Max, dude, you and Kurt are going to have to fight it out for dst's affections!

Oh dear god (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) get a room.

Kurt? Hah... Kurt's got nothing on my sexy Persianness... dst and I have a crazy history... We used to do it everywhere... In PMs, in off-topic, match thread, transfers, even in the arcades... But the ultimate one was when we did it in Maldini's thread... I felt ecstasy all over... Blessed by the Gods... What a feeling... This whole place is marked by our love stains...

Fishdoll is getting very disturbing mental images from that post that are worse than the dieux du stade calendar his person bought.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) what a mess!

You left without even saying goodbye... now you're back but I'm no longer yours to have!


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How on Earth can I compete with this..

Firstly simply because I refuse to believe that'll be our budget!

Secondly, we're participating in the CL, that counts for something, doesn't it? they say Fiorentina have about [don't remember the exact figure but it was surely more than 10-15 million] to spend in the WINTER transfer window. how can it be possible that our, AC Milan, summer budget will be as low as that?

I think we'll spend around 20-25 million at least.

This post has been edited by Zed.D: Dec 8 2009, 08:39 PM

We had better. There's certainly 2 or 3 additions that need to be made by us if we really want to compete with Inter. We all know that if this title race is close, they'll be spending huge sums of money to try and increase the gap again.

This post has been edited by kurtsimonw: Dec 8 2009, 08:34 PM

i really think the need this off-season is getting a GK, another cb(behind bonnera) a LB/RB player and a Creative midfielder. Having said that, i expect us to go for the cheapest solutions on most of these decisions.

for the GK they will probably keep the same we got now, or get Andujar from a then relegated catania or Curci for a relegated siena(i woulnd't so mind curci at all, he has made wonderful saves for siena time and time again)

What i would wish for however, would be Mandanda from OM, who i find can be world class within the next 2-3 years. that being said, marchetti,curci,consigli wouldn't bother me in the least.

for the CB they will probably go with Aztori, which i have no quarrels with, so long as kaladzhe leaves

for LB/RB i hope we get rid of jankulovski and bring back darmian, who last i checked represented la nationale for his age group and has been doing well in pandova (or wtv team we shipped him too) also to be considered, albertazzi (the rossoneri's santon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )

for creative midfielder, i would sign Krasic, a rossoneri fan himself, he has proven to be worldclass for CSKA and i feel would Greatly make us less predictable in attack. This however won't be done because we will ride black turtle till he is 50. Also gattuso should leave, We have too many DMs on the squad and we need pace in midfield, which is IMO our glaring weakness. Krasic would provide that pace and burst into our midfield. that being said, no one will be sold and we will rely on di gennaro's developpement, which i don't so much mind, although i still think our age in midfield is discouraging.

In retrospec we will end up going for dzeko and sending klaas the other way, so long as he dsnt ***** and say no like he did to stuttgart (even though he may of been right not going there as they suck this year.

also, i feel the need to cash in on pirlo's name while it's still worth something, we can get a guy like modric for probably the same amount of money, i see no desire in the HO's plans to get youngerand i feel that'ss what we need to think about to be able to remain a top flight team. We desperately need pace in midfield.

Projected linup 2011

Klaas - Borriello
Ronnie-----------------Pato
Pirlo ---- Krasic
Zambrotta , Nesta, T. Silva, Abate

also i hope addiyiah can replace ronnie on the Left wing and we pawn ronnie off while he is worth something too, he is too slow for eurpean football, and especially with Serie A getting faster, we need to insure we keep with the trend

Huntelaar and Borriello in the same lineup with Pato and Ronnie doesn't make sense to me. I'd prefer something like this

Ronnie Dzeko Pato
Krasic
Pirlo Flamini
LB Silva Nesta RB

This post has been edited by Darunia: Dec 9 2009, 02:14 AM

I wasn't talking about a man-for-man replacement in the 4-3-3. We can even play a 4-2-3-1, with Dzeko, Pato and Abate playing behind Borriello.

This is the main reason why I want Dzeko in. He gives tactical options that few other players can. I have never been a fan of the pure 4-3-3. It's spectacular when it works, but it offers little variation. You saw it against Catania, you saw it against Zurich.

The best example is probably MvB's Holland in the Euros. They looked like favourites but were completely outclassed when they faced a team designed to blunt the 4-3-3.

Sadly it's the only formation we can play right now. A 4-3-1-2 with 2 DMs would shut us down. We've already seen what happens when Seedorf and R80 are marked tight.

My biggest fear is this is Italy, and I think in another 2 months, the 4-3-3 will be figured out. It took Italy 1 season to figure out Roma's 4-2-3-1 and I rate Spalletti very highly.

