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You take Ibra out of the equation and they'd more than likely suffer just like we do without Kaka.
True, which is why they need some creativity coming in from mid-field. Their game hinges quite a bit on Zlatan linking with Stankovic/Viera. That Zlatan is in good form, is what is the main reason for their dominance.
Crespo in the end is just a very very good finisher.
In that sense we have an advantage in having Seedorf as well to prop up the mid. R99 (in good nick) together with Gila(in the alternate game

) and us playing our 4-3-1-2 would definitely make our first eleven stronger than theirs.
But that first eleven(imho-among the 2 or 3 best lineups in the world) is all we got for the timebeing. To improve I would reckon...
1. We would need Pato at his usual potential
2. We would need a proper CB pairing in good nick. Nesta-Kaladze of this year is still not as good as they used to be. Neither is the Paolo-Nesta combo. Bonera is adequate as a Stam replacement. We might still need to look for a good new CB, unless Bonera scales up on a massive scale.
3. More flying fullbacks. They don't make them like Cafu and Carlos anymore .

In Oddo, we have an excellent RB, who as long as he's not fatigued is superb. Against Man U last season, after Kaka, along with Rino he was our most effective player. Even ahead of Seedorf. My fav transfer of last season(sorry Ari, but I have a thing for fullbacks and no dst is not what I'm talking about

). I want Zambrotta really!! I know Janku is really great and all, but he is still in the end a LM who we play as LB. Sergio was a convert too, but Janku doesn't have the offensive impact of Sergio, and his defensive duties are interfering with his ability to drop in the crosses. He's no Wayne Bridge who crosses in from deep.
Imo Janku would be more effective in this formation
Oddo---Nesta---Bonera/Kala---Zambrotta
-----Rino--------Pirlo--------Janku---------
---------Kaka-----------------Seedorf------
-------------------Gila/R99------------------
I think even if we were to play the pyramid with 2 strikers, it wouldn't matter much, since with Milan's/Carletto's style of play, too much hinges on our fullbacks playing at full potential. And with Zambrotta in , you basically have the chief joker in the pack. He can drop in for either Oddo or Janku and be just as deadly if not more. And

I get my all Italian defense----all Euro mid-field---and possibly all Brazillian trident/Brazil attack with Italian goal poacher.

Harmony

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You basically said what I just said...
Yeah sure...I knew that sooner or later it would be my fault.