Official: Gilardino to Fiorentina

Well, since the "what's so bad about Gila?" thread is closed, i think its about time another one is open.

He startd off the season really badly, but then kind of found some rhythm for 6 matches in a row. Since the beginning of January, we haven't seen him score nor show any promising signs of development.

But instead, he humuliates AC Milan infront of the entire world with the most ridiculous dive of all time. Im afraid its time for Gila to leave, no matter how good he was, he just isn't consistent enough at Milan. Here's a video of his pathetic dive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn34xQU2M94

I thought he learnt from his mistake but I was wrong. Last night he also dived against Palermo and earned a penalty. He has been diving for Milan for quite a while now but no one actually admits it. If you dont believe me, try to notice him in the next few games.

I think he's trying to impress the folks @ juve with his "abilities"
for all we know, Nedved is watching his tapes with tears of pride that someone could take over when he leaves

Hehe, Gila became a symbol for diving. Pippo, CR and Nedved are all in the shadow now.
Like most of the strikers, especially Italian ones, Gila is diving in the penalty box, but he's not doing it very successfully.
He tried to cheat to get a penalty many times this season. Most of the times the refs didn't fall for it, but 2 times they did give a penalty. And imagine this... both times the penalty was missed


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgl-F7K8nCQ ( against Palermo yesterday. If someones still thinks he didn't dive, watch this video somewhere around 01:00 minute)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXo26hPWnLM ( against Torino. Around 01:55 minutes)

Diving is a problem, and a big one, in Italian football. But i think you're all too harsh on Gila. He's not doing something the Milan strikers weren't constantly doing in the past.
There were 2 teams in Italy that were getting many suspicious penalty kicks, after their strikers were obviously diving.
This year one of the 2 teams is still waiting for the first season penalty in their favour, although they are falling in the PB as much as they were in the past, while the other team isn't getting a penalty everytime someone dives in the box.

And don't blame only Gila. Even your golden boy knows how to act :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNvUcZ7DbUE

Originally Posted by drucurl

I think he's trying to impress the folks @ juve with his "abilities"
for all we know, Nedved is watching his tapes with tears of pride that someone could take over when he leaves

I'll be little harsh with you ............ mate

With the things Gilardino and Pippo are doing ( diving) it's silly to take Nedved as THE diver in Italy.... so please BASTA !

I'll writte again what i wrote on another forum :
There's a difference between diving 30 metres from the goal and diving in the penalty box.
In both occassions it's cheating and every diver should be punished with a yellow card, no matter if he dives in front of his keeper or in front of other team's keeper.
But, imo, there's a difference, and the ones who dive trying to get a PK should get a more harsh punishment. Maybe not a red card, but at least 1 match suspension.
Nedved, Totti, C.Ronaldo do dive, but they all get beaten a lot and sometimes they are diving trying to protect their legs from more serious faul.
But the way Inzaghi and Gilardino dive is very mean. They're doing it for one reason only - to get a penalty kick !

EDIT : It's just a coincidence both Gila and Pippo are in Milan atm. I don't wanna say only Milan's strikers are divers, or it's smthg they learn at Milan.
No, they are both diving now as much as they were diving in Atalanta, Juventus, Parma.
It's probably smthg they all learn as youth players, everywhere in Italy.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Hehe, Gila became a symbol for diving. Pippo, CR and Nedved are all in the shadow now.
Like most of the strikers, especially Italian ones, Gila is diving in the penalty box, but he's not doing it very successfully.
He tried to cheat to get a penalty many times this season. Most of the times the refs didn't fall for it, but 2 times they did give a penalty. And imagine this... both times the penalty was missed


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgl-F7K8nCQ ( against Palermo yesterday. If someones still thinks he didn't dive, watch this video somewhere around 01:00 minute)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXo26hPWnLM ( against Torino. Around 01:55 minutes)

Diving is a problem, and a big one, in Italian football. But i think you're all too harsh on Gila. He's not doing something the Milan strikers weren't constantly doing in the past.
There were 2 teams in Italy that were getting many suspicious penalty kicks, after their strikers were obviously diving.
This year one of the 2 teams is still waiting for the first season penalty in their favour, although they are falling in the PB as much as they were in the past, while the other team isn't getting a penalty everytime someone dives in the box.

