Davy & Chin Talk A.C Milan Weekly
Davy & Chin Talk A.C Milan Weekly
Davy & Chin Discuss AC Milan's New Signings' Impact and Future Prospects in Serie A and Europe
Can AC Milan's latest recruits shake up the Serie A standings, or will tactical missteps hold them back? Join us as we dissect the thrilling 1-1 draw between AC Milan and Inter Milan, where luck and resilience were the order of the day for the Rossoneri. The drama at San Siro unfolded with near-misses and disallowed goals, raising questions about Milan's midfield dynamics and the crucial role of newcomers like Kyle Walker in fortifying the defense. We navigate the tensions and confrontations that simmered on and off the pitch, shedding light on the strategic pivots manager Conceição might need to make.
Explore the intricacies of Milan's transfer market moves and what they mean for the club's future. At 25, Jao Felix brings technical prowess to the squad, but can he consistently deliver under pressure? We'll also consider Ricardo Sottil's pace and potential, examining how these talents can be integrated effectively into Milan's existing lineup. With a spotlight on midfield concerns, we ponder whether the team's latest acquisitions can balance creativity with the physical demands of Serie A, offering fresh perspectives for strategic gameplay.
As we assess Milan's current season trajectory under Conceição, compared to the previous era under Fonseca, anticipation builds for upcoming fixtures. Hear our predictions for potential successes in competitions like the Coppa Italia and Champions League, and the ongoing battle for a top-four finish in Serie A. With insights into player transitions, including Bennacer's move to Olympique Marseille and Morata's Galatasaray switch, we explore the squad's evolving dynamics and the continuity offered by stalwarts like Jovic. Get ready for an insightful discussion on AC Milan's future, as we look ahead to their next challenge against Roma.
The Rossoneri Renaissance is complete After 11 years. Once again, Milan are the champions of Italy. It's they who wear the crown for the 2021-22 season. Hello everyone, this is Dave and Chin. Talk Milan, and we are back again, Chin. What's up, bro? How are you man?
Speaker 2:I'm good Dave.
Speaker 1:How are you Been a while, I know man. A lot has happened since the last time we spoke. Huh Yep.
Speaker 2:It's a lot of events in Milan World. Milan Derby, champions League loss I think the first one in like what five games, as well as all the transfer window dealings. A lot has been happening in the Milan world.
Speaker 1:No doubt about it. But yeah, you know what? The best place to start is actually the game that happened yesterday. Let's just take it from there first Milan versus Inter, the Milan derby at the San Siro yesterday. Milan drew 1-1 with Inter. It was a very entertaining game. End-to-end Milan-Druonguangu Inter was a very entertaining game. End to end. We needed a little bit of luck to get out of that game. Honestly speaking, chin, what's your thoughts on that game though?
Speaker 2:You just nailed it. It was a fun game. The good thing is we didn't lose the game Milan needed. Did you say a little bit of luck? We needed a lot of luck Inter-Milan. For some reason, the way they create chances against AC Milan, no matter the game always too easy it's almost as if they know exactly what they need to do to create chances. They had three posts, three posts in one game, and how many disallowed goals At least two to three disallowed goals.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Like it was just incredible. But yeah, I think, after that game yesterday it's funny how these things work out right After that game yesterday, I think the Milan management realized we have to make all these deals go through. A lot of players have to leave the team because they're not helping right, exactly.
Speaker 2:That game yesterday showed them a lot in terms of how far they are behind Inter. Even though we've beaten Inter twice this year, it still shows sometimes. I know I didn't realize that for Fana, for instance, right, it didn't occur to me that he wasn't playing, but his absence was felt in the middle of the park as well.
