Winter Mercato

That's not a bad price for a 26 year old international player.

Appiah-Pirlo-Gattuso

Would have given Pirlo more room to work (like in the national team) and given us more of a physical midfield.

Cest la vie

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

Being a little bored at work with nothing better to do, I’ve been thinking about what sort of transfers we need and really don’t see the point of buying 4-5 decent players to bolster the squad rather than spending big on a couple of players....

...Many might argue that some areas can be improved, players such as Brocchi (alternative to Rino and Pirlo), Serginho or someone else. However, these players know they are in for a tough time should they join, as they’ll be squad players at the most, when most know that other clubs can offer them guaranteed starting spots. Meanwhile, those who’ll accept the bench aren’t likely to be as good as most of those we already have.

agreed!!!
i think it would be benificial for all of us, if, when you say "milan should get "x" player" that you add " to take the place of "y" player".
ex: i think milan should go after zambrotta to replace janku in the starting XI.

when i hear we need to get pato...i wonder, where is a 17 yr old kid going fit?

in the midfield milan has
dm=gattusso, ambro, brocchi
om=kaka, pirlo, seedorf, gourcoff
we have 7 midfielders!!! we play 4 at a time...?

if its not broke, dont fix it.

7 midfielders is way too short a number for a season. 9 shud be minimum IMO, considering the amount of places taken by average defenders.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

We shouldn't be trying to fit square pegs in round holes. Gourcuff is not and never will be a good choice for a defensive midfielder. I find this suggestion made by our management laughable.

If we need another defensive midfielder, then lets buy one. Lets not sacrifice someone's attacking talent by making him do more defensive duties than his role would normally require.

I'm also getting a bit tired of players who can only manage a few good games in a row. Even worse are the players who play mediocre for most games, produce a few good games, and are treated like world class players. Surely if you have too many of these in a squad you are just taking up places that could be given to more reliable players

I'm becoming more and more a fan of your posts Jim You tend to say everything that I think....however it must be said that Carlo is a genious in getting players to play in varied psitions. He plays Pirlo (originally a pure CAM) as a sort of CDM who attacks a lot ...sort of like Viera of Fabregas....the thing is Gorcuff seems to have neither the pace nor the strength to be a true CAM and most likely doesn't have zidane's skill/awareness vision level as yet....he could get valuable experience in the Pirlo role and be pushed further up front when the time is right.

Now could we get Aguero pretty please

Is it me or is this Aguero overrating thing going on? He wasnt even the best player on that team, even though he won all the accolades. For example, Maxi Moralez was better from the first to last game, but this doesnt mean he is better than Aguero.
If there is one player to get from that Argentina U-20 squad is Banega.

Originally Posted by GilAttack [11]

Is it me or is this Aguero overrating thing going on? He wasnt even the best player on that team, even though he won all the accolades. For example, Maxi Moralez was better from the first to last game, but this doesnt mean he is better than Aguero.
If there is one player to get from that Argentina U-20 squad is Banega.

I agree
Aguero is great, simply great, but it's Maxi Moralez and Banega who were doing everything for Argentina.

Bring them to Juve, Secco !!
Ah, who am i kidding, Maxi will never play for Juve and he'll probably never play for an Italian team while Banega will end up in Inter, to replace Vieira after 2 or 3 years !

Hey Dru , i'm offering you Aguero to Milan for Moralez and Banega to Juve. You're a smart man, i know you'll accept it

Here i am again, to make a brake, at the first game of Beckham, at the VIP near Victoria were Eva Longoria, Genifer Love, Kate Holmes and Scwhradjeneiger (why did't do terminator 4)....

Hey Giannis, i watched the goal of Seitaridis at the start of his career i was thinking of propose him as a RB for Milan....

Originally Posted by ForeverMilan

Bayern has asked for Del Horno?it must be a joke,Come on,They have Lahm,Jansen who are both much better than del horno,When needed,Lehl,Bastian could also play at there,maybe they are planning to sell Lahm to us

You also linked with Zapata,i hope you dont sign him,Meira is better option for u.

Too good to be true, maybe Lahm at that moment is the best LB in the world .

Originally Posted by Giorgos

Scwhradjeneiger

+rep
Yorgo, you simply rule !

Originally Posted by drucurl

I'm becoming more and more a fan of your posts Jim You tend to say everything that I think....however it must be said that Carlo is a genious in getting players to play in varied psitions. He plays Pirlo (originally a pure CAM) as a sort of CDM who attacks a lot ...sort of like Viera of Fabregas....the thing is Gorcuff seems to have neither the pace nor the strength to be a true CAM and most likely doesn't have zidane's skill/awareness vision level as yet....he could get valuable experience in the Pirlo role and be pushed further up front when the time is right.

Now could we get Aguero pretty please

If Gourcuff plays deep, he'll most likely play Seedorf's old role on the left (the position Ambro takes up). In big matches, playing a solid midfield with both Rino and Ambro is great, but against the smaller teams that just it doesn't always work. Gourcuff is more attacking than Ambro, but is strong on the ball and a very hard worker winning it back.

I'm certain this is the role the management are thinking of when saying he can play DM. It's also worth considering that doing this will give freedom to rest Ambro and Rino more.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

+rep
Yorgo, you simply rule !

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For the issues you are talking so far, Abro is a very underestimate player i agree and at the 2 first seasons of Rino i expect Abro in line up instead of him.

Appiah is not a bad choise!, also we have some players like Brocchi who cannot be competitive in big games. Moreover if we will not take a fw Kaka will need to spend time also at the attack....

Great post Dev...in truth, we need maybe 2 or 3 players this mercato, if that many.

Its unfortunate that people think that players can move a la FM or Fifa 07...in real life, it just isnt that easy.

No real star would want to come to Milan and fight for a place, when there are clubs willing to make him an automatic starter.

Milan will do well this term, even if we buy no one...wonder what the naysayers will say then?

The president of West Ham said that Tevez is free to go to whichever team wants because he wants to play in CL. So he will probably join united. Not so bad news for me because i want other type of forward at Milan and at the same time i am also United...

From theGuardian´s breaking news:

"With the current squad we have we could say that we will do well next season. However we are in talks about two attackers, two champions, and we are confident at least one can play with us," Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi told a news conference.

Ok? So the man says we are still to get two attacking players...or at least one...Pato? Hopefully not Baptista...who I dont think is good enuf for Milan, but may prove a lot of us here wrong....