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Posted by: Tennie Sep 23 2007, 10:12 PM

Hi all,

Below is a letter I've drafted on behalf of milanfan.com to the club. Mike has reviewed it and has given me the okay to send it.

Please note that I drafted it before Saturday-- when the Curva did cheer and when there were...disagreements...here on the website -- but I think the letter expresses something worthwhile and that it's still worth sending.

If anyone has suggestions for edits or changes, please either respond or send me a PM. I'll be sending the letter off in a day or two.

------

Dr. Galliani,

(Mi spiace che devo scrivere in inglese; puo parlare e leggere italiano, ma e per me difficile scrivere in italiano. Mio nonno e calabrese e ho imparato italiano a casa, non alla scuola.)

I am writing on behalf of the members of milanfan.com. Milanfan is a website dedicated to AC Milan and its thousands of members come from six continents. We are a diverse group of individuals who are united in our passionate support of the team. I know of few other places where, for example, people from Israel, Kuwait, Nigeria, Venezuela, Malaysia, Malta, Croatia, Canada, Greece, Australia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, the United States, and many other countries come together in common cause. Geography, politics, culture and language may divide us, but Milan unites us.

We were all saddened and dismayed to read the news reports in the past few days about the lack of support for the team among the tifosi in the San Siro. It isn’t right that the fans go to games and refuse to support the team; if they don't like the Amati decree, then they should protest to the /government/, not at the games. The players deserve better.

Please, please let the players and staff know that even if the tifosi in Milan are silent, there ARE thousands – if not many, many more – of fans all over the world who are supporting the team every game, whether Milan win or lose, no matter what. Only a handful of us have ever been to a Milan game, as we are located all over the world. I know that if we could, we would all be there at the San Siro, cheering our hearts out.

Forza Milan!

Posted by: misha Sep 23 2007, 10:47 PM

Good idea. And yes ,I think it's still worthwhile sending.

Posted by: mishie Sep 23 2007, 10:49 PM

excellent idea, i know things got a bit carried away after the parma game but i still believe we are all fighting for the same cause

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Sep 23 2007, 11:28 PM

I truely appreciate what you are about to do Tennie

I think it is perfect and I hope the team gets a life from your letter

Posted by: dst Sep 23 2007, 11:52 PM

Quality!

I hope he reads it...

Posted by: kurtsimonw Sep 24 2007, 12:43 AM

A great idea.

I think it sometimes gets lost with all the fighting on here, but we ARE all here for one reason, and that's Milan!

P.S. You called us United Kingdom and not Britain, you rule, Tennie.

Posted by: arivanjj Sep 24 2007, 04:07 AM

really good idea... i hope it gets to him!

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Sep 24 2007, 04:30 AM

Hey hey hey...I want Trivandrum,Kerala,India to be mentioned or else I'm going on strike.

Posted by: LaPalma Sep 24 2007, 11:33 AM

Great idea Teenie. Really support this letter.

Posted by: jefri91 Sep 24 2007, 01:04 PM

PUT IRAQ !!! ALLAH AKBAR !!

Posted by: fresh_prince7 Sep 24 2007, 06:47 PM

Great work Tennie, extremely well written.

Posted by: Darunia Sep 25 2007, 02:11 AM

Great letter! I am definitely one of those fans

Posted by: armisse Sep 25 2007, 10:20 AM

i think we deserve to be a great commuinty of Milan fans , so with this letter we will go one step forward , this is a very good idea and i want we repeat that in another ocasions .

Posted by: Tennie Sep 25 2007, 12:22 PM

Thank you all for your kind words!

And a BIG thank you to Milanista 1899 who translated the entirety of the letter into Italian for us all.

I'll add Germany, India, and Iraq to the list of countries. Sorry about the unintentional exclusions!

And I'll send the letter off today. Hopefully it'll get read!

Posted by: redbabies Sep 25 2007, 02:10 PM

Good Luck!

My Writing class professor would say "Very academically written"

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Sep 25 2007, 06:14 PM

How do you Milanista 1899 hasn't just translated it to read...Dear Mr.Galliani....F@ck u bald piece of shite....?

