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GATTUSO SHAVED OFF HIS BEARD!

(from acmilan.com, their translation)

400 TIMES AND MORE
8/23/2009 7:30:00 PM
400 matches with the Rossoneri, celebrated with the captain's armband. A target that in reality is only the starting point of a season of deserved revenge. Good luck Rino!

MILAN - A bulldog, a totem, a gladiator, a lion. There are no more ways to define you. But perhaps in the end only the word 'Rino' is necessary to describe everything: the man, the soul, the pride, the heart, the muscles and the lungs. 'Rino': four letters which, behind their apparent simplicity, hide an immense significance for the Rossoneri people.

Because you, Rino, are Milan. You have shown it in every second of every match: you are the image, enthusiasm, grit and passion of this club which cannot do without you on the pitch or off it. And, finally, yesterday at Siena you managed to achieve a target you have followed a long time, and in a special way: you made your 400th appearence with the Rossoneri with the captain's armband. You were dreaming about this objective for a long time, we know it, and we know you well. Well, it has arrived. And we are sure that for you it will only be a starting point of a season of revenge, very deserved after last season's suffering, after all the effort you made to recover from the surgery to your knee ligaments, after a spring period spent sweating like a madman, fiercely concentrated on your return on the pitch, and after a whole summer spent working.

What will the year be like, Rino? Difficult for the team, because everyone is waiting for us, convinced they will look at us from above. You admitted this yourself without diplomacy, as usual. And probably it will be a difficult year also for you. Because the competition is strong and everyone wants to play. Especially you. You showed it yesterday at Siena when you were substituted: there was no polemic, we understood, there was only desire to continue playing. This honors you.

As fans we can't wait to embrace you again at San Siro in an official match: we don't see you stepping on our stadium's pitch since 7 December, it's been an infinity. Fortunately the derby is close. You asked for enthusiasm and warmth from the fans: our stadium, our home, our people are already calling for you. Do you hear it? It's all for you. You deserve it, champion.

Forza Gattuso - Right Kurt??! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

No wonder we've only won 1 league title in the past 10 years.

Lol and the season we didn't even make it to the CL Gattuso barely played because of injury while Ambro was starting practically every game... Interesting

Yet we collapsed without him in the CL final. Interesting.

lol he wasnt even there to help us reach the final:P

Oh he wasn't? Then who was that big blonde Italian bloke who scored a header against PSV then?

Lol, like he could have saved that melt down (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)


Flavio? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

I think you'll find it was his goal that sent us to Istanbul.

I forgot how it was we can judge (or should I say compare) two players based on how many goals they score, when they're not intended to in the first place. Sure Offensively Ambro is the better player hands down (because he can head really well - so he adds something extra in times of desperate need - say off corners, FKs etc.)
But the two of them Gattuso & Ambrosini are DMs (supposed to be defensive - not goal scorers) and that where I give Gattuso the edge. I think Ambrosini has improved imensely from how sh!ty he once used to be (but can you really blame him - missing all those games over the years - being as injury prone as he is).
Hands down though - if I wanted a DM (which they are both supposed to be...) I would pick Gattuso over Ambrosini (bcuz imo) - he gets the edge. However if between the two I wanted something added to our attack Ambro is definitely the way to go (with those crucial 'headers'!) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

This post has been edited by TriniKing_CE: Aug 24 2009, 11:25 PM

I never said this is how you compare players. Maybe you should look at what my comment was in response to.

i honestly think that you could never compare gattuso and ambrosini....saturday was gattuso's 400th game and he was here since 1999 ambrosini was here from 1993 and he is still in 273 or something

Half were spent out injured the other on the bench, enough said

Oh and everyone is making a big deal because Ambro scores goals, but its not like its a gaurantee that he'll score a goal whenever he's on. He gets a goal every ten games. Still does not justify picking him over a better player because of this