[il_diavolo_mtl]

lol ok i agree with Pippo simone and zeddy, sorry i was writting at the time you guys posted that :S

[Tennie]

I think there are too many Brazilians too, so I guess I'm under a double whammy.

My reasoning is much along the lines of what mtl stated: Milan should focus first on its youth academy and local players and nurture them. I have no problem with bringing in foreign stars, but when the foreign stars start outnumbering the local guys...that's when I have an issue. Not just with Milan but with any club.

[Fillipo Simone]

^^ +1

[acid911]

DO ME HARD!!!
i love Dida in a big way and feel that no dida = no golden age!!!!!
it may just be that i don't get to watch a lot of games, it may also be that I'm a younger fan (18) but to this day i have never seen a more dominant keeper then dida in my life, even bouffon always came second to Dida in my eyes just look at the penalties if you think I'm crazy : Bouffon was guessing, Dida seemed to know where the ball was going!

Whoa! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) It's almost like I made the above post myself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) Dida for me has been the most talented keeper in the last decade or so. Extreme reflexes, intuition, sixth sense, impossible saves. Plus, for me the best PK stopper. On a good day, no keeper in the world can touch Dida. There are just a couple of Dida fans here in the forum, me, Miz and - if he's in the mood - R7.

So it's nice to have another one in you! Hehe.

you might find galliani in the same position if this happens
(PS not a death threat).....mearly a suggestion lol

Hehe. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Oops. Guess you might consider me a racist then, because I do think MIlan has too many foreign players.

I think the same. The keyword being foreign players. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif) What if we had 9 German players, or 8 Frenchman, 11 Dutch nationals? It'll be the same, it'll be wrong, but as things stand it just happens to be we have a large number of Brazilians (some of which are about to retire, leave).

Too many foreign players, yes, but let's not segregate players based on their home nation!

I think he meant saying 'too many [a certain nation's players]' is racism...

Bingo! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Why so?

Because we shouldn't judge players based on which passport they have. That's so. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Sure they are foreigners, and we should keep a check on them for the sake of the league, but comments like 'Oh, no he's a Brazilian, we don't need him even though he may be half decent' are pretty cheap.

The Italian and non-Italian part I can understand because we're an Italian club, after all.

Bringing Eto'o means taking Pato's chance to become a great player. what we need is not another Pato type striker like Eto'o. we need a BIG, aerial monster!

Agreed. I don't want Eto in Milan, either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/96.gif)

As for Pato, I have faith that he will become one of best strikers of his time, regardless of the club he's playing for. there's no losing track for him. he has already showed he has character and if, for whatever reason, he doesn't reach that level at Milan [though very unlikely], he will do it an another club.

I want him to have the same level of success like Ronaldo, Kaka and others. I'm sure he will, just give him five more years, and he'll be a name to reckon with on the stage of world football.

Remember my words....

Okey dokey, fan boy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) I will.

Then we have to stop "too many Brazilians" comments too.

Exactly. It's those same three Brazilians that have score 29 of our goals, that's 70%. And 6 assists. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif) They could very well have been Argies, English, or from Northern Tundra for all I care. Let's just call them foreigners, and let's leave it at that.

[acid911]

My reasoning is much along the lines of what mtl stated: Milan should focus first on its youth academy and local players and nurture them. I have no problem with bringing in foreign stars, but when the foreign stars start outnumbering the local guys...that's when I have an issue. Not just with Milan but with any club.

That's more like it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/king.gif) Let's leave nationalities aside (because it's not something a particular player chose when he was born), and I also agree we have a larger than required Brazilian contingent.

[Tennie]

Then we should also leave aside the mentality that players are automatically superior to others just because they're from Brazil. That's pretty biased too.

[il_diavolo_mtl]

since i have the luxury of having actual dida fans here lol may i ask what they think of abbiati because i think he's been overachieving all year and although has been in great form, isn't as good as dida. Bias? DEFINITELY

[acid911]

Then we should also leave aside the mentality that players are automatically superior to others just because they're from Brazil. That's pretty biased too.

