[han2503]

All talk for next season's Serie A here

This is our fixture list btw

(IMG:http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah232/hannvis/fixtures_zpstnnfnmft.png)

[Danny]

And ours is absolutely full of them. Maybe that's a symbol of why we're so bad. Italian football is not what it was, and the national team is the pits. I gather they scraped a 1-0 over the might of Han's guys.

Point is Italian players are not as good as they used to be. And our first team is:

Antonelli, MDS, Romag, Berto, Monto, Bona. The spine of the team.

Not really a shock we're so bad.

[han2503]

And ours is absolutely full of them. Maybe that's a symbol of why we're so bad. Italian football is not what it was, and the national team is the pits. I gather they scraped a 1-0 over the might of Han's guys.

Point is Italian players are not as good as they used to be. And our first team is:

Antonelli, MDS, Romag, Berto, Monto, Bona. The spine of the team.

Not really a shock we're so bad.

I was laughed at for saying this a few months ago. When I said I'd rather pick from the French pool of talent in midfield than Italy's

But fact is, the only shining light for Italy right now is Veratti, when in the past it was littered from front to back with world class talent.

Sure there are even good or great players in the Azzurri set-up nowadays like Marchisio, Chiellini, Darmian, De Rossi and maybe even Buffon still. But no where near in the past where you had top world class talent all round, even on the bench when short sighted coaches couldn't manage to play both Del Piero and Totti at the same time.

The talent in Italy has completely dried up. Sure there are a couple here and there who are shining lights but the majority simply aren't good enough to wear the shirt.

I personally cringe at seeing the likes of Eder, Candreva, Pele, Bertolacci, etc playing for Italy

And btw, Berlu's bright idea was to have an ItalMilan, and we followed that to a T aside from the attack which as usual, under this regime, is always given special treatment

[acid911]

I personally cringe at seeing the likes of Eder, Candreva, Pele, Bertolacci, etc playing for Italy

Imaging how I feel when I see the hacks that play for Brazil these days. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) And the fudgers that coach them, that always give preferential treatment to players from big clubs in Europe, instead of of those with talent, effort and local fan following behind them.

Point being, Italy may be in a bad state right now, but Brazil is worse.

[Rossoneri7]

Imaging how I feel when I see the hacks that play for Brazil these days. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) And the fudgers that coach them, that always give preferential treatment to players from big clubs in Europe, instead of of those with talent, effort and local fan following behind them.

Point being, Italy may be in a bad state right now, but Brazil is worse.

An Arab proverb "if it was always with others, you would never have received its benefit'. Somethings are lost in translation, but the idea is; had Madrid always won the European cup Milan and co would not have gotten a chance.

Hence, life is a cycle of ups and downs. same goes for Italy, Brazil and the state of our Milan today. (Or Serie A as a whole)

I like it that way, it gives flavor to the good times. That's my opinion at least (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[acid911]

An Arab proverb "if it was always with others, you would never have received its benefit'. Somethings are lost in translation, but the idea is; had Madrid always won the European cup Milan and co would not have gotten a chance.

In Arabic or it didn't happen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif) Besides, I read Arabic much better than I speak it, so if it is possible for you, then write the proverb here, and I'll see if something is lost in translation or not.

I like it that way, it gives flavor to the good times. That's my opinion at least

You're right in that sense, but I always want the National Team coaches to put out the best possible players they can in all matches. I don't know about others, but these matches are a matter of prestige, maybe even more than club football. Partly because it's yearly, and major tournaments are few and far between.

But when I see politics, and NT coaches playing favorites, that's just bad man. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I don't quite see that happening in Italy to that extent, as to what's going on in Brazil right now. Win or lose is another matter entirely, but fielding players that have not earned the call, ahead of those that deserve it, that's just painful. For me, it is.