Dida

Relax Relax BmW; These unbelievers will never be grateful for what they have
and always think that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence ,
though i do admit there were times i was outraged by Dida's performance , I have
to be a man and admit that He is still among the TOP 5 GK's out there in the world
and Milan Would Never Have Won The UCL without Dida's Contributions
whether ALL Milanista's Agree on this or not. This is a FACT

The below video is taken from Vadim's post in the classic milan videos thread. Watch it and realise we have one of the best keepers around. Yes i know he has made the odd mistake but these things happen. On form he is probably the best shot stopper in the world. One of the saves below is a game i was at milan juve 2003 against Zalyeta. That save defied belief.

Another game i was at Milan Roma 2004. Roma fans bombarding him with objects trying to get the match abandoned. Despite being hit several times he bravely kept his position and ensured we won the league that day. Also remember how brave he was against Inter in Champions League when hit by a flare.

The guy is a legend and the the video below shows what a good keeper he is.

Once in a while a link turns up, for a couple of days it works, then gets shut down.

Dida Top 10 Saves [Milan Channel]

http://files.filefront.com/Dida+Par...;/fileinfo.html

Originally Posted by BMWTaylor

He's available on a Bosman? Hm.

But if Dida can pick up from where he left off after the last two weeks of the season, including, of course, the CL final, he'll retire a Milanista.

I agree, but there's no reason why we can't get someone for the long run, someone young, speaking amelias age, but defininitely not amelia himself, most overrated player ever, and may i add isnt even half as good as dida , we should go for someone like landreau or possibly, in our next summer market, go all out for buffon.

Originally Posted by Kaka--7thUCL

I agree, but there's no reason why we can't get someone for the long run, someone young, speaking amelias age, but defininitely not amelia himself, most overrated player ever, and may i add isnt even half as good as dida , we should go for someone like landreau or possibly, in our next summer market, go all out for buffon.

Landreau is already locked up with another team, and Buffon isn't going anywhere with that new contract. If we sign a new keeper over the next couple years, it'll be a relative unknown or a very good keeper, but not a superstar.

Yeah.. But still I know I've been pretty tough on Dida before, but theres not many out there as good as him, call me crazy, but he's still in the top 5

Hey, BMWTaylor (do you have a name btw ? ) i bought the sniper today. Lets kill Antonio Labbate

http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...a/aug20p8.html

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Hey, BMWTaylor (do you have a name btw ? )

You can call me Tay, or Beemer. Just not both.

Originally Posted by Tony29

i bought the sniper today. Lets kill Antonio Labbate http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...a/aug20p8.html

Nah, I'm not a murderer. I'm sure Zeekay is wetting his pants over this one, though. The article was excruciatingly biased (the title speaks volumes), and read like a tired Hollywood script:

Yet ANOTHER mention of Leeds? Check.
The usual claim of his "high" number of errors without backing it up? Check.
eBay mention? Check.
Conveniently focusing only on the negative and ignoring his accomplishments? Check.
Judging his overall season by just ManU and Bayern? Check.
Inclusion of his contract extension? Check.
The requisite suck-up to Buffon? Check.
The "Dida-is-the-only-one-who-screwed-up-last-year-at-Milan" mentality? Check. (The topper was the line, "Fortunately, his teammates came to the rescue." Shaddup.)

Originally Posted by BMWTaylor

Judging his overall season by just ManU and Bayern? Check.

This is the part I love the most. And no mention of the return legs or of the final. I'm not in love with Dida like you are , but I can't stand this kind of criticism.

I still think he's not at the form he was during #6 or #17, but I rate only Buffon ahead of him.

Originally Posted by Vadim

but I rate only Buffon ahead of him.

-Actually Petr Cech didn't die in the accident at Reading last year, he is still alive and playing

-Oliver Kahn & Canizarez are NOT retired yet

-Iker Cassiles, Igor Akinfeev, Valdez have more guts

&

-Toldo and Cesar won the Italian Serie-A last season


*don't say (pathetic) d!da won CL last season, bcoz he did every thing he could to lose another title for ACM. Paolo, Kaka and Inzaghi won it without a keeper (its a kind of world record) OK

Originally Posted by BMWTaylor

As if I needed another reason to hate Calcio Italia: The June '07 issue* was going to have an article about Dida, but they pulled it because Milan won the CL just before press time. To say that I was angry is an understatement. He's hardly ever in the rag to begin with, and then this. It just sucks. I was all set in advance to buy it and I left the newsstand empty-handed. And surprise, there's yet another Buffon story in the July issue (with Kaka on the cover). They can go to hell.

*--The June issue just came out this week, as the magazine is a month behind in the U.S.

where do you find them at?

Originally Posted by mzk57

(insert standard Zeekay fecal matter here)

God, it's great to be clairvoyant.

I admit that he has made major mistakes in the past, but you cannot judge a GK based on a game or two per season... His real worth becomes obvious when you look at his performance game by game. Granted, we have lost some games mainly due to his errors, however, I can also list a good number of games he has saved for Milan, when another GK could easily concede goals on certain occasions and he did not....
For that matter, I still DO have faith in Dida, though I'm expecting a few errors here and there throughout the season. I believe that Carlo, Galliani and Co. know best, and if they still have confidence in him, there should be something about him...

Originally Posted by mzk57

-Actually Petr Cech didn't die in the accident at Reading last year, he is still alive and playing

-Oliver Kahn & Canizarez are NOT retired yet

-Iker Cassiles, Igor Akinfeev, Valdez have more guts

&

-Toldo and Cesar won the Italian Serie-A last season


*don't say (pathetic) d!da won CL last season, bcoz he did every thing he could to lose another title for ACM. Paolo, Kaka and Inzaghi won it without a keeper (its a kind of world record) OK

Yes, it could be that sometimes Dida seemed unsure, but the question is: sometimes Casillas, Cech never gave the same impression? I suggest you to re-watch, for example, the first and the last AC Milan game of the last Champions', against Red Star and Liverpool: Dida made a big number of great saves really, so, saying Dida is a crap, I think you are lacking a bit of objectivity.

how about cech coming out for a cross and taking down 2 of his defenders and leaving bikey (?) from reading an easy tap in goal...

all players make mistakes, just when it happens to a goalie, it usually results in a goal...
just ask van da sar...

Originally Posted by icculus

just ask van da sar...

Or Lehmann