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He definitely improved by 2007 after his injury. But post-WC, I have seen few players that bad last year -- even Boumsong looked pretty decent by comparison (at least his spurts of insanity were restricted to 10-minute lapses per match).

Porto should have been dancing all the way to the bank after they collected on massive transfer fees for Deco (Barca), Carvalho (Chelsea), and Ferreira (Chelsea). But what did they do with all that cash? Play like chumps the following season and eventually hand over the league title to...

While anyone would deserve a prize of some kind for that, Rooney was mostly responsible for that one -- running wobbly-legged and ultimately getting his foot stamped on in a footrace by who I do think was Andrade.

Oh man -- Juve has always taken great midfielders and turned them into crappy DMs. It's a sickness this team has. One solid first DM would be plenty, IMO. I don't want to be fielding another Emerson-Vieira combo again. :sick:

:lol2: As I mentioned above, the guy got his leg snapped in half on the pitch a year ago, so that makes him "injury prone" I suppose.

Take it from carlos earlier in this thread: I think that's a fair assessment.

Though if it wasn't clear enough to you guys, Milito's agent was yanking our chains big time.

:disagree: It's comments like these that really make me sad to be a juventino sometimes. The people who seem to think that you always have to sign the Messis or the Ronaldinhos to actually win something in this league. What's sad about it? It makes us out to be Inter, that's what's sad about...

Are you new at this? Flops of the year don't come from the likes of Andrade. They come from blatantly obvious, high-profile name signings of players with endorsement contracts and shoe-horn fits... like Vieira. That's how you create a flop in this sport.

Having your leg snapped in half on the pitch will do that. I haven't seen it affect his play since he's come back over the spring, however. He's been solid and commanding from the back in the team play I've seen since then, which is good. He's also a stand-up guy, which you want in terms of a...

This is a great move. Top quality CB with real leadership capabilities. This is a very shrewd acquisition. And it doesn't hurt for making me look like less of a complete nutcase for supporting both Juve and the Selecção das Quinas. :D