Thanks adoooo! Burn Pippo Burn!!

I need to see a Milan game or else I'm going to explode. It's like a drug to me

really? so basically he is lacking the physical presence to make an impact this year, hmmm..., how small is he really? like who does he compare to in size?

No, it's not that he is small or something. He's 1.85 m, pretty tall. What I meant is that he should be more stable and balanced when defending the ball. You know, he seems a bit like Inzaghi when's controlling it. Well, at least that was my first impression. Hope I'm wrong.

Yes that's what I thought too, but let's not forget that he is a 19 year old kid, and he is tall, but I noticed that he can defend the ball pretty well when he has it not to mention that he also fights for it. I think he did very well last night, I was very impressed by what he did, he seemed to be involved in every play last night, not to mention his pin point passing, I think only one of his passes wheren't succesful.

based on what you guys said, it looks like gourcuff is going to be a gem in the years to come, cant wait!

So anybody know what's Gourcuff's nickname?? Or are we allowed to do the honours?? I think I called him Zidaninho in an earlier post

I know he's a midfielder but what kind of style does he play? ...

1. Fast and can beat defenders like Kaka'
2. Skillful and lots of tricks like Ronaldinho
3. Great composure and long balls like Pirlo
4. Rhino (Gattuso)
or 5. no specific style (Seedorf) ....

can anyone tell me?

1. I don't think he is fast (couldn't tell because the pitch they where playing in wasn't that big and there didn't seem to be any space for a lot of running with the ball not to mention that it was flodded with water in some areas and there wasa lot of heavy rain in the first half) but he can beat defenders like Kaka does, I opened a new thread for him in the players section and there are a few videos that can show you what I mean he does have a bit of Kaka in him.

2. I didn't see him do any tricks, I don't think he could have done a lot considering all the rain and water on the pitch but I don't think he's the Ronnie type of player

3. His passes amazed me really, they where all very precice (only one didn't make it to where it was supposed to go in a whole game). Agian in the thread I made about him I put up the footage of this games first goal and you could see his Pirlo type pass that went to Seedorf before he made his assist. I think he has a bit of Pirlo and Kaka in him.

4. He's definatley no a Rino style of player but I did see him steele the ball a few times, kind of like what Pirlo does also, he steeles the ball without having to make a big deal about it.

5. As for the "Seedorf" style, I don't know but he did play amazingly with Seedorf they seemed to have a very good understanding with eachother.

All in all, he's a very good player and I feel like we have something special on our hands

I hope we do

Yep, I've got to agree on that. They played amazingly together, like they knew each other since a couple of years.

Yep did you see those 1 2's they did with each other on the beginning of the match, simply amazing

Yeah. I can't wait to watch Gourcuff again in action on wednesday. San Siro is no Lecco, so there will be no pitch-problems and he will show the best of himself.

Me too, I hope that Carlo gives him the whole game to play, I also would like to see more of Foggia, I think that Carlo will definately use him on wednesday but only as a sub which is a shame because he is one of the most gifted players that have come up from the recent crop of Italian youth players

Sounds like a new star is being born

Fact that Kaka came to us at a similar age and rocked the world of football, has given me faith in Milan's ability to pick the best of the best