Plus , he got the moves

let's all hope this guy has nerves of steel.

He is the only exciting thing about this season. I can't wait... I hope he is going to make me smile again!

That he does



Yeah, i second that .. i hope so too, for ur sake

Why? dst's bad mood is affecting your sex life?

You could say that .. every time i try to remember that horrific night that hanna 'tried' to almost fool me in, yeah

just watched a 20 min video of this boy in training at milanello and all i can say is
ROLL ON JANUARY!!!
that boy is awesome!!!

Where? Is there a link???

PATO CALLED UP BY DUNGA
11/27/2007

RIO DE JANEIRO - Pato is the only 'foreign' player called up by coach Dunga for the Brazilian Olympic team who will play a friendly on 9 december. All the other called up players, who will form the basis for the Beijing Olympics squad, play in Brazil, five of them in the second division. Among them there will certainly be Rogerio Ceni of San Paolo, who's the world's leading goalscorer among goalkeepers.


About that guy, Rogerio Ceni, he has a quite interesting record: 771 games for San Paolo, 78 goals scored!

yep he takes their free kicks and penalties. but even @ that it's amazing cuz his goals only come from set pieces and hes a Gker!

New Pato comp doing the rounds - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ob2sEPmfXQ

thanks

Pato now:


Pato at the end of the season if we plan to be fielding him every game!

Mmm .. i still havn't had lunch yet, taht looks good. What is it? Duck ?! mmm

Cheers M1ke, Pato looks a great prospect, hope he can settle in the team quickly
Finally we get to see new fresh blood in red and black shirt

Anyone knows what this rule that forbids Pato from playing with us since January is exactly?? I mean... I've seen 17 year olds for other clubs... Is it a UEFA rule or a Serie A-only one??

I think it's a Serie A rule for non-EU players.

Yes, this rule apparently stands only in Italy. but it doesn't matter now as the Duck season will kick off in just one month

Why isn't then Pato playing for Milan at least in the CL?

Cause probably the FIGC won't get him a footballer's ID... God this is so stupid!

Yeah..I don't think the FIGC allows him to be an official Milan player yet.And if he's not an official Milan player, he can't play in UEFA right?

every player that comes from brazil have to be at least 18years old to sign officiall contract...he didnt had luck, since his bd was 3.9., but all the players registerd for the fortcoming season had to be put on paper till 1.9.

Anderson came to FC Porto with 17 yo and played for the League and the Champions League.

I think the club had to get a job for the parents and prove they worked there until he was 18. (In this case FC Porto gave his mother the job in a restaurant)

I dunno why Milan didn't do that. Maybe it's not legal in Italy, not the same rules...

(Isn't there an investigation into the whole job-for-Anderson's-parents thing, Porty? As I recall the people at the restaurant where his mother was supposed to be working had never heard of her.)

Yeah.

But in the end what matters is that Porto got 20-30M/euros and Anderson a ticket to one of the biggest clubs in the world...

Duck season to kick off in less than one month! really excited !!!

Can't wait to see if all this hype is justified. There will be a lot of pressure on him to perform.

I wouldn't say pressure ... I think he'll be given a chance to develop first, then a chance to get well integrated into the team ... By that time it will already be the end of the season. Maybe around next season or the one after he'll blossom. I doubt we'll see anything from him now. Especially not when he's playing against a 10 man defense

I meant more from the media then from within the club. In so many articles he's described like the best forward from Brazil since Ronaldo. Plus all the coments from Carlo that he's better than ronaldinho add to that.

Most Italian teams are always playing against Milan 'a 10 man defense'. The difference that this years we don't have the tools to deal with that.

Oh yeah, I agree with u, the media wont leave him alone .. That I dont doubt !!


about the 10 man defense ... Milan faced problems at the first half of last season for the same reason as Milan does now .. because we don't have a Sheva-type player (thats the tools that we need ) to help break those defenses. Ronaldo is the ticket to open them up, hopefully after the CWC, well be able to win more games.

SS is a big tool to be missed (though we have other problems as well). Ronaldo is only a short time answer. The guy can't be fit for two seconds. We are in December and he still haven't played one full game and it's too late for Seria A anyway.

well, it's late for the Scudetto ... but it ain't late to regain some ground for a better league position. In all honesty, and u probably know this already, I never thought Milan were targeting the Scudetto this season .. So I'm not too down hearted about it (though it does hurt to see inter at the top)!

And ur right about Ronaldo, he hasn't gotten back to 100% and we are approaching the second half of the season. Who knows, it just might be a good omen, as he will be ready for that second half of the season and that will be positive for the team's CL push and climbing the Serie A standings again.

There's a very nice interview with Pato in today's Gazzetta. (link)

Highlights:

"I'm happy and look forward to the possibility of showing what I can do for Milan. Italy? It's a country I adore and Milan is a great club."

"I get along well with everyone, the others take me out to eat and I happily let them drag me along. The other Brazilians are all married. Me? In Milan there are marvelous women, very beautiful, but I don't yet have a fiancee."

"Away from the pitch, they call me Pato - especially the other Brazilians - but on the pitch, I've become 'Ale', in Italy they prefer to use first names."

"I'm adapting and learning Italian even if I get hungry (joke). I don't know how to cook, but I do know how to order takeaway over the phone, like lasagne. I live with a friend who does the cooking."

"My family stayed with me for the first month, but afterward returned to Brazil. I have a great family that always supports me and helps me a lot with the changes in my life."

wow .. Good to hear from our Golden boy .. Thanks Tennie

yep, he's only 18 so it's nice to know that he's adapting well to the lifestyle ...
I'm gonna call him Ale too from now on

so when exactly is his first official match!!?

I think it's vs Napoli on Jan 13..

I'm happy for Pato..finally we'll get to see him play wiv d first team squad..hopefully..but is he going to play in d champions league?

I'm going to expect very little from him. There's a huge difference between ability and potential. Potentially he could be as good as R10/Henry/etc. but in terms of ability, he'll probably make as much of an impact as Ba to be honest. We shouldn't be adding extra pressure to him, he doesn't need it!

Waiting...

^^^

Me too. it seems he is the only good thing about this season.

he can play against Napoli?

Yep

Hopefully that'll be our first home victory this season. let's hope he scores in his debut

bit unsure how much Carlo is gonna use him. i think he's gonna be hard headed and give the crap about Gila and his faith in him...

Pato needs to play alongside Gila, Gila can combine and link up brilliantly, but he needs a partner, like Ronnie last season

wat if Ronaldo is back from injury?

Carlo is the main reason why Pato is a Milan player now. I'm sure there's enough faith in Pato.


PaKaRo trident!

i hope it's like that.

Or Kaparo