Summer mercato 2009

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

I know Polashi won't be back now. What I meant to say is that the strikers are not really what Milan needed(before the loan out Polashi again), as they have 4 capable strikers. Thus they should have concentrate on the midfield instead of seraching for a striker.

So close to Fabiano acquisition, and you are saying withdraw and look for midfielders?

Maybe not, but as soon as we get Fabiano, then we can move onto the defense and midfield. We need a speed injection in that department....

Fabiano's aerial skills are good enough,i watched some games of him and visited youtube and he is a good header,he can score the ball from very difficult positions with his head,so no need to wory.

What i like about Luis is that the guy is a COMPLETE striker,one that can do everything like Benzema.He can run,has skills,has a good body,can head the ball etc.etc.

Originally Posted by Dutchie-Milan

Nicastro is a attacker from the Primavera team of Catania,Milan is really taking it serious with these youth players,how many do they plan to buy,with all the money spend on the Primavera players we could have bought Andre Santos already....

Thanks for the answer ... anyway, I think they go in the right direction by buying all these promising players for the Primavera as they will adapt more quickly when/if they come to the first team.

And the fact that better players arrive at trainings of youth teams means the level is going to increase and all the youth players will benefit from that. A good way to start to build strong youth teams as we have been "pathetic" (the last player coming from our Primavera is Paloschi, then it will be Di Genarro and Abate but they didn't grow here after their years in Primavera, so the last real Primavera player coming in our first team is Maldini ... there is quite a problem there).

AIya, when i addressed the midfield thing, I meant to say if Milan just finished the season, knowing Kaka and Gourcuff will be gone. Galli should have look at the midfield instead of strikers as there are 4 capable strikers that can play for Milan already.

But it is too late now.

Gabriel we need a striker,not midfielder,midfield is the place where we dont need anyone,especially if Janku will play LM.

We are going to play attack-minded so we need more attackers/wingers.You are forgeting guys like Cardacio who will get a chance and Janku who will maybe join up there at midfield...

Originally Posted by GeoTav

But Puyol, at start, doesn't have to play as a fullback and never played in that position !! He's a pure CB, nothing more and he was used as a RB because Guardiola had no choice ...

Then, you said, if we don't sell Pirlo, our mercato will be less pathetic, so that means, for you, this mercato is already pathetic. You even start your last post by saying you didn't say it's pathetic for moment and end it by saying it has been pathetic so far ... ????

When you say that Touré already played as a CB, it surely happened, yes, a couple of times, and when I say a couple of times, I mean 2 or 4 times.

So again, what you point out as a planned formation and a planned solution to injury/red card problems, I point it out as an emergency choice ... an emergency choice that worked. If Touré made like Abidal against Italy in Euro for example (red card when used as a CB for the first time in the competition, and to anticipate any reaction, Abidal played as a very good CB for years in Lille if I'm correct or maybe before, in Monaco, I don't remember), everyone would have said that this Barcelona team lacked something (especially on the bench) or that Guardiola made the wrong choices ... but like that worked, everyone says it's amazing, fabulous and that Guardiola is a genius.

Maybe some people who dont know anything would say such things about Guardiola, but we dont care for them. He is a normal coach with brilliant players.

Puyol oftenly played as a Rb. Really oftenly, like 50 times in his career. Im serious 100%. Him at RB is not extreme solution, and he is not a pure CB since he started playing football. He always was reallycapable of playing as a RB.

I wanted to say that comparing Ambrosini and toure is not fair, becouse Ambro simply has no connection with CB place except in papers.

Our mercato is pathetic ( come on, it isnt? ). I only refered to my post you quoted, in which I strictly commented on the money transaction in Pirlo-new fullback deal. Which I commented as hillarious.

Our mercato is pathetic and sad, it can be less sad with some good moves. I dont feel need to explain every sentence in which I responded to your quotes ( which were directed to some of my posts, not on my posts in general etc.) but that is just wondering around the same stuff.

Yes, "planned" solution means Barcelona builds a squad in which they knew Ture can play as a CB. Milan doesnt know if Ambro can play as a CB, he never did it. They know that Toure can do it, and he did it. He isnt a brilliant CB ( Drogba made a fool out of him ). But he is an ok solution when 4,5 of your defenders are out. That solution hasnt come out of fantasy ( Ambrosini and Galliani ) but out of knowledge of Toure's talents.

Toure did had a game like Abidal, he made 2,3 penalties vs Chelsea which were stolen to Chelsea. That doesnt make Guardiola better or worse coach. France in Euro and Domenech is a different story, his moves are by far most comical moves I've seen in that Euro.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

AIya, when i addressed the midfield thing, I meant to say if Milan just finished the season, knowing Kaka and Gourcuff will be gone. Galli should have look at the midfield instead of strikers as there are 4 capable strikers that can play for Milan already.

But it is too late now.

But we are going to play(PROBABLY NOT SURE OF COURSE)in a 4-3-3 formation,so we only need 3 midfielders on the field,and we have more than 3:

Rhino/Cardacio-Flamini/Pirlo(Ledesma/Agostino)-Ambro/Janku and Seedorf,thats enough,also Di Gennaro can play there reading the posts here....

TO be honest, I think it is also they are buying youth players left right front and center.

It is funny how Maldini was the last true home grown product from Milan's youth.
Thats like 22 yrs ago man.

Originally Posted by Samaldinho

We have talked about Berlu and Galli more than all the players combined. This is not discussing Milan, this is pointless, and I am not the only one who has pointed this out. Just because people feel they have the right to be angry, doesn't mean that those of us who would like to be patient and actually evaluate things should just allow you to do so without question.

Milan's team was not terrible last year, it needed improvements in defense and in the striking department. The management has not addressed those concerns yet, but I see little point in calling them incompetent when the transfer season isn't even over yet.

bravo, , you have taken my thoughts and wrote them out as a thorough description. way to go!

I think this mercato will surprise us by the end o August

Originally Posted by mrki

Toure did had a game like Abidal, he made 2,3 penalties vs Chelsea which were stolen to Chelsea. That doesnt make Guardiola better or worse coach. France in Euro and Domenech is a different story, his moves are by far most comical moves I've seen in that Euro.

If only it was only at Euro ...
Domenech for President !!

Its true what Mrki said,when Puyol started his career he was acctually a striker,Puyol has always been a bit attacking minded...

As we comparet the number of players we have and Barca has: Barca was mising Millito, Alves and Abidal for the CL final. That means, for example, we miss Marek, Zambrotta and Thiago.

We put Oddo/Bonera on the RB, Nesta (corrected) and Bonera/Kaladze on CB, Antonini on the Lb. When you compare that to Puyol-Toure-Pique-Silvinho, we are 2 classes below.

EDIT:

I dont know that he played as a striker ( I know Schmeichel did ). But Puyol is a class RB, he always was.

Originally Posted by Dutchie-Milan

Its true what Mrki said,when Puyol started his career he was acctually a striker,Puyol has always been a bit attacking minded...

As a striker ? When he was young ?
You know, Didier Deschamps started his career as a striker and was one of the best strikers of the youth teams from ... umh, I don't remember. And the result is that this guy played all his professional career as a DM and scored something like 10 goals

Don't worry guys, we have plenty of time in this mercato, till late August.
It don't matter that, by late August, all the good players will have been already situated in new clubs

..here's an article from goal.com that is related to something we've been disguising for the last 50 pages....

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/edi...-they-will-win

Jep i remember reading it it is also on Wikipedia i think,he started his career as a striker when he was young and nobody knew him,then he went to midfield and then began to start in defense,very funny,schmeichel as a striker???Wouldnt have thought of it when i see that guy