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GRE-NO-LI
09-01-2006, 21:13
No case for Milan's defence
Source: Football Italia
Milan have announced that they will not be signing any new defenders in the January transfer window.
While Andriy Shevchenko and Alberto Gilardino have formed an extraordinary goalscoring partnership at the forefront of Milan’s attack this season their defensive problems have been their Achilles heel this season.
The Rossoneri have conceded 21 goals this term, making theirs only the seventh-best defence in Serie A. Last night’s 4-3 win over Parma was a prime example of the sort of lacklustre defending that has undermined their League campaign this term.
Leading 3-1 at the break, Carlo Ancelotti’s men simply switched off when the visitors had the ball in their half and only their abilty to outscore their opponents eventually assured them a nervy three points.
However, Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani insisted today that no rearguard reinforcements would be forthcoming this month.
“We are not going to buy any defenders,” he added. “We are fine as we are. I have no criticism of the Coach or the players. We have got 40 points from 18 matches, we are doing better than this stage last year.
“Unfortunately, there is a side ahead of us that is moving at an incredible pace,” he added. “If Juve carry on like this, there’s not a lot we can do.”
Milan are likely to be moving in the transfer market for a striker, however, should Christian Vieri make his expected move to Monaco this week.
The Rossoneri are reported to be interested in recruiting one of Marcio Amoroso of Sao Paulo or Fiorentina’s Valeri Bojinov as their fourth-string striker.
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Galliani is such a stubborn guy, Holy Mary!!! :scream:
savage_mau
09-01-2006, 21:45
He still believe and giving time for the defender to prove others were wrong. Just hope that they do improve if Milan really dont buy new defender.
GRE-NO-LI
09-01-2006, 22:09
Well... let's see... and PREY!
Its what he does not what he says :D
Wouldn't surprise me though, if not now we for sure need one or two in the summer.
meh who cares.
I doubt a player who comes now could change anything straight away anyway.
Its important for the summer.
Now the whole team depends on Kaká-Sheva-Gila.
zlatanov
09-01-2006, 23:34
http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/sport/articoli/articolo291186.shtml
Silvio says he has discussed with Galliani the possibility of getting one new defender. My guess is that would be one of Oddo, Barzagli, or Lugano.
Trequartista
09-01-2006, 23:56
i read this too . very disappointing! we need 1 rb or lb now and a cb and the end of the season, our defence line up of simic , nesta, kaladze serginho is not ideal.
i would like simic, lugano, nesta, Kaladze
zlatanov
10-01-2006, 00:14
Stam is healthy one week and injured for the following one. Maldini's situation is still one big question mark - when he will come back and more importantly how long is he gonna stay healthy after that is yet to be seen. Same is true for Cafu, who has hardly played this season. Billy at 39-40 could hardly be relied on for a Wednesday-Sunday game schedule. So, I think we need one RB (Oddo) and one CB (Barzagli/Lugano seem to be available) right now just to "repair" the defensive holes. Then, at the end of the season further reshuffling should be done since Stam, Billy, and Cafu look like sure departures, while Maldini may well face an uphill struggle with staying fit.
GilAttack [11]
10-01-2006, 00:25
So, I think we need one RB and one CB right now
Agreed 100%
:cheers:
GRE-NO-LI
10-01-2006, 00:33
So, I think we need one RB (Oddo) and one CB (Barzagli/Lugano seem to be available) right now just to "repair" the defensive holes.
Couldn't agree more.
GRE-NO-LI
10-01-2006, 00:37
Proprio nella serata dell'addio di Bobo Vieri al club di via Turati, il premier rivela che eventuali nuovi interventi in entrata nel mercato di gennaio riguarderanno non l'attacco, ma il reparto arretrato. "Kakà può agire da punta, a completare un reparto composto da tre ottimi attaccanti - ha spiegato Berlusconi
Oh my, Berlusconi is crazy... we can't with only 3 strikers, if something happens with one of them we will be in great trouble!
i think we could make it too the end of the season with only 3 strikers. The league is practically over, we can use league games to rest players in preperation for the champions league. We must, however make a move on the defenders now. Ultimately signing someone like Lugano/Barzagli and Oddo could see us progress much further in the CL and the players would pay for themselves.