Speaker 1:Immensely, yeah, immensely, and, honestly speaking, let's just take some time and just quickly talk about this game a little bit Before we go. Let's just take some time and just talk about this game a little bit Before we talk about the other main stuff happening. Going to this game, I think there was a lot of tension regarding the bust-up between Calabria and Conceição. That took the media attention for a few days, everybody talking about how unprofessional this and all that, all the stuff that was circling around Milan and, in all honesty, and I understand, like what happened between Constant and Calabria shouldn't have happened, right, but anyways, leading to that game, calabria was already out on its way.
Speaker 1:Walker, just you know, about to get of tension going into that game and construing the fact that we need the game, like we need the points. Inter needs the points as well. So it's more of a big challenge for us. But when I saw the lineup, actually and I've been saying this for a long time, right, I'm like the reason why Inter always run us over in all these derbies is because of the fact that the quality of our team, right, is still not yet there. You know what I'm saying. For the first time, we paraded a very strong defensive unit against Inter yesterday and having Kawaka, for example, tomori.
Speaker 2:Pavlovich Sorry, you didn't finish your thought. And did he help you? What did he help you?
Speaker 1:He helped you Chin chin, chin, wait, wait, wait. The thing is, if you want to talk about why we suffered yesterday, I can tell you that the midfield plays a huge role in that game yesterday. We both know it. Now, come on, man, we both know it, midfield played a huge role in that game yesterday and that's what happened. But talking about our defense, like the pace, the power, the intensity that we've been missing in all this derby, those guys produced it yesterday and this is what I want to see from our defense going forward. What's your thought about the defensive line of best city?
Speaker 2:Well, I thought Kyle Walker had a great game. You know all things. Considering his first game, it happens to be against the Tamilian at the San Siro, right. So I thought Pavlovich was okay, teoich was okay, teo was his normal Teo. He bumped forward a few times, right yeah but overall, to your point, there's more to Milan's instability than just the defenders, the midfielders. The midfielders do not help this squad at all, like, not against Rinders, but I think Rinders, benacer and then if you take out Fofana from that.
Speaker 2:It just makes it almost impossible to help any way, shape or form defensively. No leg, exactly. But what surprises me is Inter Milan. Inter Milan only has Mkhitaryan, hakan and Barella, and somehow they have more leg than Milan.
Speaker 1:Well, if you look at it, though, in terms of power and pace and intensity, like these three guys you mentioned, like can do way better than Tijana, reinders and Benassi. You know what I'm saying, like when it comes to like going to the door and stuff like that. Butit Mitterrand is one of those players that he's like Modric. Don't say he's old, he's not old.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the long and short of it is that Milan didn't look. We tried we scored an okay goal, but it was a mistake by the goalkeeper. I didn't think we did. We had a lot of too many clear-cut opportunities as much as Inter Milan did right and luckily we got the point. I've told you before Milan's priority should just be top four. You kept saying they could finish third or second. Inter Milan are fighting for the league. They will feel more disappointed, but luckily for them, napoli drew with Roma. So it doesn't feel that bad, right, if you feel like a good point, because he actually got the point the very last minute of the game right, which is a little disappointing for milan because all the things that led to that last that goal could have been avoided. But then, yeah, it's okay like, but then that's and that's where.
Speaker 1:That's where inexperience plays a huge role, too right, if, if you look at it, players like Jimenez, for example.
Speaker 2:Okay, but he tried to.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, I mean, you can't blame him, he's a kid.
Speaker 2:Someone pressured him from behind and probably even nudged him a little bit, and you know what in all?
Speaker 1:honesty. If that was still right, if that was still in that position, you know what he would obviously do.
Speaker 2:He would have moved and got to the foul, yeah exactly.
Speaker 1:He would just drag the ball to the flank and probably just go and commit himself to one of those fouls and stuff and that's it.
Speaker 2:And again just delayed.
Speaker 1:He panicked and it was in his exactly. Even so, there was a ball that was a pass he was supposed to give to Chukwuzi right, and also I think he panicked as well. Again, these are the inexperiences that played a huge role yesterday. To be honest, at the end of the day, I think 1-1 is a fair result for both teams. What's your thought?
