Thank you I promise there’s no one on the team that makes more open runs than Pulisic and he rarely gets the final ball! It’s hilarious how he’s our best player but they hate on him every chance they get! Lao does nothing loses the ball every time he touches it but he’s their god lmao! Lao is an attacking winger that’s it nothing else
Also, that ball that Puli might have passed to Tijji in the box was a ball he had just won himself just outside of the box. Kush doesn't mention that. I do agree on the other ball. Puli should have passed into the box for Tijji to run onto.
@@TonyBrasunasso?....pass the fucking ball it's ac Milan not AC pulisic. Bigger legends of football have passed playing on this team whilst winning multiple ucls
Gabbia is our best defender and Thiaw is the best passer and is good in the air. Thiaw hasn't made the same mistakes as last season so I'd go with this pairing.
Pulisic is taking every chance he can get. Doesn’t matter if it’s “sloppy” from him, at least he’s doing something. You can tell he’s tired making the run and not getting the ball over and over again. In my eyes, he did do something. That assist still counts adding another to the tally.
@moemalki2406 people have been hyperbolic over it but it just sucks to be so far down the table, especially in such a tight race. We are right in it in Champions League and even in Serie A but it is a shame that we arent at the top of the table given performances against the top teams
You’ve said it a couple times, but the management getting both Pulisic and Rejinders for a combined $40M is bonkers. This season, they’ve combed for 19-20 goal contributions across all competitions. *Tips cap*
Im an American and a Pulisic fan, but I 100% agree with you on those passes. It feels like he doesn't make that mistake often, but he certainly was today.
Don’t fall for this dudes shit! Pulisic was open he shot! It went two feet over the bar! Lao had 15 opportunities to pass and he gave the ball away of ran out of bounds! Pulisic does so much more that pass for an assist! He opens space on the field for others!
@@moongirl22tf...it's AC Milan bigger legends of football have passed there whilst winning multiple league titles and UCL...he passes the ball or we replace him. This isn't Chelsea it's ac milan
We needed the clean sheet and comfortable win. However, Empoli looked really poor and gave the ball away repeatedly. Emerson looked good as did Gambia and Thiaw today. Good organization and communication from the back line. Atalanta will be a good measure of our defensive quality. Tidy finishes from Morata and Reijnders. Wingers were quiet today but definitely opened up space for central attack. Love that the entire team is contributing and not just Rafa and CP. lots to build on today. Forza Milan!
No one on the team makes more open runs than Pulisic and either his teammates are too slow to react to give him the final ball or are too selfish. Pulisic decides to play “selfish” and everyone is at his throat. However, someone like Leao does it ( who primarily is looking for himself first most of the time) and he gets a pass because he’s Leao. It’s hilarious. Side note, I said it before and I’ll say it again . From now on Pulisic shouldn’t even play at the 10. Not because he can’t but he becomes a bit too constricted. And those who play as wingers don’t compliment Pulisic when he plays up the middle primarily. Especially for the fact of what I mentioned earlier of players being too selfish to give him the final ball when he makes those open runs. He plays more free as a winger and impacts the game more as he is allowed to play in and out as often as he likes as a winger than at the 10 and is able to draw in defenders more to make those crucial passes in the final third to his teammates.
I agree with most of what you said , the problem is who plays the 10 if not him ? If TJ does it then who replaces his holding midfield spot? Unless they scrap the whole idea, and go with a 4-3-3 or what I would prefer 5-2-3 with Musah playing right wing back .
I play football manager and when I did a Milan save Reijnders absolutely flourished. I am loving watching him do it in real life. FM did a good job at representing how he plays. But it doesn't beat seeing him actually do it. What's great is that now it's not just him we get to say these sorts of things about. Pulisic just had an amazing run of form before the dip. Leao obviously has his ups and downs but when he's on the up and up he's fantastic. Theo is another world beater when he's in form. Maignan is one of the best goalkeepers in the world! We've got some serious quality. I hope they all get firing on all cylinders soon. It would be amazing. I really like Fofana and Morata, and Tammy has potential. Gabbia has been refreshing and hopefully Thiaw can find his form. Chukwueze could also show his potential too. There's a lot of potential in this team. To weigh on on the convo of the center back situation; I like the idea of the quadrant, but I'm just an amateur player and football manager enthusiast. I think it makes sense to select players for their particular capabilities. They all have their strengths and weaknesses. And it can be useful throughout a long season for the whole quadrant to be familiar with playing with each other. There's fatigue and injuries and it can be useful to be adaptive in those situations. I mean, we'll see at the end of the season. That's what they've decided to do so I we can do is hope. Thanks for another great analysis and video.
I also want to add that Fonseca managed well in the selections. There were multiple players at risk for missing the next match with a single yellow card. He ended up subbing them out so they would definitely be available for Atalanta. I mean, I don't know what he was thinking but that's my guess.
Yo Kush, I really admire your analysis. You are by far, the best Milan analyst out there. I've been following your work for quite a while now and you always provide objective, non-biased analysis of each game. One thing about Milan fans, especially the ones on Instagram, is how toxic they are. Especially that one page called "Home of Milan". It seems like everyone is always dissatisfied with everything. They give crap to the management, Fonseca and all the other players. Just before this game, people were furious about Musah playing as a RW. One guy mentioned that's because Musah as a RW worked against Madrid and everyone gave him sh*t for saying that. Even up until winning 3-0 against Empoli, they still won't admit that Musah at RW works. It seems like only you, me and a few people looked at the whole game and realized that he didn't just play as RW but as you said, RWB, essentially helping that position defend better. Same goes to the whole formation being fluid and not remain the same between attacking and defending, and it seems so many people don't realize that. But really, keep up the good work man. Your channel is the one I always go to after every game. Cheers!
