Alberto Gilardino to Milan??

^ agreed. I will now go back into time and teach Gila's parents about the concept of contraception and birth control This will have the holistic effect of making the fans more appreciative of what they have and in the year 2005 we will NEVER say "let Crespo go!! we're getting Gila"

Originally Posted by Kui

I theorize the Gila transfer was in some way supposed to allow a clean break away for Sheva. Chelsea needed some insurance and did so by not allowing us to sign Crespo. Now all of this would have been fine and dandy and ok with everybody had Gila turned out to be what so many expected... a superb Gem. Well... that is not the case as of yet. The result??? A dependable Crespo who unfortunately plays for our cousins on the dark side, a legendary great who people have forsaken over any sound and fari judgement, and a potential great who many expect to be something too much too early. Can it get worse??? YES IT CAN.

I'm sorry to say but I think this is only pointed out in hindsight, and have neglected other exogenous factors (e.g., scandel, -8 deductions which eventually led to the failure in transfer market etc, injury etc).

One point that people have never ever been able to explain is that every striker is guilty of not scoring, not just a single individual. Yet Gila is being criticized. I'm never a big fan of Gila (or anyone else after Shevchenko left), but I find it unjust to pinpoint him (not directing at you, Kui, of course).

Originally Posted by Jeff

I'm sorry to say but I think this is only pointed out in hindsight, and have neglected other exogenous factors (e.g., scandel, -8 deductions which eventually led to the failure in transfer market etc, injury etc).

One point that people have never ever been able to explain is that every striker is guilty of not scoring, not just a single individual. Yet Gila is being criticized. I'm never a big fan of Gila (or anyone else after Shevchenko left), but I find it unjust to pinpoint him (not directing at you, Kui, of course).

my math teacher made a bet with the other teachers in his department that he cud get the whole class to pass the algebra test. the marks vary in the class, many people have 40 50 60 70 n a few have 80's and 90's. i have a 90+. lets suppose my whole class fails. who wud be the most criticised for failing me or the kids in the 40s? to relate this to ur arguement, gilardino had the highest expectations. he was supposed ot be our star striker and he has been HORRIBLE COMPARED TO OUR STANDARDS. How can i put as much blame on borrielo, who i never expected to even make the milasn team, as in gila. Obviously if all of our strikers suck, gila will receive by far the most criticism because of our high standrds for him . Now im not blaming gila, to tell u the truth i like him as a player n think he still has it in him. But on the other hand, im not at all surprised that people are criticising him.

Originally Posted by martin

my math teacher made a bet with the other teachers in his department that he cud get the whole class to pass the algebra test. the marks vary in the class, many people have 40 50 60 70 n a few have 80's and 90's. i have a 90+. lets suppose my whole class fails. who wud be the most criticised for failing me or the kids in the 40s? to relate this to ur arguement, gilardino had the highest expectations. he was supposed ot be our star striker and he has been HORRIBLE COMPARED TO OUR STANDARDS. How can i put as much blame on borrielo, who i never expected to even make the milasn team, as in gila. Obviously if all of our strikers suck, gila will receive by far the most criticism because of our high standrds for him . Now im not blaming gila, to tell u the truth i like him as a player n think he still has it in him. But on the other hand, im not at all surprised that people are criticising him.

Yes I definitely agree with you. It's definitely because of the high expectation. But if you read carefully about how people start talking about Gila, you'll notice that they simply hate him, that's all. It's not because it's born out of high expectation. I"m disappointed with Gila too, no doubt, but some posters simply sound like Gila is an absolutely useless dump person on the world that all the teams want to get rid of.

Let's not talk aebout Gila here anymore because we already have another thread on this.

Originally Posted by Jeff

I'm sorry to say but I think this is only pointed out in hindsight, and have neglected other exogenous factors (e.g., scandel, -8 deductions which eventually led to the failure in transfer market etc, injury etc).

Thanks Jeff. But what I have said was not in hindsight. I've said what you said above back in May at the outset of Moggi-Poli. That is... that it would affect our transfer season. This is if we are talking about everything else but the dynamics of the Gila transfer 2 years ago. If we are talking about the expectations of Gila.... than by all means such expectation was a big hindsight. AND in some ways the same lack of FORESIGHT is instilled in the mindset of so many here with demands to buy this player and that player only for in HINDSIGHT to not like them 1-2 years down the road AFTER we signed them. You see the big problem here??? It isnt Gila as we agree. The problem is the fans being so d@mned finicky wanting everything out there on the counter only to rebuke and an toss it away. Now that kind of attitude by the club's support base (the fans) will affect our transfer season. No player would want to play for a club whose fans are all starting to act like d!cks. The argument I have made which you quoted me on was a big reason why I felt very uncomfortable with the Gila transfer back 2 seasons ago when everyone was having a orgasm to sign him. That is not hindsight. I'd like to think it was FOREsight, hunch, intuitiveness, call it what you may.
But that was 2 years ago. Like you as a fan, we all have no choice but to support Gila. Why??? The big duh!!! He plays for us. Yet you have some who refuse to do so and then rant after every game week.