Summer Mercato 2011

[reza]

Don't forget that tomorrow is April 1st and is therefore April Fool's Day. So if there's a rumour like "Milan to buy Ganso, Neymar, Aguero and Messi for £5 million" don't believe it!

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[WCmilan]

Whos this CB gum.. never heard of him b4 tbh if the comparisons to thiago silva are correct id love him to come!

[Gabriel426]

im happy with Robinho so far. He did great things for us. His only problem is finishing, Whenever he improves it more, he will do a lot better...Just a note, Robinho scored 10 goals for us...His dribbling ability, his pace, his tracking back, his moveable game, for us very important this season. if he had strength and finishing, he would do a Messi job for us...

Not happy with Seedorf, Flamini for instance. Happy with Van Bommel, as i didnt expect more from him but he is doing his best, he kills rival attacks, good passing ability, good tackling ability with a little bit dirty game, He uses his body much better than Flamini for instance on tackling, destroys well, he is like a wall in midfield...

im expecting more from Flamini, but When i think of him, i just remember his reckless tackles, his out of target shoots,
his wrong passes e.t.c. He lacks last move, he is an hardworking player, however he lacks last touch, He is not a Van Bommel on defensive role...

Pirlo was doing well on left side until he is injured, MGT will make the right choice whether renewing his contract or not...He is earning too much, i dont know if he accepts a 1 year or 2 year length contract...Same goes for Ambrosini...

Above all, Milan lacks quality in midfield, Milan lacks 2 way midfielders...if we have a chance to let go Ambro, Seedorf, Pirlo, Van Bommel, Flamini, we shouldnt miss it and replace them with one or two 2 way midfielders...

We have Didac Vila, Antonini, Jankulovski, Zambrotta, Bonera for Left full back and still we have problem on left side...
Noone of them can make a Kolarov or Maicon effect on left side offensively...Even they cant be solid defensively...(except Vila, as we havent see it yet) But it seems he is not ready for first 11...at least for Allegri...

When i think of Sandro for instance, i see a wall defensively, a beast on defensive role, intelligent player who is tecniqually and tactically strong...

When i think of Jucilei, i see a player who work hard between 2 boxes, can do 2 way midfielder job...

When i think of Hernanes, i see a player with great leadership, who can dictate the tempo very well, with great passing,
movement, with very good shooting...

If I am Galli and Berlu, I would spend 40Mil on Sandro(8M), Jucelei(10M) and Hernanes(20M) on all three of them instead of 40M on Ganso and then the problems with midfield will be solve for the next 8 years. With those three, there is no need to renew Pirlo, MVB, Slowdorf and can let go of Flamini and Cassano.
Have Ambro and Gattuso off the bench with Merkel. Let Strausser goes on loan.
Boateng can slot in the midfield trio and let Hernanes play as the ATM with Ibra and Pato up front. Robinho, Urby and Pippo off the bench.

Personally, I really don't know whats wrong with Pirlo, he is only 31 but is playing like 34 and moving like someone who is 50. People often criticize Dinho for his work rate off the pitch, but what about Pirlo? To me, I really think he is riding on his talents instead of working to improve his fitness.

[ACMILAN1983]

Don't forget that tomorrow is April 1st and is therefore April Fool's Day. So if there's a rumour like "Milan to buy Ganso, Neymar, Aguero and Messi for £5 million" don't believe it!

Already fell for goal.com's goal line technology report, much to the amusement of my colleagues

If I am Galli and Berlu, I would spend 40Mil on Sandro(8M), Jucelei(10M) and Hernanes(20M) on all three of them instead of 40M on Ganso and then the problems with midfield will be solve for the next 8 years. With those three, there is no need to renew Pirlo, MVB, Slowdorf and can let go of Flamini and Cassano.
Have Ambro and Gattuso off the bench with Merkel. Let Strausser goes on loan.
Boateng can slot in the midfield trio and let Hernanes play as the ATM with Ibra and Pato up front. Robinho, Urby and Pippo off the bench.

Personally, I really don't know whats wrong with Pirlo, he is only 31 but is playing like 34 and moving like someone who is 50. People often criticize Dinho for his work rate off the pitch, but what about Pirlo? To me, I really think he is riding on his talents instead of working to improve his fitness.

I don't think Pirlo's athleticism has changed much, although he's running a little slower than he was before (he was always slow). The problem we've had is in the past Rino was always physically capable of running enough to cover his position and Pirlo, which added balance to our team. With Rino's physical decline, Pirlo has become more and more vulnerable to opponents beating him. Allegri had the right idea to adjust the system to avoid the risk of playing Pirlo in a vulnerable role, and the results were brilliant, but we only saw it for a game or two as he got injured against Roma.

[Gabriel426]

I was not talking about his speed as much as his willingness to run. Running and walking are two completely different concept. My point is more on the fact that Pirlo just does not run any more and not that he is slow.

[ACMILAN1983]

I was not talking about his speed as much as his willingness to run. Running and walking are two completely different concept. My point is more on the fact that Pirlo just does not run any more and not that he is slow.

I would be interested in seeing the statistics of how much he runs on average every game. In the past, quite a number of people accused him of not running enough, but statiscally he was often found to be the one who ran the most in our team (albeit he rarely sprints).

[Jim_UK]

If I am Galli and Berlu, I would spend 40Mil on Sandro(8M), Jucelei(10M) and Hernanes(20M)

Not sure about the other two but you won't get Sandro for 8M regardless of if it's pounds or euros. That's basically the price Spurs paid for him and Redknapp won't let him go cheap, if at all!

Already fell for goal.com's goal line technology report, much to the amusement of my colleagues

I don't trust goal.com for the other 364 days of the year let alone this one

[Gabriel426]

I was not talking about his speed as much as his willingness to run. Running and walking are two completely different concept. My point is more on the fact that Pirlo just does not run any more and not that he is slow.

I would be interested in seeing the statistics of how much he runs on average every game. In the past, quite a number of people accused him of not running enough, but statiscally he was often found to be the one who ran the most in our team (albeit he rarely sprints).

Those stats are actually the distance the player travel/cover in a game and not how much he ran.

[Jay Crisp]

OH EM GEE Goal.com got the scoop on goal line technologeeeeeeee...muppets.Ganso 30 + million IDK about that could get 2 quality players for that , or Berlu could have alot AAALLLOOOOOOTTTT!! of his party's.

[Mathias]

We can't really sell Pirlo. Other teams will just wait till his contract stops.