(02-04-2015, 05:33 PM)ACMILAN1983 Wrote: I actually dislike De Jong tbh. I never wanted him due to a history of dangerous tackles in his career and since he's been with Milan, I've had issues with how he plays.
Me too, we've had our discussions about this in the past as well. He has good work rate and defensive ability, and I really do commend him for his spirit and love for Milan, even if it's an act its a professional and proper one. I just think we need something different for a strong midfield.
What we really lack is a balanced presence of attacking and defending in our midfield. If we play Poli, we get the work rate and average attacking/defending skills but almost 0 creativity. When we play De Jong, we get close to 0 creativity, great defense, no attacking. When we play Montolivo (when he plays good) we get good creativity, decent attacking presence and decent defensively, good balance but still not an amazing player. We need more balanced midfielders, ones who can attack defend and create like Pogba and Vidal. Otherwise we're left with a very one dimensional and predictable squad.
Unfortunately, the last few games Montolivo has played, I've a huge problem with him now too. That game he played against Lazio was despicable, in fact, if this was the Milan of 5-6 years ago I think he'd be benched until June and probably sold. Then again, there's the possibility that he'd play better in a better team, even good players tend to play bad when the team isn't playing well as a group, but on the flip side your good players should also stand out, not be even worse.
