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The kid will figure it out sooner rather than later. At least I hope. I would hate to see a talent like that go to waste. Regardless of what shirt he wears, at the end of the day, we all want to see good football with class players, and he has a chance to be that, and more. I just don't...

Oh, it's just beginning. This promises to get a lot better. If we Italians didn't have conspiracies, we would die of boredom

‘Quagliarella should have started’ Friday 25 June, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis believes Fabio Quagliarella should have started for Italy and hints at possible conspiracy. Quagliarella...

I'm looking at my posts, and you can always tell when I'm pissed. I seem to forget how to spell

Yes, they should have, but that's not my point. My point is that he did not bring his best squad to the World Cup.

The team that was put together was not strong enough to do anything, to be perfectly honest with you. Fuck, Lippi even said it HIMSELF when he said that he didn't think that this team, that he had 2 years to put together, by the way, was strong enough to win the World Cup. When, in the...

Totti didn't want it anymore. He made that perfectly clear, so I can't even include him in the equation. Del Piero is another story, and yes, at worst he would have been a motivational leader, an inspriation. I don't know why he wasn't included, to be perfectly honest, but again I stick by...

How do you know that? Are you privvy to inside information isdie the locker room? What about Totti in 2006? Did he cause a problem? And how do you know that Cassano and Miccoli wouldn't have proven themselves on the international stage, if they are shut out from even TRYING to begin...

Hoori, I am going to have to disagree with you on this one. There is a saying amongst American sports owners that goes something like this. "Spending big money on your team doesn't necessarily guarantee that you will win, but I will say this. NOT spending money absolutely guarantees...

Its one thing if Italy didn't qualify and they at least had their best possible players on the team, but that simply was not the case. THAT is what makes it even more disappointing, because there were players left home that could have made a big difference.

And why not? Or are you going to tell me that Iaquinta and Gilardino are actually better players than those 2

What other game changers were there? Of course its predictable, because Lippi should have put aside his foolish pride and pettiness and included Cassano in the squad 2 years ago. Christ, the writing was on the fucking wall last year at the Confederations Cup, and for some reason, no one...

I don't know. It lends itself to this dilemna. Do you take even more players from the old guard who are now 4 years older, and not the players they were, at least athletically, who have lareday gotten the proverbial "monkey off of their backs" by winning the WC, or do you take two players...

Bah. Bullshit. Italy, unlike Spain, England, Brazil, does not have the type of talent pool where they can leave players of the quality of Cassano and Miccoli at home. They simply don't, which brings up another point I've been screaming about for 7 years, but that's another story for...

I had a long phone conversation with Andy yesterday, and we were talking about this. What was the most lethal Italian strike force in Serie A last year? Without a doubt it was the Pazzini-Cassano pairing. And I am going to say this until I am blue in the face. When trying to pick...

'Cassano wouldn’t have helped' Friday 25 June, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has denied claims that his side would still be in the World Cup if Marcello Lippi had called up Sampdoria fantasista Antonio...

Good for him. Absolutely good for him. Lippi's pettiness towards Cassano and Miccoli set this team back at least another 2 years. Thankfully Prandelli is taking over, and it can't come soon enough. The bottom line is Lippi mailed it in in the last 2 years. His selections were...

If we are talking about Miccoli, he has an excellent point.

You could have picked a better team to gloryhunt for from the outset, Fabiana. Unless you're trying to impress me, of course.

And then when Pirlo comes back.............................................................. Stop me if I'm wrong here, but hasn't he had 2 years to figure this out?? He must be doing this using a dartboard. I can't think of any other legitimate reason. At least Maradona has an...