It seems every team picks him for rough treatment and, IMO, strong punishments should be handed out to the talentless pr1cks

I hope he achieves his goal!! 
The thing is, there are fouls that seem "soft" but can inflict great pain... the refs don't have a power-meter or something to decide whether or not a foul is malign. But maybe when the same player is fouled consecutively and deliberately a yellow card should be given even if the foul itself is not so bad...

Yellows? Dirty cheating and persisting fouls deserve reds IMO

If there's guile to take someone out of the game then yes but how can the ref be sure? I don't think opposition players want to take Kaka out of the game, they want to stop him. If it's the former then of course it's a red card and a lengthy ban but... it's hard to tell.

If there's guile to take someone out of the game then yes but how can the ref be sure?

I don't think opposition players want to take Kaka out of the game, they want to stop him. If it's the former then of course it's a red card and a lengthy ban but... it's hard to tell.

It's all about the cynicism though. Whether it's a bad challenge or not if the intent is there then it needs punishing until it stops. I remember the Parma game when Ricky was kneed in the back of the knee from behind, IIRC he had to go off after that as it injured him, thing was that wasn't the first 'dirty and malicious' challenge that game as well. Now had the ref had the bollox to card the first offence then perhaps Ricky could have finished the game

Dirty, Malicious and persistent fouls need clamping down on, and not just on Ricky neither.

I agree completely.

Unfortunately the refs in Italy are a joke. I remember there was a program on Rai uno (Italian tv) where they would show the highlights of the serie A. And in every game they found match deciding errors. Wheter it was an offside goal , or a cancelled goal wich shouldnt be cancelled to an deserved red card not given or a red card given wich wasnt one. And it was in EVERY game.

My solution would be a 5th ref with a monitor where he can see the replays . And I really hope it will happen too. It a shame if you lost a game cause of human errors .

I think it would be an idea to have a video ref(like in rugby), but as long as it was only used in the very tightest of decisions. What I would really like to see though is some kind of retrospective punishment for these dirty challenges on the top players. Perhaps when Rai Uno were watching the highlights they could also add dirty tackles to their list?

nfl does a great job of using this and not slowing down the pace of the game. as much as the "league officials" make it seem like it's something that would be hard to institute it really wouldn't be at all.

start the process in serie b or c or in the cup competition and let them work the kinks out. give it a year or 2 and then adopt it in the top flight leagues. withing 4-5 years it would become the norm and wouldn't be hard to institute in the CL and World Cup.

Kaka has reiterated his attachment to Milan and feels he is “in debt” to the Rossoneri.

The Brazilian ace has thrived at San Siro and won a devastating array of individual awards last term, but he hasn’t enjoyed such success on a team level.

The Rossoneri are in danger of missing out on next season’s Champions League as they trail fourth-placed Fiorentina by four points, but Kaka is still in love with his club.

“I wanted to play at one of Europe’s great clubs and Milan were the only ones to make an offer,” the Brasilia native recalled on Spanish radio show Onda Cero.

“This club gave me the opportunity to realise my full potential and changed my life – I owe them for that.”

Real Madrid have made no secret of their desire to lure Kaka to La Liga, but the 25-year-old stressed that he wouldn’t instigate any deal.

“I have always said that there would need to be an agreement between the two sides for me to change clubs.” he said “I am happy in Milan and I feel at ease here.

“Real have never spoken directly to me, but they have been in contact with my agent who told them that they needed to sort things with the club first.”

Kaka has been sidelined since limping off after just 10 minutes of the Diavolo’s Week 29 defeat against Sampdoria.

“I am recovering and I’m over the problem,” he explained. “Luckily for me I have never had a really serious injury in my career.”

kaka is going to be at milan for life it seems.