Could Dzeko play in a 3 in a 4-2-3-1? From what I've seen of him, he surely has to be the 1, much like Borriello and Huntelaar do. I don't think you can have all 3 of these at your club and keep them happy.

No...he's one of those types. Remember I said he could be bigger than Zlatan (c0z what he lacks in skill, he more than makes up in attitude)...he can be both SS as well as sole striker. Can pass, can shoot. I'm not saying he's the best there is...but he can definitely improve and what he needs is a big team. Could be Rooney with muscles. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

He's an attacking wildcard.


-------Borriello---------
-Dzeko-------------Pato
------R80/Zee/Andy----


---------Boriello/KJH/Pippo------
-----Dzeko------------------------
---------------Zee/Andy P/R80-----


------Dzeko-------Pato---------
------------Zee/R80/Andy------




All of these can work in theory, and the coolest part is it gives us amazing options of rotation. In fact with Dzeko in, we could even shelve the plans for a Zee replacement, since we're able to rotate Zee, Andy P, R80 and Pato, without much loss of potency. Something we're unable to do now.


P.S: Reading the post, I think I might be a biased. But I love his game, and he reminds me of my old Sheva. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cry.gif)

First of all I can't believe people are saying no to Dzeko, its quite shocking really. You guys should search this guy up on you tube, he is better than pato!

but thats another topic, lets move on:

If i can recall, qualifying from the group stage gives us something like 5-6 million; I'm not exactly sure I'll have to search it up. Then the TV Deals for each round will come into effect, which is another 2-3 million per round approx.





So we have at least 10 million cash flow coming in directly. We also have recieved approx 500-600k each madrid game in the group stage and I'm guessing thats where the funding for Aidyiah has come from.



But lets leave the money issue alone for a second and lets look at our squad:


Goalkeepers:

Dida= Average
Storari= Average
Roma= Not good enough
Abbiati= Good

Center Defenders:
Nesta= World Class
T. Silva= World Class
Kaladze= Terrible
Bonera= Very good
Gooch= Unknown

Full backs:

Oddo=average
Zambrotta=good
Janku=average
Favalli=not good enough
Abate= Good
Antonini=Average


Midfield:

Flamini=Good
Ambrosini=Very good
Seedorf=Very good
Pirlo= World Class
Ronaldinho= World Class
Gattuso= Average/Good
Di Gennaro= Unknown


Forewards:

Pato= World Class
Borriello= Very good
Huntelaar= Good
Inzaghi= Average




Formation:

4-2-1-3


x---x---x---x
----x---x----
------x------
x-----x-----x


Issues:

Depth= Very poor. Our bench is hardly exists and it does not hold the potential to replace any of the key players.

---If nesta or T. Silva is injured, our middle starts to look incredibly weak.

---Our fullbacks are pretty much Zambrotta and Oddo. They are both over 30 and cannot be played every game. Abate and Antonini are not yet ready to take on the big guns. Janku is decent, but always a risk in defence. Favalli is 38.

---Midfield looks solid but the key players are required for it to function. If Ronaldinho or pirlo gets injured, the whole system and the team falls apart. We have virtually no depth here.


--Attack looks solid and has a strong depth. We have Huntelaar, Inzaghi, Pato, Borriello. This is the only category that is acceptable for a team of Milan's value.


Age= very poor. Our squad is too old. We need to replace some of the veterans with proper cover badly. Seedorf cannot play every game and neither can pirlo or ambrosini. Ronaldinho is going to be 30 this season as well.

Money= We have little or virtually no money from outside sources. What we get is what we get. We win the Serie A, we can spend somewhere around 30-40 million. Now I personally believe the club has money in its banks, probably around 30-50 million euros that has most probably emerged out of silvio's pockets. That is emergency money in-case sh*t happens and Galliani needs to fix it. But that money probably can't be used for just buying players.


Competitions= We are in Serie A, Champions league and Coppa Italia. The expectation for us is to do well in all 3 competitions and that will have a huge negative bearing on this squad. We don't have the depth or ability to last the long haul these competitions require and we will most defenitly break down sometime down the road due to fatigue or injury from overplaying.


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Market:


Adiyiah=1.2 million E
Beckham= Loan Deal (1-2 million E)


Potential sales:

Gattuso=10-15 Million E



Money entering market: approx 10 million euros.



Targets we are linked with:

Dzeko= 30 million E
Astori=2 million E
Adriano=10 million E
Gago= 6 million E
Drenthe= 6 million E
Paloschi= 5 million E





Verdict: Good luck! Unless Galliani pulls some magic money out of his @ss or Gattuso is sold, we probably won't buy anyone this January.

Pato could also be sold come summer if we have no funds and if we need to fix major issues.

This post has been edited by Bluesummers: Dec 9 2009, 05:47 AM