Diego "Il Principe" Milito

[Johnny Ludlow]

He have scored 15 or more goals last 5 seasons, for example 23 in Spain 06-07 and last season 24 in Genoa - in only 29 games. These stats are very convincing. It's irrelevant how people feel about players like Inzaghi for example. He used to be one of the best poachers in the world, just like Diego Milito is at the moment, in my view.

You seem to disagree with me, but still didn't provide the list, which I do understand since it is so hard. Inzaghi, van Nistelrooy, Crespo, Trezeguet and other pure goalscorer type players are getting old or are hampered by injuries. When it comes to younger or fitter ones, I prefer Milito to players like Anelka, Gilardino or Huntelaar. It's debatable, but I hope I'm entitled to my opinion here. It's not that I threw some dumb praise without thinking it through first. It's not how I roll.

Saying he missed some chances in Zaragoza is kind of lame, scoring goals has all to do with confidence as you probably know. All players go through difficult phases. Diego Milito is peaking right now and is full of confidence.

I don't really understand what you are saying. First you say his ability is not to be a great poacher but rather a box striker. They are more or less synonymous. It really seems you bash me without really grasping what I'm trying to say here.

You have no way knowing how many games I have seen him play and vice versa, so let's not go in there.

 

[NimAraya]

Ok Johnny. I know whatever I say u will never stand back of ur words. Ok then stand on them! And thx for giving the stats.I knew them all already!

Just to tell you all great box strikers miss many chances too in the matches. But they are known as proachers because they are simply called Box Strikers, like the name you mentioned. They are called among best proachers because the percent of their socring is much much mroe than their missings. Milito is not an exception among them. he's not like some people here claim that he score all the chances, blah blah blah! He is Milito, no more, no less. And if he was among the best in the world he could already proved it by at least spending even alittle time at a big club. But fortunately or unfortunately Inter is his first huge experience at the age of 30.

 

[bollockologist]

And if he was among the best in the world he could already proved it by at least spending even alittle time at a big club. But fortunately or unfortunately Inter is his first huge experience at the age of 30.

Luca Toni also did not spend any time at a big club (unless you consider Fiorentina one), but is (orsome would say "was") a very good striker.

Lets wait for Milito, he has good credentials.

 

[NimAraya]

Luca Toni also did not spend any time at a big club (unless you consider Fiorentina one), but is (orsome would say "was") a very good striker.

Lets wait for Milito, he has good credentials.

I know. Actually Luca Toni is the one of the rare cases that can be compared to Milito. But still Toni was playing at Fiorentina and Fiorentina is much bigger team than Genoa. Genoa was beyond the expectations this season.

Anyway hope Milito deliver himself good.

 

[Johnny Ludlow]

Ok, let's stop it here. I just want to point out again, that it's not relevant to say that he is not what I claimed him to be because he have not played in a big club before. For several reasons.

Strictly speaking, in which club you play or have played has nothing to do with how good player you are. Secondly, even if in which club one has played would be a direct indicator of ones quality, some players build on their confidence, movement or mental strength even during surprisingly late phase of their career. In such case, they might have not been good enough before, but are now. Especially pure poachers are often relatively late bloomers.

Thirdly, there are reasons you might or might not be aware of, why he haven't played in a big club before, which have nothing to do with his quality. He joined Zaragoza from Genoa to play with his brother. When he left Zaragoza, many top european teams were after him, but he wanted to go back to Genoa, team that first brought him to Europe - and which he loves.

 

[Luka]

I know. Actually Luca Toni is the one of the rare cases that can be compared to Milito. But still Toni was playing at Fiorentina and Fiorentina is much bigger team than Genoa. Genoa was beyond the expectations this season.

I think Fiorentina back then and Genoa today stand very close to eachother. Fiorentina was close to 4th spot, and Genoa this year was also very close to 4th spot. Seems close to me. Both with quality and with their pottential.

 

[bollockologist]

We will be very lucky if Milito walks on a similar path to Luca Toni. Both were transferred at the age of 30 to a big club, having spent no time at a championship-chasing club before.

Lets be optimistic about this.

 

[NimAraya]

I think Fiorentina back then and Genoa today stand very close to eachother. Fiorentina was close to 4th spot, and Genoa this year was also very close to 4th spot. Seems close to me. Both with quality and with their pottential.

