[Jack Sparrow]

i actually don't blame him in this scenario, he's just a lucky guy getting paid..... ... .....
this thread is mostly in anger towards the management who had valued him wrongly& continue to do everything wrong(giving fat contracts to the wrong people&cancelling the wrong ones too, won't buy players)
dida gave his best over the years, he should have left sooner.... or be noble&take a pay cut like rino did.

miz also is over-doing it by calling storari only an average GK(we don't care if our GK is average or world class, we just want him to stop shots)

Let's be fair. When he signed that contract extension we'd just won the CL I think. A bunch of oldies whom nobody really rated had banded together, beaten the best German team, the 'best team' in the world and the proceed to take revenge for Istanbul. It was magic. You'd be murdered to suggest at that time that none of them deserved contract extensions.

What you're suggesting is similar to what Wenger follows. All players above the age of 30 only get one-year contract extensions. The results are clear to see. I don't think Arsenal every really recovered from losing Pires, Vieira, Ljunberg and Campbell in such quick succession.

And no Rino offered to take the paycut. He didn't have to do it, and the board didn't make him follow through.

[il_diavolo_mtl]

Adriano Galliani: I Couldn’t Sell Milan Veterans
The chief executive has explained that the press would have slaughtered him for selling his aging stars in the wake of the 2007 Champions League success...

Milan’s sluggish start to the Serie A campaign has once again reopened the debate over the Diavoli’s ageing side, but vice president Adriano Galliani has moved to explain why the club's veterans haven't moved on.

While fellow Italian giants Juventus and Inter have undergone massive changes over the past six years, the press argue that Milan are still heavily relying on the bulk of the side who lifted the Champions League in 2003.

“If Milan still have so many players who were on the pitch in Manchester, there are two reasons,” Galliani told the Corriere dello Sport.

“First of all, these same players have allowed us to win another Champions League and reach another final, a semi-final and a quarter-final.

“Besides, if during these years, perhaps after the success in Athens in 2007, I had simply tried to sell the likes of [Gennaro] Gattuso, [Andrea] Pirlo and [Massimo] Ambrosini, the press would not have spared me critiques and accusations, let alone the reaction of our fans, which I can only imagine.”

Milan sit 11th in the Serie A standings after the first six games of the season. They are back in action on Wednesday, when they host Zurich in the Champions League.

Vince Masiello, Goal.com

This helps complete what people are saying about our vets being held onto for too long

[il_diavolo_mtl]

Lazio Lead Chase For Real Madrid Outcast Rafael van der Vaart - Report
The Biancocelesti are looking to reinforce in the winter transfer window and they believe the Dutchman could be a perfect fit for their ailing side...

With Lazio currently struggling in Serie A and coach Davide Ballardini beginning to come under some pressure, president Claudio Lotito is already looking to the January transfer window.

According to a report in AS, Lotito has laid eyes on Real Madrid's Rafael van der Vaart, who is not wanted at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Compatriots Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben were both offloaded during the summer, and it is believed that the former Ajax star is next on the list.

AS claim that the 26-year-old is available for around €8 million. The Coppa Italia champions may try to lower the price, but there are also reportedly other teams who are interested in purchasing the Dutch international.

Van der Vaart joined Real Madrid in 2008 for a fee of €13m but has failed to secure a regular place in the side. In total, he has made 41 appearances for the club and scored five goals.

Anthony Wright, Goal.com

VDV for 8M is a joke pull the trigger Galliani

[Jack Sparrow]

F@ckin right.

[il_diavolo_mtl]

i still really want krasic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[dst]

i still really want krasic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

You still want him? You just said so 2 minutes before this post in the other thread, what could have possibly changed? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[il_diavolo_mtl]

You still want him? You just said so 2 minutes before this post in the other thread, what could have possibly changed? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

i realised i was off-topic and i didn't want another reason for you banning me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[Bluesummers]

well I don't think we'll sign him given that the wage might present a problem. VDV will ask for 4m a year minimum. Our management might be a little hesitant to sign him because we have so many other leechs like dida/kaladze/oddo who earn that much.


