[han2503]

Have a little faith, han. The market hasn't even officially opened in Italy yet. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I think a good CB is a priority too, but it may be a matter of 'get a fill in LB now and get the really good CB in the summer when he'll be less expensive'. January emergency transfers tend to cost more.

I know Galliani is basically classified as a lying @***** but he's said it more then once that a quality LB is the only transfer that might happen in January and I tend to think that he's serious. Now who this quality LB is I'm not even going to try and think about because it could be anyone froma Roberto Carlos type signing to some unknown from south America, that is something I expect out of Galliani and co.

As for the CB situation, it is a position that should have been adressed in the summer but yet again it was ignored. Now we're in a dire situation with our best 2 CBs injured for most probably the entire season, with Nesta looking more and more unlikely to play and now with Bonera having to have surgery, we're really screwed right now when it comes to the center of the defence and for some reason Galliani is overlooking this issue.

I don't really care if it costs more to buy a player in Januaru, this as a serious situation and it needs to be taken care of this transfer window, if Galliani was afraid to spend the extra money it takes to buy a player in January he should have thought of that before and bought a CB in the summer

[whoarethepatriot...]

whoarethepatriot, my info is sketchy (second hand based on people who've seen him) but apparently Strasser is really pretty good.

I saw him play 15 mins vs Udine. He seems fast, strong and powerful but also pretty reckless (as evidenced by his near instant yellow for a poor tackle)

I havent really seen much of him to comment, and he isnt as highly rated as some of his peers, so we play a waiting game with him

[han2503]

I don't understand this. We're not happy/interested in signing young defenders, we don't wan't veterans either. Either to young or to old, as long as it carries a bad omen. What do we want? I get the impression we're searching and yearning for something that is a priori unreachable?

It's like we want to jump into their (Silvio, Galliani, Carlo) head and make a sudden turn. What's the point?

Why do you think some are uninterested in buying young players? Let's just take a look at our most recent sitautions with buying young players, Grimi and Yoann imo are great examples of what we do with the young players we buy.

Like I said, as long as our coach is not interested in developing these players then what's the point in bringing them in a sitting them on the bench (sometimes no even that) all the time. We just bought Cardacio and Viudez in the summer and the same thing that happened the previously mentioned 2 is happening to them. Why ruin these kids' carrers before they even start. If we have no intention of giving them the chance then we should not bother in the first place.

[Tennie]

(Note to han: Bonera's had his surgery and is back in partial training. he's not doing the full training with the guys but he is doing specialized work).

[dst]

That list is out of the defenders.

I would say that Paloschi has the highest potential to be a star out of all the Primavera players we have spewn out in the last five years or so.

Paloschi, Abate, Darmian, Di Gennaro and Albertazzi and sure bets to be first teamers if not for Milan then some other decent Serie A team.

Of all the young players we own I think only Gourcuff and Darmian have what it takes to play for Milan. I don't remember watching Albertazzi play though.

I don't understand this. We're not happy/interested in signing young defenders, we don't wan't veterans either. Either to young or to old, as long as it carries a bad omen. What do we want? I get the impression we're searching and yearning for something that is a priori unreachable?

It's like we want to jump into their (Silvio, Galliani, Carlo) head and make a sudden turn. What's the point?

It's what han says... there's no point in buying youngsters when they're not included in your coach's plans. As for what we want, it's quality players at the age of 23-28. Neither unproven nor after their peak.

[han2503]

(Note to han: Bonera's had his surgery and is back in partial training. he's not doing the full training with the guys but he is doing specialized work).

I knew he already had his surgery but with our luck atm, he'll have countless set backs and we'll be stuck with a Favalli-Kaladze pairing for the next half of the season

[han2503]

Of all the young players we own I think only Gourcuff and Darmian have what it takes to play for Milan. I don't remember watching Albertazzi play though.

I've seen him play some pre-season friendlies with the team, I think he's got real potential, imo probably as much as Darmian.

As for the buying young players situation, I think that answer to this problem would be to let Carlo choose the young players that he wants, maybe it would give him more faith in them if he is the one that is choosing them, not the management buying them, giving them to Carlo and basically saying 'this is what we got you now make use of it the best you can'

[acid911]

Of all the young players we own I think only Gourcuff and Darmian have what it takes to play for Milan. I don't remember watching Albertazzi play though.

Fair enough, but you better underestimate Paloschi at your peril. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif) He'll slot into the the top 3 with Gourcuff and Darmian any given Sunday. In due time, of course. In due time!

[dst]

Fair enough, but you better underestimate Paloschi at your peril. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif) He'll slot into the the top 3 with Gourcuff and Darmian any given Sunday. In due time, of course. In due time!

I honestly hope I'm wrong but I don't see anything truly special in Paloschi.

[acid911]

I honestly hope I'm wrong but I don't see anything truly special in Paloschi.

And that's supposed to be a good thing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif) There isn't anything terribly special in either Inzaghi or Beckham - they both are regular guys who've worked hard to get where they are (unlike talent houses like R99, Paolo, Baggio, Rui Costa, Van Basten, etc). Paloschi, fingers crossed, will too.

[Tennie]

(Fishdoll notes politely that it is now January 3. That's three days into the new year. acid, are you going to subject us to that sig for much longer?)

On a pure skills basis, there's nothing special about Pippo whatsoever. The one thing that makes him unique is an amazing positional sense. Young Alberto has good positional sense plus, well, he can also do things like dribble and pass. Fishdoll and I like him.

[acid911]

(Fishdoll notes politely that it is now January 3. That's three days into the new year. acid, are you going to subject us to that sig for much longer?)

Patience, my dear. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif) Excellence cannot be rushed. Anyway, I'm working on a new signature as I write this. Want to get rid of this crap as soon as I can, it was just the New Year's celebrations that put me off it. Stay tuned.

On a pure skills basis, there's nothing special about Pippo whatsoever. The one thing that makes him unique is an amazing positional sense. Young Alberto has good positional sense plus, well, he can also do things like dribble and pass. Fishdoll and I like him.

+1. And you're not alone in saying that you like him. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/king.gif) I can only wish him a bright future!

[Fillipo Simone]

No one really answered to my post. Pato does not count? I don't rate both Grimi and Gourcuff that much to make them an example for young players at Milan. And I don't see the coach as a main problem.

Now we know everything better and we sure would develop Viudez and Cardacio. After all, we all know exactly how good they are, what they can offer, how mentally fit the might be and the rest as well, right?

Yeah, yeah,...Ancelotti destroyed the exemptional talents of Grimi, Viudez, Cardacio and especially Gourcuff. Just like he wanted to to with Henry, right?

[amancik]

Henry?

[dst]

No one really answered to my post. Pato does not count? I don't rate both Grimi and Gourcuff that much to make them an example for young players at Milan. And I don't see the coach as a main problem.

Now we know everything better and we sure would develop Viudez and Cardacio. After all, we all know exactly how good they are, what they can offer, how mentally fit the might be and the rest as well, right?

Yeah, yeah,...Ancelotti destroyed the exemptional talents of Grimi, Viudez, Cardacio and especially Gourcuff. Just like he wanted to to with Henry, right?

You finally get it!