I know that...but why couldn't it have been a loan deal? Now we have to buy back a player that was ours to begin with. I understand why he went on loan and everything.

Rational...now there's a word I didn't think I'd ever seen in a sentence describing Milan's management

I've bought this up a few times, but nobody seems to agree with me..

I think its because we wont be paying his wages on co-ownership where as in a normal loan we'd pay in full (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Not necessarily, those things are usually negotiated. I know when Villa loaned Erik Bakke we paid nothing at all for him, as we couldn't afford it. Though I suppose things could be different in Serie A/B.

Surely paying his wages for a year would be alot cheaper than buying him back anyway? I can't imagine Paloschi being on an awful lot of money.

yeah true , but every league differs and so do every team maybe there was a clause in the contract they made where he plays a number of games ....but this is just my speculation (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Co-ownerships usually go on for more than a year. So I think in the end it would work out. So Paloschi's a 3.5 million co-ownership. Assuming he's meant to be out for 2-3 years, I think it would work out to be pretty even.

Borriello was an anomaly. He was expected to flop, not do as well as he did. It was actually a pretty sound deal initially.

I think Paloschi has that born scorer mentality and feeling in him. I'm not suggesting anything by that, he easily could turn into a Nicola Amoruso rather then Paolo Rossi or Pippo Inzaghi. Giovinco is a different type of player and surely, right now in better form/more ability showing.

My point is, while strikers like Ibrahimovic, Balottelli, Giovinco usually "grow up" and "explode" with 23 or 24, players like Paloschi do a long-distance run and reach their maximum at 27 approx. The fuss is, that it is much harder to find and discover as a talent a Paloschi type of striker then the Giovinco ones.

Anyway, I don't feel like any special fuss has been created. We're just praising his recent form in Parma and debating when he should be included in our squad. Didn't sense any apologethic text. But considering the treatment players like Favalli, Pirlo, Ambrosini, etc. become here, maybe that praise can be described as Fuss.

I think it was the right choice to loan out Paloschi. Whats the point of him sitting on our bench when he can play regularly at a team like Parma who are good at developing young players.

This post has been edited by Il Capitano: Mar 17 2009, 03:19 PM

So Paloschi is the guest footballer on tonight's Domenica Sportiva (it's a Sunday evening show RAI where a panel of experts go over the weekend's games. there's a studio audience and always a guest footballer or two).

He's in a suit and tie and looks really really nervous. Also looks like he's about 12.

So far, he's said he's an Inzaghi type striker (lots of jokes about it, it's well known Pippo is his idol) and he's said soem really nice things about Pato.

I'm watching it too that's one of the things I noticed about him as well (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

So, Young Alberto has a Really Big Game tomorrow.

Parma play Bari at the San Nicolo.

Bari are in first place in Serie B, 4 points ahead of 2nd place Parma. There are a couple of injuries on both sides, but Paloschi is not one of them. He should start.

Should be a reasonably even match. It'll probably go a long way to deciding who wins the league.

Unfortunately, it's not televised here (rights issues, meh). Radio Norba is doing live commentary in Italian if you're really interested.

Bari vs Parma 0-2 at Halftime


Palo scored the second goal.


Bring him back NOW (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I was wondering why my dad was shouting this morning...now I know (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I wanted to watch it (I think it was playing on RAI, which is the Italian channel)

Maybe he was swearing because RAI isn't showing it? There're rights issues with Bari home games (like Napoli last year). RAI showed Brescia-Piacenza at least here.

Paloschi is doing really well though - had 3-4 other good opportunities and has caused lots of trouble to the Bari defense.

I don't know...maybe.

He yelled goal and woke me up. None of the Serie A teams are playing today...so I don't know what he was watching (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I'll have to ask him.