Of course. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I've always praised Janks when he went on his little attacking runs, Paolo for every second he spends on the pitch, Gattuso when he wins balls, Ambro when he heads them in, and Kaladze when he doesn't make mistakes, Seedorf when he ran like hell against inter (our 2-1 win last year). Not to mention stood by Gila through thick and thin. None of them come under the samba brand umbrella, now, do they?

Same way I think Amauri is one of the most overrated Brazilian I've ever seen. I blasted Kaka when he started diving at every touch, Pato when he missed that sure chance which he could have headed but kicked (or kicked but headed).

since i have the luxury of having actual dida fans here lol may i ask what they think of abbiati because i think he's been overachieving all year and although has been in great form, isn't as good as dida. Bias? DEFINITELY

Wait for a member named MizNelson, she'll answer that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif) Of course, I will too, but she's the biggest fan of Dida in these parts of the wood. In fact, she's probably a bigger fan of Dida than a thousand of us combined. LOL. I expect a very detailed answer from her, now that you've bought Abbiati up.

[il_diavolo_mtl]

Lol i'm bias but i like to think i'm pretty objective and with abbiati playing this sharp it is hard for me to imagine Carlo giving a chance to our man Nelson

[kizo]

If Agger deal goes ahead, i think we'll be ready for new season in terms of CB


We would have Agger , Silva and Hopefully Nesta as first choises

and Kala and Bonera as backups. I Think it's pretty balanced.

[gal_kenny]

Oddo And Nesta Will Be Back For Milan - Galliani

Adriano Galliani has been been talking about his defence as Milan prepare to take on Werder Breman in the UEFA Cup...
It has been a question on every Milan fan’s mind for quite some time now; when is the defence going to be sorted out?

The days when the northern giants were Italy’s answer to Arsenal, grinding out 1-0 wins with the help of Franco Baresi and current coach Carlo Ancelotti, have never before seemed such a hazy memory.

Even Milan supremo Adriano Galliani has told fans on the club’s website, acmilan.com, that there is hope for a more solid campaign in the near future, despite some comings and goings that are bound to take place at the end of this term.

The most notable of which will be the retirement of the one surviving member of that gloriously miserly defence mentioned above, the captain Paolo Maldini.

Alessandro Nesta was operated on yesterday, and he has certainly been missed by his side. The former Italy international has sat out the overwhelming majority of this season, but his back problems may finally be at an end.

“The doctors tell me he [Nesta] could be back soon,” he began, “We have to decide what to do with [Philippe] Senderos and see what happens with Bayern Munich, regarding Massimo Oddo.”

It is reported that this could also be the last season for Georgian Kakha Kaladze, so Milan surely have to go shopping this summer. They do however have the promising young Brazilian Thiago Silva on their books, and Daniele Bonera should renew his contract soon

goal.com

Hope this is true!!!

This post has been edited by gal_kenny: Feb 18 2009, 06:00 PM

[RinoIlCapitano]

Everybody talking about Eto'o. He is not going to renew his contract (till 2010) so he will go for sure this summer. I read that he will come in Milan... so this will be great i think!!

[dst]

we need a BIG, aerial monster!

(IMG:http://picturescloset.com/gallery2/d/19800-2/Black-Dragon-n_013.jpg)
You really think something like that would help Pato!?

... he has already showed he has character and if, for whatever reason, he doesn't reach that level at Milan [though very unlikely], he will do it an another club.

No he won't. The season he leaves Milan will be the duck season. I'm going to kill him!

since i have the luxury of having actual dida fans here lol may i ask what they think of abbiati because i think he's been overachieving all year and although has been in great form, isn't as good as dida. Bias? DEFINITELY

Oh my... you have no idea what you have done! You think you've seen Dida fans!? Wait till MizNelson enters here...

“The doctors tell me he [Nesta] could be back soon”

I would be more than excited to see him play again, I'm going to cry my heart out if I see my two favorite players ever retire in the same season.

“We have to decide what to do with [Philippe] Senderos"

!?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) what's there to decide?

It is reported that this could also be the last season for Georgian Kakha Kaladze

Yeah right. If only.

[Habitant]

!?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) what's there to decide?

this is fester were talking about (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

arsenal could mail us one of wenger's turds and galliani would hold a press conference as to whether we should find a use for it.

[Tennie]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Fishdoll +1 cookie to Habitant. Good one.