Speaker 2:I agree.
Speaker 2:I don't know if Inter Milan will feel aggrieved, but I think it's okay, I can understand Because they played very well and they also came out very determined not to lose right, because this is the difference between them and this Milan team. Milan comfortably lost six straight times in the derby to Inter. Inter could not take losing twice in a row to Milan. They had to give a lot right but luckily they ended the draw. But that's fine. Like I said, it's one of those things where the result of the game doesn't really change much for Milan. I'm actually more excited looking at the transfer window and seeing if they can make a run and finish top four. Because Milan is doing all this transfer this January? Because they are worried that they may end up missing top four.
Speaker 1:And I think it shows their ambition right, even though most of the time they don't know what they're doing in all honesty. And I think it shows the ambition right, even though most of the time they don't know what they're doing in all honesty. But again, if you want to talk about the midfield for a little bit, right, because I know, like the new players they brought in, for example, like Jao Felix right Coming in in the last minute and Bondo as well coming for Monza, right Talking about that midfield yesterday like I feel like we need more physicality in that midfield. We need that sort of stationary midfielder. You know what I mean. So, looking at someone like Bondo, for example, I think we'll fit into that position.
Speaker 1:The question is, jao Felix is coming in. If we have a player like Jao Felix right coming in, who is an attacking midfielder, right, I feel like then we should just probably go back to our regular of U have 4-2-1-3. You know what I mean. Then you have like Jean-Charles Felix playing as an attacking midfielder and Pulisic playing in the right and Rafael Llao playing in the left, that sort of balance.
Speaker 2:I really like the Jean-Charles Felix signing. I was surprised to actually see that he's only 25 years old, Because he's been playing football for a long time. Now you forget that he's actually only 25, right, so I do like it. He's actually a very, very good player. In fact, in terms of technical ability, he might be maybe one or number two on Milan in terms of actual technical ability. On a good day, he might be our best player all of a sudden. I'm not kidding, Because he's actually really technically gifted. The unfortunate thing is that it's just like Rafael Leal Very technically gifted, but you know, consistency is a problem for him. But when he's happy Because I've seen him happy at Barcelona he can deliver right. He can look very, very sharp. This is basically what we've been crying out for, you and I.
Speaker 2:Zidane is an attacking midfielder. He's a very, very good attacking midfielder, second striker that can help you contribute some goals, but his creativity will help this team a lot. Now all you need to do to point add that Mithild power, I think if you have what's his name. The only problem is there are some teams you play. You can't play Reinders, Jao Felix and then Fofana Like. It will not work Because basically they overrun you. But Reinders will not stop anybody, trust me. And for Fader, sometimes his lack of discipline puts him out of position.
Speaker 1:And one thing I like about one thing I like about Consestau is, even though, like he's, more of you know, an attacking minded coach, right, he's also the kind of coach that is not. He doesn't hesitate when he has to make those changes to maybe either, you know, pack guys and defend and defend. You know what I mean. For example, like in that entire game yesterday, the way he brought in, like Demgabia, you know, just like trying to, like you know, be a little bit defensive if he has to which is the way I'm thinking.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so he's the guy that he will get the result easily too.
Speaker 1:He'll do whatever to win Exactly, yeah, so so if John Felix is not working as an attacking midfielder in some games he might probably just switch it around and look for other options. You know what I mean, and I think that's a good thing. Like compared to like, for example.
Speaker 2:The other good thing about John Felix is you can use him as a false nine as well, which, if you ask me, it's okay. Well, I can't say that, because you know how they were trying to use Morata as a false nine. That would be better for John Felix. Remember how Fonseca was trying to use Morata?
Speaker 1:Yeah, but the thing is, I don't see John Felix playing for us now because of his physical ability. Serie A is different. You know, Serie A is a more compact league, Like if you want to play, you need a typical striker.