Otherwise, as I've already said in another thread, we'd be looking at having to bring in as many as 7 players in Summer. Too many, in my opinion, in one go.
hitmannq8
10-01-2006, 07:12
Berlusconi says he has talked to Galliani about getting a defender
http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jan10c.html
Unfortunately the milan board has announced that the striker we will get is NOT Chevanton. Chevanton is a very good player, very good skills, shots, freekicks, headers, he is sort of like Sheva. IMO this is a type of player we should go for, and not a player like Vieri/Iaquinta/Toni/Amoroso. We need to have a player so we can sub Sheva knowing we are not doomed.
hitmannq8
10-01-2006, 07:58
Lugano denies Milan move for now
http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=2857
GRE-NO-LI
10-01-2006, 08:48
Otherwise, as I've already said in another thread, we'd be looking at having to bring in as many as 7 players in Summer. Too many, in my opinion, in one go.
That's what happens when you postponed the necessary reformulation until the unbearable... :-(
GRE-NO-LI
10-01-2006, 08:49
Lugano denies Milan move for now
http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=2857
Things are getting more and more confused, oh my... :v46:
i would be extremely dissapointed if we dont sign a RB and aCB and a ST this month, we absolutely need all three and by not signing them its like were giving up on winning anything this season, we cannot bet on being lucky the way we were vs parma, sure the attack is probably the best in the world, but wasnt that the case with real adrid just before they went downhill? .. its a great defence that wins u trophies not the attack, nothing is more hurting than allowing a goal not even not scoring one. our morals into games would be so low and in recent years that was the main reason why we didnt win anything there is to win eventhough we were always easily the best team in the world.
GRE-NO-LI
10-01-2006, 10:55
And the wheels of confusion are set to motion:
Milan admit defensive desire
Source: Football Italia
Milan President Silvio Berslusconi has hinted that the Rossoneri are in the market for a defender as well as a striker.
While Milan are in the hunt to find a replacement for Christian Vieiri, who is undergoing a medical at Monaco this morning, Berlusconi revealed last night that – contrary to the words of Vice-President Adriano Galliani yesterday – the San Siro side are also readying themselves to move for a defender this month.
With Paolo Maldini out injured, Coach Carlo Ancelotti has been forced to resort to 39-year-old Alessandro Costacurta in recent games. With Milan shipping goals almost as often as they are scoring them at the other end it seems that a rearguard reinforcement will be on its way this month.
“I have spoken with Galliani and as far as the defence goes there is the possibility we will make the move to buy a player,” he revealed on TV programme ‘Processo di Biscardi’ last night.
But the situation is clouded by confusion after Galliani had said the complete opposite yesterday: “We are not going to buy any defenders, we are fine as we are.”
A number of defenders have been linked to Milan, with Juventus’s Jonathan Zebina, Udinese’s Felipe, Roma’s Cristian Chivu and Hertha Berlin’s Josip Simunic the players most prominently linked with a move to the San Siro.
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First Galliani says “We are not going to buy any defenders, we are fine as we are.”, them comes Berlusconi to say that “I have spoken with Galliani and as far as the defence goes there is the possibility we will make the move to buy a player”... what's gonna happen?!?
GRE-NO-LI
10-01-2006, 16:36
Even Inter 'MERDI' are moving faster and smarter than us, that's a real shame... :rollani: :rollani: :rollani: :frustrat: :frustrat: :frustrat:
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Inter sign ‘phenomenal’ Maicon
Tuesday 10 January, 2006
Inter have already begun planning for next season with the £4m signing of Monaco wing-back Douglas Maicon.
The quicksilver Brazilian – who is seen in his homeland as the natural successor to Cafu in the national team – was in Milan yesterday to sign a four-year contract with the Nerazzurri, starting in July.
Maicon, who underwent a medical before returning to Monaco, is one of the most talented full-backs in the world and is set to replace long-standing Inter captain Javier Zanetti.
The 24-year-old first burst onto the scene two years ago in the colours of Cruzeiro. His speed, tireless running, physical strength, ball control and passing ability soon attracted the attention of Monaco, who bought him at the start of last season.
Adriano, who plays with Maicon for Brazil, first alerted Inter to the player last summer, describing him as “a phenomenal right-sided player,” but moves to sign the attack-minded defender collapsed in the summer due to Inter’s already-filled quota of non-European players.
