With all due respect what do you want most of us to do jump up and down like cheerleaders and fooling ourselves into thinking this team has what it takes to do anything. Being a pessimist right now is being realistic. You couldn't possibly after the last two months have anything good to say about lotito, ballardini or the squad or have faith in this team walking into games like this. We're not resigning from being fans and its not blasphemy to talk about how bad this team is or how bad they'll have it. There's different types of fans who have different types of perspectives. I think what keeps this forum going is the clashes in opinions which adds to the forum ... and if you disagree ... well thats your opinion. I get what your saying but in my perspective i'm finding humour in these dark times.

FORZA LAZIO!

Wow guys, Milan are shit. I know we are as well but I prefer Ballardini over Leonardo. Are Milan really hitting their stride? They (like us) can't score and they have been lucky recently. Against Roma (A turning point for Milan kind of) they went under and Roma should have finished the game in the first half, they didn't however and Milan got an undeserved win. Then came Chievo and Milan needed an extra time goal to win them (Chievo were 1-0 up till the 80th min), next were Napoli, Milan stunned them early on with two goals but then there was only Napoli. Last game against Parma, okay Milan won but it was Parma at the San Siro.

Although they have been getting (undeserved) results lately I really don't fear them. Their team is old and the troubles they had early on in the season are still there. This is the game we will turn it around and WIN. I'm betting my avatar picture on it.

Lotito's hell is eternal, face it he has not learned in the past on too many reaccuring issues.  Cut him slack once, twice but three times your out.  Lotito, Tare & Balla = the three satans. 

Back to Milan, they have always suffered defensivley, today in the CL game no Gattuso who is slow, same defensive line and a very offensive lineup with 1 striker backed by Ronaldinho and Pato yet they still played well defensilvley and very dangerous on the counter with their distribution and speed.  Wonder if a more offensive strategy would work using eli/zarate/foggia in the upper mid with meghni/matuzlem and brocchi at the back with rocchi as the striker, since our defence sucks anyway we couldn't withstand an attack like milan for life itself mind as well try for a shootout or at least keep the ball moving away from our half.  4-4-2 is the usual safe bet but we only have one real asset which is offensive speed so mind as well use it since everything else has been tried already. Not the tri-dent but a system to fill up the midfield with players to slow down the opposition from transitioning so quickly as well as creating a quick counter attack with 4 potential scorers.     

If lazio use Foggia and Eli thats the only way we can really challenge them. Deliver some neat crosses for Cruz and tommy to attack at!!!! 00

Theres no comparison at all at the moment between a team that took four points of Real Madrid, should have been six, in the champions league and a team, us, that can not score more than one goal a game and also cannot keep a clean sheet. Milan have turned their dire start around, and don't look anything like the team that was mauled 4-0 in the Milan derby. Defensively they are much more solid this season with Nesta back, and Thiago Silva playing well along side him. There recent wins have been tight, but they've found a way to win each time, as much as we seem to find a way to loose. Realistically, If Milan are shit, then what that makes us I really shudder to think.

Word. Honestly, how can be hard to determine the first eleven after over 10 matches? We have a coach below this team...

I wont delude myshelf by think Milan is shit too, at least Milan is Milan, ok as a squad and avarage old, no chance for tittle in any competiton for them I bet but, better than us for sure. Pato Pato Pato, the guy I am afraid of mostly... After playing against Villa in Spain and then Milan seems very bad luck for fixture. I dont think our squad is professinal enough to manage 2 or 3 matches in a week.

I am sorry that I have really no reason to talk more hopefully. I can just say, maybe Milan's stars wont be good, maybe Foggia and Zarate and Rocchi will play their best game so far this season... run out of words simply... just full of wishes.

When seeing the rest of the matches in the first half of league, we can really face days full of darkness Damn

Forza Lazio 00

None of us are saying they are brilliant - but on current form, they are good, very good indeed. They have turned a corner since those crap results you have mentioned. It seems you really hate Milan, fair enough. They have players that wipe the floor with ours, that's how I see it. Furthermore, it seems to have escaped you, but we (Lazio) are in a pretty bad state right now, are any of our results more convincing then theirs? Fuck no. - Things are so bad infact, that expecting a win against an in-form Milan team is ludicrous.