Hi all,

Below is a letter I've drafted on behalf of milanfan.com to the club. Mike has reviewed it and has given me the okay to send it.

Please note that I drafted it before Saturday-- when the Curva did cheer and when there were...disagreements...here on the website -- but I think the letter expresses something worthwhile and that it's still worth sending.

If anyone has suggestions for edits or changes, please either respond or send me a PM. I'll be sending the letter off in a day or two.

------

Dr. Galliani,

(Mi spiace che devo scrivere in inglese; puo parlare e leggere italiano, ma e per me difficile scrivere in italiano. Mio nonno e calabrese e ho imparato italiano a casa, non alla scuola.)

I am writing on behalf of the members of milanfan.com. Milanfan is a website dedicated to AC Milan and its thousands of members come from six continents. We are a diverse group of individuals who are united in our passionate support of the team. I know of few other places where, for example, people from Israel, Kuwait, Nigeria, Venezuela, Malaysia, Malta, Croatia, Canada, Greece, Australia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, the United States, and many other countries come together in common cause. Geography, politics, culture and language may divide us, but Milan unites us.

We were all saddened and dismayed to read the news reports in the past few days about the lack of support for the team among the tifosi in the San Siro. It isn’t right that the fans go to games and refuse to support the team; if they don't like the Amati decree, then they should protest to the /government/, not at the games. The players deserve better.

Please, please let the players and staff know that even if the tifosi in Milan are silent, there ARE thousands – if not many, many more – of fans all over the world who are supporting the team every game, whether Milan win or lose, no matter what. Only a handful of us have ever been to a Milan game, as we are located all over the world. I know that if we could, we would all be there at the San Siro, cheering our hearts out.

Forza Milan!

Good idea. And yes ,I think it's still worthwhile sending.

excellent idea, i know things got a bit carried away after the parma game but i still believe we are all fighting for the same cause

I truely appreciate what you are about to do Tennie

I think it is perfect and I hope the team gets a life from your letter

Quality!

I hope he reads it...

A great idea.

I think it sometimes gets lost with all the fighting on here, but we ARE all here for one reason, and that's Milan!

P.S. You called us United Kingdom and not Britain, you rule, Tennie.

really good idea... i hope it gets to him!

Hey hey hey...I want Trivandrum,Kerala,India to be mentioned or else I'm going on strike.

Great idea Teenie. Really support this letter.

PUT IRAQ !!! ALLAH AKBAR !!

Great work Tennie, extremely well written.

Great letter! I am definitely one of those fans

i think we deserve to be a great commuinty of Milan fans , so with this letter we will go one step forward , this is a very good idea and i want we repeat that in another ocasions .

Thank you all for your kind words!

And a BIG thank you to Milanista 1899 who translated the entirety of the letter into Italian for us all.

I'll add Germany, India, and Iraq to the list of countries. Sorry about the unintentional exclusions!

And I'll send the letter off today. Hopefully it'll get read!

Good Luck!

My Writing class professor would say "Very academically written"

How do you Milanista 1899 hasn't just translated it to read...Dear Mr.Galliani....F@ck u bald piece of shite....?

Cr@ppy jokes aside, it's a good thing you sent it in Italian...otherwise judging by the skill of the translators Milan have(as is obvious from the official site), it will be next season, before they figure out what the letter actually meant.

Hee hee. I sent two copies of the letter - one in English and the other in Italian so hopefully someone will read it!

Oh, that part's in there too. But it's prefaced by 'Jack from India asked me to say'

Joking aside, the letter's off and should get there sometime Thursday. I've got a tracking number so I'll at least know when it's signed for.

Touche.....I'd have liked that if you'd put it in. I wonder how they'd translate and put it up on the official site?

This was my favorite part.

Very nice, Tennie. I loved it!

It'd be even nicer if they put it straight on the front page of the website!

The letter was delivered this morning at 10am Milan time.

cool

Hope u get a response!!!

HERE is the response I just opened. A very nice response.

Forza Zio Fester!

(They really do need someone fluent in English there!)

Nice!!

Yes... our supperters are really... hot!

Very nice!

The English does need a little work, but who cares, at least they responded!

Great

.. Now please send him a note:

Tell him we got a rightback in here ... If they could give him a trial

very nice...

thanks for all your efforts Tennie

Nice 1! I guess this is the closest we've come to actually speaking to anyone from the club How come he/they replied in English? (or something that loosely resembles English) I thought you sent it in Italian?

I sent two copies of the letter: one in Italian and one in English. My guess is that they chose to respond in English because of where I live.

Thanks again, Milanista 1899, for your lovely job translating!

And thanks to everyone for their kind words.

Hahahaha.....

Tell him we've got website designers, database administrators, mathematicians, Translators(!!!!!), stock analysts,keepers who can keep better than Dida and PLENTY of alternatives to Carlo Ancelotti. All at the click of a button...www.milanfan.com.

Oh and we'd all go for cheaper than R10.

Oh I see.

Anytime Tennie

Thanks for getting us noticed & appreciated by the club - we deserve it!

All very true!

...And who would be willing to switch to CB to replace... Kaladze!

Imagine what it would be like for him to play next to Kakha .. ohhh that a dream come true

If I had to, I'd rob a bank if it meant I could see that game. (I'd have to befriend some scousers to pull it off though) To see dst get sent off for a foul on his own teammate. (unfortunate use of the word "mate" there!)

Like Dyer and Bowyer...

Nice work guys thanks

Forza Milan

Ha-ha! The chance to play next to Kakha... a dream come true!! Oh, I'd love it... I'm going to smash his head on the post so hard that it will fall off... then I'll make it a football. When it can be kicked no more I will rip out his intestines and create a swing off the crossbar! I'll smoke the San Siro grass and I'll swing happily ever after!

"We made it Chucky... "







Oh my God... look what he's done to me!

Nice... I never thought they would respond. But after all Milan is Milan. We have always been a classy club


I somehow get the feeling that you don't like him

That passed through my mind too. Are we telepathically connected??!!

I hope not

Boys are scary.

Don't worry. Jack is harmless

That's what u think ... U obviously don't know that he practices vodo

So are you saying that he's like playing with dolls?

Now you've frightened my stuffed fish doll.

So I'd have to stick pins in a real fish to hurt the fish doll right?