Speaker 2:So when we play all those teams, the team that will sit back and ask Milan to break them down. Honestly, I think that's where you see the value of John Felix For men. If we use that midfield, three of Felix, reinders and Fafana playing Tamilan Subotilo.
Speaker 1:I can, imagine.
Speaker 2:I can imagine I can imagine there are teams you don't try that with, Like you know.
Speaker 1:But I'm actually quite happy, I'm really. But the thing is, though, like I think at the end of the day right it's gonna be this guy will have to adjust the way he plays for fana because, like the way we play very high up the pitch, right, if we're not going to be using a stationary midfielder, like bondo, for example, and you have to play Fofana and Thierry and Reinders together, but you cannot bench Reinders though. That's the thing. That's what I'm saying. You can't bench Reinders, which means that you have to. You should have Félix and Reinders and you have Fofana. That means that Fofana has to be the one sitting back, like most. He's the kind of player that like to move around the midfield. No, he's the bottom midfielder, exactly, yeah. So, anyway, we'll be interested to see how Constance South play this out. That's the thing. And also we had we signed this guy too as well Ricardo Sotil from Fiorentina oh god, gvt.
Speaker 2:Gvt is signing Nico, nico Gonzalez, who we have by side Sotil. Sotil is a good player, though Sure Go ahead tell me why you think he's a good player.
Speaker 1:He has pace, he has the burst, he's the kind of player that has a sort of similar style, like in terms of carrying the ball in the flank. Like Rafael Leal, he's a more direct player. That's the kind of player he is Like. He's very injury prone. That one I know for sure. I think he's going to be a good addition, and he's Italian too. Don't, don't, that's an advantage. I was going to say that part. That's the only.
Speaker 2:Thing that basically makes it make any sense. Are you serious? The guy has played 18 games. We are complaining that Milan players cannot score goals and then here we are signing more Italian players that cannot score goals, dave. Now let's be realistic. Let's be realistic see. Fiorentina should not be loaning players. I know Fiorentina should not be loaning players to Milan. I don't even understand, but let's see. Let's see, maybe a change, maybe a change of scenery will help you.
Speaker 1:This is the problem with Willa Fats. You don't want players from Italy, you don't have a big player from elsewhere. I've been complaining that they're not adapted to the league. Ricardo Sutil has been in Syria for a while. Bongo has been in Syria for a while, I mean.
Speaker 2:Bondo sorry has been in Syria for a while. How long is it? Wow, isn't he only 20 years old?
Speaker 1:No, he's been playing. He's been in Israel for a long time, though, Ricardo Sutil no, not Sutil, he's spent like three years. He's spent three years with Monza. Okay, so like, and these are the players that we need. I just feel like the kind of model that Milan adopted right, they've tried to use to, the business model we used last season didn't really work in terms of bringing players from all sorts of Europe, Players with high potential, but they've not really experienced Serie A before and they really struggled. You know what I mean. Even down to this season, some of them are still struggling. Now let's talk about a couple of our exits. Right, what's your thought on Okafor going to Napoli?
Speaker 2:I liked Okafor when he came to Milan, but unfortunately, I don't know, I just feel like he never really rested right. He reminded me of the time we signed Jan-Peter Haga.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Like similar stuff. Very talented, you know he's very good, but then somehow there's a way. There's some things that happen to people at Milan that I don't know what it is. Okafor at least, we had some moments with him, Haga not so much. Okafor is still a good player what really happened?
Speaker 1:nobody. His decline is just very weird, like what really happened when Fonseca came, fonseca tried to even use in my head of Rafaela, have you forgotten?
Speaker 2:yeah, it's injuries. You don't know how much injuries impact these players, especially in-season injuries. Right, then you have to recover and then you have to now catch pace and then, if you're basically like him, maybe he's not as driven as a lot of guys are. Right, like a lot of people, they have injury and then they over-rehab. Or maybe him is the kind of guy that wants to take it easy. Injuries are not great, but I think you would do. I think you'd do okay at napoli okay, let's talk about benacer.