However, with Julio Cruz and Juan Sebastian Veron set to leave in the summer there will be room at Inter for the 12-time capped Brazil international
It seems like we will sign Amoroso... okay, if it is only a short team contract, and if he is ready to be 4th choice striker, which I doubt a bit..
But defenders - I think we will wait until the summer.. Let us hope Maldini, Cafu and Stam is less injury prone in the last part of the season.
GRE-NO-LI
10-01-2006, 16:56
Well, let's see... I hope the board will finally see that we need new defenders NOW, not just in the summer.
i just can't understand how the hell Inter have that much money, every year they buy loads of players they don't win anything and still they have money. :dontkn:
but we don't have money to buy 1 f*cking defender or maybe they don't wan't to buy i just can't see what's the problem with our management :5milan:
Maicon to Inter is bad news...
zlatanov
10-01-2006, 18:50
Maicon to Inter is bad news...
anyone to Inter is bad news ... for the poor guy, that is ... it's just that he doesn't know it yet. :devs:
hahahaha, you're right...
they're all great players, at some point before they arrive, and specially after they leave and start wearing the red/black shirt...
exception to the rule: Mr. Christian Vieri ;)
GRE-NO-LI
10-01-2006, 19:31
i just can't understand how the hell Inter have that much money, every year they buy loads of players they don't win anything and still they have money. :dontkn:
but we don't have money to buy 1 f*cking defender or maybe they don't wan't to buy i just can't see what's the problem with our management :5milan:
Unfortunattely our board is behaving on a very conservative way, that's what's happening.
nah, its just that recently berlusconi and galliani have been very interested in the board game 'RISK'
GRE-NO-LI
11-01-2006, 12:29
Well, Well, Well... Amoroso (potentially another useless bench warmer) is coming... but what about new defenders, what is that we really need?
hitmannq8
13-01-2006, 11:41
GALLIANI: 'Amoroso was excellent in the tests'
1/13/2006
MILAN - Adriano Galliani spoke about Marcio Amoroso's medical visit: 'He came through it as we announced and don't understand the voices of alarm in the newspapers yesterday. Our own Daniele Tognaccini also worked with Amoroso when he was at Udinese under Zaccheroni and he said the tests were much better than back then. As for the defence, I can confirm Milan will not sign a defender in January. We'll think about it in June.'
Warro Bantan
13-01-2006, 11:46
GALLIANI: 'Amoroso was excellent in the tests'
1/13/2006
MILAN - Adriano Galliani spoke......As for the defence, I can confirm Milan will not sign a defender in January. We'll think about it in June.' Thanks hitmannq8...I was just about to post this very same snippet....
Well well well...what do we have here...further obfuscation/misinformation so we can snatch Cannavaro from under Moggi´s beak of a nose?...or an event as rare as a solar eclipse...Uncle Festor telling the truth?
Whatever, it remains to be seen, with Jan 31st still some weeks away. Anything, except Sheva leaving on a free transfer to Inter, can, and may very well happen before then.
Lets all take a deep breath, (or a toke if you prefer) and relax, nothing is over till the fat lady sings, and she isnt due to use her substantial vocal cords until midnight, January 31.
GRE-NO-LI
13-01-2006, 13:17
I hope that is only disinformation, because the last remark ("We'll think about it in June") sounds positivelly SCARY...
GRE-NO-LI
13-01-2006, 13:17
And what about another top class and young attacking midfield to partner Kaka on 2006/2007 season?
Josh-Sheva
15-01-2006, 05:57
That woul be great, I would think of Messi, He would be a great partner for Kaka
GRE-NO-LI
15-01-2006, 13:12
That woul be great, I would think of Messi, He would be a great partner for Kaka
But Messi perhaps is an unreachable target by now, I guess we should focus on Aguero or Sneijder.
GilAttack [11]
15-01-2006, 22:48
I think Milan were linked with Sneijder before, right?
hitmannq8
15-01-2006, 23:18
']I think Milan were linked with Sneijder before, right?
Yes but there was no official statements made by anyone that we are after him. We were simply linked to him like how we were linked to Kompany, Alex, Gallas, Chivu, Cris, Yepes, Lugano and many others.
