(06-04-2011, 09:24 PM)Ca Rossonero Wrote: MY predictions-
75% chance gift is Ganso
50% chance gift is Fabregas
10% chance gift is Pastore/Hamsik

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Juan Aguedlo playing for USA v. Spain.... if USA can mount an attack watch for him. Future of usa... only 18, scored v. argentina months ago.... miles better than jozy


SIGN HIM GALLIANI

(06-05-2011, 12:36 AM)abbeyleemania Wrote: They can pay 7 m euros to him easily...

(06-04-2011, 03:38 PM)abbeyleemania Wrote: http://www.sportitalia.com/SI2live.aspx

Regarding Witsel, its clear that he is not Milan quality...He wont add anything to us...so i dont want him...

He doesnt have world class player potential, he is strong, good arial game and decent passing means nothing...On the other hand, Asamoah is a player i'd like to have here...quality player... He is good on everything...

His difference from Merkel and Calvano for instance, Merkel and Calvano have world class potential, while Witsel doesnt...

(06-05-2011, 07:53 AM)Beppe Wrote:

(06-04-2011, 03:38 PM)abbeyleemania Wrote: http://www.sportitalia.com/SI2live.aspx

Regarding Witsel, its clear that he is not Milan quality...He wont add anything to us...so i dont want him...

He doesnt have world class player potential, he is strong, good arial game and decent passing means nothing...On the other hand, Asamoah is a player i'd like to have here...quality player... He is good on everything...

His difference from Merkel and Calvano for instance, Merkel and Calvano have world class potential, while Witsel doesnt...

WTF are you talking about? Witsel does have worldclass potential, He is a very complete midfielder with a strong mentallity and he has everything to make it at a big club like Milan. + he can play as Central midfielder or as Attacking midfielder, so we can use him in many ways.

(06-04-2011, 11:06 PM)JuanShoe Wrote: Whilst I'm happy with the potential signing, some people's expectations or thoughts about how we will destroy Barca or even compete with them are just ridiculous. Barca's team is the product of over a decade of planning and training. We are moving in the right direction but even if we spent £200 million it wouldn't make us as good as Barca. Look at the money Madrid have spent trying and still aren't close. We need to bring through our youths intergating them into our own style andtake our time, even if that means not winning everything in sight. The Football Manager mindset of some fans simply doesn't work in real life.

(06-05-2011, 12:28 AM)Ca Rossonero Wrote:

(06-04-2011, 09:42 PM)russo-neri Wrote: Here's what someone posted on the goal.com article about us on the verge of signing Witsel. Just thought I put it here to start some trouble amongst you MM posters.

Adebayo Ogungbesan London
9:07 PM Jun 4, 2011
This is the end of calcio. The once mighty Milan talking to some dodgy mediocre division 3 player. Berlusconi knows he has no money, guess the little he has as to be used fighting his legal battles. Can you imagine Barca buying a mediocre player? I can't. Milan are not on the same planet

LOL. I am jealous of bartha. We sign n00bs like Witsel and not champions like Gaby Milito, Adriano, Maxwell, chingrisky, caceres and henrique (among others )

And JuanShoe, 100% spot on. You couldn't say it anybetter, and Galliani knows this. We are starting a cycle, which is why we're buying youth (like witsel), investing heavily in youth team (we saw first one blooming in Merkel) and so on. We build generations. It's the end of the pirlo/gattuso etc. gen, and as those players slowly leave and phase out, new faces will arrive

RM's biggest problem is too much change. They need consistency to get talent to work.

(06-05-2011, 12:33 AM)nefremo Wrote:

(06-04-2011, 11:06 PM)JuanShoe Wrote: Whilst I'm happy with the potential signing, some people's expectations or thoughts about how we will destroy Barca or even compete with them are just ridiculous. Barca's team is the product of over a decade of planning and training. We are moving in the right direction but even if we spent £200 million it wouldn't make us as good as Barca. Look at the money Madrid have spent trying and still aren't close. We need to bring through our youths intergating them into our own style andtake our time, even if that means not winning everything in sight. The Football Manager mindset of some fans simply doesn't work in real life.

Spot on about how long it took them to create something like that. Guardiola was with their B team for a while and what we are looking at now is the sacrifice of years of hard work.

Having said that, I think with the right signings and the right mentality we can at least challenge Barca, but it would be very hard,if not impossible to play as fluid as them.

All the players coming out of Barca youth system have for years been trained to follow the same style of football and integrate into that style. Some,if not a lot of them, are players bought from other youth systems that Barca feels are capable of fitting their style.

And I think Milan has started following that same system of channeling youth into the first team. Biggest examples are us spending millions of Euros on youth players in recent years. But it will all take time to see the end product. People just have to be patient. Just look at how long it took Barca to get to where they are with their youth. From the mid 90s until about 5 years ago. And as a matter of fact the whole system there has been in place for a long time. With Cruyff and company. Barca has just taken that totall football to a whole different level.