(06-08-2011, 12:46 AM)theaxeofpain Wrote:

(06-08-2011, 12:40 AM)xudong Wrote: somehow, I am not happy to hear that Gattuso stay. I was hoping that we could cash in on him and that Gattuso leaves with a high note.

Call me crazy or ungrateful, but I am a bit (just a little bit) tired that there always seems to be some transfer story/drama surrounding Gattuso every year. Maybe I am asking too much from him, but Ambrosini has never put himself under any type of limelight.

Gattuso has given up many opportunities to go abroad, just because he is a true Milanista. This is admirable in my eyes. There aren't many players these days who refuse lucrative salaries just to play in a club they love.

(06-08-2011, 01:32 AM)theaxeofpain Wrote: I wish there were more players like him. At least when at Milan players stay for a bit long, according to them the great atmosphere in the dressing rooms helps as well as being a massive club. I hope Pato and Thiago Silva stay at the club until they retire.

(06-07-2011, 03:32 PM)russo-neri Wrote:

(06-07-2011, 03:07 PM)Gabriel426 Wrote: First of all, why should the league not sell it's TV rights based on the winning teams. It took EPL about 15 yrs to get to where they are now, but it started like Liga. Having a competitive could means all the teams are crap or are great. As of now, the Serie A is not a fun league to watch, just look at the empty stadiums and the quality of board casting compare to the likes of EPL and Liga. That's got to change. Also, as Serie A as a whole is not attractive, you can only sell those who is, ie Milan, Inter, Juve...Once money start rolling in, teams like Lecce and Parma will also get it's benefits.

As for my jibe on IT, well, they are not in a strong group and Estonia ain't Brazil of Europe. I don't hate Italian but stating that media is over playing it as bas as the English with their EPL.

You just proved my point though - you said it took EPL 15 yrs to get to where they are. To me that implies you agree with the business model of EPL. And you should! EPL was dominated for many years by the big four. Then Man City became relevant. Who's to say that a team like Wolves eventually get a superstar player the way Napoli got Maradona? All of a sudden, the EPL has another brand name to add to their portfolio - making the EPL even more successful.

I just looked it up. Barca and Madrid have won 23 of the last 27 titles in La Liga. There is such a disparity between those 2 teams vs the rest that there can't posibly be any interest in selling La Liga TV rights at a league level. To me la Liga has come down to the clasico and barca's and Madrid's performances in Europe. I don't want the same for Serie A.

The alternative (and exact opposite of what I argued) would be for all the big teams of Europe to say F U to their domestic leagues and start a 20 team european super league. But that will never happen...

(06-07-2011, 11:14 PM)ElMago99 Wrote:

(06-07-2011, 08:36 PM)dejo Wrote: I watched some italian channel and there they said that Allegri doesn't want Ganso in his team because he isn't keen on players who wait for the ball and then decide what to do with it, and that he prefers type of players like Menez who are skillfull dribblers and can be used on two or more positions on the field....
Also I would definitly want to see Montolivo in our team rather than Fabregas(he can't win anything) or Aquilani(Liverpool made his game ridicolous)....

Montolivo is awful. I hope you didn't mean that.

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Best Mercato would be Fabregas + (Ganso/Hamsik).... All else I'm not interested in at this point. Menez is talented but not what we need. He's not a WORLD CLASS ACM. That's what we need. A World Class midfield to compete with the World Class midfields of RM, Barca, Man U, Chelsea, Bayern, etc.

Something tells me we may find out about something before Aug 31st... It's a different dynamic this summer to last, and players want to leave. Ibra didn't want to leave.

(06-07-2011, 02:13 PM)Arildonardo Wrote:

(06-07-2011, 01:28 PM)fLame Wrote: Menez is really a quality player. For 10m I would personally got to Roma to pick him up.

We're looking at maybe a couple of new signings during the summer. Is Menez one who can "take us to the next level" or complete our squad? Don't know him too well, but for an attacking player to score 2 goals in 31 league matches this season isn't exactly impressing.

(06-07-2011, 03:04 PM)mrki Wrote: I have to say I havent been following Menez this year, so I expect some of you to say your oppinions? Not just: he's a good player, great buy etc., but how can he adopt to our sistem etc.? Thanx.

Anyway, it could be that we'll be getting Maxwell as MArek left, Didac will, and Taiwo has an African nations cup... Maybe Taiwo still gets his french passport so... it will be an interesting summer for sure!