[MilanManiac9]

Hi, fellow red-and-black-blooded Rossoneri fans! This is MilanManiac9 with his first Topic on site (yeah, I know my screenname is a little crummy, but using the same one for all kinds of different logins is just easier)!

As optimistic as I am about hopes for my various favorite clubs (Milan of course being the first and foremost), I'd like to hear what goes through everybody else's heads and not just my annual "I hope we can take the Treble" routine. I chose the Rossoneri as my club of choice after some time looking at histories and records, but that was relatively recent as I grew ever more rabid in my love of the beautiful game. What I want to hear is the point of view from everybody: Experts that know everything, lifelong supporters brought up well by parents, etcetera, etcetera... you get the picture.

I also want to hear about why you are all so loyal to the Rossoneri. You know, like old anecdotes from your youth, that kind of stuff, just so we can all get a feel for who this mighty Red and Black Revolution is made up of.

As for pictures: Please post as many as you want! There's a very short list of things I enjoy seeing more than other people uploading pictures from watch parties, matches, or just throwing on the timeless uniform of our Red-Blacks for all to see. Thanks, everybody, and FORZA ROSSONERI!

[MilanManiac9]

Benitez will sink Inter just like he did with the Reds back in the EPL, and I think Boateng will be more than just a surprise mediocrity. We have far better support than Pompey could ever give him, and with Ibra on the way, I say we might actually have a slim chance for the Double, maybe even the Treble this time around. We can hold off Real; after all, we beat the New-York-Yankees-of-Football last time around, didn't we? Auxerre... well, they're French. I think that about sums it up, considering the only French club to get to the Semis last year did it by beating another French club.

Real's overrated. They couldn't win to save their lives when it mattered last year, and they are living proof that having practically an entire squad made up of all-stars means nothing if they don't play together like they need to. Ajax, while known for the occaisional lucky spell, won't be much of a threat. They barely even qualified for the group stage, and that was against teams with equally mediocre form. But this is Milan we're talking about here. We were more threatened by Marseille than anybody new this year.

Once we hit the Round of 16, the only possible threats we might come across would be Chelsea, Man Utd, Bayern, and Barca. If they play like they did against Inter, Bayern will be easy; if we see a showing similar to the Community Shield this year, Chelsea can go down, too. Man U just collapsed against Bayern last year, which I'm sure we can replicate if necessary; Barca just lost their best striker. To us. Shut down Messi like in South Africa, and nobody can beat us.

Sure, I'm still worried about Inter, but we beat a team that crushed the Nerazzuri in Detroit this summer (Panathinaikos). If the Greeks can beat our anti-Italian stadium-mates, I'll be (IMG:style_emoticons/default/swear1.gif) -ed if we can't.

This post has been edited by MilanManiac9: Aug 30 2010, 04:02 AM