Comments on: Milan: Still Refusing to Score at Home http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/milan-still-refusing-to-score-at-home.html News from the Italian Serie A Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:30:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hana http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/milan-still-refusing-to-score-at-home.html#comment-29208 Hana Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:33:43 +0000 http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/milan-still-refusing-to-score-at-home.html#comment-29208 keep praying gila. *sighs* sadly, as soon as i heard ranieri's comments (and there was a lot of slipping indeed- poor pirlo was in the clear to set someone up at one point and totally got denied by the pitch), my first thought went to inter as well, and they seem to be doing just dandy. um. yeah. and pippo/gila, don't worry...with only 3 strikers IN TOTAL, i kind of doubt you're gonna face much competition. martha, you don't suppose we could..temporarily..borrow ibra, could we? just for the club world cup *coughandpossiblyafterwards*he kicked all sorts of ass against the viola. that first assist= sublime. keep praying gila. *sighs* sadly, as soon as i heard ranieri’s comments (and there was a lot of slipping indeed- poor pirlo was in the clear to set someone up at one point and totally got denied by the pitch), my first thought went to inter as well, and they seem to be doing just dandy. um. yeah. and pippo/gila, don’t worry…with only 3 strikers IN TOTAL, i kind of doubt you’re gonna face much competition. martha, you don’t suppose we could..temporarily..borrow ibra, could we? just for the club world cup *coughandpossiblyafterwards*he kicked all sorts of ass against the viola. that first assist= sublime.

]]> By: Marco http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/milan-still-refusing-to-score-at-home.html#comment-29202 Marco Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:02:05 +0000 http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/milan-still-refusing-to-score-at-home.html#comment-29202 Regarding that pitch issue: San Siro has been extensively dubbed as "campo di patate" (potato field) over the past years, the reason being the spectator stands infrastructure. As it turns out, it's been quite poorly designed in that it doesn't allow much sunlight to strike the grass, hence making pitch maintenance a nightmare. However, as you pointed out Martha, this is the same field Inter are playing on, so it'd be a fallacious argument to put all of AC Milan's mishaps on the back of the San Siro pitch. Clearly, the problem lies elsewhere and I think the more time passes, the more it must be psychological for the Rossoneri. There's no worse buzz kill as when you start to believe the statistics put in the press. Regarding that pitch issue: San Siro has been extensively dubbed as “campo di patate” (potato field) over the past years, the reason being the spectator stands infrastructure. As it turns out, it’s been quite poorly designed in that it doesn’t allow much sunlight to strike the grass, hence making pitch maintenance a nightmare.

However, as you pointed out Martha, this is the same field Inter are playing on, so it’d be a fallacious argument to put all of AC Milan’s mishaps on the back of the San Siro pitch. Clearly, the problem lies elsewhere and I think the more time passes, the more it must be psychological for the Rossoneri. There’s no worse buzz kill as when you start to believe the statistics put in the press.

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