Speaker 2:It's my benacer as well you know, on his way out, that's the one that really hurt me so personally. Why? Because I like benacer. He's not the one that I told you that this is how his career ends. He said no, he's recovering from injury I know he'll be fine.
Speaker 1:I told you this is my thought on Ben Ase. The demand you know from him is just a little bit too high, considering the fact that he's just returning from injury and you know how Milan is in terms of the level, you know, and how the season has been us and what concessa wants. When I said to do, I don't think he really has that body right now. He's at that level anymore. You know what I mean. Like it's just too much for him.
Speaker 1:Like, when I say it's no, I'm not used to being, I say misplacing passes the way he's he's been doing recently. You know what I mean. I'm not, I'm not, I'm not used to being. I say like, for example, you see, the decision is making sometimes try to, like you know, be a little bit more conservative in terms of, you know, going forward. I'm like what's going on with this guy, you know, and again, I feel like the intensity and the pressure is too much for him and that's more is why I think Olympique Marseille is the best option for him. I don't forget that most of option to buy, so there's a possibility of them being returned.
Speaker 2:So with Benassir, right, I'm actually happy he went to Marseille, because I actually like watching Marseille, Me too, with our future coach, with our future coach, or that should have been our coach, right. So I like that idea because you actually, you know, get less pressure from you know, away from Milan, from you know, away from Milan, maybe he will recover to full fitness. It's France, the, what's it called, algerians and the you know North African guys like French League, right. So you'll be okay. And then, to your point, if he does so well, milan can go and get him back, I guess, and say they don't want, but Marcelo can as well sign him.
Speaker 2:But it's just unfortunate that it's unfortunate to see all these people leave Milan, right, calabria himself and so on and so forth. Those are actually quite personal for me because you know, I've complained about some of them every week and then some of them I've praised, you know, beyond normal, right, morata's own is basically, you know the, you know the Simpson meme where he walks into the bar and then turns, drops his hat, walks around and then walks back out. That was Morata, basically. So that doesn't bother me much.
Speaker 1:You know, honestly, right from the start that Morata signing, I wasn't really confident about it because, again, I know what a typical Milan striker is required from a Milan striker. I don't think Morata has it. In all honesty, morata to me would have been more of a squad player, in all honesty, than him being a main striker. That's just how I see it and I'm glad he realised it really quick and left for Galatasaray. What's your thought on Santiago Jimenez Chin?
Speaker 2:My thought is that I don't think he's very, very experienced, right? Yeah, I feel the same. I feel the same. Yeah, you go from Mexican League, which it's a high-pressure league, no doubt, but quality level is obviously not the same as in Europe. Then you go to the Dutch League. Of all the European leagues, to be honest, I don't know like maybe between the Dutch League and the French League, one of the two of them have to be battling for the worst ones in the top five, six leagues in Europe. So the point I'm trying to make is that he hasn't been tested, like he hasn't been tested, and it scares me because then he goes to milan.
Speaker 2:milan is baptizing by fire exactly a lot, right, yeah, and it's not like one of those situations where you say this guy is a prolific goal scorer, like harland, that every stage of his life he has just scored goals. He just basically had a couple of good, good seasons, right, and then milan is taking a gamble on him, but it's a gamble worth taking, if you ask me, because we really needed a striker like that and he's young as well.
Speaker 1:And, in all honesty, I know you laugh at me for saying this, though, but I'm just happy that Jovic is still around. Oh my God, to be honest.
Speaker 2:Why.
Speaker 1:Cheat, cheat. You see, this is calculated, it's a calculated risk. I know that if this Simeone doesn't work out well because of the fact that, again, this is going to be his first season in Serie A, so I'm not really going to be expecting to be coming in as current 12, 13 goals in half a season, but your boy, tami Abraham, is still there.