That back line looked so confident, the passing was so crisp and sharp today. I was beyond ecstatic!. It's always wonderful when you have one of the bravest and skilled keepers in the world to hold it down. I've been high on Fofana all season, I don't even understand all the nuances of a defensive or box midfielder; but you can see the vision, strength and skill on ball. Fofana to me is super smooth. 🧈 Reinders was lights out! Morata, I loved the hustle.(And Goal 😁) Leao was creative and just too much for Empoli, overall a great team performance. 👍 Thank you for the videos.
I'm not irritated 😁 Well, except perhaps that I'd like to see this team stop wasting Pulisic's goals. But you're right that it was a strange performance from him. Ever since the match when 2 of his teammates stole penalties from him, Pulisic has concentrated on setting up his teammates instead of shooting more. I knew that would mess with his head in some way and I think we're seeing that manifest now. The best quality he has had is his decision making in front of goal. That's taking a bit of a hit at the moment. There are at least 3 occasions in the last few matches when I thought he should have been more selfish and gone directly at goal but instead made a pass. More often than not those completed passes didn't turn into assists. I thought dude! Take the shot!! So now he took a couple selfish shots that didn't go in. Goal scorers do that all the time without catching any stick for it. For me, he gets a pass. I'm really glad TJ is scoring now! If we want to compete for trophies we need *all* our players firing, not just Puli. But remember, TJ spent an entire season plus the 1st several games this season shooting and missing when he should have passed before he gained some form. And even now Puli still has more goals and assists and contributions this season. And yet you have never gushed about him the way you're gushing about TJ now 😉 Current transfer market values: Pulisic - €50m Reijnders - €30m
the corner kicks - he's been putting the ball to nearly the same exact spot for several matches now... the near post or *just* past that. This game he was *obviously* lifting it to the far post intentionally. Almost certainly under the direction of their set play coach. But weirdly, there weren't many Milan players positioned there. I don't know what they were trying but it wasn't super effective.
Gabbia usually makes the other defenders more stable, and it's not like he is covering their mistakes, but probably he is helping his partner with his positioning
@brittaniwilliford1256 specially those 2 get out of position all the time, but with him they look more in control, Tomori been the one that looks more improved
I feel like Fofana is like a "Sleeper Hit" type of signing. He reminds to guys like Busquets or Scholes by the fact that, you don´t really notice the impact that they have in the squad unless if they aren´t playing in the field, heck, the reason of why Reijnders can now go on full attack mode is thanks to Fofana's defensive capabilities, alongside his ball distribution with his passes.
The difference that solidified the defense was 1. musah and the balance he provides 2. The instructions to Theo to drop back and not commit as much forward. This allowed Tijani to roam free amd play his game.
You have to see how Chuckwueze was helping back in the defence. A reason why Musah starts over him if he does. If Chuckwueze starts defending he's gonna start everygame
Remember also Fofana was on his fourth yellow. Which ,Emma’s potentially he could have missed the Atalanta game. Clean sheet and clean performance from him. Glad to have him for Atalanta. He’ll be needed for CDK 🫡
This should be our starting lineup. Gabbia & Thiaw are a steady CB pairing, Musa brings balance to the team, the rest of the picks are standard starting 11.
Tiji is playing on another level right now! Milan needs to do whatever it takes to lock down a new contract with a high value release clause! Other teams will be coming for him, and Milan needs to turn them down!
when sergino dest tore his ACL, i thought USA men's national team should play Musah as RB. He is closest thing to Dest they have but probably better at defending . My point is... Im starting to feel he should play RB for Milan. Way better than Royal
@@mattvirtues-se7jr I think he would genuinely do well there for sure. I also think that instead of playing him in so many different positions they should pick one and let him develop at it
You can see it’s a totally different team when Pulisic plays! He opens the midfield and creates a lot off the ball too! Lao was horrible today he lost the ball 15 times. Look juventus without Pulisic we had no offense
Exactly. Pulisic makes the most open runs out of anyone in the team. Yet they always let him down because they never give him the ball. The only exception recently was against Slovan Bratislava when Abraham passed the ball to Pulisic. Him using his great speed to score a goal. We need more of that! Yet they never pass it to him.
I think Pulisic just had a bad game maybe that Turkey kept his eyes closed and hes still feeling that sluggishness you feel after super stuffing yourself
He didn’t have a bad game wtf is wrong with y’all! He didn’t have a great game but a bad game?! He literally opens up the midfield constantly he plays defense he makes dummy runs he’s always moving !!come on guys don’t fall for the Pulisic hate! W/o him like against juventus we had NO OFFENSE it was non existent! Pulisic is our most important player period!
Spot on again with your observation…the observation on pulisic is also very accurate I have notice in previous games that he has been selfish especially with Leao I feel.
