From Serie A to curvy Greek beauties....whoo hoo...I AM LEGEND!!

Hey that was me! Ah but you're a pirate, right!

Nyop....I brought in Panathinaikos and you into Serie A to start with. .

So the original off topicking began with me. I'm a pirate but I stick to the code.

So staying on topic...

Have you ever met Vaso? And what a wierd name...what does it mean?

Geez, gimme some credit cap'n you brought the prisoner on the board but I pushed him over...

Vaso? No... that girl I posted in the 'Hot Girls Thread' (how off-topic that was!) associates with many other models so I could meet Vaso if I was dating her. Vaso derives from Vasiliki and it translates to 'Basilic' ('Royal')!

EDIT: Nevermind.

Oh you're not getting away with that, you owe us an explanation!

Mourinho: Nobody does it better



Saturday 20 September, 2008 ::: channel4.com

Jose Mourinho believes “there is no Coach in the world better than me” and why Massimo Moratti is a greater club President than Roman Abramovich.

Controversy follows The Special One wherever he goes and he gave an exclusive interview to the Gazzetta dello Sport today on what makes him tick.

“When I arrived in London, all I said was that I am a normal manager in charge of a special group. All of a sudden I became ‘The Special One,’ but I never defined myself as that.

“I do not think I am the best Coach in the world, but I also don’t believe there is anyone in the world who is better than me.”

Mourinho left Chelsea in bitter circumstances, but seems to have a far stronger rapport with Moratti.

“They are both passionate about football, which is crucial for a Coach, but Moratti has been crazy about Inter for 63 years, whereas Roman is a Chelsea fan for only five.”

The last week has seen Jose hit the headlines repeatedly for his verbal brawl with Catania general manager Pietro Lo Monaco.

“I do not enjoy provoking people, but I do not like being provoked, as in that case I will answer back,” he explained.

“I know I am a person who sells papers and gets attention. Just look at what I did for Lo Monaco, as because of me he ended up on CNN for free. Fantastic, eh?”

Mou has irritated many of the opposition, but his own players – above all Zlatan Ibrahimovic – cannot praise him highly enough.

“I didn’t find this difficult ego in Zlatan that everyone talked about. He knows full well he is the best and when the time comes will prove it by winning the Ballon d’Or. To achieve that, he needs to play the way Inter want to in the future.”

However, Mourinho has complained that the Nerazzurri squad is too large and some players, such as Hernan Crespo, have been left off the Champions League list.

“It is more of a problem for the players than for me. In terms of tactics it is much better to work with 20 players or less.”

Kaka: I Like Mourinho, Ronaldo For Golden Ball



Milan star Kaka has revealed his penchant for Inter coach Jose Mourinho and he admits Cristiano Ronaldo deserves the Golden Ball.

The Brazilian has had a turbulent few months as he was hampered with injury but he has made his return.

The playmaker has spoken of all things calcio, including his and Milan’s recent woes. Kaka has also revealed that he has taken to Jose Mourinho’s humorous style.

“I like Mourinho a lot. I think his comments are hilarious and they always fill up the papers but they are never mean, they are funny,” Kaka told Il Giornale.

“He is a great person and I like him and I think he is a great coach.

“Me? It has been difficult recently because of injury and I missed the Olympics, World Cup qualifiers as well as some of the new season with Milan. It wasn’t easy but it’s ok.

“Our early form hasn’t been good but we need to change a few things. We have to make some sacrifices and fight to get back to our best.

“We seemed to have lost awareness when making mistakes but we have to find our identity again.”

The midfield magician also had a few words on Ronaldinho, and on Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo.

“The best transfer? I think it was Ronaldinho. A lot of Italians wanted him in Serie A because he is great and to watch his skills,” added Kaka.

“If I was to choose a winner for the Golden Ball it would be Cristiano Ronaldo. I think that he deserves it more than anyone else for what he has done.”

Milan welcome Lazio to San Siro on Sunday night and they will be hoping to pick up their first Serie A points of the new season.

“I like Mourinho a lot.”

I think his comments are hilarious and they always fill up the papers but they are never mean, they are funny

“They are both passionate about football, which is crucial for a Coach, but Moratti has been crazy about Inter for 63 years, whereas Roman is a Chelsea fan for only five.”

Mourinho is so amusing

Gila again!

Gila again!

gila never worked for us and he was given number of chances at times he was our only stiker available and did nothing

Julio Cesar is one the 5 best 'keepers in the world, FACT he's really on form. only concedes when the defenders are on holiday, actually.

gila never worked for us and he was given number of chances at times he was our only stiker available and did nothing

Julio Cesar is one the 5 best 'keepers in the world, FACT he's really on form. only concedes when the defenders are on holiday, actually.

