Pato

[fLame]

interesting read:

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editori...htmare-why-

Yes, very good article. I don't agree with them on a couple of things though.
They say that Pato will build up muscle, lose pace and become a target man of sort.

While players like Robinho and Messi haven't changed that much after growing up phase, that includes their speed and physical characteristics.

[Kastriot]

interesting read:

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editori...htmare-why-

Yes, very good article. I don't agree with them on a couple of things though.
They say that Pato will build up muscle, lose pace and become a target man of sort.

While players like Robinho and Messi haven't changed that much after growing up phase, that includes their speed and physical characteristics.

Its the same what happened to Sheva(it has to be a strategy of some kind of our medical team). Sheva when came 22 years of age was normal build player, very skilfull player, who was cutting form the left and taking on defenders. With time he build up on muscular mass, become slower but he was very complete player and he used it to his advantage playing like a Striker(not a target man). The same is not happening to Pato because of his limitation on time and space due to Ibra (rightfully though).

[Gabriel426]

I don't think it is right to compare Sheva and Pato since Pato came as a boy while Sheva was a man. Sheva no doubt became more of a complete player but he still got great speed. It just so happened that when he got bigger, the team play for Milan changed from counter attack to possession game.
Pato on the other hand is growing up, but I doubt it is his training regime that causing him injuries rather it has more to do with rushing him back.

[ACMILAN1983]

But we rarely rush Pato back, especially this season.

If in Galliani or Allegri's position, I would be very interested in his lifestyle. We know how much it can affect a person's physique, and it wouldn't hurt to see how Pato lives. For example, something as simple as stretching for a decent amount of time when waking up in the morning is surely nothing but beneficial to him avoiding muscle (it won't magically make them disappear, but it would help him avoid it).

[GeoTav]

Pato is a difficult and endless debate ... The guy could play tonight and score three goals, we would all think that he is back, and then he would stop scoring for 1 month before getting another injury. I don't understand his physical problems, I don't understand his mental issues (why does he play so bad sometimes whereas he has a lot of talent ?), I don't understand anything.

All I know is that Ancelotti and the club probably gave him too much responsability too early and it was a big mistake ... He's 22 or 23 now, he's still a young player, but when you look at him on a pitch, I don't see any pleasure to play football anymore !! Maybe the boy needs some free time off the pitch, I mean, not time when he is injured (you don't rest, you work to come back when you're injured), but time when he is fit, when his mind is free, and maybe, I say maybe, he would come back stronger than he left ...

[Gabriel426]

Personally I think Pato is becoming more Michael Owen than Ronaldo99.

[ElMago99]

But we rarely rush Pato back, especially this season.

If in Galliani or Allegri's position, I would be very interested in his lifestyle. We know how much it can affect a person's physique, and it wouldn't hurt to see how Pato lives. For example, something as simple as stretching for a decent amount of time when waking up in the morning is surely nothing but beneficial to him avoiding muscle (it won't magically make them disappear, but it would help him avoid it).

I had a brief spell as a Professional Athlete and now I'm a Professional Coach. The Player is trained properly in most cases, and there is a trainer to stretch them, massage them, etc. I saw the stuff MilanLab was doing in Dubai and I didn't think anything was that difficult. They do very basic (old fashioned) exercises, especially with Abs. I watched Milan Channel for 2 hours seeing what they do and nothing impressed me as modern & up to date training.

They should consider Yoga for Pato to keep his muscles flexible, yet strong and well balanced. For me, if you start a game and pull your muscle consistently when running, something is majorly wrong.

[xudong]

Sadly, the way that Pato was subbed off today, pretty much sealed his career with Milan. I am feeling sad that Allegri has not (or maybe he refused to try) found a way to utilize Pato's potential to benefit Milan.

I am not blaming Pato or Allegri. Neither is all guilty; neither is all innocent either. I am just sad that it looks quite official to me now that the love story between Pato and Milan is over now, barring any miracle.

[reza]

It surely hasn't worked very well.

We can go back to the same old story...if the team had some intention of selling him his supposed refusal is not helping the team either. It is good to be pro-Pato and against selling stars but sometimes may be the right time to go exists too.

I don't want to open up another 10 pages of fighting over Pato, please don't . What I typed above is out of being realistic and may be even opportunistic.

[Nalx]

Allegri's words on Pato's substitution:
"Pato was not 100 per cent fit, as he had a muscular twinge during the first half, so rather than risk I preferred to replace him.

I knew he had it coming when he jumped over the ad board when the team lined up. "Easy there, buddy" said I to myself. It's ridiculous how easily he gets injured