posted Jun 7, 2008

if you were getting 4 million + a year wouldnt you be tempted to play on?

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posted Jun 7, 2008

Maldini's still a top class defender, and probably the best ever in his position. Paolo can still handle himself and I would be very surprised to see him torn apart. His reading of the game and timing of tackles is second to none. His is a great professional and an inspiration, and this is coming from an Inter fan!

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posted Jun 7, 2008

call me crazy, but i think anchelottis reluctance to rebuild that squad could mean ac milan sliding down the positions. maldini was a great defender, btu he gave away important goals last year, and in the championsl eague they got taken apart twice by arsenal and were lucky not to get royally hammered

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posted Jun 8, 2008

Uhaventaclue (U10951290), i totally agree with you i wouldnt mind get 4 miliion a year, but i don't think hed be anywhere near as good now. hes gonna be 41 next year hes too old and milan need to start building for the future agree with U8578980 as well

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posted Jun 9, 2008

Maldini has so much experience to offer his beloved Milan team that it would be beneficial to the youngsters to show them what they have to do to be a Milan player.

Maldini may not have the legs of 10 years ago, however, his tactical knowledge and know-how is still good enough to cover his lack of pace.

Maldini can still play in big tournaments and I remember against Arsenal, he still oozed class.

True Legend and I hope he can become Fifa's next president.

Take a bow Paolo my son!

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posted Jun 10, 2008

I couldn't be a bigger fan of Maldini, at his best he was imperious beyond mere mortal footballers and he has remained top class a good 4-5 years beyond average.

But he is at the end of the day a mere mortal, and he must face the same level of judgement as everyone else.

This season he looked slow to the point of being a complete liability, beaten on pace by literally everyone. I'm aware pace is not to be expected of a 40 year old, but he just looks unfit at times. His control on the ball isn't a fraction of what it was with him needing a visably longer amount of time to control and distrbute the ball. His passing has lost accuracy and his tackling has none of the panache it used to making him a severe penalty risk.

This decline has been sudden. 12 months ago I would marvel about him still looking so good at 39, but he has hit the age wall running this season and been found seriouly wanting.

I don't for a second doubt that he can still play professional football, but not in Serie A, never mind a club playing European football.

If he plays this season he will be cruxified by average players and ridiculed on the pitch by quality opposition. This extra season seems to smack of sentiment rather than sense, what is he trying to achieve?

I only hope this is a season to establish him as a coach whilst keeping him registered as a player purely on the offchance there's some injury crisis or they want to rest top players in meaningless cup and uefa group games.

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posted Oct 26, 2008

maldini is an inspiration to ac milan when he plays and him playing for another season makes the fans and the dressing room much happier so why not.
he is defiantly not playing for the money and it isn't unfair on other players as he does not play ever game even when he is fit, during the 05-06 season he spent most of the time as a substitute as serginho and kaladze had the majority season taking his place in the starting line up.

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