Speaker 2:What are you happy about Jovic for?
Speaker 1:Jovic is the only like legit goal scorer that we have left in that team. Let's be real, to be honest. So how come Tammy Abraham plays ahead of him? Because what Tammy offers is different and Jovic has been injured so he's not really fully fit. That's why Tammy Tammy, tammy, tammy offers everything, but again, except his goal scoring. And until he improves on that goal scoring, I'm sorry I don't think Contesta will really have that confidence in having him as a mid-striker. You know what I mean. So to me that's just my thought.
Speaker 2:Well, I'm just happy they made all these moves. I'm happy they got a striker. The midfield kid, his own is, I think he's too young and he might not play a lot, if you ask me, because he reminds me of Moussa, but he literally has the same profile as Moussa. But then they've converted Moussa to a winger all of a sudden. He's just Moussa. Yeah, you know, but we'll see how it goes. I'm actually happy For me. Jao Felix Jimenez those are my big excitement. And then Kawaka, even though I didn't want him to come because of the price tag, but he helped solidify. Trust me, he's a way better player than your boy Calabria. Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 1:Chin shout out to Calabria, Our capitano.
Speaker 2:Sure, keep shouting, shout until you lose your voice, like me.
Speaker 1:Chin this Luke. When I heard that name, calabria, I still can't believe he's no longer a Milan player, to be honest. But anyways, that's life.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because he's your mentor. Oh my God, calabria stayed at Milan because of quota. You know Italian player quota. That's why he stayed at Milan so long Nonsense.
Speaker 1:So he doesn't seem like a good leader. Good leader what is he leading? You know, italian player. That's why he stayed at Milan.
Speaker 2:So long nonsense. So you don't see him as a good leader. Good leader, what is he leading? He's the guy that, ibrahimovic, you see, if you want to sub somebody, why you not subbing Calabria? That's your leader. Like you have to be kidding me. I'm glad he's gone anyway and I'm happy he went to Monza, because Monza to me is like okay, I don't mind, I don't mind.
Speaker 1:With all these signings now, are you expecting any sort of huge change, like an instant change in the results?
Speaker 2:No, I actually was thinking of it today, right, I was asking myself why did Milan do all these things Like? Why did they go spend all this money? You know what I mean Buying all these guys in January? You know what I concluded? It's for two reasons. First, they want to push to make sure they qualify for Champions League because it will be financially devastating that would be an understatement. It will be financially catastrophic not to qualify for Champions League next year. Okay, yeah, now that's one. Number two they have a new coach. They are backing the coach. And then they are backing the coach not for this season but more for next season, because, think about it he gets about what? Five months to assess all these guys and then determine what he really wants to do, and then, if he doesn't like them, guess what they can go back, and then he has the entire summer. If he likes them, he takes the entire summer to actually set up a system that works for him. So it's not a bad thing to do, you know.
Speaker 2:One would think why are you going all out on the loans? Right? Because if they don't work out, then you've just lost all that money, right? But I think it's a worthwhile gamble. All these guys are young, like the only old guy there is Skywalker. Think about it All the people Milan brought in, the only old person is Skywalker yeah, you're right, and he's still serviceable, even though I know he's old, but he's still serviceable. So I like the moves. I think either way at least we get to enjoy the next five months selfishly of good football for Milan, hopefully, and then hopefully we can rise up to like maybe third or fourth and then we might realistically next year be in serious discussion around being a contender for the league title. Exactly, I like the move.
Speaker 1:I'm also with you too. I'm also with you 100% honestly, and I think it really shows this is the thing Like, whether we like to accept or not right. Football management, too, really shows this is here like what I would like to accept or not right for more management. So like there are going to be mistakes, right, and it's the ability to quickly realize your mistake and correct them. I think those are the that plays a huge role, and I think we both know that latan got it wrong initially right with some signings that he made, and he's trying to correct those signs and I think he's really doing a good job. To be honest, he's doing a good job.
