Banter 2009/2010

Originally Posted by johncharles365

dude he is only five years younger than oddo and played as a midfield player before coming to Milan. i don't care how young antonini is he will never be any better than oddo who has the ability to predict offensive plays and has a vast array of tackles at his disposal.

Right now Antonini is a better option than Oddo. Oddo, irrespective of how good he was, is playing terrible football atm. Antonini may not be a great player, but on current form is doing better than Oddo based on preseason.

currently watching the Napoli-Genoa game....both of these teams really play some amazing football watching them makes me wonder if either one of these teams would fair better than us in the CL

Originally Posted by johncharles365

dude he is only five years younger than oddo and played as a midfield player before coming to Milan. i don't care how young antonini is he will never be any better than oddo who has the ability to predict offensive plays and has a vast array of tackles at his disposal.

he was awful in Germany last year. he has been awful in preseason. He has had many wild crosses, he has been generally poor. he was a really good player in the past, but he is one of Milan's worse players at the moment. 5 years is quite a bit. he has a lot less wear and tear and he can actually run (which is helpful)
Oddo said he was satisfied with his game (against in his words " a good Livirno side) that Goal.com described as-


Oddo: 4.5 - Shaky in defence, and was poor when he ventured forward. His crosses into the penalty area were more hopeful punts than measured balls delivered with any kind of accuracy.

read from that "i dont care and im happy i am getting paid much more money than i am worth"

For what it's worth Tribalfootball.com is claming that we're preparing a pre-contract with Alex who's contract is expirering next season.

As usual no source or anything from Tribalfootball, but that being said, he could be a realistic target seeing as Carlo isn't playing him, and because he'll be free next summer. Ofcourse Chelsea will probably want to keep him, since Carvalho is getting older and it'll be a while before they can buy players again, but not sure that Alex will be interested in spending his career on the bench.

Originally Posted by mrki

Storari (who was always better then old Dida)

I think that's one of the silliest statements I've ever read on the forum. What planet are you on?

idk Storari has been really good the last few weeks

according to tuttomercatoweb.com that leonardo has to win aganst marseille on tuesday otherwise hes sacked i dont think hes the problem but that 4312 is too wide for Serie A and puts to much pressure on gattuso and flamini so whose next spaletti,mancini? it'll probally be a italian coach...

btw I don't think anyone's mentioned about our recent links with Serbian pair Gojko Kacar and Milos Krasic. I can't say I know either too well, but both seem talented. Kacar is a DM that is fairly versatile and can push up and Krasic is a right winger. I'm glad we're looking into areas we need (a right sided forward would be really useful). The only thing that puts me off Krasic is he seems quite similar to Abate (though more talented).

Originally Posted by Blacktop

I think that's one of the silliest statements I've ever read on the forum. What planet are you on?

Iam sorry, but read what I said carefully. Storari IS BTEER then OLD Dida. Which means that Storari is not better then Dida who played some amazing football for us past years, but he is better then this older Dida who simply sucks for last 3 years or so.

Maybe this "old" part confused you so you thought Im talking about Dida from the past while I was thinking simply of age.

Of course, Dida was WC gk and Storari will never be. But in past 3 years Dida is below the level we need him to be.

That Alex rumour was on tuttomercato as well few days ago. But we'll not buy anyone unless we sell Milan first I hope you understand that.

P.S.

Kaka' got 9 for his last game! man... This year whole world will see how Kaka' is the best player in today's football, and C.Ronaldo is not on his level of nobel football. And United got 30mln more for him...

Apparently we have no deal in place or anything regards Marchetti , according to Cagliari they do think he'll move on in the summer. It said either Juve , Inter or Milan usually I wouldn't be too confident that a player would automatically go for Milan over the other scum. But Juve have Buffon and Inter have Cesar neither of who will be moving on or retiring soon. So maybe this will tip a transfer in Milans favour. I also read somewhere I cannot remember if it was Four Four Two magazine or World Soccer that Marchetti wants to stay in Italy and play for one of the big 3 , when his Cagliari adventure is over.

Originally Posted by mrki

P.S.

Kaka' got 9 for his last game! man... This year whole world will see how Kaka' is the best player in today's football, and C.Ronaldo is not on his level of nobel football. And United got 30mln more for him...

I saw both of Kaká's first two games, and he's been great so far. I think 9 is a bit much for his performance yesterday, but he was certainly very decisive.

But the reason why Cronaldo cost 30m more than Kaká had nothing to do with him being a better footballer (only EPL and Portugal fans would believe that), it's a mixture of Cronaldo being 3 years younger, much less injury prone and more marketable (given that he's the Paris Hilton of football).

I have been thinking (in a conspiracy theory kind of way) lately, that Leo's appointment may just be a smoke-screen, and that it is Berlu that is the real coach....well, bad choice of words....the "actual" coach of Milan. (Neither Leo or Berlu are "real" coaches in my estimation)

I could b wrong, I could be totally and completely incorrect, but something tells me that this is the perfect scenario for our puppet-master to orchestrate tactics and team selection, while having Leo take the blame when stuff goes wrong....I mean who criticizes a rookie coach after a 4-0 mauling from ur fiercest rival? Unless he was "told" what to do, and didn't do it.

Now, u can talk to me about Leo's professionalisim, morals, yadda yadda yadda...till the cows come home, I have this niggling suspiscion that he is more than just a "yes" man, he is a "yes sir, right away sir" kinda man.

Now the rumors are flying that R80 won't start vs Marseille....hmmmmm could this be Berlu's usual impatient reaction to the Brazilian's poor form?

If we lose vs the French side, and Leo remainas coach, then its even more clear to me that Berlu is the one making decisions, while Leo takes the flack.

Let me also add as a disclaimer that I had a little accident last nite, and hit my head, and I have been given medication that may have me typing gibberish....

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

I have been thinking (in a conspiracy theory kind of way) lately, that Leo's appointment may just be a smoke-screen, and that it is Berlu that is the real coach....well, bad choice of words....the "actual" coach of Milan. (Neither Leo or Berlu are "real" coaches in my estimation)

I could b wrong, I could be totally and completely incorrect, but something tells me that this is the perfect scenario for our puppet-master to orchestrate tactics and team selection, while having Leo take the blame when stuff goes wrong....I mean who criticizes a rookie coach after a 4-0 mauling from ur fiercest rival? Unless he was "told" what to do, and didn't do it.

Now, u can talk to me about Leo's professionalisim, morals, yadda yadda yadda...till the cows come home, I have this niggling suspiscion that he is more than just a "yes" man, he is a "yes sir, right away sir" kinda man.

Now the rumors are flying that R80 won't start vs Marseille....hmmmmm could this be Berlu's usual impatient reaction to the Brazilian's poor form?

If we lose vs the French side, and Leo remainas coach, then its even more clear to me that Berlu is the one making decisions, while Leo takes the flack.

Let me also add as a disclaimer that I had a little accident last nite, and hit my head, and I have been given medication that may have me typing gibberish....

Well my impression of Berlusconi is that he doesn't even seem to watch Milan play that often, given his comments last season. He kept saying that "Galliani told him that the team did that and that, etc.", seemed like he didn't watch the team.

He's the prime minister, surely he's got better things to do than manage Milan.

have you seen those three women he appointed to senior government positions about 5 months ago, man i wouldn't be watching football if i had three incredibly hot naive women at my beckon call. It so obvious that Berlusconi has little interest in the affairs of Milan unless it involves money or politics. You guys should have seen him in the champions league final in athens he didn't even stand up to celebrate with Galliani won Inzargi scored the second goal he just sat there looking vacant.

isnt it funny that Berlu loves young girls and old players?