Big difference between creativity and technical ability. In his 2 years at milan i haven't seen any REAL creativity. By that I mean he really doesn't have vision to look for teammates. He is a striker looking to score, not saying its a bad thing... or that he can't pass (he can) but it seems to me leo is convinced he can be that creative forward. He is not kaka, he is not messi...Hell he is nowhere near as creative as Rooney... those are creative forwards.
IMO this is leo's biggest problem, he is playing pato in a way that does not maximize his ability. Would you play sheva, ronaldo, henry (in there primes) as ur creator?? NO. all had as good of technical ability as pato. It seems to me though, we're looking at pato to create our goals, more than score them. and I don't think he's capable
I will also say, while we haven't created as many opportunities as anyone would lkike to see.... if pato/huntelaar or pippo were more clinical we'd have scored alot more and had more points as a team.
IMO the ONLY brightspot is our CBs. Nesta has been world class, t.silva has showed he is capable of being WC and could form best partnership in world w/ some more time together... Kaladze has been good as a backup CB (which he is)
He is an extremely skilled forward w/ very advanced movement/mentality for his age, capable of being 1 of the best forwards in the world, but its foolish to even think of him as a trequarista like some suggest or a 2nd striker like totti, del piero, kaka, ronaldinho (was)
sssh... he's not brazil, therefor he CANNOT be our best player