GRE-NO-LI
16-01-2006, 00:58
Yes, nothing concrete until now about his purchase.
Rivaldo...Vieri...Amoroso...trouble is they are on the wrong side of their peak footballing age. What do they have in common? They are CHEAP...free, in fact, save their wages which is not a concern for a big club like Milan. They will no doubt make a play at Ballack...no need to guess why. We will not sign a defender because there are few decent ones available on a free transfer.
You know what sucks? And I hate to say this but it does indeed anger me...Berlusconi bought the television rights to all Juventus games, injecting a record 218 million euro directly into their coffers. Yet...we cannot make a move for a legitimate defender who may assist in solving our defensive crisis. Remember everything starts from defence, and you can't build success on a deck of cards...aged ones at that. We give Juve our reserve keeper, a man who I have always admired, and as a result, they are virtually unbeatable. What a devine comedy! Im sick to death of this political sh!t...
Lets hope this is just one of those deliberate and tactical ruses in order to distract other clubs from chasing our targets, but seriously, with intelligence so good these days...who do they fool except the fans? We are fed the gossip from the papers, accuracy which is often less than desirable. Be serious, don't tell me the sooner we buy a player and the longer he's with the team, the more effective he will be at the start of next season...So Galliani can feed his bullsh!t to some other gullible supporter cos it is insulting.
Cassano to Real for 3.5million...wait for Real to sell him at an exorbitant fee like they did Owen. Clever Real...stupid Milan...why did we pass on Keane? He's old, he was free...
I apologise for this outburst, it is uncharacteristic but I have just released a load off my chest
In fact...Gascoigne is player/manager of a third division side...I'm sure we could lure him for nothing if we supply his alcohol...
Hows that Galliani for an impeccable swoop...Perhaps offer me a position as your senior scout as I am full of cheap ideas
i can very good understand what you mean. our transfer policy is ridicolous. we react that slow to new developments that is almost unbelievable. the argument with the money is just nonsense when you see how cheap top players are at the moment.
i can remember when galliani said we didn't buy davids just to not disturb the locker room. well, maybe davids would not have helped us but the thought behind it is the worrying. we have top players (that's out of question) but there seems to be virtually no competition for places which is surely one reason why so many of our players are underperforming on such a regular basis this year.
You know what sucks? And I hate to say this but it does indeed anger me...Berlusconi bought the television rights to all Juventus games, injecting a record 218 million euro directly into their coffers.
well that was not so stupid i think. milan will get a deal similar to that (hopefully even better when you consider where the money is coming from) so they just send juve ahead to get the beating from the press and the smaller clubs.
Warro Bantan
16-01-2006, 11:49
i can very good understand what you mean. our transfer policy is ridicolous. we react that slow to new developments that is almost unbelievable. the argument with the money is just nonsense when you see how cheap top players are at the moment. Quite so acdc81...I totally agree with you there!
well that was not so stupid i think. milan will get a deal similar to that (hopefully even better when you consider where the money is coming from) so they just send juve ahead to get the beating from the press and the smaller clubs.
Yes!!! Haddnt thought of that, but yes! Good job on that thought process!! Now, why didnt I think of that? :diablo:
Buying rights is not stupid, provided you don't overshoot the mark. Should Berlusconi profit from the 2 year deal it will be money in his account, but increasing his net worth has never guaranteed a shopping spree like Chelsea enjoy so frequently. That 218M will go straight to Juve, perhaps for reinvestment, but the key is that the money did go through the club account. This is my point: Juve get the money, profit goes to Berlusconi, not necessarily (or likely) Milan. Will the shrewd Berlusconi buy the rights to his own club? If he is really shrewd, he will drive up the price and allow someone else to buy the rights...but I doubt that will happen. The man who has escaped jail by rewritting the law will retain the rights and still Milan may not see a cent.
But do you know what really worries me? All this above nonsense bothers me, but what frightens the hell out of me is the instability within the club. Berlusconi overules everyone...He publicly undermines Galliani and Ancelotti. Galliani, the president of the club and FA: "We will not buy defenders" Berlo: "I talked to Galliani, we may buy a defender". Whomever we agree with is irrelevant, the point is that no one has authority, no one has responsibility, no one does the job they are employed to do as they are all pawns of Berlusconi.