Cr@ppy jokes aside, it's a good thing you sent it in Italian...otherwise judging by the skill of the translators Milan have(as is obvious from the official site), it will be next season, before they figure out what the letter actually meant.

Posted by: Tennie Sep 25 2007, 06:24 PM

Hee hee. I sent two copies of the letter - one in English and the other in Italian so hopefully someone will read it!

Posted by: kurtsimonw Sep 25 2007, 07:58 PM

Posted by: Tennie Sep 25 2007, 10:18 PM

Oh, that part's in there too. But it's prefaced by 'Jack from India asked me to say'

Joking aside, the letter's off and should get there sometime Thursday. I've got a tracking number so I'll at least know when it's signed for.

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Sep 26 2007, 05:24 AM

Touche.....I'd have liked that if you'd put it in. I wonder how they'd translate and put it up on the official site?

Posted by: MizNelson Sep 26 2007, 08:22 AM

This was my favorite part.

Posted by: zdrossoneri Sep 26 2007, 09:29 AM

Very nice, Tennie. I loved it!

It'd be even nicer if they put it straight on the front page of the website!

Posted by: Tennie Oct 1 2007, 11:48 AM

The letter was delivered this morning at 10am Milan time.

Posted by: arivanjj Oct 1 2007, 12:15 PM

cool

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 1 2007, 03:39 PM

Hope u get a response!!!

Posted by: Tennie Oct 10 2007, 10:16 PM

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9159/unclefesterhl2.jpg is the response I just opened. A very nice response.

Forza Zio Fester!

(They really do need someone fluent in English there!)

Posted by: dst Oct 10 2007, 10:23 PM

Nice!!

Yes... our supperters are really... hot!

Posted by: kurtsimonw Oct 10 2007, 10:38 PM

Very nice!

The English does need a little work, but who cares, at least they responded!

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 10 2007, 11:06 PM

Great

.. Now please send him a note:

Tell him we got a rightback in here ... If they could give him a trial

Posted by: arivanjj Oct 10 2007, 11:57 PM

very nice...

thanks for all your efforts Tennie

Posted by: milanista1899 Oct 11 2007, 02:30 AM

Nice 1! I guess this is the closest we've come to actually speaking to anyone from the club How come he/they replied in English? (or something that loosely resembles English) I thought you sent it in Italian?

Posted by: Tennie Oct 11 2007, 03:03 AM

I sent two copies of the letter: one in Italian and one in English. My guess is that they chose to respond in English because of where I live.

Thanks again, Milanista 1899, for your lovely job translating!

And thanks to everyone for their kind words.

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Oct 11 2007, 04:43 AM

Hahahaha.....

Tell him we've got website designers, database administrators, mathematicians, Translators(!!!!!), stock analysts,keepers who can keep better than Dida and PLENTY of alternatives to Carlo Ancelotti. All at the click of a button...www.milanfan.com.

Oh and we'd all go for cheaper than R10.

Posted by: milanista1899 Oct 11 2007, 07:46 AM

Oh I see.

Anytime Tennie

Thanks for getting us noticed & appreciated by the club - we deserve it!

Posted by: milanista1899 Oct 11 2007, 07:50 AM

All very true!

Posted by: milanista1899 Oct 11 2007, 07:57 AM

...And who would be willing to switch to CB to replace... Kaladze!

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 11 2007, 08:16 AM

Imagine what it would be like for him to play next to Kakha .. ohhh that a dream come true

Posted by: milanista1899 Oct 11 2007, 08:33 AM

If I had to, I'd rob a bank if it meant I could see that game. (I'd have to befriend some scousers to pull it off though) To see dst get sent off for a foul on his own teammate. (unfortunate use of the word "mate" there!)

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Oct 11 2007, 11:18 AM

Like Dyer and Bowyer...