Re: CBs, I personally think Gabbia should be a lock, and perhaps change out his partner depending on the opponent. Gabbia is an anchor, while Fik offers speed, Pav has aggression, and Thiaw (in his current form) offers a similar profile to Gabbia in solid positioning and prudent tackles. I will say Gabbia is quickly becoming one of my favorite players and he should be captain within a couple years. Solid back, good decision-making, and owns team mistakes in front of the media. Anyone else notice how they sent him out to face the media after some of the tougher results this season? And he handles it well. I would like to see a midfield of Musah on the right in the midfield paired with Tijj and Fofana. We've seen Musah offer more defensive coverage playing on the wing but we lose a lot of attacking presence by playing him there. The decision-making in the final third just isn't there yet, though he is a strong defensive presence and he's good at carrying the ball forward. I'd also argue that Pulisic is stronger on the right wing than in the 10 role. Playing them in those spots plays to their strengths. I hope we've moved on from RLC as a starter at this point. Also don't think you mentioned Theo at all in this video. Very quiet game from the captain. And then Mike just didn't have much to do yesterday, but I think it's a good thing when your keeper has a quiet day at the office.
I personally like Gabbia and Tomori as it is a relatively balanced pairing in theory. But our defenders have quite different characteristics so it depends a lot on how we play not only on their quality.
Pulisic had a bad game but he never gave up Edit: pulisic got an assist on that play? Edit again: rafa does demand opponents attention but he lost the ball alot. He's great but lethargic
What's scary is that we could have seen this Reijnders already last season. If you remember last year he also made those runs through the midfield, made creative passes and created really good chances for himself, but he didn't manage to reward himself with a goal for quite some time last season. And even after that, had trouble finding the back of the net from his shots.
Selfish moment from Puli and he did it twice. Hes typically not selfish though so i may give him a pass for this match but yeah i also was like wtf christian .. there are two guys wide open in the middle
The odd thing about Pulisic today was he was tied with RAFA for the most chances created in the match on top of not feeding his teammates in those situations. I think there was like three instances in total where he should’ve fed his teammates and he didn’t.
@@tonyr.5535 An example of what should be happening is Pulisic's goal against ŠK Slovan Bratislava. He made a run forward and Abraham passed the ball whilst he was still onside. Pulisic, using his speed, pushed forward. Steadying himself by the goal whilst under pressure and scored. We need more of that, yet the team rarely delivers to him.
So... I've said this before.... I'm here because of Pulisic, and I might normally be the first to call you out Kush, but don't pull any punches. He was off today, and maybe has been for the last three matches. He's been lucky, not showing his 100%. Expectations need to be met, because he is a world-class. And when you are world-class then you need to be held to a higher standard. Instead of scoring, he should have hat tricks on good days and a goal a game. That's world-class.
Which he has never done anywhere in his career. I'm a big fan of him and pretty well any American in Europe, but he isn't world-class, he is pushing to be an elite player and that's great he should be able to push for 30+ goal contributions in all comps this year no issue
Who tf in the top leagues is scoring a goal a game with 2-3 sometimes?! No one lol y’all live in a bubble! Lao has 5 goal contributions Pulisic has like 12 lol but they’ll say Lao is world class haha they hate Americans even though we saved their asses from hitler lol haters
Milan have been much more solid when they have musah on the field. To be more specific, him helping out on the right. Which is where a majority of the goals were coming from to start the season.
I feel like Fonseca took a page out of Pochettinos playbook. This is exactly how USA played against Jamaica with Musah at RW, playing like a RB. playing fullbacks like defense midfielders.
About the defense, I think it should be a stable pairing thats how you win tournaments. Defending is a dance you need a partner, the better you know your partner the more consistent and solid you can be. Also in a cb couple there are two roles, the "line leader" and the follower. The only guy who gives me good vibes in the line leader role is Gabbia. So if he wants to rotate it's ok but you shouldn't touch Gabbia. In fact you can see when we have pairings like Tomori Pavlovic who are not capable of mantaining the line that we get exposed.
like your passion for the club, Dislike the rose coloured glasses for Leao. Impressive how you keep finding positive things to call him a ''star'' player. The man does more things wrong than right. I truly believe milan is better off without him.
Pavlovic is an absolute beast. However he is very stiff, personally I think because of his height, and his ball possession play isn't convincing. That's the only negative side to him.
Gabbia has earned his keep, he has to be the starter in every games. We've seen the defensive performance while he was injured. Honestly none of the three candidates deserves to be an absolute starter, pavlovic has potential sure, fikayo can be a beast on his best day, malik has quality if only he were consistent I think he and Gabbia def would be the best pair. So I absolutely understand why Fonseca don't choose a certain pair. I still think we need either a solid CDM or CB
A flexible rotation based on the opponents helps exploit their weaknesses and our strengths...so rotation of centerbacks or any other players should be the norm. Having a constant 11 or the strongest 11 all the time might risk a burnout.
Absolutely agree with pulisic shooting and not passing. He was pulling a leao. Selfish. He could of had an assist easily on that first pass to the middle of the box. Gotta wonder if he is feeling the pressure to score since he isnt scoring or assisting every game like he was to start the season. He had to do better. And that speed is the part that makes me so angry with pulisic. He used to use that speed and burn defenders when he was at chelsea before his injury. He did what leao does. Burn and go. He doesn't anymore.
TBF, like really to be fair, anyone who insulted Tijji were Tonali the Newcastle bench warmer strunza, we have way to many idiots that call themselves Milan fans these days. It's like making an American from Alabama try to understand why SAAB 900 is a good car. It doesn't work they just understand 1920's OHV technology.
