Alexandre Pato

[mccg 1,528]

Pato pronounced like gateau. Is his nickname given to him from the city of his birth in the south of Brazil, Pato Branco, which directly translates as 'white duck'. Who would have thought?

[robsblubot 3,529]

5 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I think I'm the exact opposite to you.

Having watched a fair bit of Pato at Milan I formed the opinion that he was another in the long line of talented players who flatter to deceive. They look good, but they deliver little. In other words, I never expected much from him. Now he's a Chelsea player however, I find myself hoping that he really is as good as his attributes make it seem he might be. In a nutshell, my opinion is low, but my hopes are high.

Perhaps you noticed his low work rate...

consider this though:

if you saw him before the injuries, you saw him at 18... (Milan signed him at 17). If you saw him later, then you saw him after some injuries already...

he never really left the "potential" zone. His development was cut short by the numerous injuries he suffered.

 

[Special Juan 27,439]

Apparently selected in the CL squad with Falcao dropped.

[mccg 1,528]

7 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Apparently selected in the CL squad with Falcao dropped.

Maybe Falcao is offski to China then?

[MefiX19 1,092]

34 minutes ago, mccg said:

Maybe Falcao is offski to China then?

hopefully

[Blue Armour 4,311]

This signing looks more and more useless, unbelievably....He hasn't played since November, and will probably take at least another 3-4 weeks to return to full match fitness only to play a few months of his loan period...

[Blue Armour 4,311]

On 2/2/2016 at 11:15 AM, xPetrCechx said:

Guus Hiddink says Alexandre Pato is available, but mentally and physically he might still need time to prepare.

 

See? Useless...more than halfway through the season, and we need to bring him back to full fitness to get anything out of this signing

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

2 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

This signing looks more and more useless, unbelievably....He hasn't played since November, and will probably take at least another 3-4 weeks to return to full match fitness only to play a few months of his loan period...

 

Maybe that would be the months we finally get more than one league win.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

8 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

 

See? Useless...more than halfway through the season, and we need to bring him back to full fitness to get anything out of this signing

Yeah but at least he's not nursing an injury or anything like that. Shouldn't take long.. Not that I think it'll make any difference but hey a nice surprise would do

[Jase 43,479]

 

At this rate, we'll be lucky if he even plays for us!

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[Pizy 18,415]

26 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

At this rate, we'll be lucky if he even plays for us!

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And you know that when he is finally fit to play he won't be starting straight away.

Over or under under 5 starts for Chelsea? That's a hard call.

[Special Juan 27,439]

Ya couldn't make this shit up.

[King11Didier 916]

Pathetic.

[Pizy 18,415]

Like, why the fuck would we sign someone who isn't even close to fitness? Our board is mindbogglingly stupid. Unreal.

Doesn't bode well for the summer.

[Fernando 6,484]

Yeah we are going the way of Liverpool now.

Last season was a title we won for a very long time.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

It's a long term signing - it's not like we don't have any options where he plays!!!!

 

stop overreacting.

[Costa19 858]

46 minutes ago, CurlyHairLikeLuiz said:

It's a long term signing - it's not like we don't have any options where he plays!!!!

 

stop overreacting.

Thats the reason we didnt buy him right? Long term signing..

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

We truly are a Charity case. 

Might as well bring Ronaldhino from Brazil while we're at it too.