So where is Gourcuff now? Almost three years ago there were venomous posts towards Galliani and Co for not keeping our rising star.

More like fallen star

So where is Gourcuff now? Almost three years ago there were venomous posts towards Galliani and Co for not keeping our rising star.

More like fallen star

and Milan have moved on to acquire so many better players...

I'm sure Galliani and co. don't care about Gourcuff anymore... well not right now anyway, we just let a title slip through our fingers... but yeah there's that disallowed goal that justifies things...

let's focus on our new addition, Pato, with so few games played last season he's practically a brand new signing!

/ the previous rant was brought to you by... months of keeping a distance... and is not meant to be against you /

and Milan have moved on to acquire so many better players...

I'm sure Galliani and co. don't care about Gourcuff anymore... well not right now anyway, we just let a title slip through our fingers... but yeah there's that disallowed goal that justifies things...

let's focus on our new addition, Pato, with so few games played last season he's practically a brand new signing!

/ the previous rant was brought to you by... months of keeping a distance... and is not meant to be against you /

Well, don't keep a distance then

Im sure they don't care about him, just that I saw a rerun of the France friendly and he was awful. So I reminisced to those good ol days - 3 years back - ... And well, no more expectations from my side

Now look where we are. Our only creative option is Montolivo and the DM position could be switched around between a former player known as Ambrosini, and a never should have been a player known as Muntari. Just lovely

It doesn't matter in the end how he turned out.

The point always stands that this team rarely ever gives good youth a chance.

How many millions has Galliani wasted shifting players from one co-ownership deal to another every season. The last casualty is Merkel, who after all the back and fourth and all the big talk about wanting to be like Barca, we gave him off to Genoa.

Yes Gourcuff turned out to be complete cr@p in the end, and getting those 15m while we could turned into a blessing. But the main point still stands. We always gave these young players up without a care because we had Seedorf, Rino, Pirlo, Ambro, etc to fall back on. Now look where we are. Our only creative option is Montolivo and the DM position could be switched around between a former player known as Ambrosini, and a never should have been a player known as Muntari. Just lovely

and Milan have moved on to acquire so many better players...

I'm sure Galliani and co. don't care about Gourcuff anymore... well not right now anyway, we just let a title slip through our fingers... but yeah there's that disallowed goal that justifies things...

let's focus on our new addition, Pato, with so few games played last season he's practically a brand new signing!

/ the previous rant was brought to you by... months of keeping a distance... and is not meant to be against you /

Im sure Galliani set it up just to piss you off


Seriously though ... Give the benefit of the doubt when you are clueless to what is going on behind the doors of Via Turati.

Clueless?

I think when something repeats itself over and over again, it is pretty obvious as to what is going in behind closed doors in Via Turati.

This management has not shown even the slightest fraction of even having a plan or strategy as to how they should move in the transfer window in years now. The fact that we lost 5 players all at once is indication enough of this

Clueless?

I think when something repeats itself over and over again, it is pretty obvious as to what is going in behind closed doors in Via Turati.

thiago silva scores for brazil against usa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_YUM466y0s



oh and ibra scored against iceland. nice goal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYiAeZnAaY



andddd pato scores the 4th for brazil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4RF3YuGQaU

It doesn't matter in the end how he turned out.

The point always stands that this team rarely ever gives good youth a chance.

How many millions has Galliani wasted shifting players from one co-ownership deal to another every season. The last casualty is Merkel, who after all the back and fourth and all the big talk about wanting to be like Barca, we gave him off to Genoa.

Yes Gourcuff turned out to be complete cr@p in the end, and getting those 15m while we could turned into a blessing. But the main point still stands. We always gave these young players up without a care because we had Seedorf, Rino, Pirlo, Ambro, etc to fall back on. Now look where we are. Our only creative option is Montolivo and the DM position could be switched around between a former player known as Ambrosini, and a never should have been a player known as Muntari. Just lovely

Well I have a problem with this han.

I don't think we ever had 'good youth'. We had youth who would make the cut at a club like Genoa, but never a club like Milan. And guess, what we haven't for a long time.

We see Madrid, Arsenal, Man Utd, Barca and think of youth. But these clubs are spending 50 million a year on youth, where we are spending 14 or 15 million.