Lmao I absolutely love these stats and they absolutely are surprising and don’t really make sense when you consider our overall performances/form and league position. Hilariously contradictory to our hot and cold form but it sheds some positive light on us as a reminder things could be much worse ??? Lolol
I’m disgusted by the aggression of our CBs. I regularly see them making tackles at the edge of the opposition box. I don’t think our CBs should go that high up the field.
Good win but nothing to be excited about. These are games we should be winning. We are still 7th on the table. Let's build consistency and win 5 games in a row first, then we'll see
Kush, let me say that Fik is not a smart defender, thus the reason why he is not called for England, and now since Tammy is here, his best friend, now all he cares is friendship with tammy, hanging with him on and off the pitch
I don’t agree that Pulisic deserves a shout out here. The subpar decision making and poor set pieces were the story of his game today and he wasn’t a standout performer. Neither was Leao or Theo, so it’s great that we can still win comfortably without these guys having great games.
Empoli looked awful, any other team scores at least twice in that game. Nothings changed empoli is weak. Totally dependent on pellegri and his luck finally ran dry. Our shape looks the same, with no midified at all. Empoli bypassed our midfield 6 or 7 times. Happy to see our attacking players look better and grow in confidence but these problems with the mid and defense are still there which is why we can't have consistency which is what wins trophies. Fofana needs help, what he's doing on his own is incredible to be fair. Forza Milan. Ps did giroud not work hard for the team? Morata going so far back in defense all the time is a bad sign. Once in a whe is fine when it's needed but the fact that we're saying this about morata every week tells you what you need to know about this team.
I came to Milan through Pulisic. But gotta say to People giving Leao a 4 - 5 performance, ...I read it much, much higher. He has the confidence to try difficult maneuvers and plays and risking heavy criticism when they don't come off. But I see a player who is confident enough to risk failure on the field in full view of everybody. if you can't do that versus Empoli then how are you doing versus Napoli?! Gotta practice somewhere. And even MORE IMPORTANTLY was the 3-0 drubbing Leao was on the field for while trying all those low probability maneuvers. Should he play safe ball? I hate it more when he back passes on a possible counter & not making the risky through ball pass. Look at all the crazy shit Musah does practically every other play. Dummy clearance, . Didn't work. Dummy shot, didn't work. nutmeg, worked. 2/3 of his moves may not be coming off, but he sure is interesting to watch and his only 21 with lots of potential I've seen Pulisic improve too when he has had the freedom to repeatedly fail. TLDR: Leao 7/10
Tijjani Reijnders!!! Lord have mercy... A reason to smile
Arsenal are looking to buy him
Looked like Pulisic decided he was gonna take every chance he could. He's tired of making runs and not getting the pass.
Thank you I promise there’s no one on the team that makes more open runs than Pulisic and he rarely gets the final ball! It’s hilarious how he’s our best player but they hate on him every chance they get! Lao does nothing loses the ball every time he touches it but he’s their god lmao! Lao is an attacking winger that’s it nothing else
@@moongirl22 Leao gets greedy. Kush: Leao needs to be greedy. Pulisic gets greedy:Kush: he should have passed
Also, that ball that Puli might have passed to Tijji in the box was a ball he had just won himself just outside of the box. Kush doesn't mention that.
I do agree on the other ball. Puli should have passed into the box for Tijji to run onto.
@@TonyBrasunasso?....pass the fucking ball it's ac Milan not AC pulisic. Bigger legends of football have passed playing on this team whilst winning multiple ucls
Gabbia is our best defender and Thiaw is the best passer and is good in the air. Thiaw hasn't made the same mistakes as last season so I'd go with this pairing.
Pulisic is taking every chance he can get. Doesn’t matter if it’s “sloppy” from him, at least he’s doing something. You can tell he’s tired making the run and not getting the ball over and over again.
In my eyes, he did do something. That assist still counts adding another to the tally.
Its wild that our best season in 20 years is the worst season in the league in forever 😂 you just can't make this up
If you think this is our worst season then clearly you havent watched milan when our no. 9 was Lapadulla
And Kalinic 😂😂
I agree but the opposition was different back then different quality
@moemalki2406 people have been hyperbolic over it but it just sucks to be so far down the table, especially in such a tight race. We are right in it in Champions League and even in Serie A but it is a shame that we arent at the top of the table given performances against the top teams
You’ve said it a couple times, but the management getting both Pulisic and Rejinders for a combined $40M is bonkers. This season, they’ve combed for 19-20 goal contributions across all competitions. *Tips cap*
Im an American and a Pulisic fan, but I 100% agree with you on those passes. It feels like he doesn't make that mistake often, but he certainly was today.
Don’t fall for this dudes shit! Pulisic was open he shot! It went two feet over the bar! Lao had 15 opportunities to pass and he gave the ball away of ran out of bounds! Pulisic does so much more that pass for an assist! He opens space on the field for others!
it's the black kicks - he needs to go back to the pink or purple pumas lol😂
@@moongirl22tf...it's AC Milan bigger legends of football have passed there whilst winning multiple league titles and UCL...he passes the ball or we replace him. This isn't Chelsea it's ac milan
pulisic needs to go back to the rw for a few games
In my opinion Fofana, is the real key player of this team! He was everywhere yesterday!
He won the ball back a lot of times
We needed the clean sheet and comfortable win. However, Empoli looked really poor and gave the ball away repeatedly. Emerson looked good as did Gambia and Thiaw today. Good organization and communication from the back line. Atalanta will be a good measure of our defensive quality. Tidy finishes from Morata and Reijnders. Wingers were quiet today but definitely opened up space for central attack. Love that the entire team is contributing and not just Rafa and CP. lots to build on today. Forza Milan!
