Cronios, are you blinded that much by the price tag? Ziegler is a really good acquisition, especially for free. That leaves a weak position covered by a good player and frees up funds for other areas that need cover. LOL at calling Pirlo and Inler mediocre, you are so unrealistic it's hilarious, you want 4 superstars this transfer season? Click here and all your dreams will come true: URL="http://www.mcfc.co.uk/"]http://www.mcfc.co.uk/[/URL]
Ziegler for free is indeed a good deal, so as Grossoforfree and Traore for free were.
and its really likely that Ziegler for free will be the best deal comparing to all the other deals, we made.
BUT, what even if Ziegler will be proved better than Molinaro, Grosso and Traore, he is still miles bellow Inler in my books.
The LB is a chronic issue that gives us a headache since serie B, since then we chose not to buy decent LBs and we instead bought expensive CMs for depth, Almiron and Marchisio, when we had Zanetti (last Moggi deal) Marchisio and Nocerino, then Diego and Melo, when we had Tiago, Marchisio, Zanetti, Almiron, Sissoko, nocerino and Giovinco.
Then Aquilani, when we had Melo, Marchisio and Sissoko. And now Inler when we have Marchisio, Melo, Pirlo and Sissoko.Can we live without Inler??
Is Marchisio, Melo, Pirlo and Sissoko really that bad, that we should give priority at buying Inler instead of an Inler quality LB?
Are Traore, Grosso and DC close to the Marchisio, Melo and Pirlo level?
Why are why buying such a limited LB? Because we dont wantto spend money, Ziegler is good for free, but not as good as we could have bought if he was our priority,
not as good as should have been and would have been if he would be worthy of Inler's money!
Ziegler for free and Inler for 10-15 mil are good transfers, but not for us, imo we have other priorities and those are compromised because we dont set our priorities right.
If we had a starter of Inler's quality as LB, then Ziegler foe free would be a great transfer!
If we were not having other issues in our first eleven (like the vacant LM, LB and RB starter positions) then Inler's transfer would be a great transfer as well.
and Pirlo is mediocre, there is a reason why Milan who can afford to have dinos for the prestige and only are selling him now.
Pirlo was never a very good athlete, but he had a great vision and brilliant pass, however the lack of pace and strength, which diminish over time, were always his weakness, even when he was younger. This is the reason, they kept the older Seedorf and Gattuso and not Pirlo. They know better than us if Pirlo is in Melo's shape or in Tiago's.
We are clueless, as we have always been, but we had a good hint, the appearances of Pirlo in the last season, there were so low, that even a fit player would have lost his form.
Milan had a great defense and great bulldog DMs, we are about to sell Sissoko and prolly Melo too, while having one of the worst defenses in serie A, def the worst of a team of our name. We have a coach who is very limited, as to how optimize the team around a tool like Pirlo.
Maybe Pirlo will last a season, of serie A only football, but he wont be a starter coming next year (unless we keep downgrading and wont have real alternatives)
At any case, either because of his inability to increase his workrate at full capacity, at this age and after a season on the bench (like the younger Tiago) or because of our defensive lapses and technical limitations, we wont be able to use Pirlo optimally.