Azzurri Thread (24 Viewers)

[pitbull]

de Sciglio is just another promising defender who's thrown in a big team and has yet to prove himself, like Criscito was at Juve or Santon at Inter

 

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[Dostoevsky]

Now that you mention it, I'd like to see Santon get his chance now. I think he's a pretty decent player.

 

[Buck Fuddy]

It's not Italian players, it's talentless and brainless players that get overhyped for no reason whatsoever. I can even make a list, it's quite big, usually the defenders and strikers.

And Marchisio. And probably our other Italian midfielders, besides Pirlo.

 

[Dostoevsky]

And Marchisio. And probably our other Italian midfielders, besides Pirlo.

Well, I do rate many, just think many of those aren't world class players or worth all the hype.

Pirlo is just great, isn't he

 

[Buck Fuddy]

Yeah, Pirlo is not too shabby. In no small part thanks to his team mates, obviously.

 

[Dostoevsky]

What's your take on Italian strikers at the moment?

 

[Tommy]

Now that you mention it, I'd like to see Santon get his chance now. I think he's a pretty decent player.

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I heard Contento wants to play for the Azzurri.

 

[Red]

I haven't seen much of De Sciglio, but I heard good things about him.

He's going to be very good.

All he lacks is a bit of muscle, so have to see if Milan can bulk him up a bit without costing him too much pace or completely wrecking him like they did with Pato.

 

[Buck Fuddy]

What's your take on Italian strikers at the moment?

No great ones at this moment imo. Though El Shawhatshisname is getting there. Did not expect him to become this good/important this fast. Don't care for Balotelli. The talent is obviously there, but he's just way too erratic & unreliable to ever become a true great.

Other than that, there are quite a few reliable players (Pazzini, Matri, Osvaldo, ...) but none of those are particularly great. They all have reasonably ok stats & records, but you know what you're (not) going to get. Personally, I'm still interested to see how Rossi is going to turn out for Fiorentina. For some reason, I think he's going to be a positive surprise.
I barely know anything about up & coming youngsters, so can't say anything about them.

 

[deggen10]

If Totti's in this form next year, he'd be guaranteed a spot in the squad. Only issue will be that him and Pirlo probably can't both be in the midfield at the same time... but that's ok, neither should play every minute in a tournament anyway.

 

[Red]

How many years is it now since Totti last played in midfield?

 

[Dostoevsky]

No great ones at this moment imo. Though El Shawhatshisname is getting there. Did not expect him to become this good/important this fast. Don't care for Balotelli. The talent is obviously there, but he's just way too erratic & unreliable to ever become a true great.

Other than that, there are quite a few reliable players (Pazzini, Matri, Osvaldo, ...) but none of those are particularly great. They all have reasonably ok stats & records, but you know what you're (not) going to get. Personally, I'm still interested to see how Rossi is going to turn out for Fiorentina. For some reason, I think he's going to be a positive surprise.
I barely know anything about up & coming youngsters, so can't say anything about them.

I have mixed feelings towards that signing, it's a huge risk, but recently I've been thinking it could be a very nice signing. If he gets his form back (still a huge question mark, I mean 2 injuries one after another..) it would be great to see him behind Balo and El Sha. Looks quite dangerous.

 

[Joe]

I'm not a huge fan of their forward line. Both Balotelli and El Shaarawi are talented but I'm not sure if they will do together as both offer similar things on the pitch. But still this attack is much stronger than before.

I haven't seen much of De Sciglio, but I heard good things about him.

Balotelli is all they need.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

So now Balo has 19/19 or 20/20 scored penalties, 100% realization, damn.

 

[JuveJay]

A crappy 2-0 win, what a surprise.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

I expect a few more of these in the group as Italy sleep their way to World Cup qualification.

 

[Bjerknes]

Highlighting it to make it look like there's something wrong with what i said, and not enlightening us why there is in fact something; wrong, is hardly an argument, buddy.



Not American.

Then get out. Either that, or fix me some gnocchi I can actually eat. Otherwise, get back on that boat.

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Who told you that I can't cheer for Italy ?? Why I can't do that?? Just because I wasn't Born there, what a bull$#@! argument, so I can't cheer for Juve too and I should cheer for Russian teams only, or I can't cheer for Juve only in CL because he is representing Italian football there?!

You absolutely CANNOT support Italy. You are Russian, albeit a subpar Russian, but still Russian. You have a better chance of passing as a Cypriot than an Italian. But even if you have your bank deposits confiscated, which is highly unlikely because Sochi is a poor house like Detroit, you're still neither from Cyprus or Italy.

 

[ZoSo]

Then get out. Either that, or fix me some gnocchi I can actually eat. Otherwise, get back on that boat.

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You absolutely CANNOT support Italy. You are Russian, albeit a subpar Russian, but still Russian. You have a better chance of passing as a Cypriot than an Italian. But even if you have your bank deposits confiscated, which is highly unlikely because Sochi is a poor house like Detroit, you're still neither from Cyprus or Italy.

Don't support Juventus pls.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

Then get out. Either that, or fix me some gnocchi I can actually eat. Otherwise, get back on that boat.

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You absolutely CANNOT support Italy. You are Russian, albeit a subpar Russian, but still Russian. You have a better chance of passing as a Cypriot than an Italian. But even if you have your bank deposits confiscated, which is highly unlikely because Sochi is a poor house like Detroit, you're still neither from Cyprus or Italy.

you can't be that stupid

 

[Jem83]

Oh, Bjerknes :depressed