What's wrong with duck flavoured lolipop? It doesn't matter. Strawberry, orange, lemon, chocolate, duck.....you still suck mate!

Well I'm not too keen a protector of Gila, but I was wagering he get one more season to prove himself.

This is where I respect a kid like Pazzini. Luca Toni left, which for the viola is as bad as Sheva leaving, and he's ready to step into his shoes. I mean he's made the mental leap of progression. When I see Gila, it's obvious he hasn't made that mindset change into accepting his role as a primary striker. IMO, Gila left us no choice but to buy R99 and Pato. So if Gila falls down the pecking order, it's his fault. And Carlo's shown a LOT of faith in Gila...a lot. Almost as much as Sheva has from Jose, maybe more. He has to raise his game level. I don't question his dedication or commitment, I just question his mental approach to the whole problem.

There's no I got a point to prove attitude in him. Just, I'll do what I've been doing all along, except I'll try harder at it.

I think Gila is picked on a bit because he's the only guy that isn't as 'Milan' as the rest. Pirlo was nothing short of useless until christmas last year, but we stuck by him. Same goes for the likes of Rino or Seedorf, if they were to have a bad spell, we'd leave it alone. I know Gila's been poor for a while, but he did get 17 league goals in his first season which is very good in my view, and made double figures again last year.

I'm willing to give Gila one more year. I think that last year was more atypical for him than it was for the rest of Milan. I don't know how much ever got translated into english, but there was a rather lurid scandal going on last year in Italy.

A photographer had managed to get pictures of footballers in very compromising situations (eg, Trezeguet out with a woman not his wife, Coco on a boat with a bunch of young men, Adriano partying harder than usual, and....Gila being very friendly with someone not his girlfriend.) The photographer then proceded to blackmail the footballers, with the threat that if he didn't get money, he'd publish the pictures. He finally got caught and there were a series of trials. It came out that Gila did pay the guy (as did Trezeguet, I think), and both had to testify. The guy was finally convicted.

This sort of thing cannot have helped his confidence or concentration.

So now he's got this year to redeem himself. I really hope he does, even if by January he'll be the team's #4 striker.

@Kurt ... Pirlo isn't useless ... Without Pirlo, Milan would face many problems On form or off form, Pirlo is the key to how Milan play today!

Gila, well, he has been here for 2 seasons, this season being his 3rd. As Milan fans, we are used to profilic goal scorers. And 17 goals a season isn't gonna cut it, well maybe for a mid table team that would be great. But for a team like Milan with the highest of targets, my faith is with Ronaldo and Pippo. Gila is just a bench player IMHO, compared to those two.

17 goals isn't bad at all in my view, I view George Weah as an all-time legend of football, his first three seasons with us I think he got 10, 11 and 13 goals. I know only 34 games were played back then, but he's record is still worse than Gila's!

Gila is never going to be a Pippo, Sheva or R9, that's for sure, but he's still very young. I just don't want Milan to do an 'Inter' and sell somebody with promise, who comes back to haunt us.

Gila is no George Weah !!

He will never be a Pippo, Sheva or R9 ... That is true. He isn't worth the time, IMO. Though Carlo shows faith in him, and I really trust Carlo's judgments so I used to give him the benefit of the doubt. But now it is personal ... I prefer him on the bench, just to complete the numbers; nothing more nothing less.

Loosing Gila ? I think that is a matter of time, depending on how Gila does this season ..

I personally am off the whole Gila band wagon, I'm not outwardly putting him down for his poor displays or calling for his head, but if he wants to gain the support of most of the fans than he has to work his @ss off this season.

I agree with you thougt that he will never reach the caliber of Sheva, but he still has it in him to get where Pippo is, he needs to be more cold blooded in front of goal though if he wants to achieve this, because as far as goal records go his is better then Pippo's ever has been over his carrier. He just doesn't know how to rise to the big occasions like Pippo does


Exactly asJack over here said

keep it up Eddie Murphy !

1:48:11

First official match at home this season. Must get the 3 points against a side like Viola, never easy.

C'mon you Rouzouneyree.

MILAN-FIORENTINA: LE FORMAZIONI UFFICIALI

03/09/2007

MILAN: Dida, Oddo, Nesta, Kaladze, Jankulovski; Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Kakà, Seedorf: Gilardino. All Ancelotti
FIORENTINA: Frey; Uijfalusi, Dainelli, Gamberini, Pasqual; Donadel, Liverani, Gobbi; Santana, Pazzini, Mutu. All Prandelli

Wow. It really is a full-strength lineup. I'd half expected /someone/ to be rested.

Forza ragazzi!

Yeah, I too expected to see players rested, but I guess they need these matches to get back their natural flow.

30 minutes to go

FORZA MILAN!!!

Let's get those 3 points

It's about to start!

San Siro is almost packed

FORZA MILAN!!!

WHAT A SAVE BY FREY!!!!!!

Gila almost scored with the header from short range

Almost Gila. Top save by Frey.

Good save by Frey. Gila almost had that one.

Almost Fiorentina now. Good header.

Pazzini close

PENALTY FOR US! Foul on Ambro.

PENALTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's 4 fouls by Gattuso on Mutu. I'm surprised he hasn't gotten a card yet.

KAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! 1-0!!!

1:0!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOALLLLLLLLLL!!

KAKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Super Kaka'!

How's Ambro doing then??

GREAT PENALTY

FORZA KAKA

Thank God it was a CLEAR penalty. and Kaka did better this time...

gattuso is asking for a card

Ambro hasn't fouled Mutu that much yet ...

FORZA AMBROSINI FOR GETTING THE PENTALTY

32' 1-0

did better? he scored on the rebound thats fine for me as well

Ohhhhh Kaka'!! Almost. Nice assist by Gilardino.

oooo Kaka

Nice lay off by Gila

Wow 3 penalties in 4 games. Works out nicely for ricky.

4 goals for ricky already, give him the ballon d'Or & world player of the year NOW.

Lets get 3 points ragazzi.

FORZA MILAN!

1-0!

Great skill from Seedorf.

Playing some nice one touch stuff today

i agree

What a save by Dida, offside

Better watch out

AHAHAHA. It was offside but Dida made 2 great saves.

What a stop by Dida!!

From the comments it feels like we got back on track eh? How good are we? Can we handle Shakhtar?

Very nice saves by Dida.

And I think the team is playin grelatively well. Seedorf is even running!

OHhhhhhh. Pirlo to Kaka'... to Seedorf, almost in. Great play.

OOOO Nice chance for Seedorf on the volley, great play between our midfield 10s