Fiorentina was always among the top Italiain teams in this decade while Genoa was in Serie B. Just because of one good season you can't put Genoa among top Italian teams, or you can put Chievo among them too because of one good season they had! Fiorentina had some great players like Gabriel Batistuta, Rui Costa, Toldo, Abel Balbo, Chiesa...and still have great players!

 

[chalon]

I am not a big fun of the Milito style kind of player. We have Ballotelli and Ibra, and now probably Arnautovic who are really good with the ball and can play further away from the goal if needed. With Crespo and Cruz (because of age and performance) leaving, we needed a Striker like them, a box striker, and Milito proved that Serie A fits him well. He is 30, but I think in his case 30 means he has a lot of experience in terms of movement, and goal scoring. In my opinion he is at his peak, which is exactly what we need, for a few years he can do extremely well and let's not forget he knows what it is to make big clubs look bad (he scored 3 agaisnt Madrid while playing with Zaragoza). He's probably going to be a regular, not necessarily from the start every game but I can say that I think he's a very good signing.

 

[Luka]

Fiorentina was always among the top Italiain teams in this decade while Genoa was in Serie B.

And I think Fiorentina was in Serie C2 not so long ago.

Is it a competition ?

Fiorentina was a top italian team, but they went bankrupt, and they kinda got relegated not only from Serie A, but also from the level of "top italian team".

 

[NimAraya]

And I think Fiorentina was in Serie C2 not so long ago.

Is it a competition ?

Fiorentina was a top italian team, but they went bankrupt, and they kinda got relegated not only from Serie A, but also from the level of "top italian team".

Good u at least admitted they were relegated because of bankrupt.

 

[Bes]

well he scored so much gols with zaragoza and genoa, who are much smaller clubs with much worse player than inter have, so with the players we have, milito would be scoring too. plus he got his great partner, motta.

 

[La Bling]

Welcome.

It looks as if we are building up our striker strength again. Went from Adriano, Crespo, Cruz, Suazo, Ibra, etc. to this. Nice.

 

[Forza ragazzi]

Ludlow pointed out something I hadn't thought about, we have actually bought a player that is at his peak.

 

[Stefan]

I don't know the price, so I can't comment that part of the deal. When it comes to the deal itself, I can only say that I share our managements thoughts about Acquafresca. He is going to be a good Serie A player, no doubt, but probably not a starting striker for a team like Inter. People often get too upset when we offload young players. Not many of them would ever make it here, that's the sad truth. Sometimes a player team sells will flourish elsewhere, it happens. It can't be a reason to hold on to all of them.

Excellent post Johnny. Agree totally. If acqua wasn't part of this deal most would be happy. I am also not convinced about him and would prefer to keep 50% but I don't think he will become a wc player and we will be kicking ourselves for it. He will be a good serie a player but not top class imho.

 

[A.l.i]

Excellent post Johnny. Agree totally. If acqua wasn't part of this deal most would be happy. I am also not convinced about him and would prefer to keep 50% but I don't think he will become a wc player and we will be kicking ourselves for it. He will be a good serie a player but not top class imho.

Time will tell Stefan. I hope you eat your words.

 

[vitomins]

As I said before...why would you hope he eats his words? Wouldn't you be happier if he didn't turn out good and we made a great decision???

If you are going to support a club and wish success for them, then you should also wish success for our management...

 

[Luka]

Maybe they think we will let go of all our youngsters which is ofcourse not true.

Our management apparently decided that it is better to count on the others that we are not giving away.

If Jose will keep his words, we will see this year 6 youngsters under 20 from our youth ranks. I don't understand how people can still be bitchin about it so much.

 

[A.l.i]

As I said before...why would you hope he eats his words? Wouldn't you be happier if he didn't turn out good and we made a great decision???

If you are going to support a club and wish success for them, then you should also wish success for our management...

If your management is clueless and retardic, even then I will want to wish success on each and every act of theirs? You've seen the whole forum bark on us for signing old and worse players.... still you'll not criticize the board?

 

[vitomins]

Other than Cafe, I haven't seen anyone but yourself wishing bad luck on our team or actually hoping that our decisions are wrong...