(08-16-2017, 02:49 PM)donlocatelli Wrote: i agree with jay crisp - kalinic is f+m's first truly bad deal for a number of reasons.

firstly the price. who pays 25m+ for a soon to be 30yo who scored just 15 league goals last season.

secondly, we're planning to give him a 4 year contract @ 3m net - he's no ibra!

thirdly, if we're after a star bomber as widely reported, signing kalinic makes zero sense unless we're planning a 2 striker formation. but that throws up other problems like not having enough cbs to field 3 at the back and what would happen to suso? also 1 of silva, kalinic and star bomber would ride the bench which wouldn't make sense given the money spent and would hinder their growth.

fourthly, if montella gets fired for not reaching cl (realistic possibility given number of new players in squad and competitiveness of serie a) then we're stuck with a striker nobody besides everton and china wanted.

bad deal!

(08-16-2017, 04:14 PM)Sampinjon Wrote: Montella still thinks he's in Viola or Sampdoria...Just look at "players" he's thrilled with ,his wishlist etc...
And this Kalinic transfer...if it's truth 3m4y...It's like Galiani handled this transfer

(08-16-2017, 04:57 PM)Sampinjon Wrote: Well ,there's still 14 days left to sign a proper striker. Let's hope.

(08-16-2017, 04:26 PM)Milan369 Wrote: This post is great. He isn't anything special. Especially for that price and wages. And has scored 15 goals only once in his lifeltime. And people are saying that he suits Montella's system, his goal conversion ratio is the worst in serie A. This deal is stupid.

(08-15-2017, 10:34 AM)donlocatelli Wrote: i agree with everything you said bar retaining mauri, simic and most of all MONTY!

mauri's nothing special and he proved it in pre-season and had a lackluster season at empoli last year. looks like galliani was sold yet another overhyped dud just like salamon, niang, vergara, ely, gabriel etc. besides, his contract expires in 2019 so last chance to cash in. same goes for simic - apparently he's close to serie b.

with our new found wealth i highly doubt either of these two will ever become milan material so best cash in now.

as for monty - he absolutely has to leave in my opinion. he's a terrible leader and is part of the reason the team underperformed the last few seasons. nobody respected him as a player or captain and he wasn't able to motivate the team properly. also, he's the poster boy of the darkest period in milan's recent history and given his recurring injuries we don't need his negative energies infiltrating our enthusiastic young squad.

for me he absolutely must be purged just like the forever sulking 2yo des. i also have a slight fear that montella will start favouring him over locatelli as first choice backup in midfield.

(08-15-2017, 07:48 PM)AC_Troy Wrote: I think it's funny that we bitch and moan that our attacking department is lacking after spending an insane amount of money.  I think had we not picked up Bonucci then we wouldn't be having this conversation right now, but management jumped on a great opportunity.  Be patient

(08-16-2017, 04:07 AM)xudong Wrote: As for the striker(s), I must say that I will fully trust our management. They have really done everything (I mean everything!) so brilliantly this summer, and I can't allow myself to question them. Whether or not they will bring in a big name, whoever they bring in, I will support them. If they brought in another Borini, I would support their decisions as well.

I really don't mind Cutrone staying and getting some serious minutes.

(08-16-2017, 04:23 PM)donlocatelli Wrote: it's a terrible deal no matter how you look at it. for 25m we could've signed a youngster with wc potential like schick or dolberg. schick's serie a proven so there's no excuse. tbh we'd probably have been better off keeping bacca. although bacca didn't "fit" montella's system, he had virtually identical stats to kalinic last season 13 league goals + 5 assists in 2,128 mins vs. 15 goals + 2 assists in 2,520 mins for kalinic. i'd also argue that kalinic was playing with better teammates like chiesa, illicic, valero, bernadeschi, saponara, tello so had more chances of scoring.