[YoungGun]

He's a wonderful kid IMO. I guess he will push Gilar to the bench soon.

[vnata001]

im a broken record, so sorry about this before i even begin..but..we never showed him any faith, or gave him a chance to get comfortable..we brought him in from a different league expecting him to immediately replace sheva's production. we gave him no time to settle in, as he was always the first substitute off, and never given a consistent chance with the first team since we insisted on playing pippo and gila together for a while last season..he was never trusted in important games, so therefore when he did get chances, he finished like he should have..like someone dealing with a kidnapped sister, playing and living in a new league, trying to adapt to a new style, and overthinking and unnaturally taking his scoring opportunities as a result..he was shown no faith, played without the confidence of the club of fans..came on and hit a couple posts..and from then on i can count on my hand the number of appearances he made. all while dealing with the kidnapping of his sister. itll be ironic if he outscores our top scorer. just a little faith from management after one unsettleing, life-changing year for him, and the pass he received before curling that ball into the upper right V might as well have been from pirlo. he seemed completely confident, composed, and articulate with that finish. that was technically perfect the way he controlled the ball, touched it, faked, and unleashed a perfect curl. and thats not his first cracking goal for zaragoza in the past week..the options oli coulda given carlo this season could have been fun to watch considering all the tournaments we were in..he would have had time to settle in, and the pressue would have been less, coming of a champions league win..and in the end, the bottom line woulda been we woulda had two extremely motivated, talented brazilian strikers using eachother to prove their worth to everyone, with kaka helping them. u can see oli's determination and motivation on his face after he scores as his teamates greet him, and that was an oli that we never saw. we saw a timid, frustrated one. and if he flopped this year? without the family problems, and the more lenient learning curve..we dump him and continue on our quest to sign etoo or dinho, like we had planned on doing anyways..

..however, if barca continues to suck like this though, then perhaps a january purchase of one of their attackers may in fact be possible? who knows!

..sorry guys, promise this is the last post of its kind.

This post has been edited by vnata001: Aug 27 2007, 10:07 AM