But regardless we should take the risk anyways. We need someone who can do something in midfield.

This post has been edited by Bluesummers: Sep 30 2009, 07:36 PM

[il_diavolo_mtl]

well I don't think we'll sign him given that the wage might present a problem. VDV will ask for 4m a year minimum. Our management might be a little hesitant to sign him because we have so many other leechs like dida/kaladze/oddo who earn that much.


But regardless we should take the risk anyways. We need someone who can do something in midfield.

I would MUCH rather give him 4M then most people making that now...

[Bluesummers]

I would MUCH rather give him 4M then most people making that now...

yeah i agree. But we need to take out the trash first.

[il_diavolo_mtl]

yeah i agree. But we need to take out the trash first.

not necasseraly, we have berlu to cover the difference until players are sold (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[Bluesummers]

not necasseraly, we have berlu to cover the difference until players are sold (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

He won't. We have an owner who will not invest in the club and furthermore restricts us from taking out loans or selling players in order to creating money.

Were locked in a cage with no escape.

[il_diavolo_mtl]

He won't. We have an owner who will not invest in the club and furthermore restricts us from taking out loans or selling players in order to creating money.

Were locked in a cage with no escape.

i just hope we get a good treqquie/fullback/midfielders

[Panama Devil]

We need to build a squad that looks something like this:


..................Huntelaar..........Pato

.... Ronaldhino .............................. Xxxxx

............... Flamini .................... Xxxxx

Xxxxx ............ Silva ............ Nesta ............ Abate

We desperately need to get (for the starting line up):

1. Young Right Full-Back (that runs and knows how to cross the ball)
2. Young Midfielder (that knows how to pass a ball and shoot it every now and then)
3. Young Attacking Midfielder (to help Ronaldhino)

We can keep on the bench (if they want to):

Bonera
Pirlo
Inzaghi
Gattuso
Zambrotta

And fill the bench with young replacements that can do the job (not OLD PLAYERS or AGING STARS)

AND..................

A NEW F$%&*ING COACH!!!!!!!!

THIS WOULD BE A 2 - 3 YEAR PLAN ONLY .... NOT A SQUAD FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS LIKE GALIANI AND BERLUSCONI THINK

This post has been edited by Panama Devil: Oct 1 2009, 04:54 AM

[il_diavolo_mtl]

We need to build a squad that looks something like this:


..................Huntelaar..........Pato

.... Ronaldhino .............................. Xxxxx

............... Flamini .................... Xxxxx

Xxxxx ............ Silva ............ Nesta ............ Abate

We desperately need to get (for the starting line up):

1. Young Right Full-Back (that runs and knows how to cross the ball)
2. Young Midfielder (that knows how to pass a ball and shoot it every now and then)
3. Young Attacking Midfielder (to help Ronaldhino)

We can keep on the bench (if they want to):

Bonera
Pirlo
Inzaghi
Gattuso
Zambrotta

And fill the bench with young replacements that can do the job (not OLD PLAYERS or AGING STARS)

AND..................

A NEW F$%&*ING COACH!!!!!!!!

THIS WOULD BE A 2 - 3 YEAR PLAN ONLY .... NOT A SQUAD FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS LIKE GALIANI AND BERLUSCONI THINK

LBs Adriano (sevilla), Drenthe (RMA), Marcel Jansen (Hambourg), CRISCITO!!!!(genoa), N'zogbia (wigan), Bochetti (genoa) SAKHO (PSG)
LDM Inler (udine), Palombo (sampdo), Feranado (porto), Biglia (anderlecht), Khedira (stutgart), Banega (valencia) Lajar (hertha)
RAM: CASSANO!!!(sampdoria), Luis Suarez (ajax), Consorla (villareal) Modric (tottenham), Hamsik (napoli) Ozil (werder)


Edit :1,000th post (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) diavolini wonders if he can finally post in the "news" section or if he needs to be a mod for such privileges

This post has been edited by il_diavolo_mtl: Oct 1 2009, 05:16 AM