Alberto Gilardino to Milan??

Im pretty sure Pirlo knows something we all dont

I like Gilardino, but If we have next year as expected Sheva, Crespo, Inzaghi and Gilardino, then we have 4 out and out strikers, when maybe we should be looking for a forward or second striker?

I have always liked Miccoli (Fiorentina) but he isnt popular at the moment!!

I would guard agianst spending £25m on a player who may not play all that many games, as Crespo and Sheva may be the starting forwards!!

Had Tevez not gone to Cointhians, then may have been the idel choice!!!

And that young fella Zola looks ok for Caligari!!

Originally Posted by Grant1977

I like Gilardino, but If we have next year as expected Sheva, Crespo, Inzaghi and Gilardino, then we have 4 out and out strikers, when maybe we should be looking for a forward or second striker?

I have always liked Miccoli (Fiorentina) but he isnt popular at the moment!!

I would guard agianst spending £25m on a player who may not play all that many games, as Crespo and Sheva may be the starting forwards!!

Had Tevez not gone to Cointhians, then may have been the idel choice!!!

And that young fella Zola looks ok for Caligari!!

in Some way you are right! But Gilla is usefull player abd we can start with 3 Strikers! for example 3-4-3! What about this???

Originally Posted by Dave

But Gilla is usefull player abd we can start with 3 Strikers! for example 3-4-3! What about this???

Sorry Dave, but I don't think that would work, nor that it is likely to happen.

Allthough I am a fan of the 3-4-3 / 3-4-1-2 formation personally (and think it could work with the Milan players), Ancellotti has been playing a "4 defender + a deep playmaker" formations since he came to Milan. It has been successfull and there is hence not likely that it will change.

the way we play right now, its much a 3-1-3-1-2

Cafu is more a midfielder when playing those small teams..

but when cafu is attacking, gattuso takes the defenders role so....

Im never very happy with a 4-3-3 system, I know its working for Chelsea,
but in general I prefer 4-4-2 with split strikers.

The second striker position has always been very successful in Italy, If you think of Maradonna, Platini, Roberto Baggio, Mancini, Zola, Del Piero.

I do think we need some good strikers to cover injuries, chase games and for different opponents. But 4 front line strikers is just too much of the same thing.

I am also not in favour of blasting £25m on Cassano, who still has much to prove.

As I have said before Miccoli at around £5m could do the job, or we could look further afield.

i agree with grant... i would also like to nominate di vaio, di michele and di natale (my personal favorite)

Adriano is the talk of world football at the minute, he was in the same team as Gilardino last season and Gilardino scored more goals than him, and was only 1 behind Shevchenko, if he can do that with Parma imagine what he could do with this Milan mlidfield behind him, its only now Adriano is at a bigger club he's getting his recognition, Gila is ready now and given the right club will be one of the worlds best and Milan is that club

Originally Posted by Dave

in Some way you are right! But Gilla is usefull player abd we can start with 3 Strikers! for example 3-4-3! What about this???

who would you leave out of defence, its our strongest point and shouldn't be touched, gila is better than crespo and pippo, only goal behind sheva last season and thats playin with parma, imagine the damage he'd do with milan????

Originally Posted by pirlo2004

Adriano is the talk of world football at the minute, he was in the same team as Gilardino last season and Gilardino scored more goals than him, and was only 1 behind Shevchenko, if he can do that with Parma imagine what he could do with this Milan mlidfield behind him, its only now Adriano is at a bigger club he's getting his recognition, Gila is ready now and given the right club will be one of the worlds best and Milan is that club

Thats true, but its worth noting last year Adriano was injured quite a bit and then went Inter halfway through the season.

However, Gila would make a useful addition to our squad.

I would be very surprised if you could get Miccoli for £5 million. If we get Gilardino, he would start up front with Shevchenko, that's the way i've always seen it. Crespo and Inzaghi would fight for the place on the bench .... and because of injuries and form, Crespo has won that race so far.

If you are looking for a forward to play off of Shevchenko, then aside from Miccoli, you could try Aimar (although i don't think he's as good at scoring when compared to Miccoli) or D'Allesandro. But i would have thought Kaka would have been one of the best choices.

Anyhow a 4-3-1-2 formation with attacking full-backs and Kaka playing behind Shevchenko and Gilardino sounds pretty damn good to me

another name that came to my mind is esposito .. just today the cagliari president admitted if they get a decent offer they would sell... also, soler (valencia prez) said that theyre looking at baros and 5 other similar players because there are players that are gonna be replaced... therefore it seems that di vaio might leave, i think he could do well here... he experienced the bench at juve and valencia and has done well when he came on i think

If it was di vaio of Parma, then that would be a great signing. But it wouldn't be. Just like it's not the Crespo of Parma we have right now, it's a new and different Crespo.

I do think though Esposito would be ideal to replace Serghino in a year or 2 years time. I would like to see him in Milan at some point soonish.

Don't know if many of you have watched Gila's goal against Russia..it was simply a great piece of attacking skills.One of his best goals, Lippi said he was quite impressed.