

Articles tagged with "oddities"
Season Preview: Mids and Attack
By Gianfranco | August 25th, 2008Saying Milan has an embarrassment of talent in the midfield is a bit of overstatement. Sure when you look at the players you see ...
Season Preview: Shot Stoppers and Shot Blockers
By Gianfranco | August 23rd, 2008Your regularly scheduled Milan Legends post will not be seen today because, quite frankly we are to close to the season and we have some ...
It is Time We Start to Believe In...
By Gianfranco | July 23rd, 2008Abbiati! Alessio, there is no need to thank us!
The Sacchi Legacy
By Gianfranco | July 5th, 2008The summer gives us a chance to do things that during the regular season are impossible because of the constant musings and buzz surrounding the ...
Thursday Milan Musings, EPL vs. Serie A
By Gianfranco | July 3rd, 2008I wasn’t going to post today but after reading all the EPL vs. Seria A comments so masterfully argued I wanted to hop in with ...
With Captain Canna out...
By Gianfranco | June 2nd, 2008the Azzuri need a hero. Sign the petitition to get Nesta back on the national team. While we are at maybe they need two heroes...
Tons of Action
By Gianfranco | May 31st, 2008Pretty crazy twenty-four hours on the transfer market and I want to try and recap a bit of it and speculate a bunch more. *Borriello has ...
Auguri Bonera!!
By Gianfranco | May 31st, 2008Buon Compleano Daniele!! We may give him a hard time and he may give us fits with his poor tackles, but he is an ...
State of Affairs: Carletto
By Gianfranco | May 30th, 2008I am going to take a state of affairs for each position at Milan and then hopefully onto a state affairs for Serie A and ...
State of Affairs: Midfield
By Gianfranco | May 28th, 2008I am going to take a state of affairs for each position at Milan and then hopefully onto a state affairs for Serie A and ...
Thursday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | April 10th, 2008There was a time when this fixture on the Serie A calendar was as good a game as it gets. Both teams fought tooth ...
Thursday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | April 3rd, 2008Just because our team is not in the Champions League anymore doesn’t mean we can’t discuss the tournament in addition to our usual Milan Musings. Roma ...
Tuesday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | March 25th, 2008This is probably the only time I will say this in my 25 years of life, cheers to Inter. Why would I say such ...
Milan Meet & Greet
By Gianfranco | February 26th, 2008Disclaimer: I tried to keep this meet & greet as close to Milan related as possible, but feel free to share more info or ask ...
Coppa Crash and Burn
By Gianfranco | January 17th, 2008Yesterday’s game was a prime example that not everything is a peachy as we would like to think. I believe there is no excuse ...
Wednesday Milan Musings; Weah Time
By Gianfranco | January 16th, 2008I am planning a full post devoted to the second best African footballer of all time, behind only a one Didier Drogba. I thought ...
I'm Really Upset
By Gianfranco | January 9th, 2008Well I did my best to refrain on commenting on the entire Pato situation assuming that if I just did not talk about it would ...
Pippo Balls and Stones?
By Gianfranco | January 6th, 2008Well Channel 4 is reporting Pippo may have kidney stones. Because it is Channel 4 I am not all that nervouse, it keep be Pippo's ...
Friday Milan Musings, Transfer Window B-Listers
By Gianfranco | January 4th, 2008Every transfer window will have its big name rumors like the Sheva’s, Drogba’s, Lucarelli’s and any other Brazilians who have fallen out of favor at ...
Saturday Afternoon Hangover
By Gianfranco | December 22nd, 2007Well it’s that time of year again, the Derby della Madonnina. This year the Derby has extra special meaning even though Mancini claims that ...
The Weirdest Thing...
By Gianfranco | December 11th, 2007So the other night I woke up in a hot sweat after having the strangest dream ever. Let me first prerequisite this with a ...
Wednesday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | November 14th, 2007I have just about made peace with this weekend’s catastrophe. After absorbing a ton of great articles here at the Offside and elsewhere I ...
Tuesday Milan Musings, I want a Cut
By Gianfranco | November 6th, 2007If you all took my gambling advice and bet on Milan I would like to take a 2-5% cut on all earnings, hey its the ...
Tuesday Milan Musings, Coco Calls Milan
By Gianfranco | October 30th, 2007Former Milan golden boy, Francesco Coco, would like to return to football, and more importantly to Milan. Talking about a player like Coco, is ...
GUILTY
By Gianfranco | October 11th, 2007In the biggest case since OJ, Nelson Dida has been found guilty by UEFA for what is being called unsportsmanlike conduct. UEFA has handed ...
Wednesday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | October 10th, 2007I want to share a quote from former Livorno hitman, Lucarelli. He likes Milan and wants to play there but had this to say, “I’m ...
Thursday Milan Musing, Fire Carlo?
By Gianfranco | October 4th, 2007No, I do not think Carlo should be fired. Firing Carlo, and hiring someone like Jose Mourinho would be like hiring a world class ...
5 Reasons Kaka should be transferred
By Gianfranco | September 25th, 20071. Money: The amount cash that Real Madrid is presumably willing to spend could easily be invested in a myriad of other needs at the ...
World's Top 100 Players, Milan Dominates
By Gianfranco | September 16th, 2007Head over to Ed at the Liverpool blog to see the list of the World's best from 4-4-2 magazine. Kaka has been given the top ...
Condolences to Sevilla, UEFA Super Cup may be Postponed
By Gianfranco | August 28th, 2007Due to the death of Sevilla player Puerta, the game to decide the Super Cup between Milan and Sevilla may be postponed. I will ...