The three most in form teams at the moment, the three favourites to win everything: Chelsea, Barcelona and Juventus have one common element. They have a leader who is entrusted with the development and progression of the team they command. Mourinho, Capello and Rijkaard are exemplary visionaries and are empowered to assemble a puzzle, the team, with pieces that they see fit, expense not spared. Ancelotti is apparently supported by the club, so long as he sticks with the owner's plan. He wanted Crespo, he was a great success, but we couldn't afford to buy him despite the fact our clubs owner is one of the richest men in the world. I can't understand why we cannot leave the football to the man who was hired to achieve success, and allow him the freedom and cash to build his side? He has recognised the need for defenders, but it is the board and the management who get involved: "we don't need reinforcements", "we can manage"
Trust Ancelotti and give him the cash, or sack Ancelotti and give his replacement the cash...Just trust someone to do their job!!!
GRE-NO-LI
16-01-2006, 12:26
That's the right word: RIDICULOUS!
Warro Bantan
16-01-2006, 14:20
Should Berlusconi profit from the 2 year deal it will be money in his account, but increasing his net worth has never guaranteed a shopping spree like Chelsea enjoy so frequently. That 218M will go straight to Juve, perhaps for reinvestment, but the key is that the money did go through the club account. This is my point: Juve get the money, profit goes to Berlusconi, not necessarily (or likely) Milan. Will the shrewd Berlusconi buy the rights to his own club? If he is really shrewd, he will drive up the price and allow someone else to buy the rights...but I doubt that will happen. The man who has escaped jail by rewritting the law will retain the rights and still Milan may not see a cent. Indeed Pablo I...well said. Couldnt agree with you more!
But do you know what really worries me? All this above nonsense bothers me, but what frightens the hell out of me is the instability within the club. Berlusconi overules everyone...He publicly undermines Galliani and Ancelotti. Galliani, the president of the club and FA: "We will not buy defenders" Berlo: "I talked to Galliani, we may buy a defender". Whomever we agree with is irrelevant, the point is that no one has authority, no one has responsibility, no one does the job they are employed to do as they are all pawns of Berlusconi.
The three most in form teams at the moment, the three favourites to win everything: Chelsea, Barcelona and Juventus have one common element. They have a leader who is entrusted with the development and progression of the team they command. Mourinho, Capello and Rijkaard are exemplary visionaries and are empowered to assemble a puzzle, the team, with pieces that they see fit, expense not spared. Ancelotti is apparently supported by the club, so long as he sticks with the owner's plan. He wanted Crespo, he was a great success, but we couldn't afford to buy him despite the fact our clubs owner is one of the richest men in the world. I can't understand why we cannot leave the football to the man who was hired to achieve success, and allow him the freedom and cash to build his side? He has recognised the need for defenders, but it is the board and the management who get involved: "we don't need reinforcements", "we can manage"
Trust Ancelotti and give him the cash, or sack Ancelotti and give his replacement the cash...Just trust someone to do their job!!!
You have hit the nail on the head!! This is a fundamental problem for Milan, and indeed, this is why we dont have Don Fabio at the helm today...the refusal of the man who calls himself "Milan´s greatest fan" to refrain from interfering in the club´s running..indeed, the acrimony that resulted in Capello leaving I am sure has motivated him (ie Capello) to keep winning scudetto after scudetto...
If you are paying a man to do a job, then equip him, empower him, but no...this doesnt happen at Milan...we are one of the few clubs whose manager doesnt choose his players!! This is completely ridiculous...the only player Carlo ever wanted, was Crespo, and all we could manage was a loan?
Berlu may be doing the correct thing in ensuring that Milan operates as a business entity that keeps itself in the accounting black, but then he shouldnt sack coaches when they dont produce results, especially when they havent been given what they need to work with, to get those results...
If carlo could play with 1 striker, this Milan team would probably have been Euro Champs.
Warro Bantan
17-01-2006, 09:41
If carlo could play with 1 striker, this Milan team would probably have been Euro Champs.
Totally agree with you there K77SH C!!! :sagrin:
GRE-NO-LI
17-01-2006, 11:58
Totally agree with you there K77SH C!!! :sagrin:
Although I love attacking minded football, I have to agree with that too.
