(05-03-2012, 06:18 PM)ElMago99 Wrote:(05-03-2012, 04:59 PM)Rossoneri 44 Wrote: To be honest Milan need to make quite a few changes if they want to have a chance of being competitive in the UCL and Seria (Juve will only improve and Inter, Napoli and Roma will get stronger)
GK- Abbiati, Amelia, Roma
Abbiati is a decent keeper, but not world class or UCL material by any chance. Neuer, Casillas, Valdes are much better. Milan, given their limited budget need to save money in this department. I would have signed Weisse, but from what I see he is gone now. Look how good Van der sar was for Man UTD.
Adler
I almost had to stop reading after you said Valdes is better than Abbiati
He's God-Awful.
I feel the same way.
Although I haven't almost stopped, I have stopped there. I really don't understand why Valdes is rated so high. Yes, his reflexes are great, but that's about it. His decision making is HORRIBLE, his positioning is average, his handling is questionable at times (being able to drop easy balls).
For example, look at the goals R. Madrid scored against Barca in last El-Classico: First goal, it was AWFUL decision making by Valdes that led to a goal, he went for the ball, and then suddenly he changed his mind and went back to the line; For the second goal, it was positioning thing, he wasn't the one to blame, but he neither ran out or stay on the line, and more he didn't close the near post properly.
I think the main reason Valdes is rated so high is that Casillas has dropped in form drastically in the later years, Valdes is not so far away from him anymore, and because Casillas is HELL overrated for what he displays in the last 3 or 4 years, then Valdes is rated high too.
Anyway, Abbiati is not great keeper, but he's better than Valdes. If we need keeper, then we should go for Handanovic of Udinese, he's by far the most underrated keeper right now, he's only 27, and really one of the world's best at the moment.