And don't blame only Gila. Even your golden boy knows how to act :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNvUcZ7DbUE

are you saying that he's not Juve material?
But you must say that his most recent performances have a lot of "potential" ...I'm sure before Moggi left he said "keep an eye on that kid"

I have no idea who you were referring to though I know Pippo is surely one, but I must have seen Sheva dive about three times since he came here...that is certainly better than the strikers in most other teams

if the penalty helps the team I'm rooting for then I think "well, if you're not cheating , you're not trying hard enough"...hehe, if it's the other team that does it then I start saying and screaming "what the fu#@ was that!!!arrrgghhh"...diving it's the most noticeable form of "cheating" and it is despicable but it's not the only thing that players do, look at the corner kicks, when I was younger I remember how the coach taught us how to punch/grab shirts and this happens to the highest level of football...the good, the bad and the ugly is ALL part of the game

The one vs Celtic was a bit of a shocker, i couldnt believe it when i first saw it because he was still within sliding reach of the ball and couldve gone for goal

Originally Posted by eltomas2

if the penalty helps the team I'm rooting for then I think "well, if you're not cheating , you're not trying hard enough"...hehe, if it's the other team that does it then I start saying and screaming "what the fu#@ was that!!!arrrgghhh"...diving it's the most noticeable form of "cheating" and it is despicable but it's not the only thing that players do, look at the corner kicks, when I was younger I remember how the coach taught us how to punch/grab shirts and this happens to the highest level of football...the good, the bad and the ugly is ALL part of the game

The above statement is not the view of AC Milan and a WHOLE TON of its fans.
On NO level do I support/ condone ANY cheating/acting simulation. That said however, if the other side is perpetually getting away with it, and my side decides to do it I will turn a blind eye, but I will not approve of it..ever!

Whenever Inzaghi/ Gila flops I boo! We are Milan and if we can't win fairly then we shouldn't win at all

Originally Posted by drucurl

The above statement is not the view of AC Milan and a WHOLE TON of its fans.
On NO level do I support/ condone ANY cheating/acting simulation. That said however, if the other side is perpetually getting away with it, and my side decides to do it I will turn a blind eye, but I will not approve of it..ever!

Whenever Inzaghi/ Gila flops I boo! We are Milan and if we can't win fairly then we shouldn't win at all

idealistically speaking, I agree...reality speaking, I don't

He was reffering to Kaka and he is totally right. The clip that Tony posted clearly shows how Kaka completely miskicked the ball and fell down so the ref gave him a penalty. On top of that, Kaka stayed on the ground as if he was kicked while you can clearly see that there was no contact.
However, nobody was dissapointed in that and nobody mentioned it.

Here's a pic from the game vs. Anderlecht at "San Siro"...

Dont blame Gila, he trains with Pippo every daqy But Tony, hey, I dont have much time now but I'll find some diving specials from Pavel the great and Gianluca, and Del Piero....VEndetta,hahhaha

I agree with hitmann. I mean, 2 blatant dives in last 3 games, one actually earned him a penalty? Jezus, hes supposed to be a striker right (not jezus, gila)? We have a striker that goes for dive in 1vs1 situations with the keeper... where can i hide please? Maybe he was going for the movie oscars but heck, they were already given...

He should watch Gerrard and see how to "win" penalties

Originally Posted by drucurl

I think he's trying to impress the folks @ juve with his "abilities"
for all we know, Nedved is watching his tapes with tears of pride that someone could take over when he leaves

LOL cmon man there is noway u think Nedved dives more than inzaghi and gila. Sure he dives ocassionaly but not in the penalty box and not as much as inzaghi and gila. And i doubt Nedved was proud wit gila's dive that was the worst dive i'v ever seen and Nedved probably said thats not how u do it kid!