Warro Bantan
17-01-2006, 12:16
There doesnt have to be a choice GRE-NO-LI...when we played with the xmas tree, we were still very attacking, but this formation enabled us to provide more cover for the back four...something like...
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********Sheva*********
****Rui********Kaka*******
**Seedorf****Pirlo*****Gattuso**
**Marek***Kaladze**Nesta***Cafu/Simic
**********Dida**************h
Now there is no way this could be even remotely considered to be overly defensive, but gives the backline more cover, especially if Pirlo or Seedorf are substituted for Ambrosini and Vogel...
:p286:
GRE-NO-LI
17-01-2006, 12:21
Well, is not an overly defensive formation, but I guess you can't also name it as an ataccking one, right?
We would at most need a new right back. That is of course depending on the fitness of Cafu. any other operations is for the summer.
GRE-NO-LI
18-01-2006, 06:55
We would at most need a new right back. That is of course depending on the fitness of Cafu. any other operations is for the summer.
A club like Milan cannot depend of a factor so unpredictable as the fitness of a player, we must have decent subs!
A club like Milan cannot depend of a factor so unpredictable as the fitness of a player, we must have decent subs!
We have more than decent subs. Two national players of high quality. the only problem being that with Simic and Stam for that position we can't be flexible in which side we are to attack in. We usually attack from one wingback as to not be overly offensive or defensive. Currently Serginho is doing that job, just not as good as he did the first half of the season when he was one of our best players. Moreso the last three games.
_MaJi_tz
18-01-2006, 08:59
de jong-why milan isnt in race for this super player?????
The 21-year-old, who is reportedly being followed by Sevilla and Juventus, is out of contract in the summer.
"West Ham United are so far the only club who have really contacted us about a possible transfer for Nigel," Ajax technical director Martin van Geel told AD Sportwereld.
West Ham have also been linked with Barcelona’s Gabri as they look to strengthen their squad before the transfer window closes at the end of the month.
AC Milan Ottawa
18-01-2006, 13:47
Wow Thanks Mr. Galliani. If Milan are in such good shape at the back, why do the TV cameras show him wincing and rolling his eyes after every Milan errror? and many defensives ones at that. Parma put 3 and almost 4 or 5 past the Milan defence last week and did he not see Stam's marking blunder vs. Roma?
Imagine what Barca would do to the Milan defence if they played tomorrow?
GRE-NO-LI
18-01-2006, 13:56
de jong-why milan isnt in race for this super player?????
The 21-year-old, who is reportedly being followed by Sevilla and Juventus, is out of contract in the summer.
"West Ham United are so far the only club who have really contacted us about a possible transfer for Nigel," Ajax technical director Martin van Geel told AD Sportwereld.
West Ham have also been linked with Barcelona’s Gabri as they look to strengthen their squad before the transfer window closes at the end of the month.
You are totally right: De Jong is outstanding, the kind of player that could do wonders for us. But our management is happy with what we already have... :sob: :sob: :sob:
GRE-NO-LI
18-01-2006, 13:59
Wow Thanks Mr. Galliani. If Milan are in such good shape at the back, why do the TV cameras show him wincing and rolling his eyes after every Milan errror?
That's right, good point!
Don't mind me saying this but i think the whole Milan management is in denial. If Galliani thinks that our squad is fine, then y does is the defence conceding goals at an alarming rate. Sure, Cafu,Maldini and Stam r great players. Aren't they a little too old. I wouldn't b surprised if Carlo plays the same backline next season.
Anyway, i hope that Milan send some scouts 2 Ajax. They've got 4 talented players on a free transfer next season. De Jong, Maxwell and Trabelsi. Sadly, Pienaar has been snapped up by Dortmund on a pre-contract. These guys r good bargains!
You are like a bunch of kids that want your brothers toy, not because it is better, more because it is your brothers... Like with all other teams our transfer campaign have not been always perfect, but it have been very good nontheless.
Rivaldo...Vieri...Amoroso...trouble is they are on the wrong side of their peak footballing age. What do they have in common? They are CHEAP...free, in fact, save their wages which is not a concern for a big club like Milan. They will no doubt make a play at Ballack...no need to guess why. We will not sign a defender because there are few decent ones available on a free transfer.
