Summer Mercato

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Chelsea are set to make a major announcement in the next hour or so. Could they have got Kaka? Robinho is more likely i guess. We'll just have to find out!

isnt it 5pm now? :O

Turns out it might just be Lampard signing a new contract, which to me isn't that major but i guess it is for Chelsea fans.

Originally Posted by jmacpherson

Based on what little info I can find on the Olympics, it seems that Ronaldinho hasn't lost his skills afterall.

I saw the Brazil/China game today. Boring game. Slept through the second half. From what I saw, Pato was very disappointing and Ronaldinho was slow and unimaginative. The first goal (Diego) was not bad, Ronnie through ball, Pato dummied to let the ball through for Diego who ran past the keeper. Other than that, both our players were pretty bad. Pato missed easy chances. He's starting to worry me. He missed a lot of sitters last year too...

Originally Posted by jtelly

Is BRK the old Giancarlo in disguise?!

PS: Ivanovic is the correct spelling, BRK...go back to school.

YATTA!

About spelling; I wasn't really commenting on spelling. I know we all make mistakes, and I wouldn't be so vain as to go around correcting people. What annoyed me about mrki is that its obvious that he knows what he's typing isn't right, but he can't be bothered to fix it. Me go school long time, me know speaks LOLZ.

Just heard it on the way home. Lampard signed a 5 year contract!!

The presenters were commenting how it was earth shattering news
What a joke!!

well that was the major anouncement Lampard signing a new 5 year deal

Originally Posted by brk

I saw the Brazil/China game today. Boring game. Slept through the second half. From what I saw, Pato was very disappointing and Ronaldinho was slow and unimaginative. The first goal (Diego) was not bad, Ronnie through ball, Pato dummied to let the ball through for Diego who ran past the keeper. Other than that, both our players were pretty bad. Pato missed easy chances. He's starting to worry me. He missed a lot of sitters last year too...

Perhaps it's because they're alredy qualified for the next round, just like Italy's rather disappointing draw against Cameroon. Pato did miss a couple of sitters but I think that's normal, in time he will learn to be more merciless up front

Originally Posted by Ryo

Can someone explain to me why we are "temporarily selling" Kaka's little brother to Standard Liege???

He is loaned out as far as I know. He isn't going to be first choice there aswell (unless Standard decides to sell a central defender, after their CL elimination, since they are facing Liverpool in the qualifiers).
I promise I will keep you guys informed about him.

Originally Posted by jtelly

Is BRK the old Giancarlo in disguise?!

heheheh... wonder where he is now...? lolz

btw I don't have any information about this Chedric. How old is he? What was his previous club (if any)? What is his position?

Originally Posted by ZvonimirBoban

heheheh... wonder where he is now...? lolz

btw I don't have any information about this Chedric. How old is he? What was his previous club (if any)? What is his position?

All I know is he is 25, played for the youth system of ajax, Real madrid and Inter, and made some apperances for Nac Breda (Ned), Pizzigethone, Legano, Cambuur Leeuwarden (Ned) and KV Oostende (Bel). I've never seen him play (despite he played in the Belgian Second division). I remember I read he signed there but that's it, so he didn't make a good impression there aswell.
He is a midfielder but I doubt he'll ever make an official appearance

I was just thinking, wouldn't it be incredible if Milan negotiated not only the loan of Ivanovic, but Sheva as well?!?! That would be HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!! We then could send Paloschi off to Torino to get loads of playing time and bring him back next year...

Originally Posted by kastriot

Antonini last year played for seria A team, and he was a starter, in fact alonge with Giovinco and Abate he was their best player

antonini wasnt special and the got relegated. anyone who watched epoli would abmit giovinco stood out. abate showed good potential and not too much else. antonini is also 26. the other two are 20-21

edit" you cant argue the fact our bench is still ****. Compare to any other top team in europe (not fiorentina or udinese for example) and we r weak. sure ronaldinho, kaka, pirlo etc r as world classa it gets........ but when an injury hits, brocchi? favalli? etc etc these players would have to buy a barca or even a arsenal ersey. No way they could play.. infact i doubt juve or inter would take them.

On top of that, we lack a real CF. Im hoping borriello turns out to be him but hes hurt w/ a knee injury so who knows. I just see similar problem again... ronaldinho kaka beautiful payers great build up, no1 to put goals in, in a tight match where defense is back and we just need a goal, ugly or not. And thats how we drop massive points ot mid and ower table sides and lose in serie A

Originally Posted by Milano84

antonini wasnt special and the got relegated. anyone who watched epoli would abmit giovinco stood out. abate showed good potential and not too much else. antonini is also 26. the other two are 20-21

edit" you cant argue the fact our bench is still ****. Compare to any other top team in europe (not fiorentina or udinese for example) and we r weak. sure ronaldinho, kaka, pirlo etc r as world classa it gets........ but when an injury hits, brocchi? favalli? etc etc these players would have to buy a barca or even a arsenal ersey. No way they could play.. infact i doubt juve or inter would take them.

On top of that, we lack a real CF. Im hoping borriello turns out to be him but hes hurt w/ a knee injury so who knows. I just see similar problem again... ronaldinho kaka beautiful payers great build up, no1 to put goals in, in a tight match where defense is back and we just need a goal, ugly or not. And thats how we drop massive points ot mid and ower table sides and lose in serie A

Rubbish
Antonini > Maradonna

This year we simply need to play possesion football, which means we defend by playing high and not deep like in past two years. I hope players will be fitter becouse only then you can play real defence and real possesion football that Milan needs with this team.

Pato is a young BOY, it can be seen by the way he misses his chances with Brazil, and the luxury way he plays. But he is abnormal talent, who has shown almost nothing of his moves from Brazilian league in Milan so far.

Ivanovic, Flamini, Dinho, Pato, Boriello ( is it even somehow possible to play as bad as Gila did?), Zambrotta can for sure add something more then we had last year. And Abbiatti needs to be in good form. Then we need working Pirlo, Rino and not injured Nesta,Pippo,ambrosini, Kaka', Seedorf. And not to play defensive football like we did on numerous occasions last year.

Then we can fight for scudetto

Originally Posted by Milano84

antonini wasnt special and the got relegated. anyone who watched epoli would abmit giovinco stood out. abate showed good potential and not too much else. antonini is also 26. the other two are 20-21

He's better than Favalli (yeah I know, not a good recommendation). IMHO it is Favalli that should get lost ASAP and follow Simic. I consider it lucky if we could sell Favalli to a mediocre Serie B team.

Originally Posted by Milano84

On top of that, we lack a real CF. Im hoping borriello turns out to be him but hes hurt w/ a knee injury so who knows. I just see similar problem again... ronaldinho kaka beautiful payers great build up, no1 to put goals in, in a tight match where defense is back and we just need a goal, ugly or not. And thats how we drop massive points ot mid and ower table sides and lose in serie A

The cheapest and easiest answer of this problem is Sheva. We can gamble on Pato. Or, which is most unlikely, go back to transfer market with money suddenly appears from thin air, and sign the likes of Berbatov, Villa, or Eto'o, which is the 3 most available world class striker at this time.

Originally Posted by ZvonimirBoban

He's better than Favalli (yeah I know, not a good recommendation). IMHO it is Favalli that should get lost ASAP and follow Simic. I consider it lucky if we could sell Favalli to a mediocre Serie B team.

If management wanted to get rid of him they wouldn't have given him a new contract since his last one expired this summer...

Maybe Favalli is related to another player aswell