Well, yeah, he could act a bit more professional about it, you're right. However, for some reason, his comments don't bother me in the slightest. Probably because when I think of Pirlo, I think of his magical seasons with us, and that makes me smile.

True, true, but my point is that when it comes to creativity, he is unmatched. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Creativity as in vision. The guy can create for other players at will, while other midfielders have to be at their best to match his through balls and passes. And that is the reason why he is still in contention for the Seleção.

Motivation be damned, if Ronaldinho was still here and played to half his potential, we'd have won the league this season and the one before it, without too much of a fuss. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) In matches where we stumbled, against small teams where we drew, or lost points, his sparks or genius with good finishing would have made all the difference.

Is he the player he was at his peak? Nope, nowhere near that level. But he's still good at this age, still good.

Pirlo the judas complaining about only getting a pen after his years at Milan (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
Talking about how Conte>>> Sacchi (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

This guy is beyond scum

I hope whenever we have days honouring our greats of recent years like Sheva, Kaka', Rui Costa, Nesta, etc. that he's not invited. As far as I'm concerned he's burned all bridges with the club. Spent the last 5 years of his Milan career essentially stealing money, because he sure as hell didn't earn it, then talks like this? He'd do well to remember why he didn't spend his career rotting at Inter.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/puke.gif)

Of course we won't. he moved for free to our direct rival and has been badmouthing us ever since.

Aw, so many butthurt people in this forum.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Did you even watch the team during Ronaldinho's last season? We were terrible and a large part of it was Ronaldinho under performing. He can do fancy tricks and flicks all day but he is nonexistent defensively and can't carry a team like a true star. If you don't remember we didnt come close to winning the league when he was here. It's insulting to the team to say that he would have won it for us the past two years.

This post has been edited by milanbuf88: Apr 21 2013, 06:19 PM

In his last full season here (Leonardo) we were this close to overtaking Inter. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) It all unraveled in the next few matches, but at least we made CL easily. And you have to consider the idiotic positions and starts to wrong players given by Leonardo. That's not to say we got close because of Ronaldinho, we got close with him.

Same was the case in his next six months with the club. Ibra wanted him out at all costs, so he could be the biggest name in the team. And well he got his wish because everyone in the management was tired of the guy and his attitude on the pitch. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) Oh, and his high wages were an important factor in his exit as well.

Fancy tricks or not, the guy create a dozen chances (most of the time) during any random 90 minutes. That's more than what can be said of all our midfield combined these days. Mostly because they are brainless brute, with only Montolivo possessing a thing called vision. That is why I wanted Aquilani to partner him upfront.

Because no matter what people say, Aquilani can create the final ball. Him and Montolivo linking up would have been massive, with two dogs (ball gatherers) on either side. Nevertheless, it seems that most have grown accustomed to having a broken and disjointed team - and that is the reason we are winning diddlysquat.

Even right now we have a few good players, a whole bunch of mediocre ones, and one or two champions.

Spot on my friend.

I can't understand how we can easily condemn Pirlo by saying he sucked his last two seasons with us. He's a maestro for god sake, and our team went from a stable Ancelotti lullaby to Leonardo's AC Brazil and back to a Allegri-minded Milan, whatever that means. As a focal point of the team, he surely had to adapt first, and especially Allegri didn't exactly give him the time for this move.

The fact that Pirlo is still talking about Milan says you all - it did hurt him in some way and you can see it's still important to him. Only he's a maestro and he's much more egocentric then Gattuso or Nesta, so his comments end up being spiteful and so. But the bottom line is I don't agree with Galliani. I think he really was unfair with Pirlo; we have implemented this "family club" strategy for years back-to-back, and to make the Pirlo case a deal-breaker was simply put unfair.

In fact, I don't like how Galliani is shifting from one extremity to another. Almost everything what made Milan special for so many years has been undone by him and Allegri (and Berlusconi as well) in the past few years. All we have left now is memories, history and this Milan aura. But in fact we present almost nothing different to other teams.

Thank you! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbup.gif) The solution is simple, part ways with the One Who Does Not Belong. As you and most others have been saying, the season's end is the best way to say goodbye to Allegri and his Small Club Mentality™. It's not his fault that he never has had to deal with visionary players in his teams before.

It's Galliani's fault for bringing him in, when better options were available. If the bald one goes with him, I'd not shed a tear. In fact, I'd be even more happy seeing Galliani leave than just Allegri. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif) Longest of shots, I know, but at least it would give hope that we'll run a club like other successful ones are doing son.

Fester has just become a lethal mixture of sentiment and senility. That, or the world has moved beyond the time he lives in. This just isn't the 80s, 90s or early 2000s.

Well, I wouldn't be so harsh. Beside Ulli Hoeness, he still works magic when it comes to making deals. He really is a good negotiator, but he lacks clear vision in terms of substance. We need someone fresh and young to fill in this kind of job; Berlusconi clearly can't be relied upon. So my solution would be: keep Silvio as kind of Lord Protector, and keep Galliani as the internal leader figure. But bring in a new coach and a new person in management, like Maldini, who would add up freshness and a new plan.

Works for me, in fact that's what I initially had in mind. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Thing is that Galliani is the type of person that will never play well with the likes of Maldini and whatnot. Fester is bad to the bone, and in fact, Paolo recently did call him a bit of a hypocrite (or something along these lines). When Galliani works his magic, he's good.

But when he pulls off a false one, it's a stinker. That much is a given. A saner soul would not pull these shticks.

Pirlo is a disgusting person all around.

Galliani has his fair share of faults and mistakes but it is CLEAR that he loves Milan.

Pirlo is quite simply a mercenary. And no it's not just because he played for Inter juBe and Milan.

He thinks himself above the team, above the game itself. He does have the talent to be brilliant but, somewhat like Seedorf, chooses when to unleash it, or at least try to. He's been on sleep mode for 2008 and he himself admitted that he wasn't motivated and "was on sabbatical" (his words not mine). I despise Allegri for tossing all of our creative talent outside but it would be hard to fault him for letting go of this guy.

FI