Posted by: rhy_A4 Oct 11 2007, 02:53 PM

Nice work guys thanks

Forza Milan

Posted by: dst Oct 11 2007, 03:32 PM

Ha-ha! The chance to play next to Kakha... a dream come true!! Oh, I'd love it... I'm going to smash his head on the post so hard that it will fall off... then I'll make it a football. When it can be kicked no more I will rip out his intestines and create a swing off the crossbar! I'll smoke the San Siro grass and I'll swing happily ever after!

"We made it Chucky... "







Oh my God... look what he's done to me!

Posted by: misha Oct 11 2007, 03:37 PM

Nice... I never thought they would respond. But after all Milan is Milan. We have always been a classy club

I somehow get the feeling that you don't like him

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Oct 11 2007, 03:40 PM

That passed through my mind too. Are we telepathically connected??!!

Posted by: misha Oct 11 2007, 03:46 PM

I hope not

Posted by: Tennie Oct 11 2007, 03:50 PM

Boys are scary.

Posted by: misha Oct 11 2007, 04:22 PM

Don't worry. Jack is harmless

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 11 2007, 04:28 PM

That's what u think ... U obviously don't know that he practices vodo

Posted by: misha Oct 11 2007, 04:52 PM

So are you saying that he's like playing with dolls?

Posted by: Tennie Oct 11 2007, 06:09 PM

Now you've frightened my stuffed fish doll.

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Oct 12 2007, 04:43 AM

So I'd have to stick pins in a real fish to hurt the fish doll right?

Posted by: Tennie Oct 12 2007, 12:16 PM

Something like that. But my fish doll is nice! You don't want to hurt him, do you?

Posted by: kurtsimonw Oct 12 2007, 01:28 PM

If he ripped it's head off it wouldn't hurt it, it's a doll, it doesn't feel anything.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 12 2007, 11:02 PM

Oh come on .. Why don't u just tell them already .. f2ck it, I will .. it ain't a doll it's a piranha !!

Posted by: Tennie Oct 13 2007, 12:23 AM

He is NOT a piranha! He's a cute fluffy plush pufferfish.

And you're a meaniehead, R7. No biscuits for you!

Posted by: MizNelson Oct 14 2007, 04:24 AM

No, they're not. I've always gotten along better with guys than girls.

Meaniehead? LOL!

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Oct 14 2007, 06:01 AM

Yessssss.....

Posted by: KillerMax Oct 14 2007, 06:51 AM

Actually I like girls who can get along with other girls....

Posted by: dst Oct 14 2007, 08:18 AM

Certainly!

Posted by: kurtsimonw Oct 14 2007, 12:32 PM

Man, that's damn hard to say, a real mouthful!

Posted by: bigmacmtl Oct 14 2007, 05:58 PM

i come on this thread thinking it's about the letter and this is what i get? you kids should be ashamed of yourselves

Posted by: dst Oct 14 2007, 06:07 PM

Come on mom! We're grown ups now, we can talk about sex!

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Oct 14 2007, 06:08 PM

Blame BMWTaylor and 10nie....they got the kids on the forum fantasizing...evil women....


Go on...yeah..call me a meaniehead...I double dare you...

Posted by: Tennie Oct 14 2007, 07:22 PM

I wouldn't dare, Cap'n. You've already threatened my fish doll!

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 14 2007, 08:57 PM

Piranha !!

Posted by: Tennie Oct 14 2007, 11:26 PM

^^ Meaniehead! NO COOKIES for you. My fish doll is sweetness and light. And just cos you're making fun of him, he won't share the rum, either.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 14 2007, 11:45 PM

Oh it's a he ..

Posted by: Tennie Oct 15 2007, 12:28 AM

Yes, yes he is.

And he flirts, too.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 15 2007, 01:03 AM

^^

A piranha flirting never !!! And this is coming from the girl who thinks boys are scary

Posted by: kurtsimonw Oct 15 2007, 01:13 AM

Dude, make the most of your last hours, you're as good as dead.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 15 2007, 01:18 AM

Nah she's an angel ...

Posted by: Tennie Oct 15 2007, 01:50 AM

Some boys ARE scary!