By all means, hike up that spending. But then that money comes out of something else. Most probably transfers. In other words, the Arsenal situation happens.

I wasn't just talking about the young players coming out of our own youth team, but the young players Galliani likes to play marry-go-round with. 95% of our mercato news every summer is of young players we buy from all over the league and young players we send on co-owns around the league. And the summer after that the players we bought the previous summer are sent on co-owns, the ones on co-owns are brought back and sent to another team on co-owns. Rinse and repeat every summer.

And we lose money every time this is done, because we end up paying more than the players are worth when we want to buy their contrac back again from these small clubs. It's why the loan system has been practically abolished in Serie A. Because the smaller clubs are getting something out of these deals.

We're just not Barca and no matter how many young players we try to get, none of them will make the cut at the end of the day. I'd rather not spend the money to get 5 young players in and buy someone good for the first team, because we all know where those 5 players will most likely end up.

Onyewu is by far the worst player I've ever seen play for Milan. He has the physical attributes, but he has no clue how to play football. I don't get how he even keeps playing for the US team.

Thiago was captain last night, by the way.

We lost money? How much have we lost in the co-ownership deals last summer?

Lampard & Barry out of the tournament. Time to step up again Steven.

Meh.. No Lamps but Gerrard is in?

The only English player I like is out for the Scouser. That shoots down any integrity the English team had in my eyes...

They both just got injured!

Didn't you post that Lampard and Barry are injured?

Is Gerrard injured as well now?

Just sounded like you thought Gerrard was just chosen above them. Jordan Henderson an England International, this is definitely by far the worst England squad I've seen.

@ Filippo, what do my predictions have to do with the fact that this management have simply shown a lack of planning in the transfer market?

Just got a Ukraine shirt, in honor of Andry Shevchenko!

Lack of planning? I think it's very hard to plan without a proper budget. You can count the number of clubs on one hand who plan wisely their market strategy, invest normal sums and constantly stay top.

My point is, let's wait and then be depressive. It's much more reasonable if you ask me.

Seems like prandelli prefers Obganna over Abate,crazy!

Is it confirmed that he'll start?

I'd have thought that the RB position would be between Abate and Maggio. Why play a CB there when you have 2 great RB choices?

Owait,I always confuse stuff,he's actually replacing balzaretti whose been having physical problems.

3 man defense with Maggio playing could work really well.

Italian national boss Cesare Prandelli has announced that his country are ready to withdraw from Euro 2012 should that be required.

The Italian game is again dealing with off the pitch problems after the match fixing betting probe rocked the squad’s preparations.

“If they tell us that it is in the best interest of football for Italy to not go to the European Championship then that won’t be a problem,” Prandelli told Rai Sport.

“It would not be a problem for me. There are things which I deem to be more important.

“I don’t like crusades, I like to face things head on and not take a particular stance without thinking of the consequences.

“I would like to just talk about football, but what is happening right now is forcing us to do otherwise.

“We continue to maintain that the players involved in the investigation will not be a part of the squad for the European Championship.”

Prandelli opted against selecting Zenit St Petersburg defender Domenico Criscito after police raided his room at Coverciano on Monday.

Criscito, who today criticised the decision to drop him from the party, has received official notification that he is under investigation.

Leonardo Bonucci, whose name appears in prosecutor documents, was included in the squad as he has not been given any official notice.

The squad was again rocked last night when rumours started to circulate that Gigi Buffon could be facing legal questions regarding a separate matter.

“Buffon is a strong guy, he has great personality,” Prandelli added. “Despite that, things which are happening now can weigh down even a person like him.”

Italy, who saw Tuesday’s friendly against Luxembourg scrapped because of an earthquake, will play Russia in Zurich this evening.

wtf is going on!!

I think it is more related to the media, as they have been asking him about the players he cut due to their alleged involvement in this betting thing.

Italian football is suffering a lot lately, seems as though it just cant get a breather.

More like they can't learn their lesson!!

How many times does this have to happen?? The only thing I'm grateful for right now is that no Milan player or anyone else within the club is being mentioned. (I'm praying that I don't jinx that)

The only satisfying aspect is that Juve are deaply embroiled in this mess once again.

I know a Juve supporter who is basically denying everything and admonishing his side of any wrongdoing. Apparently Conte is innocent and it was to do with a player when he managed at a previous club.