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Im saying that becouse of their obvious class they managed to play like they did - brilliantly. Robinho is a great dribbler but nothing more, there is no need for him in Milan.

I agree with mrki Robinho was the reason why Brazil didn't win the Gold Cup,, when Kaka was captain...he and Diego would dish up chance after chance for Robinho to waste.......Out new striker has to be either Huntelaar or Pato

How about adriano? ... i know hes had some troubles recently ... but i think being part of milans brazilian family would sort him out. ? .... also ribery could be an alternative to ronaldinho/robinho ... c4 is saying he wants to come to italy. thoughts?

if we got adriano he wud wind up being one of the best strikers in the world n wud deff turn around. but there is no way in hell inter wud ever let him go to us. unless we work it out diffrently behind their backs such as:
inter: toni fiore: adriano +cash
Milan adriano Fiore: gila

Originally Posted by drucurl

I agree with mrki Robinho was the reason why Brazil didn't win the Gold Cup,, when Kaka was captain...he and Diego would dish up chance after chance for Robinho to waste.......Out new striker has to be either Huntelaar or Pato

Bear in mind that Pato is not a striker though, he is similar to Ronaldinho, a wing player or just behind the attackers

Originally Posted by Karim

Bear in mind that Pato is not a striker though, he is similar to Ronaldinho, a wing player or just behind the attackers

No he's a striker...why else would he want to be the next Ronaldo?

From what I saw of him when he played in the FIFA Club World Cup, I saw him as a free flowing winger who has a tendency to go to the center of the field a lot, may be he wants to be the next Ronaldo, but in terms of performance and goals, but not necessarily the position

Man, sorry but I can´t stand what saw here...
Robinho was the reason for Brazil din´t win the WC??
C´mon, Drucurl...Robinho was one of the few bright spots in Brazil offense...only Robinho and Kaká delivered...Robinho even make Ronaldo to play better footbal in the WC. The only players(that really played the WC) that could walk in the streets here in Brazil after the WC wrere: Kaká(more or less), Robinho, Dida, Lúcio, Z. Roberto, Juan, Gilberto, Cicinho...

Pato is a second striker, and can play as CF...he isn´t a winger.

Originally Posted by Pireloke

Robinho has one major disadvantage though, when massive Serie A defenders like Matterazzi try to hit him and they miss him, he has a bronchitis from the air wave alone :/

You need to watch Libertadores CUP...Matterazzi is soft if compared that the level of dirty plays and hard tackles of this South America competition...and they always miss Robinho...

BTW, one insight of Carleto mind in Gazzetta dello Sport:

Il miglior portiere?
"Buffon. Poi vengono Dida e Cech".
Il miglior difensore?
"Nessun dubbio: Alex del Psv"
Il miglior centrocampista?
"Senza i milanisti, scelgo Lampard, Gerrard e De Rossi".
Il miglior attaccante?
"Drogba, Eto'o e Ibrahimovic".
http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadr...ncelotti.shtml

Originally Posted by Brasileiro

You need to watch Libertadores CUP...Matterazzi is soft if compared that the level of dirty plays and hard tackles of this South America competition...and they always miss Robinho...

I want to say: Matterazzi is a class act, if compared with the defenders of Libertadores Cup...

Originally Posted by Brasileiro

Man, sorry but I can´t stand what saw here...
Robinho was the reason for Brazil din´t win the WC??
C´mon, Drucurl...Robinho was one of the few bright spots in Brazil offense...only Robinho and Kaká delivered...Robinho even make Ronaldo to play better footbal in the WC. The only players(that really played the WC) that could walk in the streets here in Brazil after the WC wrere: Kaká(more or less), Robinho, Dida, Lúcio, Z. Roberto, Juan, Gilberto, Cicinho...

Pato is a second striker, and can play as CF...he isn´t a winger.

Drucurl wasn't talking about the WC, he was talking about the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2003, when they lost the final from Mexico. Robinho was a starter on all 5 matches but he didn't score a single goal.

Brazilians sent the u-23 team there with Kaka, Diego, Robinho, Maicon, Alex, Ewerthon, Julio Baptista, Luisao, Carlos Alberto, Thiago Motta, Gomes as a keeper, etc.

Oh, and Galiani says Milan won't be going after Buffon, Zambrotta and Camoranesi :

Meanwhile, Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani has again rubbished rumours that Buffon is still a target after Nelson Dida finally extended his deal with the Via Turati outfit.

“Buffon is an excellent player, but we confirmed our trust in Dida recently,” commented the former Lega Calcio chief. “He will still be our goalkeeper as he represents our future.”

Galliani also took the opportunity to dismiss links with Barcelona’s Gianluca Zambrotta and Mauro Camoranesi of Juventus.

“We went for Zambrotta along with Zlatan Ibrahimovic last summer, but we couldn’t sign them as we were not sure of our place in the Champions League,” he added.

“Therefore Zambrotta will not arrive and it is the same case for Camoranesi.”

I think Zambrotta will end up back in Italy, in Milan that is, this summer ... there are two many "clues" that are being "innocently" spread around - he says he likes Milan, speaks of a return to italy in the near future, his wife is having difficulties getting used to life in Spain, then he is talking about having a baby and that it would need "the right" environment to grow in, etc, etc, etc.

Add to this his rather disappointing season at Barca this year and I personally don;t see many obstacles on his way back to Italy.
And Milan themselves, Silvio and Galliani in particular, have been long admirers of him ... and I somehow can't make sense of this "we wonted him last summer, he wonted us too, but missed on him because of ... whatever ... therefore, he won't come to Milan now" ... Am I really alone here in not being able to make sense out of this

For Camoranesi, I don't really need to hear galliani saying to know that he won't be coming to milan, not unless he is a free agent, which he is not.

As for Buffon, after the extension of Dida's contract, I think Buffon is no longer a necessity but more or a luxury that would be persued on a "he-is-available" basis without Milan putting all they've got into going to "war" with Juve or Inter over him.
In other words, I wouldn't entirely exclude a possible move for Buffon but getting him is most probably no longer on top of Milan's "must get no matter what" list.

I won't be suprised at all if he comes back to Italy but i'm not so sure Milan will be his next club.

The team that will need him the most is Juventus. But imo, Zambro back to Juve won't happen and i can't imagine him back.

Inter may try to get him. But they aren't in desperate need of a full back.

Which is the case with Milan also. Last summer Zambro was really necessary to Milan because a replacement for Cafu was needed. This summer he won't be as necessary as he was last August. Oddo should be certain on RB, while Jankulovski, although not as good as Zambrotta, is one of the best LB's ( imo, the best) in serie A and isn't the one who needs to be replaced.
Zambrotta is better than Janku but seeing that other parts of the team are the priority, Milan may easily not even try to get him.
Galliani certanly didn't say this just like that. He knows which are the players Milan really needs.
If he's available , and not too expensive, Milan may make an offer. But i don't see your team entering a bidding war for him .

So, if he comes back to Italy, but not in Milan ... who can get him ?
Why not Roma ?
Zambrotta and a top striker is what Roma needs to be competitive both in CL and in scudetto race. Their apetite grew up after this year's CL performances.
Zambro may prefer Milan but not many players end up in their favourite destination. And i doubt Zambrotta will refuse a transfer to Roma.