Maybe because he's the captain of the team and is loyal?

And on what basis is van der Wiel a top notch fullback? He's a great prospect, nothing more or less.

Yes, he's a great prospect, and that's what I think we should be looking for.

I'd be more carefull for that department. Milan always used experienced fullbacks rather then just prospects.

VDW?

He's so over hyped right now that he'll cost at least 20m when he's not even worth half of that.


Srna on the other hand is a fantastic fullback and is considered top 10 in the world and would come around 15-20m.



Prospects are great but this is Serie A and srna could easily give us 5-6 years of top notch football, while VDW we'll take at least 2 years to hit his peak.

He's a weird player. He has fantastic attacking capabilities as well as defensive. He's pretty equal in both departments.

I can't say I've really seen him play much but left winger supreme, Steven Gerrard, made a mess of him at Wembley when we played.

Then again it is Steven Gerrard. If the kid's young, it's understandable.

Gerrard is a crap left winger and Srna is pushing 30.

Well, that's one match Kurt. I've seen almost everyone getting owned by someone once. Srna is quality, I'm sure of it.

How about trying boateng as full back? I think he can make good runs..

I don't think so. It sounds even worse then Abate. Flamini would be my pick.

Flamini can't cross though. Plus he's really not a FB. I want someone who's naturally one. No more wingers playing there, top teams have at least FBs good enough to do their jobs, we lack that on both sides imo. Anatonini and Zambrotta both have their cons, 1 of them because he's getting older while Anatonini is playing with his weaker foot

I got the feeling a new FB is coming in January. Just a hunch.

Oh gee, that would be something! But a real one, not some kind of kid-loan-deal from Brazil like Mattioli.

Ahem..Mattioni!

Montelongo was our new fb.

Really? That's why he's played the grand total of 0 league matches.

Any way of finding out what's the story on that kid Bruno?

The same story of Grimi, Cardacio, Viudez, Mattioni and co.

Well that's a worst case scenario...but otherwise? I mean I don't put out the possibility that Milan has decided that Bruno won't amount to much...as a result of which these rumours being spread out are just to hike his price when he does get sold.

But he's been playing with the reserves and all right? Someone must have seen him play..and the reserve coach might have talked about his performance..

Dude, if he really was Milan material, he'd be a sure starter by now.

So true. We really don't have stellar FBs. It would be understandable if we had Maicon and A. Cole to get past. But come on! We all know the kid is another useless S. American transfer and that he'll end up going back to where he came from or loaned out

Man, the chance he missed against Bari are simply unbelivable! I don't know how to use him anymore, I mean, how much good could he bring against much better teams like Roma or Inter??

Han's telling Pippo misses 8 out of 9 chances, but this guy...the Bari game isn't just an isolated chase, he's all season long wasting pretty much everything he gets. And also creates very very little. What a flop.

I'm with you Fillipo. Robin's performances have been little more than average up till now. B- from me.

I can give him more time,some players need seasons to adopt to the serie A.His finishing hasn't been top notch lately,he was much better when I saw him with Brazil

But he's always better when he is with Brazil, William. I have rarely seen him translate that form to the club scene. Looks like we got ourselves another Podolski. Yes, give him more time, but I just hope is up for the challenge, we did spend good money to get him here.

Well it's only been a few months...

His overall performances imo have been good, he gets into good positions, knows how to run into space, imo far better then Pato, who seems to get stuck on the wing. The finishing however has been p!ss poor. Hopefully it's just form related.

Exactly. The guy only lacks concentration in front of goal. His misses against Bari were disgraceful and hard to believe for a player of his caliber, but I'm pretty sure he'll get back on track and score some goals. I still blindly believe in him.

Oh well, can't say I disagree. However, I am of the view that we should probably have brought Paloschi back and invested the 18 or so million for Robinho on say two players that we actually needed. You know spend 10 on one player, and 8 on another. Or heck, throw in another few and get someone else.

I love Brazilian football and a lot of players from there, but this guy never cut it for me since the first time I saw him. For me he never had that prime quality that players before him (who wore the numbers 9 and 10) had. Now that he is here, though, I want him to do well, for the club's sake.

PS. X, his misses against Bari were hard to believe, not disgraceful. The one he missed in the CL game was!

What about the supposedly 'sure' to be goal against Palermo that he screwed up for Zlatan with a short pass.

That was rather umm... unexpected at a professional level.

(Shameful really - Oh well hopefully he just needs some time and confidence)

End this post on this note 'Robinho! - Shape up!! OR Ship OUT!!!'

The guy seems to have forgotten how to kick a ball. He tried his best not score the third goal, shooting it directly to Sirigu, who for our luck couldn't stop it properly.

Agreed, guys. He got two nice goals, missed a mouthful of chances, and well the way he passed (or tried to pass that to Ibra) is what is the real concern here. Robinho is taking things very easy here, there is no intensity in his game. That's not good at all.

He also needs a new celebration.

^^I found this funny!!!

Boy you can say that again! Worst celebration ever. One of the worst, yeah!

And Ibra still couldn't resist aiming a taekwondo kick at 'pregnant Robinho'.

Do you take pride in that?


I'm not sure but it looked to me like his shot was going out! in which case it was a Sirigu OG

I don't know, but Robinho has serious problems. I hope that goal gives him confidence, even if it isn't exactly the issue. His attitude is.

I actually think his main issue is his finishing, hopefully that one (easy) goal creates a magic difference in his finishing.

Finishing - yes. But the attitude problem is connected. Against Bari he already missed a 100% chance when he tried out a dip shot while in fact he could have normally scored. That tells you he had no remorse for the missed oppotunites before.

Oh, I see. Now I am following you better. You might have a point, but still IMO it can't be just attitude. He really shoots awful this season. Let's hope it's temperary, because it's an important thing for his playing position.

I've wanted Robinho at Milan for a very long time, because I've always admired him as a player. So there's no point for me to stop believing in him now that we finally got him.

aye and hes only what 25-26 has alot of qualities especially his pace and creativity, always get in them positions. At the very least he has more of a future at milan than dinho

Completely different thing, Robinho is in his prime years while Dinho is in the twilight. Robinho for all that talent won't ever reach the heights that Dinho or other Brazilians have. And I'm talking about Brazilians who have tried really hard to f@ck up their careers at every possible opportunity they got.

Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, etc ruined themselves, Ronaldo more so, but they only let that happen after they had achieved absolutely everything they could in their careers, Robinho has achieved half that and is already seeming to be resting on his laurels. I watch him for Club and Country and he seems to have a mental block when it comes to the do or die moments

I'm telling you. Change Milan's jersey to yellow..and watch him win 3 Golden Balls in a row.

He's just plain lazy and has a careless attitude and in Serie A you have to take your chances as defences in this league are very tight you might not get another you have to be one of not wasting opportunities especially at Bari oh and the lack luster pass to Ibra for that would have capped of a good night for Ibra. Hes a great player and im happy hes at Milan but get your butt in gear your still young alot still too win !!!!

+100

Robinho is really starting to jell in here

Any update on the extent of his injury ?

I haven't seen anything as yet.

HAPPY 27th BIRTHDAY ROBINHO!!!