No one on the team makes more open runs than Pulisic and either his teammates are too slow to react to give him the final ball or are too selfish.
Pulisic decides to play “selfish” and everyone is at his throat. However, someone like Leao does it ( who primarily is looking for himself first most of the time) and he gets a pass because he’s Leao. It’s hilarious.
Side note, I said it before and I’ll say it again . From now on Pulisic shouldn’t even play at the 10. Not because he can’t but he becomes a bit too constricted. And those who play as wingers don’t compliment Pulisic when he plays up the middle primarily. Especially for the fact of what I mentioned earlier of players being too selfish to give him the final ball when he makes those open runs. He plays more free as a winger and impacts the game more as he is allowed to play in and out as often as he likes as a winger than at the 10 and is able to draw in defenders more to make those crucial passes in the final third to his teammates.
I agree with most of what you said , the problem is who plays the 10 if not him ? If TJ does it then who replaces his holding midfield spot? Unless they scrap the whole idea, and go with a 4-3-3 or what I would prefer 5-2-3 with Musah playing right wing back .
I play football manager and when I did a Milan save Reijnders absolutely flourished. I am loving watching him do it in real life. FM did a good job at representing how he plays. But it doesn't beat seeing him actually do it. What's great is that now it's not just him we get to say these sorts of things about. Pulisic just had an amazing run of form before the dip. Leao obviously has his ups and downs but when he's on the up and up he's fantastic. Theo is another world beater when he's in form. Maignan is one of the best goalkeepers in the world! We've got some serious quality. I hope they all get firing on all cylinders soon. It would be amazing. I really like Fofana and Morata, and Tammy has potential. Gabbia has been refreshing and hopefully Thiaw can find his form. Chukwueze could also show his potential too. There's a lot of potential in this team.
To weigh on on the convo of the center back situation; I like the idea of the quadrant, but I'm just an amateur player and football manager enthusiast. I think it makes sense to select players for their particular capabilities. They all have their strengths and weaknesses. And it can be useful throughout a long season for the whole quadrant to be familiar with playing with each other. There's fatigue and injuries and it can be useful to be adaptive in those situations. I mean, we'll see at the end of the season. That's what they've decided to do so I we can do is hope.
Thanks for another great analysis and video.
I also want to add that Fonseca managed well in the selections. There were multiple players at risk for missing the next match with a single yellow card. He ended up subbing them out so they would definitely be available for Atalanta. I mean, I don't know what he was thinking but that's my guess.
Yo Kush, I really admire your analysis. You are by far, the best Milan analyst out there. I've been following your work for quite a while now and you always provide objective, non-biased analysis of each game. One thing about Milan fans, especially the ones on Instagram, is how toxic they are. Especially that one page called "Home of Milan". It seems like everyone is always dissatisfied with everything. They give crap to the management, Fonseca and all the other players.
Just before this game, people were furious about Musah playing as a RW. One guy mentioned that's because Musah as a RW worked against Madrid and everyone gave him sh*t for saying that. Even up until winning 3-0 against Empoli, they still won't admit that Musah at RW works. It seems like only you, me and a few people looked at the whole game and realized that he didn't just play as RW but as you said, RWB, essentially helping that position defend better. Same goes to the whole formation being fluid and not remain the same between attacking and defending, and it seems so many people don't realize that.
But really, keep up the good work man. Your channel is the one I always go to after every game. Cheers!
Appreciate the kind words! I think disagreement within Milan communities is the fun of sports but yes, it would be good for everyone to be fair!
Pulisic gets a 6/10 for me for today’s game! Lao gets around a 4/10 he literally lost the ball every time he touched it!
That back line looked so confident, the passing was so crisp and sharp today. I was beyond ecstatic!. It's always wonderful when you have one of the bravest and skilled keepers in the world to hold it down. I've been high on Fofana all season, I don't even understand all the nuances of a defensive or box midfielder; but you can see the vision, strength and skill on ball. Fofana to me is super smooth. 🧈 Reinders was lights out! Morata, I loved the hustle.(And Goal 😁) Leao was creative and just too much for Empoli, overall a great team performance. 👍 Thank you for the videos.
I'm not irritated 😁 Well, except perhaps that I'd like to see this team stop wasting Pulisic's goals. But you're right that it was a strange performance from him.
Ever since the match when 2 of his teammates stole penalties from him, Pulisic has concentrated on setting up his teammates instead of shooting more. I knew that would mess with his head in some way and I think we're seeing that manifest now.
The best quality he has had is his decision making in front of goal. That's taking a bit of a hit at the moment. There are at least 3 occasions in the last few matches when I thought he should have been more selfish and gone directly at goal but instead made a pass. More often than not those completed passes didn't turn into assists. I thought dude! Take the shot!!
So now he took a couple selfish shots that didn't go in. Goal scorers do that all the time without catching any stick for it. For me, he gets a pass.
I'm really glad TJ is scoring now! If we want to compete for trophies we need *all* our players firing, not just Puli. But remember, TJ spent an entire season plus the 1st several games this season shooting and missing when he should have passed before he gained some form. And even now Puli still has more goals and assists and contributions this season.
