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And at the time we weren't digging in the dumpsters for old freebies. We didn't really need the money. Ambro was just the guy we kept because he had been with us for a while, since Rino was the main DM in the team

Yeah, I remember Ancelotti bringing Ambro in only when were were leading 2-1 or 3-1 just to tighten the midfield.

Basically what X said. If someone was willing to pay big money I'd sell him and re-invest throughout the team.

But it's not like that. Ambro was our best player last season, yet wouldn't demand a big fee because of his age. Pato hasn't performed all that amazingly since joining, but his reputation alone would get us big money.

Hasn't performed all that amazing compared to who, exactly??

If it's kurt I expect him to say Adam Johnson.

Compared to his potential.

Messi stayed in Barcelona and I think selling Pato would be a stupied idea

Please enlighten me, how is that even a yardstick for what he does?!

I think Pato did live up to his potential (whatever it is) in his first 2 seasons. statistically speaking, he did even better than Messis or Hiuguains of world football (only mentioning this since people like to masturbate over the prospect of comparing Pato to them so much). no other teenage footballer in recent years, as far as I know, managed to score as many goals as Pato did when they were the same age.

This last season was a different story, as he spent about one/third of the season on the sidelines. still 14 goals in 25 games is not bad at all.

Statistics aside, he has scored many vital and/or brilliant goals since joining us, do I need to remind people of them?


Another interesting fact: no Milan striker in the past 3 seasons managed to score goals against as many diverse/different teams as Pato did - from the biggest teams out there (Inter, Juve, Real, Roma, Fiorentina, etc.) to the bottom-table ones (Siena, Reggina, Lazio, etc.). Pippo comes close but still doesn't match.

And the thing is, Milan has been nothing short of an inconsistent, sometimes even pathetic, team in these past seasons but Pato has showed he can perform nonetheless. I still remember comments like "Pato doesn't deserve the teammates around him" when he was about the only one trying and doing something positive.

If all of these are not good enough reasons to silence those who insist that he should be sold, I don't know what is. if people don't like Pato, they should just admit that and that stop bringing arguments that don't hold water.

His haircut is not Milan quality. Sell Pato buy Wilhelmssonn.

Dude, no one wants Pato to be sold, at least not for now. And it's not about numbers we're complaining about, rather the fact he should be more involved in every match and be the star of this team.

he'll be in madrid long before he respects his contract *hides*

I think so too. But Pato is way too young, he won't leave till he's accomplished something important and won the Ballon d'Or with this team... if he proves to be good enough for that.

Maybe, do you want him to leave, don't you ???

Of course not! Pato is our pride and joy.

I'm sad Dinho isn't... Could you explain me, why you dislike him ?

*facepalm* Here we go. Knock em dead X-Off.

Again? Well, to put it simply, I think our game revolves too much around Ronaldinho and the guy is not reliable anymore like he used to be. He'll make the usual assist every now and then, but he fails in everything else that constitutes the game of football. I think he's the pure incarnation of the slowness and slack and disincentive of our team in the last couple of years. The sooner we get rid of him, the better.

I wouldn't be that hasty. Mourinho is Reals only chance. If they fail with him and loose patience, no one will join Real over Milan. I'm sure Kaka regrets Year One. Let's see how it turns out.

Thank god Stephanie is not around Pato anymore. we won't be seeing his silly heart shaped celebration thing anymore.

The Duck's got a new celebration and it's so cool

Pato:

"I am happy with the outcome and the game played. The coach asked me also a lot of sacrifice and I have willingly made available. The team is growing and this is' important ".


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Yeah exactly. The team is 'growing'. I think I know what he means, but it loses a bit in translation. 10ster...mind helping out.

This is where the stoopid fish pops in, as if Tennie can't speak for herself.

Does his new celebration has any meaning or he's doing that thing with his hand just to do something ...

It was an odd celebration.

last night Duck scored Brazil's second goal against USA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKD_jSF7qbM...feature=related
and also he wore (what's the past tense of wear? ) #9..He begins to reminds me of Ronaldo-the real one.

Yeah it was mentioned in the national teams thread... just for the record, I love it when he wears Ronaldo's number, plays in Ronaldo's position, and scores a Ronaldosque goal

There is only one Ronaldo!

And one Pato!

EDIT: this ^ sounded better in my head..

Pato suffered a light injury in the ankle today at Milanello. His presence at the Berlusconi shouldn't be in doubt, though.

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Even though it isn't serious, its still scary that problems with his ankle keep popping up.

If he get's injured again, like last seasons I'd be more than happy to sell him. In this point where we depend from him, it's more than important that he plays all season.
We don't need another Kaka in squad.

That last line doesn't make any sense to me.

Kaka only started to get injury prone in his last season.

Selling Pato because of a couple of injuries is ridiculous. In a couple of years time he'll be our only star on the team, and I'm 100% sure that he'll be sold, but only after he's had his best years at Milan, just like Sheva and Kaka

Last seasons Pato got injuries in winter and he wasn't fit until the season ended, it seams that those injuries comes periodically . Why would I like to keep a player that can play only 1/2 of season ? I personally don't see him playing for us more than 30 games this season and that's all becouse of injuries. I hope we sign a big name this season, cos' Pato is not a player who we can depend and trust, not yet, and probably never if those injuries don't disappear.

(OR! maybe our medical team sucks?! I still remember how they rushed Pato for the Napoli game which resulted in him aggravating his muscle problem and missing the rest of the season)

I thought we have one of the best medical team on Europe
Medical team didn't say Pato to play against Napoli, it was Leonardo and Pato himself, do you remember Pato saying that he was afraid to play even he was ready (that was 1-2 weeks before game against Napoli).

We do have the best MilanLab (research centre) in the world.


In terms of actual medical staff lol, we don't come top 10.




We have 2 doctors that are high quality. Messchaelk and meerseman. The rest are retarted.

What do you consider a big name?
And do you honestly think that's going to happen?


Why do we need that many doctors?!?!
OR why aren't the best doctors the ones who have presidential veto rights (in consultations)

Paolo Maldini

Ibrahimovic for ex. and like Braida said that's not impossible.

If Braida says its not impossible, it means they are at least trying.

How can you say "the rest is r......."? Do you know them? You follow their careers and mistakes, decisions and routes? Oh please,...

go do a little research on milan medical facilities and staff, then you would know what i'm talking about.

research on milan medical facilities and staff - and what would that research consist of?

read up on who the staff are; their history at the club; visit MilanLab; what they've done prior; what they do at milan; etc etc.



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but whatever, there is no point arguing so lets stop here. It is my opinion that we have 2 good doctors and the rest are not good. I base this on my own personal research. You may disagree if you wish.

You see, I don't want to argue. Just I belive "retards" is a very bad word to describe persons you hardly know.

our cultures are very different then. Here in Canada, labeling someone as retarted could mean they are bad or not fit for their part.

I apologize if I've offended you in anyway. I'll use better wording in the future.

I remember a poster claiming to be related to Dr. Meerseeman, I think it was at R&B forums...

Yeah, that was a hoot. Nobody bought it, of course.