Rio falls in the same mould as Materazzi. He doesnt even justify a comparison to Canna imo.
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Rio falls in the same mould as Materazzi. He doesnt even justify a comparison to Canna imo.
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Actually, it is you thats the fool. Rio cannot be compared to Thruam, nesta or Cannavaro, they are simply miles ahead of him. Rio may have the better body frame and be stronger, but all of the three I named are much more intellignent football wise and simply better defenders. You're unbeliavalby biased Nicole.
WHAT?! As Zlatan, Baggio and Gray have already pointed out you cannot be serious about this. Cannavaro is indeed a world class defender, but Ferdinand is not. Man Utd and Arsenal have always had poor defenses, just look at the European results in the last decade. Because they are surrounded with crap like Brown and Toure and Hyppia (who wasn't that good at Willem II - a Dutch midtable team, which is about equal to Serie B) they look quite good.
This is what i find the most frustrating about fans in this forum, the chronic inability to correctly judge stuff. Too much constant criticism of other people's posts by calling selective memory when they all do the same thing themselves
I am no fan of Ferdinand's but he is one of the best centre backs in the world
He was voted one of the best ifnot the best in the last world cup, while Campbell was one of the best in last Euros
Now lets come to Thuram, he was made to look like a fool against rooney, his positioning is suspect most of the times well like Campbells really but because he plays for Juve in the Italian league he is the best.
Cannavaro is my favourite defender but he has less ability on the ball than Blasi and has made mistakes like the goal Italy conceded against France in Euor 2000 and against Zlatan in 2004 not to mention Helguera header against Real Madrid
But somehow its always the Englisd players mistakes that are costantly highlighted
Yes Italian defenders are by and large better than their English counterparts but to compare Materazzi with Rio is a major insult
Andy goes on to say Nesta showed up Rio when Man united played Milan, please how? Were they facing the same attackers? Did Milan open up Man's defence time and time again? Did Man united not create any chances at all in both legs?
I have just noticed what this thrread is really about and yes I would love Essien to be at Juve but not at the expense of Appiah who will keep him company until he gets to know his team mates and who know might inspire Appiah to better things as some players need a soul mate to make them better a la Cole and Yorke
I am no fan of Ferdinand's but he is one of the best centre backs in the world
He was voted one of the best ifnot the best in the last world cup, while Campbell was one of the best in last Euros
Now lets come to Thuram, he was made to look like a fool against rooney, his positioning is suspect most of the times well like Campbells really but because he plays for Juve in the Italian league he is the best.
Cannavaro is my favourite defender but he has less ability on the ball than Blasi and has made mistakes like the goal Italy conceded against France in Euor 2000 and against Zlatan in 2004 not to mention Helguera header against Real Madrid
But somehow its always the Englisd players mistakes that are costantly highlighted
Yes Italian defenders are by and large better than their English counterparts but to compare Materazzi with Rio is a major insult
Andy goes on to say Nesta showed up Rio when Man united played Milan, please how? Were they facing the same attackers? Did Milan open up Man's defence time and time again? Did Man united not create any chances at all in both legs?
I have just noticed what this thrread is really about and yes I would love Essien to be at Juve but not at the expense of Appiah who will keep him company until he gets to know his team mates and who know might inspire Appiah to better things as some players need a soul mate to make them better a la Cole and Yorke
I remember Rio giving the ball away to Seedorf, setting up a shot for Milan. Also IIRC Rio missed a tackle on either Kaka or Crespo which set up a chance, however Milan failed to capitalize. I can't remember much however when I watched the matches I got the impression Nesta looked more solid than Rio. Have to watch the matches all over again to pick apart the mistkes.
Oh, and since you love calling me out you should go back to the Reggina thread. I responded to your post about DP and Zlatan.
Oh, and since you love calling me out you should go back to the Reggina thread. I responded to your post about DP and Zlatan.
