Ever since Paolo Maldini retired in 2009 to the completely undeserving jeers of a certain few ultras – inexplicable this happened to such legend of the club – the left full back position has been a problem area for Milan. The club's attempts to find the solution have seen one failure after the next, to [.

I can't believe I came on here yesterday writing with optimism about our new defensive tactics. I really should have known better to expect Wenger to be able to pull it off, however a good idea it may be.

The guy can't coach defence. Time and time again we see decent players come to the club and immediately look like clowns.

Will the baton ever be passed from Robbie Keane to Aiden McGeady?

Editor's Note: It was an odd, intermixing week for American and British Isle footie. Midweek, the historic club Glasgow Rangers of the beleaguered Scottish Premiere League made successful for two Americans, Alejandro Bedoya and Carlos Bocanegra.

Written by Harry

Last week that fine gent and upstanding journo, Martin Samuel, claimed that Arsenal can no longer attract genuine world stars, is this right?

For a start lets be honest have we actually ever signed someone at the top of their game?

Bergkamp was a truly world class player, but when we signed him, he was in a massive dip, the top teams at the time AC Milan, Madrid just were not interested.

Once again I'm proud to be among the contributors to the latest edition of Calcio Italia.

There's been some great feedback so far and I can see why because there are pieces by Giancarlo Rinaldi and Adam Digby - two of the finest writers about Italian football as well as a feature on Giuseppe Rossi by Spanish football expert Sid Lowe.

Raúl González Blanco eligió el Schalke 04 porque buscaba batir el récord de goles de Müller y el de partidos jugados que ostentaba el milanista Maldini. Raúl ha conseguido elevar el listón en ambos apartados gracias a los cinco goles anotados en los diez partidos en esta edición con la camiseta del Schalke alemán.

Those of you who've been wise to this site since the early days, or who just really like reading mastheads, will be aware that for lo these many years I've been running RoP in conjunction with two colleagues, Dr. Chesapeake Marchpane and Vandal-prone. And sure, they may not have been around too consistently, or seemed to have anything to do with the daily operations of the enterprise, but one thing's for sure: They definitely do exist.

As my readers know, I am more of an AC Milan fan than an Inter one. Lately however, the Rossoneri seem to be on a parallel path to their owner, Berlusconi. AC Milan is synonymous amongst football fans with fuoriclasse. The most titled club in the past 20 years has always had an image of style, class, elegance, think Maldini, Van Basten, Sacchi, Baresi, Shevchenko, etc here.

Nothing pleases us more than seeing a group of grown men get together to discuss hot footballers, as inspired by our mancandy lust lists of objectification. We're like, so legit.

Wait, we take that back. Seeing Chris Cohen hold up a tonguetastic photo of Fabio Cannavaro was the cherry on top of our post V-day sundaes.

En la década de los 60 hubo un equipo importante que logró una Copa de Europa en el 63 y otra en el 69. En las dos hubo un denominador común, Gianni Rivera. El equipo fue el Milán A.C.

Tras perder su hegemonía el Real Madrid y los dos triunfos de un Benfica que marcó un bienio contra los equipos españoles (F.

Gone are the days when Milan was home to some of the football's most liked and cherished professionals. The likes of Paolo Maldini, Kaka, Cafu, Andriy Shevchenko and Manuel Rui Costa were all highly respected and talented stars of the game when they plied their trade for the red and black of Milan. These players [.