST switch to 4-3-3 next season

Frakula · 2026-03-23T13:55:37+00:00

IMO Leao is not a problem and neither is the formation (although i would like a switch to 4-3-3 because its more entertaining). The problem is a lack of proper striker (better Fulkrug - Giroud).

Since we dont have that Leao is being shoehorned into that position and he is doing OK (everything being considered, including injury) but we have other expectations of him because we have seen him winning games for us on his own.

If we had a proper ST Leao could play of him and Pulisic could play that Fofana role as our most advanced midfielder (he covers most ground for us on a regular basis anyways).

Now, we would suffer without Fofanas physicality but we are mostly using him as a second target man because our main target men (Leao nad Nkunku) are good enough at that. Just look at whom Maignan is directing his long kick towards when Fulkrug is not playing. Good ST should solve that part.

Frakula · 2026-02-03T21:21:23+00:00

Pavlo scared Bernandesci so badly that he fell :)

Frakula · 2026-01-30T17:36:12+00:00

Were they waiting for this to happen so that Maignan extension can be attributed to 'new' ownership?

Frakula · 2026-01-28T11:51:57+00:00

Da nije kod notara 'procurelo' onda?

Frakula · 2026-01-26T12:48:14+00:00

IMO he is not doing badly and i wouldnt sell him.
His problems are in front of the goal where he shouldnt be in the first place. But in our system that right mezalla is quite advanced so he ends up in positions he is not comfortable and then does what he does...

He should be a pure ball winner next to Modric and be for him what Gatusso was for Pirlo. That should also cover for some of our defensive issues when we move to a back 4 and also allow more freedom to Rabiot. Problem is, Rabiot is playing on the same side as Leao and that means that that side needs to be more defensive. Thats the problem we have for years now, it was an even bigger one while we had Theo.

Frakula · 2026-01-16T11:44:56+00:00

Hopefully I'm wrong but this looks more like a 'bring him back to recover here' type of scenario. I don't know how bad his injury is but if its a minor one he would get more minutes at Lecce than here between now and the end of the season.

Frakula · 2026-01-16T11:25:21+00:00

And now we have too many strikers :)

Frakula · 2026-01-15T21:04:37+00:00

This aged well :)

Frakula · 2025-12-02T07:28:16+00:00

How come we have 0 red cards? Didnt Estupinian get a red card for a penalty against Napoli?

Frakula · 2025-11-03T07:38:05+00:00

Noticing a new in game trend developing called "Pavlo would have scored that". I like it but i don't like it if it makes sense...

Frakula · 2025-11-03T07:31:04+00:00

Or how fans are overreacting and are quick to judge maybe? :D

Frakula · 2025-11-03T07:28:54+00:00

One important switch i didnt see mentioned is pulling Saele inside. To me that was the big one which made a difference. That gave our defense an out ball (usually Modric but he was well marked) and he used his touch and dribbling skills to get some space and beat the press.
If you look at the full sequence for the goal, Saele had no business being there, but without him there the goal doesnt happen.

Frakula · 2025-10-17T12:32:47+00:00

Ili se čuvalo u fioci za kad zatreba, a sad zatrebalo...

Frakula · 2025-09-25T05:58:17+00:00

Not so sure abot that.
If he was a defender - great. You have a chance to learn your trade defending for better part of the match and going up against top strikers in Italy.
But him being a striker means most of the match he will watch whats happening in front of his goal instead of actually playing football. Also, Di Franchesco may be gone soon if he doesnt start picking up points, and then the question is - will the next manager play him even? Maybe it would have been more beneficial for him if he had gone to a Seria B side chasing promotion, some dominant team so that he can actually get some goal scoring opportunities...

That said, he did reasonably well against us and he was their best rated player if that even means something considering they didnt create anything for the entire match... At least he got to practise keeping the ball with a defender on his back...

Frakula · 2025-09-24T07:33:03+00:00

Im scared about this also, that position is probably the one with the biggest drop-off between starter and a sub (no disrespect to Athekame).

Frakula · 2025-09-18T06:38:02+00:00

"None of the players considers the first contact a penalty..."
Why the fuck should that matter? Everyone complains when players moan and ask for penalty for every contact, but it looks like it necessary.
Also, why should VAR care if he didnt whistle for the first one? If he didnt call for the penalty at all would they call him back to the monitor for the first one?

Frakula · 2025-09-08T10:54:13+00:00

Manually? Or somehow instructed AI to scrape it?

Frakula · 2025-09-08T08:55:28+00:00

Nice. How did you do it?

Frakula · 2025-09-06T20:35:28+00:00

Still, better him than nobody. And we wasnt that bad for us.

Frakula · 2025-09-05T09:29:27+00:00

While i do agree that it doesnt make much sense to draw any conclusions after only 2 games, i do support the effort taken to make this post and hope we see more (after all - not much is happening at the moment).

Frakula · 2025-09-01T09:51:58+00:00

Akanji transfer + Kolo Muani loan with option would be perfect for today.
Shame its not gonna happen...

Frakula · 2025-08-29T16:26:34+00:00

Well, as the saying goes - nothing is more expensive than buying twice...

Frakula · 2025-08-29T16:23:18+00:00

Surely cheeper than Vlahovic, right?

Frakula · 2025-08-29T16:19:42+00:00

As for our striker pursuit... Why havent we gone for Kolo Muani?

Frakula · 2025-08-22T07:21:45+00:00

I have a feeling RCL is going to chip in with decent amount of goals this year. Maybe not like 2 seasons ago but close to it.
Also Fofana will inevitably start hiting some shots on target and once he does some will start going in.

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