(07-02-2011, 01:02 AM)will4li Wrote: Guys, don't be pessimistic! we have 50 million budget,remember?!cassano for montolivo,co-ownnership deal for kucka and 40million for Mr.X. It will be a good market.if Mr X is a speedy one like bale or pastore,it's a great market,speedy front will maximally cover our midfield weakness.I think we are on par with real and ManUtd with a market like this.

(07-01-2011, 08:31 PM)ACMILAN1983 Wrote:

(07-01-2011, 05:42 PM)Gabriel426 Wrote: HOnestly, I thought the first half of the season was better. Yes, Milan won the league, but just look at the results in March, and you would not be optimistic. On top of that, Serie A was such a weaken league last year.
Having said all that, I am not stating Milan is crap and is not a great side, but comparing Milan to the likes of Barcelona, Real or even ManU is unrealistic.
Milan will most likely win the League again due to Ibra and company but to not get embarrass in CL is another story. What I fear most is not losing in CL but rather getting humilated by the likes of Barcelona or Real. As much as i have faith in Max and MIlan, those two teams are just machines and quite frankly Milan is really a level below those teams.

In the first half of the season, our most positive run of results was from october (or late september) to December. During this time we were recording mostly one goal victories and it wasn't until late November for a run of 2 or 3 games where Pirlo played at LM with Boateng used in AM did we actually play an extremely positive brand of football
dominating opponents.

I agree that there were times in the second half of the season where we were poor, but often these were during periods where we were decimated by injuries. When we started recovering some key players, like Boateng, we not only regained our consistency, but also dominated opponents much better during matches.

About Serie A being weak, I really don't buy this argument whatsoever. The other top leagues have 1-2 good teams, but then lack any quality.
Spain has Barca and Real, and then the rest are a joke. The Premiership is seriously lacking too. Man U aren't that good this season, yet dominated the Premiership and mainly won due to the inconsistency of teams like Chelsea (who had some terrible times this season) and Arsenal. In Italy, teams aren't great right now, but there are plenty of very good sides like Milan, Inter, Napoli, Udinese and others like Palermo (who underperformed), Genoa (as per Palermo) and Lazio.

Milan is currently a level below Real, Barca and others, but lets be honest, we were embarassed by Real once last season during our weakest period of the year. We lost badly, but we're a different team
now that's much stronger than what faced Real last year. We're not on that same level yet, but with some important signings, mostly in midfield, I certainly see us reaching that level.

Personally, I'll reserve my judgement until the end of August. We were concerned about our summer last year too, but at the end of it all, Galliani showed why he and Berlusconi have brought Milan to the top.

(07-02-2011, 10:58 AM)Jay Crisp Wrote: http://www.football-italia.net/jul2g.html

Hamsiks price and de laurinitis says he'll sell to inter first...fair price well worth it...GIANT FACE PALM ALSO

(07-02-2011, 04:46 AM)Hasan Rossonero Wrote: Something related to the recent exchanges here:

http://www.notevenanoriundo.com/2011/07/serie-as-schizophrenic-summer.html

(07-02-2011, 10:58 AM)Jay Crisp Wrote: http://www.football-italia.net/jul2g.html

Hamsiks price and de laurinitis says he'll sell to inter first...fair price well worth it...GIANT FACE PALM ALSO

(07-02-2011, 10:59 AM)Gabriel426 Wrote: 3 pts are 3 pts no matter if you win by a goal or by three. Like I said I thought the period in the first half was better mainly due to results and Milan did not drop points against relegation teams. Also, toward the end of a season, teams tend to play more attacking balls instead of parking the bus as they need the three points rather than one. That played a part in Milan scoring two to three goals game.

As for Serie A being a weaker league, well in my opinion, yes. Liga is not as bad as the credits some of you are giving them, it is just that Real and Barca are too good. ManU might seems to have won the EPL with ease last season, but they do have the deepest and most talented squad in the EPL while both Arsenal and Chelsea hitter through some tough spell. Actually toward the end of the season, Chelsea got a great chance to knockoff ManU, just so happened that they lost that game against ManU.

(06-30-2011, 04:24 PM)Gabriel426 Wrote: Why do u want him to stay though? Next year is Euro and if Cassano is not being call due to lack of play time, he will moan his way out of Milan. That's not good for a team who is planning to challenge on all fonts.

(07-01-2011, 02:23 AM)will4li Wrote: The reason why we better let cassno go.

1, cassno is a dressroom timebomb.
2, cassno is slow and always in questionable conditioning.he is slower than our beloved slowdorf.
3, robinio can offer what cassno offers.
4, cassno is more like a facilitator,he is the 4th option in our attack. but we need a game changer to seriously challenge CL.

(07-01-2011, 10:26 AM)ACMILAN1983 Wrote:

(06-30-2011, 04:11 PM)ZvonimirBoban Wrote: Anybody could explain to me why you want Cassano out of Milan (either for money or bargaining chip)?

Technically, there's no reason to lose him. He's an excellent player, a great impact player off the bench and provides goals and assists.

However, our squad needs trimming and he needs a starting spot ahead of next year's Euros, which is far from guaranteed. Also if things don't go his way, he could be a massive risk to squad harmony. Finally, he isn't hardworking and prepared to defend throughout a match, something Allegri demands from all his players.

(07-01-2011, 01:12 PM)Nalx Wrote:

(07-01-2011, 12:06 PM)Jay Crisp Wrote: http://www.football-italia.net/jul1i.html

Is this not admitting we have no hope of winning the CL ???
Saying that Milan don't have 30 million to spend on a player let alone 40.
And even he we did and he arrived that it would still not be enough to win the CL.

God all our Players and MGT do is talk about who won't be coming and how little money have to spend
CLAP CLAP CLAP LADS CLAP CLAP!!!

Perhaps they were asked by our management to do so, as part of our transfer strategy you know. In the past players rarely comment about other transfer rumor that doesn't concern them and the only comments we read were given by the directors or agents, but not nowadays. That's why almost everytime T. Silva speaks to the journalist he mentions about Ganso.

(07-01-2011, 01:14 PM)Jay Crisp Wrote: Rino was being realistic yes.But I'm sick and tired of hearing who we won't sign and I'd like to see some action.
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LOADS OF TALKING NO WALKING!!!!! http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2011/07/01/2555942/pier-silvio-berlusconi-dreams-of-seeing-barcelonas-andres