[Jack Sparrow]

He wanted him the season we got Brocchi I think. He wanted to give more protection to Pirlo ,since Ambro was always out and Rino was our only player for the position. So that's a gap of 2-3 years, in which Emerson played in Juve, got jeered for Calciopoli, went to Madrid, got injured, out of touch and out of fitness. Then he came to Milan so Galliani could say we landed the player Carlo always wanted.

But sometimes I think it was ok. I see Milan: Debt- 0. And I'm kinda satisfied.

This post has been edited by Jack Sparrow: Apr 30 2009, 04:53 PM

[dst]

Emerson was pretty mediocre at Juventus. Even if we had him back then he would add nothing to the squad.

Yeah we don't have a debt but had Galliani made a couple moves when he ought to he would not be crying now about Osvaldo's 40m goal...

[Zed.D]

All in all Emerson was pretty an overrated player. I mean look at the clubs he played at... Roma, Juventus, Real, Milan. three of which are amongst Europe's most prestigious clubs. I know of many better players who never played in so many great clubs.

[GonzZo]

These Mandanda rumors are BS. Besides the team's familiar stubbornness in not bringing in new GK help, this guy is young and unknown, which is of course a death knell in itself for anyone with aspirations of coming here. Plus, and in no way is this a racist comment, I can't see Milan signing another black keeper, given all the hate towards Dida over the past few years during good times and bad. There's a lot of pressure from the fans to have Italian talent between the sticks, be it Marchetti or whomever.

Come on now, that's simply not true. First of all Mandanda is not unknown, he's the French nr 1 goalkeeper ahead of Frey and Lloris. Second impliying that Milan is some how racist in their signings is rediculess, Dida was and still is a great keeper, but the occasional 'oops' moment wasn't exactly helping his reputation. Look at Valdez in Barcelona, he's a bit like Dida, but he's Catalan, yet the fans don't exactly like him.

[vnata001]

dst:

Emerson was pretty mediocre at Juventus. Even if we had him back then he would add nothing to the squad.

Yeah we don't have a debt but had Galliani made a couple moves when he ought to he would not be crying now about Osvaldo's 40m goal...

correct.

ZD:

All in all Emerson was pretty an overrated player. I mean look at the clubs he played at... Roma, Juventus, Real, Milan. three of which are amongst Europe's most prestigious clubs. I know of many better players who never played in so many great clubs.

i can relate. to be fair, emerson was impressive in rome and decent at juve. however, sh!te at madrid, and therefore him coming to milan was a truly heinous decision.

GonzZo:

Come on now, that's simply not true. First of all Mandanda is not unknown, he's the French nr 1 goalkeeper ahead of Frey and Lloris. Second impliying that Milan is some how racist in their signings is rediculess, Dida was and still is a great keeper, but the occasional 'oops' moment wasn't exactly helping his reputation. Look at Valdez in Barcelona, he's a bit like Dida, but he's Catalan, yet the fans don't exactly like him.

and yup. i'm sure miznelson's comment was tongue in cheek. race isn't a factor. Gilardino received the same kind of ridicule that has come dida's way, and you can't say some of it isn't deserved.

This post has been edited by vnata001: May 1 2009, 12:22 AM

[Tennie]

Milannews is reporting that Milan may pick up Crespo on a free.

Don't so much mind for his footballing skills - Crespo is a good striker and a good bench option (though he may not want to be that), but I remember the repeated 'Milan Vaffa' comments and that makes me not so much want him.

[I_Rossoneri]

Milannews is reporting that Milan may pick up Crespo on a free.

Don't so much mind for his footballing skills - Crespo is a good striker and a good bench option (though he may not want to be that), but I remember the repeated 'Milan Vaffa' comments and that makes me not so much want him.

Another short term option who really isn't needed IMO. I would rather bring Paloschi back and give him time in Coppa and smaller Serie A games. And as for the comments I remember a certain Milan player singing jump if you hate Milan(I think that was how it went) while he was at Juve.

[I_Rossoneri]

Transfer bits from tuttomercatoweb and mediaset:
* Agger has apparently refused a contract renewal with the dirtyrottenscousers.
* Morientes may be of interest to Milan.

Agger has apparently agreed a new deal with liverfool - Skysports

I'm not really too bothered as I never really rated him that highly, I would rather put all our efforts into signing Santacroce instead.

[I_Rossoneri]

Can you post the naked girl instead? Not much for The Sun's stories, There's more reliable stories in a Spiderman magazine.

Type page3.com into your address bar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[Tennie]

Agreed, Iross. I rather like Santacroce. Not too sure Napoli'd be willing to part with him though.

And yeah, Abbiati did do that. But he's a lesser evil in my opinion -- he's done a decent enough job and the focus should really be on defenders, where there's a huge need, not on any other position (though a good striker would be useful).

[Zed.D]

Milannews is reporting that Milan may pick up Crespo on a free.

Don't so much mind for his footballing skills - Crespo is a good striker and a good bench option (though he may not want to be that), but I remember the repeated 'Milan Vaffa' comments and that makes me not so much want him.

I hope not. he's not the Crespo of 2005 and beside that, I remember he didn't have many nice words to say about us once he returned to his beloved Inter.

If we want a freebie Argie, Cruz is a much better option IMO. and if we're willing to finally dig into our pockets for a good, strong, goal-poaching striker who can also be an aerial threat, Diego Milito. but I know he will end up at Inter and will make them just stronger (who knows Inter may use Cruz as part of the deal with Genoa) and we will be left wondering what went wrong once we're in the middle of the season again.

[Tennie]

I actually wouldn't mind Cruz even if he's one of the cugini. He's got a good nose for goal.

[gal_kenny]

Guys i actually dreamt that Paloschi really turned out to be WC...

[gal_kenny]

Guys Dzeko scored a hat trick today against Hoffenheim, the team that was at d top of d Bundes liga few months ago...

[MizNelson]

Crespo's actions were because he was committed to staying at Milan but the team weren't; they pussyfooted on whether he should stay or go way too long.

Abs was just being a pinhead that day, but he was simply caught up in the excitement of the moment after winning the (later revoked) Scudetto with Juve.