I'm jus tired of continuing seeing old people...Look at Raul, he already wants to retire...He's a legend...What will Favalli still be doing? i'm saying the truth...no top team today has any old players playing defence or attack today....We've suffered too much...Tennie, i was positive that u would make a comment on this.. It seems like u still like old people playing for milan..but if we have to move forward we don't need old people....We really don't need Favalli...we need fresher blood..Has Darmian played a lot..no..Look at Rafael, he's already a vital player for man u..What's the use keeping players that we don't use...I'm just tired of it and Carlo, being the coach would now put him..Does he have more confidence in Favalli or wat? Imagine Favalli playing for man u..He wouldn't even make their bench...When is the time that they'll give Darmian a chance..As far as i'm concerned, Darmian of now has a lot more to offer than Favalli does....Favalli wants to be legend by force..(That's the only reason i see that he'll play)

kenny, again with the snark. Actually, I look at a player's contribution to the team - player ratings, if you will. Favalli has gotten consistently higher ratings than (for example) Senderos, who's a good decade younger. That to me indicates he's a better player. Yet by your logic, we'd toss Favalli out and keep Senderos. Favalli is a good BENCH player. He isn't a regular starter in anyone's imagination - he's played as much as he has because of the injuries the defenders have had.

As for the Darmian debate, he seems to play more on the right than in the middle. I don't see Zambrotta being benched in his favor. I think he's just as good in the center (he can play there too) and would certainly prefer to see him there over Senderos or Kaladze.

I'm curious though -- how many games and in what context have you actually seen Darmian play?

What will Favalli still be doing?

Favalli is hardly useless, Blue. In my opinion at least. He's a great 3rd or 4th choice CB. And as I said above and have said on repeated occasions, i'd love to see Darmian get more time. I'll ask you the same question I asked kenny: how much and in what context have you actually seen Darmian play? What exactly are you basing the judgment on that he'd be miles better than Favalli, who you have labelled useless?

Actually, blue, they've neither of them played for the U21s. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Perhaps you mean the U19s or the U20s. For the record, I've seen Darmian play for the U19s in last summer's tournament, I've seen him in Serie A a handful (probably less than 5) games, and I've seen him 3 times for the Primavera (they televise primavera games in Italy and I've seen those while on holiday).

You're conveniently ignoring how stable Favster has been - he got a 7 in the Udinese game, which is quite a high rating for a defender. (Maldini got it in the first Derby but he's the only other one who has so far). You're labelling Favalli a reject of the cugini and forgetting that he was captain of Lazio after Nesta left. Would you also label Pirlo and Seedorf rejects?

And you're ignoring the fact that I've said repeatedly that I would love to see Darmian get more time.

Mario Balotelli in a milan jersey teamed with pato is my wet dream....