Speaker 1:Now Conceição needs to find a way and I know Conceição as well has not really had time to, you know, work with this team. We have a game against Roma on Wednesday at the Italian Cup, right. So again, the game has been coming rapidly. So, again, the game has been coming rapidly, so it's already been easy for him to also, like you know, start work on the team, you know per se, but so far so good to me, to be honest, I think he's really doing a good job at least, and people are beginning to understand his ideas now.
Speaker 2:Let me tell you, the only person that still annoys me is Rafael Leal. Like I just think I don't know if it's just pure stupidity or something. The guy just plays football by himself. You know what I mean. He doesn't have teammates. He has to realize you play football as a collective. You cannot be risking putting the team in a bad predicament because you want to make certain moves that are Rafa Leal moves, right, yeah, even Mo Salahah, in his infinite ability, does not take on players when he doesn't have to and then put his team in a very bad spot. That's the wisdom. And Fedea would dribble, so he can't dribble. And then come in the middle of the field and then, before you know it, lose the ball right. And then, all of a sudden, milan is exposed. That's something.
Speaker 1:I wonder Don't you watch Pulisic the way he plays? If he does you have to, why would you go and be?
Speaker 2:You know football is risk and reward. Why are you doing it? You're right, you're right. Take the dribble in a place where, if you lose the ball, at least you have cover.
Speaker 1:You go and dribble failure and the thing is I feel like again it's something that here, something that will come in time, like he has to understand that being a team player is very important at this stage, because even that yesterday game, like he did some things. I'm like yo jimenez was like waiting for him when the far pole. All he had to do was just cut him, then just send the ball to him in the far pole and the guy was like really gonna be with justoma, and he decides to shoot the ball directly. Like yo, what are you doing? And to be honest, anyways, at least I'm happy, there's a lot of competition in attack now, right, which is good, because if he's not doing well, dauphelis can play as a left winger as well. Let's talk about what you expect on Wednesday from Conceição in the Italian Cup.
Speaker 2:My expectation is that he will basically put a couple of his new signings in just to get them going and see what it looks like for him, right? And then some guys need to rest. I don't know If I'm him. I will try and rest, Reinders. The guy has been playing football.
Speaker 2:Sometimes, I feel like, yeah, let them rest him. Then all those new guys keep giving them reps so that they can at least get some minutes under their belt, right? But I don't know, Because there's a lot of new signings, I cannot tell you what to expect from the coach in terms of line-up.
Speaker 1:What's your confidence reaching with Conceição, though?
Speaker 2:If you want to know my honest opinion, I don't know if a lot has changed in terms of the way the games have been flowing versus how it was under Fonseca. It's so funny because I don't see anything that tells me, oh my God, milan has changed so much, right? It's just that we still have those periods where we said this after the Juventus game. We have those periods where we just almost go to sleep and I don't know why we stop playing, right? So those were the issues with Fonseca and it's still happening Now.
Speaker 2:The only difference is that Fonseca is more a relaxed guy, at least than Corsesau. Corsesau seems like a guy that will tell you, just like Conte Well, one of us will die, basically, you know what I mean. So it's either you or me, but Fonseca seems like he's not that guy. So at least from that passion and, you know, desire to see things change and improve and his actual reaction to it, I'm actually comfortable with Conceição. But in terms of tactical anything, I haven't seen anything that changed. Man Like, it's the same Milan, it's the same games. How many games are these? Now? We've played about what? Four or five games with him. It's similar stuff. So, but it's okay, I think things will get better. That's my own opinion.
Speaker 1:I actually feel the same way too, that things will get better, definitely. So yeah, overall, like, in my opinion, right, I think this isn't it's not over, like we still have a lot to play for this is it? We're still in the Champions.
Speaker 2:League. Oh no, we still.