Especially those who threaten innocent fish dolls.

I see I'll have to deprive you of pictures of Seedorf's @ss in addition to cookies. You'll have to fight it out with dst over them. You're really an intransigent meaniehead, R7.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 15 2007, 02:07 AM

No thanx ... I would rather watch one of those erm *wide* SE (south east) ladies pass me by

No .. Come on .. I do agree, sometimes But u had it coming .. I mean u trying to lie ur way over to these poor innocent souls .. Telling them u got a stuffed fish, just to lure them to get some cookies and then u drop them in that Piranha tank

I admire the tactics But I hope I didn't spoil it for u

Posted by: Tennie Oct 15 2007, 02:22 AM

You are just mean, R7. Meanmeanmean.

The piranha tank isn't for nice boys who get cookies. It's for meanieheads like you!

Even though he's much more of a lover than a fighter, my stuffed fish doll would be quite happy to push you in at this point.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 15 2007, 02:32 AM

Nonsense .. the only one that makes you walk the plank in here is Cap'n Jack Sparrow ! Your just violating a copyright law, of some sorts

Come now .. I did call u an angel at some point, doesn't that count for anything or are u racialist (as AliG would say)

Posted by: Tennie Oct 15 2007, 02:43 AM

I suppose it counts for something.

Just don't go dissing my fish doll, okay?

(and if you want to bribe me, Nesta would be a very good bribe)

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 15 2007, 02:55 AM

Nesta ?

What about I give u a Greek right back ? Cuz Nesta is not that easy to get, but this right back is real good. And he comes with a promotional 'buy one get one free', just in case u ever wanted a Persian

p.s. fish doll ?! I think everyone got the big picture by now

Posted by: arivanjj Oct 15 2007, 10:42 AM

...

Posted by: Tennie Oct 15 2007, 12:17 PM

You too, Ari? Man, what's a cute little fish doll have to do to get some respect around here?

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Oct 15 2007, 01:48 PM

I'd defend you if I could, but R7 is like Kuwaiti yakuza, and he knows where I live.

And ari...well you don't want to mess with a guy who's crazy enough to run round Sydney naked. Have you seen his pic? He's got that bemused coke-crystalmeth high on hi face. He could cut us up to pieces and just realise it a month or two later. Oh yeah...that boy's dangerous!

Posted by: arivanjj Oct 15 2007, 02:08 PM

i had to do my bit ... maybe try telling mike to close this topic, so you won't have to say his name anymore... right R7?


ok i think i'm taking it too far for my own good.



@ Jack: LOL

Posted by: gal_kenny Oct 22 2007, 03:47 PM

I don't know what d heck is going thru d mind of Adriano Gulliani but we need new blood..We need someone to past that message into his deaf ears of his..Dang..Ancelloti its hightime we got new players..Can u see we need a new midfield, attack, defense...

Can't u get someone like Andrian Mutu..We saw Suazo we didn't get him, Ibra too we didn't get him..What the heck is wrong with Adriano Gulliani..

Posted by: Tennie Oct 22 2007, 04:03 PM

Er. What does the above post have to do with this topic?

Posted by: milanista1899 Oct 22 2007, 10:39 PM

The same thing all the posts about your fish doll has to do with it - absolutely nothing, but at least it's to do with Milan & Galliani.

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Oct 23 2007, 12:02 AM

p-i-r-a-n-h-a ... piranha .. And be careful she's got a tank full of them !

Posted by: milanista1899 Oct 23 2007, 01:10 AM

Sorry, I didn't read all the posts as I had no interest in reading them, but someone said "fish doll". It wasn't just aimed at Tennie (who I respect by the way!) there's nearly a full page of off-topic posts collectively made by various people. Not to sound like anyone's "Mom" as someone else who noticed this was called by someone. I know I'm not an admin or anything, just pointing something out.

Posted by: Jack Sparrow Oct 23 2007, 04:23 AM

Yes...mum, sorry mum...I'll wipe my feet b4 i step on the carpet next time.

*runs*