Sorry Fred, I cant quite agree with your statement that Gila is one season wonder. Here is Gila's statistic last couple of years
2006-07 Milan ITA A 30 12
2005-06 Milan ITA A 34 17
2004-05 Parma ITA A 38 23
2003-04 Parma ITA A 34 23
2002-03 Parma ITA A 24 4
Now compare that with Iaquinta's
2006-07 Udinese ITA A 30 14
2005-06 Udinese ITA A 24 9
2004-05 Udinese ITA A 31 13
2003-04 Udinese ITA A 29 11
2002-03 Udinese ITA A 26 7
You know out of 5 seasons, Iaquinta has only outscored Gila once in last four years. In 2002-03 Gila virtually got no minutes since he was behind Adriano and Mutu in the pecking order, and those two were as good young partnership as I can remember. So I would be interested to see their minutes adjusted strike ration, which I suspect Gila would come out higher. And out of only comparable statistic, last year, we are talking about Gila having absolute stinker of season. People are talking as if he is complete shit these days, and he still managed to score 12 goals out of 30 matches, a respectable figure for most Serie A striker. When guys like Roberto Muzzi (Who was very good striker in his days) bang in 16goals, people claim its their career year, and every team should buy him. Well, Gila scores nearly that amount in his disastrous year, so yes, he is quality all way around.
As far as I am concerned Gila is Serie A's most lethal marksmen when he is on form. Saying Iaquinta is better than Gila is like saying Anelka is better Trezeguet, because he can do many other things Trez can't. Those goal scoring record is just mad, and the lad is going through a process every player experiences, yes, even great Zinedine Zidane had to go through, that is slump. He will get out of there for sure as long as he doesnt go Adriano and spend more time at the clubs than on the training pitch. I will take a bit of risk and say Gila will score something 16-18 goals this year, a figure Iaquinta won't even come close to matching.
Good comparison with Gila IMO is Pepi Signori. Signori is more talented of the two, but there is great parallel in that they both stink at European stage (Oh, Signori was notorious Euro choker with Lazio getting knocked out by likes of Lyon and Tenerife), and made marginal contribution at Group stage at WC, and no other contribution to speak of. Pitty for Gila, he cant blame his poor international record on playing out of position for the best player in the world, which Signori can with Baggio absolutely dominating every scene back then.