Cassano to Real for 3.5million...wait for Real to sell him at an exorbitant fee like they did Owen. Clever Real...stupid Milan...why did we pass on Keane? He's old, he was free...
Tripe and utter nonsense. Cassano goes to Real because Roma would not let him go to a Italian team. The rest you just made up, that we signed some few free deals for older players and making it sound like a total transfer campaign is nonsense, we signed many others too that should not be ignored. Not to forget you ignore mentioning the free deals that was succesful, like Cafu and JDT. Gilardino was this seasons big transfer, we have one or two per season.
i can very good understand what you mean. our transfer policy is ridicolous. we react that slow to new developments that is almost unbelievable. the argument with the money is just nonsense when you see how cheap top players are at the moment.
i can remember when galliani said we didn't buy davids just to not disturb the locker room. well, maybe davids would not have helped us but the thought behind it is the worrying. we have top players (that's out of question) but there seems to be virtually no competition for places which is surely one reason why so many of our players are underperforming on such a regular basis this year.
Considering we have one of the best squads around the only ridicolous thing is to call our policy ridicolous. Maybe you should back up the claim we react slow since you just made that up.
The decision to not buy Davids was a good one, maybe you did not notice how he failed at Inter too. The reason stated sounds perfectly viable to me. The problem with competition for places have almost nothing to do with lack of quality subs, it is a problem of Ancelotti having to much faith in his choosen starters. For instance, Rui had with two performance earned a place against Roma, but he came on all to late. Gattuso only looked his best in two games this season, otherwise he seems to think he is a back to back player. He is not. Seedorf have been subbed a couple of times and maybe that is why he works harder.
GRE-NO-LI
19-01-2006, 06:57
So everything is wonderful, Kris, and we don't have to change nothing, is that it?
So everything is wonderful, Kris, and we don't have to change nothing, is that it?
things is NEVER fully wonderful. We have a squad more than capable, only set back by worrying injuries. I would have suggested us buying Cicinho, otherwise we have what we need all over the field. when summer comes things is different since we need one or two new central defenders, Cafu replacement and possibly a alternative to Kaka as Rui probably leaves.
GRE-NO-LI
19-01-2006, 19:51
Oh, now I understand you. :)
Tripe and utter nonsense. Cassano goes to Real because Roma would not let him go to a Italian team. The rest you just made up, that we signed some few free deals for older players and making it sound like a total transfer campaign is nonsense, we signed many others too that should not be ignored. Not to forget you ignore mentioning the free deals that was succesful, like Cafu and JDT. Gilardino was this seasons big transfer, we have one or two per season.
Don't be so daft kris, as I know you are capable of utilising that god given grey matter they call a brain...Real got Cassano because they offered the money, sure they got a discount as they are in a different league, but in this world money talks and bullsh!t walks!! You would call JDT a success? A man who's efficiency in front of goal was worst to none! He scored some vital goals, but so would anyone who is given hundreds of chances from a midfield so brilliant and creative. Do the math mate...our cheap policy is not favourable maybe a 10% success. Point is there will always be great buys out there, some of them free, some of them not...you need to balance like the great teams do. Success is sustainability, not a flash in the pan. Do you recall the Nesta transfer??? Lazio would not sell to any club in Seria A...money talks mate.
Vote 1 - kris for Milan director...perhaps he will mastermind BUYING old men passed their prime. If they are good on free transfers, surely they will be better should we pay for them. I'm sure you applauded that bargain Redondo from Real for 12M pounds!!
Balance mate, balance!
Forza Milan...Forza kris!!!
If you build the right foundations, spending whatever it takes, you will have time and money in the long run...dynasties are based on consistancy, not an ever changing team year-in, year-out...We are gifted to have the greatest captain the game has ever seen, before him was another great captain. But we live in a different climate to when they first set foot on the San Siro, money rules the game and quality doesnt come cheap. Soccer is a multi-billion dollar industry, with scouts earning top money to uncover the next star. If you want a toy, chances are your brother is already courting it!
GRE-NO-LI
20-01-2006, 00:45
money rules the game and quality doesnt come cheap. Soccer is a multi-billion dollar industry, with scouts earning top money to uncover the next star. If you want a toy, chances are your brother is already courting it!
It's impossible to deny that, unfortunatelly that's the 'rules of the game'.
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