He made a absolutely brilliant save on the 2nd half.

Anyway 1-3 for Inter, Ibrahimovic scored and Adriano was probably the MOTM.

Nothing worked for us when Gila was here. And not because of him...
He would miss a chance and we were ready to cut his throat and we lost to Genoa why? Oh yeah we lost because we did not manage to score one of our 5-6 great chances...

In my view Buffon, Casillas and Cesar are the three best goalies in Europe.

Julio Cesar is one the 5 best 'keepers in the world, FACT he's really on form. only concedes when the defenders are on holiday, actually.

in form adriano and ibra simply the best partnership in europe let see how we manage to stop them without nesta

Funny. I thought he was the top 3, based on current form.

Manage to stop them without Nesta?? I'm not sure if we an do that at all and I fear the outcome of the derby to be honest...

Or that

I wonder if things are working now...

Funny, I'm quite confident about it. If we lose, we lose because of our own making. If we win, that will end more than one winning streak. Besides, the first derby doesn't matter as severe as the second one, when both teams are finishing up on their league run. We'll see.

Hey, we're not in last place!

You're confident about a win?

Don't worry, we'll be there tonight

I want to lose our first four matches, and then start winning from the derby, all the way to the league title.

I certainly wouldn't want that to happen.

Blog: The Odd Couple

Diego Maradona is expected to join Inter as a consultant, prompting James Horncastle to question the Italian champions’ judgement

I wonder if Inter President Massimo Moratti was reading Diego Maradona’s autobiography earlier this summer when he decided to invite the Argentine legend to talk about working for the Nerazzurri, possibly as a scout or consultant in South America.

In El Diego, Maradona discusses his time at Napoli and, ever the braggart, goes to great lengths to describe just how he helped the Partenopei win their only two Scudetti and much more. Those who think the Pibe de Oro’s powers were confined to the pitch are told, in no uncertain terms, to think again.

“These teams weren’t built by the directors, they were built by Maradona,” he explains. To illustrate his point, Maradona reveals just how inspirational he was in bringing Bruno Giordano to the club from Lazio in 1985. “The first time I saw Giordano I realised he was a player for us… And I confronted him: ‘Giordano, please, come play for us.’ And he said: ‘Whenever you like.’

“Lazio asked [Corrado] Ferlaino [Napoli’s President at the time] for $3m for Giordano, and the guy was crying all over me, saying he didn’t have the money. ‘Make the effort old man,’ I said to him.” And Maradona didn’t stop there. According to him, he also convinced Ferlaino to purchase Andrea Carnevale, Alessandro Renica and Claudio Garella, who would prove vital to Napoli’s success.

“I’d asked Ferlaino to buy Carnevale from Udinese and, since he knew by now that I never let him down when I got what I asked for, he bought him for me.” Quite the talent spotter our Diego, isn’t he, and a wheeler-dealer to boot. So is Moratti right to call Maradona aboard the Inter juggernaut?

Well, pen hasn’t been put to paper yet, but it appears to be quite a shrewd move on Moratti’s behalf, because Maradona looks as if he’ll be as influential as anybody in determining the future of Sergio “Kun” Aguero, the Atletico Madrid star, widely regarded as the best player in the world at the moment.

Aguero is expecting a baby by Maradona’s daughter whose name, Giannina, is written on his boots. Is it too far fetched to see Inter using Maradona to get the man they reportedly bid £20m for this summer?

Surely not as much as the theory peddled by Diego’s former teammate Salvatore Bagni who believes Inter are already thinking to the future and waiting to see if Sergio and Giannina’s child turns out to be a boy. What with genes from the Aguero and Maradona tribes, he’s bound to be a star!

Sergio “Kun” Aguero, the Atletico Madrid star, widely regarded as the best player in the world at the moment.

Sergio “Kun” Aguero, the Atletico Madrid star, widely regarded as the best player in the world at the moment.

And that coming from a "ultra-defensive" coach like Mourinho...

Couldn't watch Milan match, they've only broadcasted Inter for obvious reasons.
It wasn't an easy task for them, specially because Lecce played with 8 defenders.

Apparently Jose has been labelled disrespectful in Italy after he didn't attend his post-match press conference. He sent his #2 instead. I don't see the problem, Steve Clarke was his #2 at Chelsea, and it was Clarke that did all the post macth stuff. Not disrespectful at all!

I don't find it disrespectful myself but (while I have no idea how it stands in England) I know that in Italy it's like an unwritten law that the coach must be there...