of course it's none of our business. as a Milan and Pato fan I'm just worried it might affect his performances, that's all.

Remember... God's on his "side"... he won't let that happen.

Yeah but only until June...

New look of Pato


Oh, my God....in Galliani style.

I would say he's having a midlife crisis but he's to young for that...so why is he doing all these questionable things?

Money and fame do strange things to people.

(Can't speak from personal experience, mind you. )

^^ Word

OMG, you people... since when shaving head is a questionable thing?!!!! ffs, you can't be serious...

I would say, since he's a footballer, less hair = less distractions. I find what he's done a sign of commitment! it seems he would rather focus on football than be a fashion model. something many of his teammates, even Kaka, are.

@ Miz

Strange was what Beckham did to his hair all these years. even Dida carving strange patterns on his head. there's nothing strange about a footballer shaving his head.

Can't speak for others on this one, zeddie, but for myself, I think Pato looks better with the hobbit style hair (as in your avatar). The shaved head...just doesn't work for him. (and yeah, it scares Fishdoll).

I think he looks funny. Like one of those monks from all them wushu movies made in old Hong Kong. Like a bloke out of '13th chamber of Shaolin' or something.

Of course he does, that's not the point. the overreactions are the point. he's now doing questionable things, he's a partyboy maroon who can't keep it in his pant (I don't even know what all that means!), he's misled by fame and money, blah blah. (no disrespect intended)

Maybe it's just me but I don't care much that he's shaved his head. and if it means he will score more goals, for example, I'd gladly take it. maybe I went a little 'he looked better but whatever...' but that's it. I can't see how one could jump to such conclusions as those mentioned above based on a shaved head though!...

zeddie, the playboy comments were aimed at Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, not Pato. Chill. Nobody's criticizing anything about the kid but his haircut.

I don't think so, but even if it was, that's not the right way to say it IMO. it's generalization, no exceptions about the current Brazilians are made:

Not too long ago, our Brazilian contingent were a quartet - since halved - of role models. Since then, we've hosted a bunch of partyboy maroons (don't think I need to name names) who can't keep it in their pants, with only one of them having produced anything on the pitch on a consistent basis.

PS. I wonder who's the one single Brazilian who's produced anything on a regular basis, because I know of at least two.

zeddie, with respect, I think you're being a wee bit defensive.

I'm not Miz but the way I interpret her comment is that Cafu/Sergio/Dida (pre-Celtic) and Kaka were all role models - and that I agree with.

Ronaldo and Ronaldinho as partyboys? Agree with that too.

Only one producing on a consistent basis? Depends on whether she's referring to Ronaldo and Ronaldinho or the current lot. If it's the former, then it would be Ronaldinho. If it's Pato/Kaka, I'd say she's referring to Pato. Kaka has been wildly inconsistent this year and nowhere near his best form (though he seems to be getting there finally).

Thanks for the explanation I still find the generalization in that post (the 2nd sentence) quite unfair, and untrue. ah well, let's forget about it.
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[Since you asked it in the match thread,] I'm not being defensive. maybe as you said just a little bit which is normal (I should use more smileys. the lack of smileys make my posts look more defensive and angry than they are sometimes!). it has happened with anyone on this forum before. even Miz would react if someone unfairly criticized Dida

Fishdoll reads minds. And I was definitely referring to Pato as the one who produces for us on the pitch on a consistent basis.

That post was more of a reaction of Pato's odd (haircut) and irresponsible behavior (the webcam thing) over the past week and a half.

What's the webcam thing?

EDIT. Essie insists that I apologize to Miz if I overreacted to her overreactions really, sorry.

^^ You haven't see the webcam thing? Maybe that's for the best.

WTF is this webcam thing? maybe I better not watch it huh? is it that bad?!

I've only seen a few censored stills from it on R&B and Xtratime. One of the stills showed him wearing a Milan shirt.

There was an entire thread dedicated to the incident on Xtratime, but it was later removed. Let's just say it's, er, pretty lascivious. I haven't watched it unless I never want to sleep again for the rest of my life.

Oh, and Zed, there's no need to overreact to my overreactions, because my overreactions are not overreactions for someone else to overreact over. Plus, I never overreact to things that aren't worth overreacting over. Okay?

Zeddie, trust me. You don't want to know any more about the webcam incident.

I agree with the rest of them...if you haven't seen it then don't...it's better for you.

I still have trouble looking at him the same way.

OK, I will try to make believe there is no such thing as the webcam incident!

To me, he's still in that category even after the incident, which showed following his demotion to the bench last year.


Any more comments like that and my curiosity will get the better of me.

Don't let her tempt you, Miz. Trust me on this. I've, er, seen stuff that STILL has Fishdoll quivering under his Juve scarf.

Fishdoll is a Juve boy??

If so my penguins will disown him

Fishdoll notes to the penguins that he's a Chiellini fanboy only. That's why the scarf.

I hope you're not covering for him Tennie...

I wouldn't dare, han. I don't want those penguins pushing me facedown on the ice!

Exactly...

Somebody PM me about the webcam thing, I WANNA KNOW!

I'm really itching to see it but I fear of the consequence(s)...

Why Pato Why would you do somthing like that naughty boy!!

Oh yeah that's not going to make anyone curious...lol

I'm having the same trouble your having , can't look at him the same way lol

For zd....

The Pato webcam expose... Link

This is a writeup. There's a link on the article where I guess you can see things in 'further' detail.


I'm not really bothered. I'd say he was unlucky to get caught. I'm sure Pippo's got worse escapades.

Blasphemy

You're not unlucky when you're readily displaying your wee-wee to some ho on the internet that you don't even know (while wearing your own team merchandise to boot), all while you've got a girlfriend on the side whom you're considering marrying. You're just stupid.

No but you're probably unlucky to get caught. I'm sure there are footballers with worse stories to tell, just that they've been smart/lucky to not get busted.

But then again..this was a long time ago. I'm sure he's wisened up.

I never thought of Pato as a Kaka-type person but I didn't expect to see something like this either! can't say I'm not disappointed, because it'd be a lie, but I can get over it because I am a fan of his football not anything else.


Long time ago? I thought it was only one month ago.


Definitely.

My fault. I'd heard this some while back. Time passes by and a lot seemed to have happened since then. Pato coming out with comments about Kaka staying, Carlo staying, going to marry Sthefany etc. I guess that's what I mean. Not exactly the wisdom of years as the statement sounded.

thanks

It's happened twice...and by the same girl online.

I've lost an awful lot of respect for him over this. One day he's considering marrying his girlfriend, the next he's doing this.. what a prick, hopefully his girlfriend leaves him, it's the least he deserves.

Actually he said he wants to marry her after this incident which I see as a plea for forgiveness, or something like that.

I think it was the other way around, Kurt -- the webcam thing went public and then he came out with the 'i want to get married' interview.

I'm not particularly upset by the whole thing (though Fishdoll's eyes are still bleeding); Pato's a 19 year old and (no offense to anyone who may be 19) 19 year olds do stupid things sometimes.

Tennie, since you follow the Italian press, I was curious, did any website report anything about this incident? or any reliable non-Italian website/magazine/etc.?

He's a 19 year old kid, we all do stupid things, just not all of us are famous footballers and have those stupid things we do aired out in public.

I don't see any reason to lose respect for him over this. I would lose respect if he was doing drugs or becomes another Adriano.

There was very little mention of it in the Italian media, zeddie. Lots in Brazil though.