[YoungGun]

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

[vnata001]

i agree with you kurt, if a player is given a chance and fails, he doesn't deserve to stay at a top club..but what im arguing is that he wasnt even really given a solid chance. The fans, (including us) were dissappointed the moment he was even signed, because we already felt he wasnt sheva's successor. He wasn't even trusted from the start, and you can tell in the way Milan handled him. The management was in a rush to appease the fans who wanted Milan to ease their hurt feelings post-shevchenko. So we say ronaldinho! and we say drogba! and we want ronaldo! and we get oli..so basically, oliveira never had the time to settle in that a player deserves. basically if he didnt come in and pour in the goals, he was doomed, because everyone around milan were impatient, and looking for a quick fix for sheva. at least when sheva was signed to chelsea, he was an immediate first 11 candidate at the start of the season, played every game up front for the majority of the time he was healthy, and made many appearances..he scored 14 goals over 3 tournaments in which he saw major playing time..oli played in less than half of last seasons games for us..and his appearances were either as a sub, or if he started he was usually off after the hour mark..king henry sucked his first year at arsenal..but he was given time to adapt and repaid arsenals faith. first year in a new country is always tough..add an ongoing saga of not knowing if ur sister was alive or not..and being thrown into a situation where u must either hit the net every other game or be benched..is that a fair chance? id be interested to know if he was played as much as gila was last year, if he could have perhaps netted more than 12, which is why im interested to see if he outscores our top scorer this year..his numbers were awful last year indeed..but im pretty sure gonzalo higuain, who was signed for probably around the same amount, didnt do much his first year at madrid..the difference? faith. thats why hes still there..granted higuain is much younger, but if milan are gonna spend close to 15 mil on a player, they have got to give him more a chance than what rico was given..otherwise it seems like 15 mil was just thrown away..we all must admit oli's purchase was very rushed and i believe his sale was even more rushed..itd be great if he works his price tag up north and saves us some money..but it would also have been nice to go into this season with an on-form oli, seeing as he clearly has potential to be a dangerous striker having scored 22 goals in spain, and clearly shows it with his most recent finish..management was a bit frazzled about the striking core, and felt pressure for a quick fix to sheva's vacancy. So, we signed ronaldo! and hoped his hype would occupy people's imaginations...this is why im intruiged to see if he outscores our top scorer..

..all pointless now anyways as hell never be a milan player again, but theres nothing wrong with voicing my opinion against management. im almost positive hell score more than gilardino will this season..anyone disagree? itd be a good bet. i also bet that KaRoLi could have been really effective, and probably a lot of fun to watch.