Summer Mercato

Originally Posted by drucurl

Back to the Transfers.....anybody thinks that we might make an under-the-radar swoop for Huntelaar? And what of the Loserpoo =broke rumors....anything materialized for us to get Torres?

0 chance on torres. Huntelaar.... bah. Lets sell borriello, sign 2 attacking players.... a CF and a support guy. Borriello is just an excuse not to sign anyone

Actually lets keep Borriello and sign Eto'o... that sounds like a great idea for me.

the incredible service of 3 DMs will really help boriello and eto'o blossom

Originally Posted by Milano84

the incredible service of 3 DMs will really help boriello and eto'o blossom

Holy crap. Wasn't I the one suggesting we buy an attacking midfielder like Schweinsteiger? Or did that go over your head too like everything else I say?

And if you remember right we have two creative midfielders already that would indeed set up plays for both of them... but I'm still for signing another.

Originally Posted by Milano84

the incredible service of 3 DMs will really help boriello and eto'o blossom

STOP STOP!!! You're killing me

btw, i am not going to lie, ive only seen schweinstagger during euros last last world cup. and maybe 1 bayern match. So i dont know him that well... but he is a winger? What are his defensive abilities.... could he be slotted in midfield behind kaka say with pirlo and gattuso or something?

Originally Posted by Milano84

btw, i am not going to lie, ive only seen schweinstagger during euros last last world cup. and maybe 1 bayern match. So i dont know him that well... but he is a winger? What are his defensive abilities.... could he be slotted in midfield behind kaka say with pirlo and gattuso or something?

From wikipedia:

"A left midfielder, who can also play on the right, he has a hard shot, great dribbling skills and is a specialist at set pieces. He can also play as a defensive midfielder or just behind the strikers."

Notice, he's a specialist at set pieces too... something Pirlo always does... and he has defensive qualities as well.

He's also scored like 15 times on the national level in 56 appearances...

too bad everyone is on to him now... I just want to see us play another midfielder w/ box to box qualities. Someone like iniesta or joao moutinho. I'm throwing those names out only as an example of type of player i'm saying.

Basically seedorf 5 years younger. Makes us so much more dynamic

Originally Posted by Milano84

btw, i am not going to lie, ive only seen schweinstagger during euros last last world cup. and maybe 1 bayern match. So i dont know him that well... but he is a winger? What are his defensive abilities.... could he be slotted in midfield behind kaka say with pirlo and gattuso or something?

Since Ballack left he has generally been Bayern's main creative force (until Ribery's arrival of course) I actually agree with Gian Carlo that Schweinsteiger is GREAT...not Quaresma great but cretainly not Antonini great either . He is usually very good and could become world class. I'm not sure about his pace. we need fast and technical players...man I'm going to get hoarse saying that
Look at the best strikers of modern football Torres and Eto'o....they're both amazingly quick players...in fact if Torres weren't sooooo fast he wouldn't have scored that goal yesterday. Actually if Pato weren't that fast nobody would have noticed him as much either...Speed allows you more leeway so that if you aren't the best finisher, you'll still have an edge on your opponent.

I'm really glad for Abate because of his pace....thank goodness we could actually replace Serginho. Now that Quaresma has embraced the dark side of the force the only player that can play that way with the same amount of pace and skill is Nani or Robinho and I'd doubt we'd get either.....Robinho is possible of course but given Real's interest in Kaka it's best not to let them get a foothold anywhere

you know who we should sign..... clint 'duece' dempsey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eLnVgLoCkc

He's fast. and an underrated rapper :-)

Originally Posted by drucurl

Since Ballack left he has generally been Bayern's main creative force (until Ribery's arrival of course) I actually agree with Gian Carlo that Schweinsteiger is GREAT...not Quaresma great but cretainly not Antonini great either . He is usually very good and could become world class. I'm not sure about his pace. we need fast and technical players...man I'm going to get hoarse saying that
Look at the best strikers of modern football Torres and Eto'o....they're both amazingly quick players...in fact if Torres weren't sooooo fast he wouldn't have scored that goal yesterday. Actually if Pato weren't that fast nobody would have noticed him as much either...Speed allows you more leeway so that if you aren't the best finisher, you'll still have an edge on your opponent.

LOL. This is just too much. Quaresma is better than Schweinsteiger? Are you joking? This is getting absurd. Quaresma is so overrated and I highly doubt he'll last in the Serie A to begin with. Schweinsteiger is very technical and quite gifted... and plays in a very physical league.

How many times did Quaresma start with Portugal this Euro Cup anyways lol?

The thing about Torres is he does start to tire at about 70 minutes and needs to be substituted... not that I'm diminishing him. He's a true world class player, with some extremely effective goal scoring abilities... and he should be very proud of himself for helping Spain lift the trophy.

http://www.goal.com/en-india/Articol...enutoId=743731

I know Goal.com is a bit biased... but they did state some truth...

"Schweinsteiger: 9 - Electric tonight, crucifying Ferreira at times. Scored the first goal, and created the second and third. What more can you ask for?"

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That's from the Portugal-Germany game...

Originally Posted by Milano84

you know who we should sign..... clint 'duece' dempsey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eLnVgLoCkc

He's fast. and an underrated rapper :-)

Nah only crap rappers make good players (Shaq, Kobe, Iverson, Jalen Rose )

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

LOL. This is just too much. Quaresma is better than Schweinsteiger? Are you joking? This is getting absurd. Quaresma is so overrated and I highly doubt he'll last in the Serie A to begin with. Schweinsteiger is very technical and quite gifted... and plays in a very physical league.

How many times did Quaresma start with Portugal this Euro Cup anyways lol?

Simao is better than quaresma. Ronaldo is better than every winger in the world. where would he start? Fabregas didnt start most of spains games. does that make him bad? Antonini couldnt even get on the azzuri... and we all know he's absoltuely class

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

The thing about Torres is he does start to tire at about 70 minutes and needs to be substituted...

Thats where super pippo comes on and scored 2 more! (yeah... i can dream cant i?)

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

I know Goal.com is a bit biased... but they did state some truth...

"Schweinsteiger: 9 - Electric tonight, crucifying Ferreira at times. Scored the first goal, and created the second and third. What more can you ask for?"

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That's from the Portugal-Germany game...

ok, I'll take him. Thanx

Originally Posted by drucurl

Nah only crap rappers make good players (Shaq, Kobe, Iverson, Jalen Rose )

youre forgetting ron artest

Originally Posted by Milano84

Simao is better than quaresma. Ronaldo is better than every winger in the world. where would he start? Fabregas didnt start most of spains games. does that make him bad? Antonini couldnt even get on the azzuri... and we all know he's absoltuely class

Then lets get Simao.

And your sarcasm is just annoying me a bit. I never said Antonini was world class. I said he would be great to have on the bench as a substitute...

And Fabregas did play the all important final. I didn't say Quaresma is bad, but I'm saying Schweinsteiger is who we should sign... or even maybe Simao as you said. Why not?