Great post Milangilafan, completely and utterly right

Milangilafan Respect .. I'm glade thatyou are so positive

As you can see, or read, some of us here have lost faith .. But I'm glade you still have this enthusiasim about Gilardino

If I was to comment on one thing, it would be look at how Gilardino positions himself and compare it to Inzaghi's positioning; I;m sure he is a great contribution to the team as a whole, but on his personal level, he has to open up for Kaka and Seedorf to pass to him .. Even the Lille match .. Check out his positioning, I think that is his only flaw, thus dubbing him unable to score, IMO.

I don't think anyone can be compared to Pippo when it come to positioning or as I like to call it, being in the right place at the right time. Notice some of the games Pippo plays, when it's a cross coming in he is the one that is always in the good position to head it in, ok so that's good positioning from him, but also notice how even when the ball deflects into an unpredectible place near the box, the ball always somehow falls to him. I don't know how he didn't manage to score in these last few games, he was getting in good positions and was only denied by some miracle saves from Manninger and Amelia in the Livorno match

@ han ..

No we cant compare them

But Pippo is our lucky charm .. but at the age of 33 I cant expect a lot from him anymore Still, he is always at the right place at the right time.

As long as he manages to stay injury free, I think he still has it in him to do better then most players half his age.

But as all of you here might have noticed I have faith in Gila, and I think once he gets over his issues (whatever they are) he will get back to his best, ie. back in his Parma form

We'll see about that come mid-season

Well Cryuff has praised Pippo, and we all know about how hard it is to get Cryuff to like a Milan player...oh man...I read about the 'Toro,toro!' match and it was like I can picture it...4-0 ha!!! But yeah position wise Pippo is the best in the business, in Solskjaer u can see a bit of an imitation....

Gila like I said..I really don't mind what Carlo is doing at the moment. Look Gila is 24, we know he can poach, and looks to me like Carlo is giving him the crash course in trequartista basics...I love the idea of Gila becoming to Milan what Del P was to Juve at his best. He's probably the best age to be trained for that role...and I'm guessing that's what Milan has in mind....he does have long range abilities shot-wise,u know, can dribble quite well, is a very intelligent passer, SELFLESS and all-round nice guy. Hell LaPalma likes him and we all know how he feels about the Italy WC squad

Why is it always mid-season ?? you've posted this like a hundred times ... what happens then !!??

Silvio fires Galliani and hires Portugal in his place. Fires Carlo and appoints han2503 and you in his place. Then Silvio announces my engagement with Barbara.

Oh...what happens to LaPalma??

That's OK...Silvio announces that I'm the new Silvio, so better take good care for Barbera my friend

you are the only one aware of the full picture here so I hope you understand that what you wrote above is entirely incomprehensible !!

Its a deal between me and han .. From now till mid-season, I wont criticize Gilardino ..

can i be the water-boy!!?

@dst:You wanted to know what would happen mid-season if nothing changed!

@arivanjj:Ask dst he'll be manager then

Ok, not going to get into a pathetic heated discussion...

So you have yours I'll have mine we will agree to disagree, end of.

man ... think ... you actually know who I really am ...

Philoctetes??

Nah ... Kolokotrones ... how do you know the man anyway ??

Take a wild guess...

that's ... from the Hercules animated movie ???

No!!! It's from Godfather 2!

hmm ... I suppose that's why I did not like that movie as much as the first one ... he wasn't playing in it, right ??

Well, at the end of this season, we will know exactly if he is gonna be a complete flop, or actually man up and show us all what he is capable of doing. It's make or break.

Amazing I was looking for this thread all over ...

...And now you found it...nice work Sherlock!!

a brave or stupid prediction, i have faith in Gila and i think he will score 15 goals for us this season, if the board can have confidence in him then damn it so shall i!!!

forza Gila!!

Gila is a good payer but doesn't fit our system IMO. He struggles to play as a single striker and can't play with Pippo as they're too alike. Gila would thrive in a team that plays a 4-4-2 and gets crosses in, but that's not how we play. If he can adapt then I think he can do well, after all you don't score 23 goals in consecutive seasons and be a poor player. As well as adapting he needs more mental strength, there are too many times when he looks like a little boy lost instead of a "I'll get the next one" look

I'd be ecstatic if he can step up and take the role as I believe he is good enough, but he has to show it!

i couldn't agree more
good post mate

Very true,..