Speaker 2:Milan City has a lot to play for I told you before that, if we can go far in the Coppa Italia and win it by you know, by virtue of you know us catching some good luck, good draws and good whatever if we win. So if we go far, then guess what? We can basically go far in the Champions League, right? Milan already won that Super Cup. Go far in the Champions League, make it to the quarters or semis, and you're fine, right? So we're going to beat Feyenoord because we went and collected their best player, so that, right.
Speaker 1:He can't play, but can he? I don't think he can play.
Speaker 2:No, I don't think he will play, but he will not play for Fairnode either, which is good. That helps, right? Yeah, I guess, yeah. And then now you can go play your quarterfinals. If you're lucky, you might get a good draw and then, who knows, you might end up in the semifinals. To make is actually no, you play the second round and then quarterfinal. The point is, there's a chance that you might make it to the semifinals or the Champions League, or maybe quarterfinals, and then if you win the league, if you win the League Cup, rather the Coppa Italia then all of a sudden you're having an okay season. And then, if you mistakenly finish top four, the season is not that horrible. And then, in time, hopefully, napoli wins the league and not in time, and then we're fine. See, I'm just saying Because it would be horrible if, after all that in time, milan wins the league, which would not be great for Milan.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I agree with you, and I think let's talk about other teams in the league. Right, it's been in the top four races, or top five races, like you know, all those teams, they're not playing this season. You know, honestly, you see how Lazio too, lazio is still in the race, like they're back on fourth. I think, yeah, they're back to fourth now. Yeah, fiorentina is also there as well. So there's quite a few teams in the top four, top five races, right? So how do you see this season finishing?
Speaker 2:I think a lot is not going to change. Napoli will win the league, inter Milan will finish second, probably Atalanta or Juventus will finish fourth, then Milan will finish fifth. If Milan is lucky, we'll end up sneaking into fourth, but I think we'll finish fifth or sixth. This season we've ruined the league, man, and we are like draw experts. The only people that are worse than us in terms of draws are Juventus, juventus, like you know what I mean. So Milan, milan, it's so funny, like we've drawn a lot of games and that's what's killing us. It's not even the losses. How many losses have we had this season drawn like so many games?
Speaker 1:So I don't know if we are.
Speaker 2:We lost five. We lost five games. To whom man? We lost five. How many games have we played that we're losing five To whom we played?
Speaker 1:22. We lost five. We won eight. We drew. Sorry. We won nine. We drew eight and lost five.
Speaker 2:yeah, Can you imagine drawing eight games? Juventus probably draw like 12 or 13 games. But anyway, the point I'm trying to make is the season. The only hope for Milan is to finish top four. That's the only thing they're playing for now, and then gel this team, get the team to start understanding what the coach wants them to do and then, hopefully next year, you can start off good and then go from there. So that's just it For me as a fan. All I want to do is enjoy the games. Have memorable games, enjoy it. Make sure you're being entertained for all your hours you're putting in right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, shane. Just one last question please what's the score prediction for the Roma game on Wednesday?
Speaker 2:Roma. Okay, I think we should be able to beat Roma. We should. All these new signings will just give Milan a little bit of momentum, right? And this guy is good in Cups. What's his name? Cousin Sal? Looks like he's very good at figuring out these Cup games, so he figured out the way to get the team to react and then beat Roma. That's how I think of it.
Speaker 1:Anyways, chin, it's been a pleasure talking to you about Milan. Thank you so much, listeners, it's been a pleasure. Thank you very much for all the support we're getting for downloads, sharing and comments. Please, thank you so much. Keep bringing it on, keep showing us the support that we need. Chin, do you have anything to say? Thank you, dave, thanks for doing this and thanks everyone for your support and hopefully all these new signings will help milan make them more entertaining. And yeah, for the milan and we look forward to positivity.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, yeah, let's talk soon. Yeah, you too. Bye, dave.