And yet you have never gushed about him the way you're gushing about TJ now 😉
Current transfer market values:
Pulisic - €50m
Reijnders - €30m
the corner kicks - he's been putting the ball to nearly the same exact spot for several matches now... the near post or *just* past that. This game he was *obviously* lifting it to the far post intentionally. Almost certainly under the direction of their set play coach. But weirdly, there weren't many Milan players positioned there. I don't know what they were trying but it wasn't super effective.
Gabbia usually makes the other defenders more stable, and it's not like he is covering their mistakes, but probably he is helping his partner with his positioning
I think that's the biggest thing. He's an anchor back there and it allows Tomori and Pavlovic to be more adventurous, for example.
@brittaniwilliford1256 specially those 2 get out of position all the time, but with him they look more in control, Tomori been the one that looks more improved
I feel like Fofana is like a "Sleeper Hit" type of signing. He reminds to guys like Busquets or Scholes by the fact that, you don´t really notice the impact that they have in the squad unless if they aren´t playing in the field, heck, the reason of why Reijnders can now go on full attack mode is thanks to Fofana's defensive capabilities, alongside his ball distribution with his passes.
Thiaw really has the potential to be a top class libero. Keep it up, young man!
The difference that solidified the defense was 1. musah and the balance he provides 2. The instructions to Theo to drop back and not commit as much forward. This allowed Tijani to roam free amd play his game.
You have to see how Chuckwueze was helping back in the defence. A reason why Musah starts over him if he does. If Chuckwueze starts defending he's gonna start everygame
Well said today. I am a Puli fan but you are you are spot on in your analysis today.
just need consistency from fonseca now this is what we should expect against every mid table team
Finally a relaxed easy win!! Happy thanksgiving big kush!
AC Milan is like Chelsea last season win, lose or draw we stay between 6-8
You know Chelsea has two 2️⃣ teams right like two full teams lol 😆
Remember also Fofana was on his fourth yellow. Which ,Emma’s potentially he could have missed the Atalanta game. Clean sheet and clean performance from him. Glad to have him for Atalanta. He’ll be needed for CDK 🫡
This should be our starting lineup. Gabbia & Thiaw are a steady CB pairing, Musa brings balance to the team, the rest of the picks are standard starting 11.
Tiji is playing on another level right now! Milan needs to do whatever it takes to lock down a new contract with a high value release clause! Other teams will be coming for him, and Milan needs to turn them down!
Am I the only one who is noticing this that Milan plays good when musah is in the right wing
Because he's like our second rb and let's us play with a 5 back when the other team is attacking then when we have the ball he just teleports to rw😅
It's because he's babysitting Royal back there 🤣
@@brittaniwilliford1256 whatever he is doing, it is working. I mean he has been involved in all the big match where Milan had had good results so far.
when sergino dest tore his ACL, i thought USA men's national team should play Musah as RB. He is closest thing to Dest they have but probably better at defending . My point is... Im starting to feel he should play RB for Milan. Way better than Royal
@@mattvirtues-se7jr I think he would genuinely do well there for sure. I also think that instead of playing him in so many different positions they should pick one and let him develop at it
I appreciate when a coach is willing to change the team depending on the opponent.
Love to see more of Musah and I really hope he can find his spot in this lineup!
You can see it’s a totally different team when Pulisic plays! He opens the midfield and creates a lot off the ball too! Lao was horrible today he lost the ball 15 times. Look juventus without Pulisic we had no offense
Exactly.
Pulisic makes the most open runs out of anyone in the team. Yet they always let him down because they never give him the ball. The only exception recently was against Slovan Bratislava when Abraham passed the ball to Pulisic. Him using his great speed to score a goal. We need more of that! Yet they never pass it to him.
Stfu!. Leao on his worst days is better than pulisic
Mesmerised by the way you read and deeply analysed this match.
You always pronounce Malick Thiaws name wrong Bro. Its not "Tau", you have to say "Ciao" like the italian word for Hello
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Same with Pulisic. He doesn’t say it including the “šić” rather Puli-sch.
Agree with everything you said Kush. Another solid video❤️
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I think Pulisic just had a bad game maybe that Turkey kept his eyes closed and hes still feeling that sluggishness you feel after super stuffing yourself
He didn’t have a bad game wtf is wrong with y’all! He didn’t have a great game but a bad game?! He literally opens up the midfield constantly he plays defense he makes dummy runs he’s always moving !!come on guys don’t fall for the Pulisic hate! W/o him like against juventus we had NO OFFENSE it was non existent! Pulisic is our most important player period!
been waiting for this all day. 😂❤
Spot on again with your observation…the observation on pulisic is also very accurate I have notice in previous games that he has been selfish especially with Leao I feel.
I’ve seen Tijjani Reijnders not pass to Puli so many times. I wonder if there is some dis-function between them?
Re: CBs, I personally think Gabbia should be a lock, and perhaps change out his partner depending on the opponent. Gabbia is an anchor, while Fik offers speed, Pav has aggression, and Thiaw (in his current form) offers a similar profile to Gabbia in solid positioning and prudent tackles. I will say Gabbia is quickly becoming one of my favorite players and he should be captain within a couple years. Solid back, good decision-making, and owns team mistakes in front of the media. Anyone else notice how they sent him out to face the media after some of the tougher results this season? And he handles it well.
