Bra and panties? *shot*, Do hope it looks nice, I've liked Fly Emirates and Bwin on the milan shirts along with The OPEL ones, always added a little to em

Hopefully it's not a change of brand from Adidas to Nike, I always ..ALWAYS will prefer adidas, more comfy more stylish, Also bigger as i remember too.

Pato is reason enough to justify the sale of Pato. Whoever buys him is stupid, he's not worth what we will likely get at some point.

Sad, but true

lulz Robin Van Persie (incredible injury history and controversy) only cracked the 20 goal mark at 28
Wayne Rooney cracked the mark at 24
Drogba got there at 28
Christian Vieri at 27
Batigol at 24
Even Sheva only got there at 22 So did Cristiano Ronaldo and Fernando Torres

Given Pato's injury history, and his scoring rate (the scoring RATE is world class no matter how you look at it); provided there's any possible way he can recover he on course to be at least more prolific than Most of the World's world class strikers. I'd say he's at least worth our patience until he's 24. It's also hilarious that you are a staunch Allegri fan but our number 1 hope doesn't get the benefit of the doubt (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Agreed.

Pato's problem is that he looks very stiff and slow, won't stay uninterested cause that's not the case. He should start playing for the team, like receive the ball, defend it or pass it and act like a true prima punta. Kinda like Pazzini. He's never going to be the old, fast-paced Pato that would beat anyone on one-on-one's. Those days are dead and gone. He should also be played regularly to regain momentum.

This post has been edited by X-Offender: Nov 27 2012, 02:29 PM

He hasn't lost his pace. People used to say that regularly about Kaka, R9 even Arjen Robben when they got injured....and then saw it back after a prolonged time while playing fit. He needs a good run and it'll all fall into place...even the dribbling and beating his man.

Allegri made a comment about Pato being too hot headed and that's the one thing I'll choose to believe from the charlatan...because I SEE him rushing things on the pitch. He wants too much while putting out too little (my gut feeling is that he's scared to re-injure himself). What we're left with is a lazy-looking half-@$$ed looking player who might not necessarily be as lazy or nonchalant. This is also why his passing is atrocious....always in a rush.

He played slower when he just came to Milan, got involved in the play and turned on the afterburners when he had his chance. These days it just seems that he thinks he can sniff out a goal here and there without much movement, which isn't working at all.

Why do you think does days are gone?

Michael Owen was a striker who's game was built around his pace. He kept getting similar muscular injuries to what Pato has (and these would affect Owen less because he was fully developed) and even though he was only 26/27 still, he was never the same player. Pato can still be a good player, but he's always going to be injury prone now and not what he once was.

Pato's not solely "built around pace" he has a lot of pace but not nearly as one dimensional as his detractors suggest
He can score when he's not 100%, he can head the ball well, take free kicks and he can poach well. HE NEEDS TO WORK MORE. That's all. When his confidence improves so will his speed. It's not like anything has been broken or stretched so the mechanics of his movement would remain relatively unscathed save for a few extra pounds of muscle

This post has been edited by drucurl: Nov 27 2012, 04:49 PM

Because his muscular structure has changed.

This post has been edited by X-Offender: Nov 27 2012, 05:34 PM

Well, I'm not a doctor, but I'm sure this still can be fixed. Sure, he'll always be injury prone, but look at some of the players who managed to recuperate and maintain playing on the same level.

Don't get me wrong, he could still recuperate and start playing on high levels again, although that's still doubtful. I just don't think that we'll ever see the old, quick Pato, who could easily dribble past many opponents, and who could even play as a winger like he did under Leonardo. The Pato of nowadays can only be a prima punta IMO. He doesn't have that acceleration and speed that distinguished him in the past, and I don't think he'll ever be able to regain those traits. Instead, he should use his physical strength, intuition and accuracy in front of the goal to his advantage in order to become a quality CF.

This post has been edited by X-Offender: Nov 27 2012, 09:02 PM

I think he has it in him as I've seen short glimpses of it. He's just soooo hesitant. That it is frustrating for you at home when you're watching on TV to accept. You can see that he's holding back on everything from really running through his paces, challenges and everything in between.

That being said, I can't help but feel that I really cannot blame him for playing like he is as his very promising carreer has turned into a nightmare due to mistreatment.

EXACTLY!!!! omg I feel like hugging you (no homo) right now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

The kid was doing EVERYTHING well, taking defenders off the dribble left and right, shooting from distance, passing well, taking and scoring f**king free kicks...and what we do? "hurr duurrh he needs to bulk up derp"

People also forget that in his new body everything is different but I can't totally say that he's not trying. for starters he wouldn't have gotten all of this muscle if he himself wasn't hitting the weights. He'd have been really fat.

It's sad that ppl neglect the mitigating circumstances and choose to guzzle the haterade instead (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Yet they have no problem getting behind the charlatan n00b who has shown pretty much NOTHING even in his iBra/Silva riddled success