Summer Mercato 2011

[ZvonimirBoban]

Maybe because it is a Milan forum and I'm so pissed off to read comments on how we can't survive against one particular team? Many of your arguments above are debatable but I actually think it's just a matter personal preference... but yes, I won't hold it and I would try to give all of you a little bit about my personal preference, no matter if this is a wrong room or not. No personal attack intended.

Why do I get the sense that sour-apple feeling towards Barca in some of you here? Sure their debt is colossal, but most of the clubs were run in red too. Sure they spend 100 M every year, like Alexis and Fabregas this year, but what kind of elephant blocking your sight to see that for years the majority of the spine of the team came from their youth academy? What are those compare to Valdes, Puyol, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Messi? Looks like a simple math to me.

Do you read my comments above about how they got Fabregas? May I add that in my eyes, their way is purely disgusting.

And what is wrong with being fanboy who just started to support the team the last year or two? Anybody here declared himself a Milanista in 1996? Heck, I became a fan during the heyday of late 80s. Did that make me less a fan? Who do you think you are to judge other people's affection to their clubs?

Back then Berlu was just as greedy as Barca, buying all sorts of big names, sometimes just for the sake of buying. And it helped us dominating that era. If it's such a gross thing to you, why didn't I read your complaint about that?

I actually start to support Milan when we're 10th in Serie A. In late 90s. Of course I cannot brag about how great our team were back then. And now I feel free to brag anything about the history of a team I supported since I was a child. But I'm not expecting a NEW fan of Barca came on forums or articles and commented about Milan "Hey we're kings of the world football and your team are nothing" added with "Serie A is crap, La Liga is the best cause Barca are there" or "Who are you Milan fans talking about beating mighty Barca" or "your old team would never stand a chance, we are the best in the world". Even Maldini's amount of CL trophies are more than number of year they start supported their mighty team. I'm not saying they won't be true fans, I actually DON'T KNOW if NOW they are true fans or not, but one thing I know, their attitude is disgusting.

Every era has their own benchmark team and their own way of running the team. We had had our moment and now it's Barca's. I mean forget about the debt, forget about politics, forget about our own ambition to be number one in Europe again, forget about any vested interests, in short, FORGET ABOUT EVERY SINGLE THING BUT THE BEAUTIFUL GAME ITSELF. If you're honest to yourself, I believe you can't help but liking the way they play football.

Why should I? For me football is philosophy. But for on-field comment, I never liked the system with all midfield they played. I'm a fan of solid DMs (like Gattuso) and solid back-four, so yes I can't say I hated their way of playing, but I also won't say I like them. It's personal preference, you can't say I should like them or not. Just like I said above, it's mainly personal.