I do talk with her/them outside MF

What was Robinho doing hugging Cassano after that missed chance of the latter in the end? That was funny. I think Robinho was relieved, he probably thought "thank you for making me look less awful in front of the goal, let me give you a hug". Robinho's miss earlier was desperately awful!

i guess what i said was a bit misleading.., what i meant to say was IF (i do agree, seedorf is in great form, and he can contribute alot in the remaining games) pirlo is coming onto the pitch, seedorf has to be replaced. Not MvB. There is no other player in milan who can play better than MvB in the Holding DM position. He can tackle, hold the ball well and uses his strength to fight off attackers. our defense is very dependent on him

Yep, that's right. Now we agree.

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Here we go again...

Comprehensive win against a struggling side - completely outclassed them as we are doing to most Serie A sides tbh.

Defence was barely tested and we looked lively up front - only flaw (other than the injuries) was Robinho's horrible finishing.

Did anyone believe he'd score when right through? I actually forgot myself and started to celebrate then as it flew well wide I was like 'ah, yes'. Boy's finishing has gone to utter crud since his City days.

What's the news on Pato anyway? I'm just glad we have Cassano available.

29 january 2009

Haha i didn't think i'd get called out on that

That being said, i just really hope we find an internal replacement for Robinho, whether it be cassano who has been pure class recently. The silver lining with cassano is now that he is a father, he might be a little more humble...maybe...

The thing with binho is he simply doesn't care to better his aim, that is one of the few things practice can perfect. For the last 30 games he hasn't proved to have any of his early age form, nor the willingness to accept he can't shoot. FCS even Zambrotta back from injury 2 weeks is a million times more threatening a shooter. #1 He shoots when people are open, #2 He misses the net entirely, #3 prays, #4 goes and has a laugh with the player(s) that was(were) open.

I want him to be used in the Ganso deal!

I point to Odu because he has a similar skill-set, would cost alot less in wages, and by being called up, would motivate all the other primavera players to train/practice harder. Not to mention i can promise you Odu would practice harder then robinho in training sessions. There were reports early in the season that robinho would juggle for large parts of practice, if true, the lack of commitment he has towards this club, and his own skill is worrying for the money he gets paid...

Robinho is making me a bigger believer in Odu every time he plays. I bet if you read every single Match thread you will see a few to many "WTF robinho!??!!?"

It would be true if his only contribution to the team was as a goalscorer. Why I'm so forgiving is that his other contributions more than make up for his profligacy. He hassles hard, he passes decently, runs like mad...and the interlinking of his in the final third is genuine skill. I'm sure there's no way Odu will come close to any of this.

It's our old trap of believing the youth are something awesome based on the fact that we haven' seen them play.

fwiw while his finishing is quite agonising, I agree with Jack on the rest of his game. He's a great player in the side and deserves his place. He's maybe not set Milan alight with his play, but there's something very robust about him and he really contributes.

Indeed, I think Robinho and Cassano are more than able deputies in Pato and Ibra's places over the next while if need be.

That's how strong our front line is.

So do I but it'd a bit unusual if I suddenly agreed with her on something we'd chatted about on Google or something. I was thinking maybe there's one of those hidden mod-only rooms on milanfan where you guys chat

No that's where we kick back and enjoy all the pole dancers m1ke has employed. Sometimes we have wild sex with some supermodels. Not a lot of chatting goes on as you might imagine.
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You're humorous attempt makes me even more sure about it!

He is arguably more selfish then pato when it comes to shooting. While i agree he is one of the more mobile parts of the squad, he is wasted(both ways) as a Fwd. Based on how he plays, he'd fit better as a AM at this point being as how all his best moments were when he picks out a player from just outside the box. For all the 1v1 opportunities he gets per game (2-3), although some are of his own merit, he can't finish any of them. I acknowledge i might be a little to blinded by frustration, but a player who could, 3-4 years ago could be taken seriously for saying he was one of the top 5 players in the world. I mean this isn't the Ronaldo & Emerson where we sign an ex star in early-mid 30s and don't fully expect the same performances. Robinho is 27, he should be hitting career form, or at least trying to. Also Odu isn't ready for Serie A, I'm just saying that he is a similar type player and he should get some minutes in we're in the lead... IMO he outperformed both merkel and Verdi in Pre-season.

Sorry il_Diavolo, I can understand the argument about his finising, because some of his misses are simply unbelievable, but everything else, I cannot bring myself to agree with you. Robinho's movement has been a huge contributing factor to our success this season, and for a winger/AM/supporting forward, his 11 goals is a very good ratio imo. Not taking into account all the misses, because with the positions he puts himself in he could have surpassed 20 this season.

As for Odu, personally I have yet to see a more awkward player, whenever he's played I stood dumbfounded as to why he's even in the Primavera, let alone being called to the senior squad. I'd give Berretta or Verdi a chance over him any day

Fair enough, I admit to letting my shear frustration of Robinho's conduct overtake my rationality, but he could be so much better then he is!!! This is like Ronnie v2.0

Yup. Odu is a mediocre player who doesn't deserve to be anywhere near our bench.

Ok then by popular vote, i shall no longer spam his name and propagate the idea of him, unless he is actually involved in note-worthy news/games.

Sincerely,
Il_diavolo_mtl ,
Odu's ambiguous lover

To spoil the fun...no, it's just that I did not want to present her analysis as mine.

^^ Ah, yeah, OK!

Five games left, mathematically we will be guaranteed champions if we take 9 points out of possible 15 points. That means we only need to win the next 3 games to be crowned Champions. Hopefully we can win the Scudetto before the game against Udinese.

I'd take a draw against Roma and Udinese. The other games are a must win though. I have a feeling we'll celebrate our title one week from the end against Cagliari in San Siro.

Amen, bro! Amen to that.

Yeah, AMEN to that.

I'm greedy I want all wins!

I have a feeling we'll beat Roma

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