@Melo: That's the thing...with Milan, if Ibra gets hurt they still have Pato, Robinho, and Cassano to carry the burden. If Matri gets hurt we have a 36 yr old DP, an always injured Toni/IQ and a retarded Amauri...we would be screwed. And who knows if Quag will be the same after that injury. We really fucked up by not getting Cassano. Man that was fucking STUPID...there was our DP placement for the next 5 years and this summer we could have spent our bank on Benzema or another WC striker...hell, Cassano-Matri would be

. We really screwed ourselves letting trez go...Imagine Cassano-Trez this year.
@Ken: IMO if DC isn't our guy this year then we need to just bite the bullet and spend the money to bring Cissokho. If not, then sure Ziegler would be good, an upgrade to DC but not WC. Either we save and spend the money on the right LB when another comes available or suck it up and spend on Cissokho/Coentrao.
It isn't going to do us any good to every year slightly upgrade each player...that shit isn't going to do us any good and eventually the money lost through the years of doing that will be astronomical. IMO this summer we really need to blow our bank account to guarantee a top 3 to get us back in CL. Every year we miss out, the teams in front of us will reap the financial benefits of CL and only improve their squads more and more while we just "slightly upgrade".
It's time to go balls out gung-ho pre FM09 style...Either we do it now or it will take a miracle to get us back to where we want to be.
All top 3 teams, well actually this year for the last time the top 4 teams will have a minimum of 25m from CL to upgrade and improve their squads while we put all of our eggs into Pirlo's, Matri's, Bastos's, and Quag's baskets.
Don't even get me started on Motta and Amauri.