haha it says alot about the state if the team, that some are suggesting a soccermanager.com type overhaul (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

no but look at our starting is basically last years - kaka + thiago + hunt.... bringing 2-3 more player would not be that crazy considering how cheap some players where being sold for

i'm sure galliani's been monitoring this situation, he'd never miss this sort of free signing

Yeah just shows you how crazy our situation really is. If we want to be competitive, that is the kind of change we need.

I don't think the changes suggested above are either realistic or likely.

Too many people going out (I don't think Pippo should just be shown the door, for example, and I doubt they'll get rid of Seedorf), transfer wishlists that I'm not sure are really all that possible, and too many changes to integrate in one transfer window.

Berlusconi may be gearing up to sell the club -- there's a lot of speculation about that in Italy -- but if he's doing that, he's not going to handwave massive changes like those suggested. I'd think perhaps 4 new players would be the most over the summer (not willing to speculate yet on January).

Competitive for what, avoiding relegation? Replacing 14 players in one transfer window is completely ridiculous and will never ever happen.

thats already impossible as we can barely afford another signing, who'll we replace the 14 guys wiv?

Oops wrong thread

This post has been edited by Darunia: Sep 15 2009, 09:29 PM

If you guys read my post you would know I didn't say 14 signings. I said 14 new players with the inclusion of prima.


Also it is very possible. Getting rid of the high salary player and signing players with average to low salary who can do the job like kuza or silvestri type players would cost us 1-2 million in the wage bill and the rest could be adjusted to the transfer budget.

It can be realistic and will leave the door open for improvement. While keeping seedorf and the rest will only continue to hinder milan.

I'm not saying throw Inzaghi out the door. His contract is up he'll be 37, give him a staff job or give him the choice of competing with pato/huntelaar/newstriker/palo etc.

However, Under berlu yes it is not possible. But i said if berlu did not exist and we wanted the club to be competitive for the long run without the need of spending.

Now that we got the Hunter, I wouldn't mind Adriano anymore. he can be a good addition in January. I really feel the need for us to do something to to piss Inter off (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) he's not a priority though, and AM, one or two FBs... that's where we need reinforcements first.

Us getting Adriano wouldn't piss off Inter in the slightest. Rather, they'd enjoy another laugh at our expense because he's an idiot and they were more than glad to be rid of him.

I'm pretty sure those were the exact same emotions they had when we took Seedorf and Pirlo.

Anyway, I would think for winter transfers we need to look at:

Fullbacks: Miguel, Criscito
Midfield: Hernanes, Veloso, Moutinho
Forwards: Dzeko, Adriano


My fullback list is probably not the best, but I really don't know of any top class players operating out there who can be realistic transfers. I think Miguel is a decent player, and has CL experience to boot. He's also good enough for his NT at times. But yes he can be inconsistent and even Oddo-ish at times.

I like both the Portuguese mids. Though Veloso is an additional DM, I think he's a better passer and shooter than the bunch we've got at the moment. Moutinho would be our extra AM. If we can land the two forwards mentioned, then we're on paper one of the best attacks around. Moutinho's a bit of a gamble, but I think he's pretty darn good.


Btw...Gourcuff is out saying, he won't mind coming back to Milan. Says earlier there was no guarantee of his finding space, but now there is.

Of course we'd have to pay 25 million at least for him, and I'd rather land Moutinho for 7-8 million less.

At the beginning of last year, when Ronaldhino arrived ... I believe he was playing pretty decently ... at one point he was our top scorer ... he scored a wonderful header in the AC Milan - Inter classic ... WHAT HAPPENED?

Everybody talks about an injury ... but the fact is ... he was never played again!!!

What was the formation used when he was on the field?

Wasn't it:

...................................Pato
.................Ronaldhino.................Kaka
...........Gattuso.............Pirlo.............Flamini
.....Janku........"Various"..........Maldini........Zambro

He did pretty well!

Anybody remembers what was the formation used when he played at Barca????

I think that he has never played as a trequartista ... I remember he played more on the left side at Barcelona and he played on the right side during his growth at the Brazilian team.

I think he is currently not playing in his confort zone.

Personally I'm pretty confident one of the two reasons why he didn't come back was because he was told that he had to compete for a place with (or be a sub for) Ronaldinho (the other being our managment's stupidity in giving Bordeaux the option to buy him for 15m). because ever since the moment we sold Kaka, Dinho was announced by Berlu as the new Kaka, his direct replacement, the best player in the world, etc etc etc. no wonder why Yoann didn't want come back.

I think we would be in a better position if we had Yoann rather than Dinho as our AM...