Summer mercato 2009

I disagree as Eto is the speed/power striker that JM loves to play. I think Inter will play with much faster speed than any other teams in Series A next season. The fun part will be how JM break down those 9 men defense of smaller sides.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

I disagree as Eto is the speed/power striker that JM loves to play. I think Inter will play with much faster speed than any other teams in Series A next season. The fun part will be how JM break down those 9 men defense of smaller sides.

He may very well be the sort of striker Mourinho likes to play, but at Chelsea he had Lampard, Essien, Joe Cole, etc. At Inter he has only Cambiasso, Stankovic, Muntari and Motta. That's why they relied so heavily on Ibrahimovic for their creativity in the past. All the speed and power in the world aren't going to do you much good if either a.) other players can't get you the ball; or b.) you don't have the ballhandling skills and creativity to make your own opportunities. No doubt Eto'o will get his share of goals, but I'll be surprised if he scores at anything close to the rate he scored in Barcelona because I don't see him getting the same opportunities.

As for their being a "fun part," well, as a Milan fan, it would be much more fun for me to see Inter struggle to break down defenses than to actually break them down.

eto'o will take time to adjust to SERIE A, in terms of positioning but this is the best shot in yrs SERIE A becomes a 4-5 horse team race Inter Milan,Juve,AS ROMA,NAPOLI...
(yes i am counting us in the race)

Off Topic: I don´t know if it is in international press, but Nilmar(20minutes ago) was just sold to Villareal...

Yes the Nilmar news is old

Originally Posted by Brasileiro

Off Topic: I don´t know if it is in international press, but Nilmar(20minutes ago) was just sold to Villareal...

I guess we are screwed up in any way that's possible.

and I wonder how much did he cost?

I still think management is waiting for the Dzeko thing to evolve. I don't think the Nilmar sale was the final nail in that coffin. That can be the only rational explanation for this indolence. Or no will to spend, of course.

We should wait. For some reason I wasn't really excited about Luis Fabiano. I was actually more pumped about Trezeguet. Let's see what the management does. Surely they cannot just let the likes of Inter, Juve, Genoa, Napoli strengthen.

By the way, the collective TV rights comes into effect next year. So we may see even more spending by the likes of the smaller clubs, which is great news for Serie A.

In our brooding we may have forgotten that Italian football may be healthier in the lower reaches of its organization.

Ibra to barca. Its official. Sunday he goes for the medical.

Im actually happy about this. Inter dont have the midfield to make this work. Ibra and Maicon and Ceasar saved that team last year.

I really hope we get a good young and fast player. Tall would be amazing bonus. Thank you Inter.

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

I still think management is waiting for the Dzeko thing to evolve. I don't think the Nilmar sale was the final nail in that coffin. That can be the only rational explanation for this indolence. Or no will to spend, of course.

We should wait. For some reason I wasn't really excited about Luis Fabiano. I was actually more pumped about Trezeguet. Let's see what the management does. Surely they cannot just let the likes of Inter, Juve, Genoa, Napoli strengthen.

By the way, the collective TV rights comes into effect next year. So we may see even more spending by the likes of the smaller clubs, which is great news for Serie A.

In our brooding we may have forgotten that Italian football may be healthier in the lower reaches of its organization.

yeah this is right. we have all been fans for many years, we all know how this management work. It's all about "smoke screens". Galliani will bring someone in out of nowhere, the only question is the quality of the player.

But even if they don't bring anyone in, it won't be the end of the world. We all wanted defenders last year right? They got them.
Plus we lost Kaka who in my opinion was starting to hog the ball on too many occasions and it hampered us alot, and ofcourse the market is out of control, too much money is rolling around for average players. Keep it in the pocket i say.
Look out for a more balanced milan this season.

HT MILAN 1-1 chelsea
We had a good-excellent 45'. Seedorf goal was amazing, powerfull shoot from outside box 18-20m. T.Silva was pure class, Nesta also. This 2 guy's work well together. R80 should play much high in attack, he still has the touch. One thing is certain Oddo and Borrielo aren't Milan material, we need to replace them.Huntelar or Dzeko would be great for attack.I hope will see Zigoni or Inzaghi in 2nd half.
Chelsea didn't impressed me much, Drogba's goal was amazing but they didn't threat us after, only when Kalac agreed that .

I dont see Pirlo,Seedorf, and R80 playing together. This game doesnt have the same flow as wed night game in the second half. R80 seems lost in the mix.

I agree Borrielo is not for this team. Oddo has to go, Kalac see yaaa, Im loving Flamini. I hope for some subs in the second half would like to see Onyewu in and Pippo in for Bor. Oddo out and Antonini in.

FT MILAN 1-2 chelsea
It was a good game by Milan. Our defence was secure untill Nesta was sub, because soon after, Zirkov scores for 1-2. R80 hits again the post from FK, unlucky. Abate is a good player, he will have his chances at Milan. After 75 min when Pirlo, R80 and Pato the game was like over for us,anyway we had 2 good chances from headers of Inzaghi and Onyewu in the overtime.
Another defeat but i've seen some improvementes since America CF game. Let's hope that after Inter game on Sunday all our players will be fine and return to Milano well. We still have 2 strong friendlyes against Bayern and maybe Real, and hope 4 some transfers untill then.

Oddo Jaku All Have To Go And Seedorf Was The Real Seedorf We All Know Not The Garbage One We Saw Last Year

oddo is a trainwreck he should be gone. i like the energy abate brings as a sub, he could help us this season. i like stoari more than kalac, and maybe even better than dida. i still think we should sign a younger keeper like consigli however. boriello was ok... he showed good vision on the almost seedorf chip... i would still give him a chance but not if we can get huntelaar. seedorf was solid, hope his knee is ok

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