I would like to see a midfield of Musah on the right in the midfield paired with Tijj and Fofana. We've seen Musah offer more defensive coverage playing on the wing but we lose a lot of attacking presence by playing him there. The decision-making in the final third just isn't there yet, though he is a strong defensive presence and he's good at carrying the ball forward. I'd also argue that Pulisic is stronger on the right wing than in the 10 role. Playing them in those spots plays to their strengths.
I hope we've moved on from RLC as a starter at this point.
Also don't think you mentioned Theo at all in this video. Very quiet game from the captain. And then Mike just didn't have much to do yesterday, but I think it's a good thing when your keeper has a quiet day at the office.
I personally like Gabbia and Tomori as it is a relatively balanced pairing in theory. But our defenders have quite different characteristics so it depends a lot on how we play not only on their quality.
Pulisic had a bad game but he never gave up
Edit: pulisic got an assist on that play?
Edit again: rafa does demand opponents attention but he lost the ball alot. He's great but lethargic
He lost the ball 95% of his runs lol but yea he’s sooooo good! Haha this guys delusional and loves Laos nuts
What's scary is that we could have seen this Reijnders already last season. If you remember last year he also made those runs through the midfield, made creative passes and created really good chances for himself, but he didn't manage to reward himself with a goal for quite some time last season. And even after that, had trouble finding the back of the net from his shots.
Forza Milan!
Forza Kush!
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The problem with Thiaw and Gabbia is that neither if them is fast... But nonetheless, this is our best CB pairing as of now
Leave Pulisic alone he's been excellent.
Selfish moment from Puli and he did it twice. Hes typically not selfish though so i may give him a pass for this match but yeah i also was like wtf christian .. there are two guys wide open in the middle
Well said as usual, kush..lets hope for a good result vs Atalanta FORZA MILAN❤🔴⚫🔥🔥
That's the big one!
Milan needs consistency and constant results to get back at the top, but I can see the engine is starting to move.
Lord Royal for all you commoners from now on
The odd thing about Pulisic today was he was tied with RAFA for the most chances created in the match on top of not feeding his teammates in those situations. I think there was like three instances in total where he should’ve fed his teammates and he didn’t.
Lao gave the ball away every time he touches it!
More like the team doesn’t feed him the ball when he makes a run forward. I’ve seen this far too many times.
@@BobMcBurger1 I def agree that happens a lot
@@tonyr.5535 An example of what should be happening is Pulisic's goal against ŠK Slovan Bratislava. He made a run forward and Abraham passed the ball whilst he was still onside.
Pulisic, using his speed, pushed forward. Steadying himself by the goal whilst under pressure and scored. We need more of that, yet the team rarely delivers to him.
A nice nd comfortable win 🥳🙏🏻
are you active on the milan subreddit? Power Reijnders is very loved over there
I am not too engaged there, no. Good to hear Tiji is liked as he should be!
Gabbia and thiaw
Forza Milan ❤❤❤
One thing i love about fonesca is his squad rotation. It works out well
Reijnders it's a real top player.
So... I've said this before.... I'm here because of Pulisic, and I might normally be the first to call you out Kush, but don't pull any punches. He was off today, and maybe has been for the last three matches. He's been lucky, not showing his 100%. Expectations need to be met, because he is a world-class. And when you are world-class then you need to be held to a higher standard. Instead of scoring, he should have hat tricks on good days and a goal a game. That's world-class.
Which he has never done anywhere in his career. I'm a big fan of him and pretty well any American in Europe, but he isn't world-class, he is pushing to be an elite player and that's great he should be able to push for 30+ goal contributions in all comps this year no issue
Who tf in the top leagues is scoring a goal a game with 2-3 sometimes?! No one lol y’all live in a bubble! Lao has 5 goal contributions Pulisic has like 12 lol but they’ll say Lao is world class haha they hate Americans even though we saved their asses from hitler lol haters
Yeah, he seems to be going through a little drop but he doesn't stop working hard and sometimes one just as to appreciate that!
Excellent points overall one knock I have so far is I'd love to see Leao In the penalty area on corner kicks
Maybe against teams in champions league we need an changeable defence but we should probably find a better a solid line in serie a that doesn’t change
Milan have been much more solid when they have musah on the field. To be more specific, him helping out on the right. Which is where a majority of the goals were coming from to start the season.
I feel like Fonseca took a page out of Pochettinos playbook. This is exactly how USA played against Jamaica with Musah at RW, playing like a RB. playing fullbacks like defense midfielders.
Bro looks arabic, speaks english, is a fan of an Italian team and creates literally one of the most amazing football contents I've ever seen. Crazy.
About the defense, I think it should be a stable pairing thats how you win tournaments. Defending is a dance you need a partner, the better you know your partner the more consistent and solid you can be.
Also in a cb couple there are two roles, the "line leader" and the follower. The only guy who gives me good vibes in the line leader role is Gabbia.
So if he wants to rotate it's ok but you shouldn't touch Gabbia.
In fact you can see when we have pairings like Tomori Pavlovic who are not capable of mantaining the line that we get exposed.
like your passion for the club, Dislike the rose coloured glasses for Leao. Impressive how you keep finding positive things to call him a ''star'' player. The man does more things wrong than right. I truly believe milan is better off without him.
We should try a player switch with Newcastle. Like give them Tomori & get Tonali back.
Like Imagine Reijnders ACM - Tonali BoxToBox & Fofana at DM
Pavlovic is an absolute beast. However he is very stiff, personally I think because of his height, and his ball possession play isn't convincing. That's the only negative side to him.
