This season, Milan used a 4-3-3 formation just about every single match and played a very attacking style of football. El Shaarawy, Pazzini(later Balotelli) and either Niang or Robinho were our attack and it actually worked quite well, especially in late game situations. Despite the quality upfront that Milan have, I think they're missing out on a lot of talent that's out there. Niang is a great player, but he didn't score a single goal at all this season which is worrying for me. I mean, wouldn't it just accidentally go in at least once? I think Niang would be a great player off the bench, just like Pazzini and Robinho definitely shouldn't be a starter. In fact, he should be sold to Santos immediately. Back to missing out on quality, I feel like Milan is just so limited with this formation and style of play. With all of the extremely quality midfields Italy has, not to mention foreigners as well, we're only using 3 and one of them is either Muntari, Nocerino or Flamini every game. If you want to be an elite club in this world, that's just not going to cut it, not even close. Also, with a 3 man attack, we're only limited to wingers because Balotelli is our man in the middle(as he should be) and SES is our left wing(which he shouldn't be, should be in the middle). There's so many great central forwards out there we can't have because of our formation. We could have a 5 man midfield with immense talent, but instead, we have Montolivo who's great, but then it's down hill from there. Boateng can be great, but needs talent around him to make him great, but he doesn't. Muntari, Nocerino and Flamini are trash. I'm sorry, but all three of those guys should not even be mentioned with Milan, let alone starting for them. Here's a list of players Milan is missing out on that have a realistic chance of joining the squad:
1. Verratti
2. Poli
3. Diamanti
4. Bonaventura
5. Schellotto
6. Lodi
7. Sau
8. Insigne
9. Destro
10. Hernanes
That's just a few and all of them could easily join Milan, but can't because they just simply can't fit into the system. That's the problem, not many players can't fit into a 4-3-3 system. Italy is a country with tons of midfield talent, so Milan should take advantage of that and utilize it. Keep Balotelli up front, slide SES back into the midfield, maybe behind Mario and just load up the midfield. Our defence is junk as it is so we can play with 3 of them with 5 in the middle and leave Mario to attack. 3-5-1. Prandelli proved it's brilliance with La Nazionale. I know he had a fantastic defence with Chiellini, Barzagli and Bonucci, but it could work for Milan. Montolivo, Boateng, Verratti, Poli, El Shaarawy, all in the midfield working together to create chances for Balotelli. It'd be fantastic, but sadly I don't think it'll happen. A 4-3-3 could work great, but it's going to take at least 1 big, big talent in the midfield to make it work.
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