This is what we needed from Milan today
Gabbia has earned his keep, he has to be the starter in every games. We've seen the defensive performance while he was injured.
Honestly none of the three candidates deserves to be an absolute starter, pavlovic has potential sure, fikayo can be a beast on his best day, malik has quality if only he were consistent I think he and Gabbia def would be the best pair. So I absolutely understand why Fonseca don't choose a certain pair.
I still think we need either a solid CDM or CB
I'm starting to see a team that if they build some calloused hands... can do something here. We just need to clock in like coal miners and go to work.
yes gabbia thiaw should be the partnership moving forward.
A flexible rotation based on the opponents helps exploit their weaknesses and our strengths...so rotation of centerbacks or any other players should be the norm. Having a constant 11 or the strongest 11 all the time might risk a burnout.
Absolutely agree with pulisic shooting and not passing. He was pulling a leao. Selfish. He could of had an assist easily on that first pass to the middle of the box. Gotta wonder if he is feeling the pressure to score since he isnt scoring or assisting every game like he was to start the season. He had to do better. And that speed is the part that makes me so angry with pulisic. He used to use that speed and burn defenders when he was at chelsea before his injury. He did what leao does. Burn and go. He doesn't anymore.
TBF, like really to be fair, anyone who insulted Tijji were Tonali the Newcastle bench warmer strunza, we have way to many idiots that call themselves Milan fans these days. It's like making an American from Alabama try to understand why SAAB 900 is a good car. It doesn't work they just understand 1920's OHV technology.
Red box goes to the fog. I couldn’t see Reijnders first goal 😭
Pioli s still on fire in my heart
Watching live from Liberia 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷 West Africa 🌍
Why has King George abandoned us ?
I don’t like the 4 cb rotation, I’d rather have at least one constant CB anchoring the defense. I don’t like changing both CB constantly
Lmao I absolutely love these stats and they absolutely are surprising and don’t really make sense when you consider our overall performances/form and league position. Hilariously contradictory to our hot and cold form but it sheds some positive light on us as a reminder things could be much worse ??? Lolol
We see the glimpses from Fonseca no doubt but Milan always had a problem with rotation plus we play better without RLC
Immagine Reijnders with Tonali 😭
I think we beat atalanta if we play like this on the counter. Their defense is that good either.
What do u guys think of the theo situation. Apparently theres some rumours
Love your content, but you need to spell Thiaw's name right. It's Tschaow, a bit like the Italian "Ciao!". Cheers 😊
I’m disgusted by the aggression of our CBs. I regularly see them making tackles at the edge of the opposition box. I don’t think our CBs should go that high up the field.
Good win but nothing to be excited about. These are games we should be winning. We are still 7th on the table. Let's build consistency and win 5 games in a row first, then we'll see
Another win without 4231 formation, look how fonseca will switch back to it next matches and red boxes incoming
Kush, let me say that Fik is not a smart defender, thus the reason why he is not called for England, and now since Tammy is here, his best friend, now all he cares is friendship with tammy, hanging with him on and off the pitch
Yeah he's been tough to watch this season, especially after Milan Sassuolo goal now!
Gabbia and Thiaw ⬛️🟥💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Ceao. It's pronounced Malick Ceao.
Bro you don't need to censor the gameplay cause we can't see a single thing on the match 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I disagree that Pulisic deserves a shout-out Kush
Tiji might be the new Gullit, I don't wanna jinx it though 😅
Hi kush❤
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Royal not for Milan imo
I don’t agree that Pulisic deserves a shout out here. The subpar decision making and poor set pieces were the story of his game today and he wasn’t a standout performer. Neither was Leao or Theo, so it’s great that we can still win comfortably without these guys having great games.
the fact that the fans are starting to like fonseca is so wholesome
Devil’s Advocate: most of the teams Milan has shut out at home can’t score on anyone. J/s
Hi kush
Empoli looked awful, any other team scores at least twice in that game. Nothings changed empoli is weak. Totally dependent on pellegri and his luck finally ran dry. Our shape looks the same, with no midified at all. Empoli bypassed our midfield 6 or 7 times. Happy to see our attacking players look better and grow in confidence but these problems with the mid and defense are still there which is why we can't have consistency which is what wins trophies. Fofana needs help, what he's doing on his own is incredible to be fair. Forza Milan.
Ps did giroud not work hard for the team? Morata going so far back in defense all the time is a bad sign. Once in a whe is fine when it's needed but the fact that we're saying this about morata every week tells you what you need to know about this team.
I came to Milan through Pulisic. But gotta say to People giving Leao a 4 - 5 performance, ...I read it much, much higher. He has the confidence to try difficult maneuvers and plays and risking heavy criticism when they don't come off. But I see a player who is confident enough to risk failure on the field in full view of everybody. if you can't do that versus Empoli then how are you doing versus Napoli?! Gotta practice somewhere. And even MORE IMPORTANTLY was the 3-0 drubbing Leao was on the field for while trying all those low probability maneuvers. Should he play safe ball? I hate it more when he back passes on a possible counter & not making the risky through ball pass. Look at all the crazy shit Musah does practically every other play. Dummy clearance, . Didn't work. Dummy shot, didn't work. nutmeg, worked. 2/3 of his moves may not be coming off, but he sure is interesting to watch and his only 21 with lots of potential
I've seen Pulisic improve too when he has had the freedom to repeatedly fail.
TLDR: Leao 7/10