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baggio

Senior Member
Jun 3, 2003
19,250
Ale and Quag are easily the two most stylish, coolest guys on the squadra. Along with perhaps Gigi whose style is a little quirkier. The other two are cool cats. Ale, being a little more elegant in his style and Quagsy, a little more flamboyant. By the way, he gave an interview saying he's going nowhere and Conte has faith in him. Melo quoted on the previous page. I hope he has a future with us beyond this season :)
 

Noodle

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Jul 29, 2007
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Xavi and Villa not hate able bro. Been Puyol is respect worthy. I guess most people hate em, but you got to respect them as champions. I'd much rather these guys be champs than the Shittys and Madrids of the world if Juve is missing like they have been.
Xavi is cunt:
You mention Barcelona's dominance of possession. It's tempting to conclude that we've never seen a team with an identity – for better or worse – as clear as the current Barcelona and Spain teams. It's all about possession. And that's your identity – one that seems to have become dominant.

It's good that the reference point for world football right now is Barcelona, that it's Spain. Not because it's ours but because of what it is. Because it's an attacking football, it's not speculative, we don't wait. You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football – for me, at least. For coaches, like, I don't know, [Javier] Clemente or [Fabio] Capello, there's another type of football. But it's good that Barcelona's style is now a model, not that.

But some claimed Spain were boring at the World Cup. You kept winning 1-0.

That's upside down. It's not that we were boring, it is the other team that was. What did Holland look for? Penalties. Or [Arjen] Robben on the break. Bam, bam, bam. Of course we were boring – the opposition made it that way. Paraguay? What did they do? Built a spectacularly good defensive system and waited for chances – from dead balls. Up it goes, rebound, loose ball. It's harder than people realise when you've got a guy behind you who's two metres tall and right on top of you.

Do you see yourself as a defender of the faith? An ideologue?

It was that or die. I'm a romantic. I like the fact that talent, technical ability, is valued above physical condition now. I'm glad that's the priority; if it wasn't, there wouldn't be the same spectacle. Football is played to win but our satisfaction is double. Other teams win and they're happy, but it's not the same. The identity is lacking. The result is an impostor in football. You can do things really, really well – last year we were better than Inter Milan – but did not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting. A legacy. Inter won the Champions League but no one talks about them. People discovered me since Euro 2008, but I've been playing the same way for years. It is true, though, that I have grown in confidence and tranquillity. And that comes with success.

The bolded parts are especially disgusting and show the arrogance that comes with the barcelona virus. Death by stoning should only be permitted in special cases like Xavi.
 

baggio

Senior Member
Jun 3, 2003
19,250
You remember how everyone hated the Azzurri after they won the world cup? Maybe his articulation is a little matter of fact so it xomes across as arrogant but are you faulting him for what he's saying?
 

king Ale

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Oct 28, 2004
21,689
You remember how everyone hated the Azzurri after they won the world cup? Maybe his articulation is a little matter of fact so it xomes across as arrogant but are you faulting him for what he's saying?
Matter of fact? What part exactly? "Other teams win and they're happy but it's not the same"? "The identity is lacking"? That's the most delusional shit I've read in a long time.
 

king Ale

Senior Member
Oct 28, 2004
21,689
Xavi is cunt:
You mention Barcelona's dominance of possession. It's tempting to conclude that we've never seen a team with an identity – for better or worse – as clear as the current Barcelona and Spain teams. It's all about possession. And that's your identity – one that seems to have become dominant.

It's good that the reference point for world football right now is Barcelona, that it's Spain. Not because it's ours but because of what it is. Because it's an attacking football, it's not speculative, we don't wait. You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football – for me, at least. For coaches, like, I don't know, [Javier] Clemente or [Fabio] Capello, there's another type of football. But it's good that Barcelona's style is now a model, not that.

But some claimed Spain were boring at the World Cup. You kept winning 1-0.

That's upside down. It's not that we were boring, it is the other team that was. What did Holland look for? Penalties. Or [Arjen] Robben on the break. Bam, bam, bam. Of course we were boring – the opposition made it that way. Paraguay? What did they do? Built a spectacularly good defensive system and waited for chances – from dead balls. Up it goes, rebound, loose ball. It's harder than people realise when you've got a guy behind you who's two metres tall and right on top of you.

Do you see yourself as a defender of the faith? An ideologue?

It was that or die. I'm a romantic. I like the fact that talent, technical ability, is valued above physical condition now. I'm glad that's the priority; if it wasn't, there wouldn't be the same spectacle. Football is played to win but our satisfaction is double. Other teams win and they're happy, but it's not the same. The identity is lacking. The result is an impostor in football. You can do things really, really well – last year we were better than Inter Milan – but did not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting. A legacy. Inter won the Champions League but no one talks about them. People discovered me since Euro 2008, but I've been playing the same way for years. It is true, though, that I have grown in confidence and tranquillity. And that comes with success.

The bolded parts are especially disgusting and show the arrogance that comes with the barcelona virus. Death by stoning should only be permitted in special cases like Xavi.
And people wonder why this team made me go crazy for Inter and Real, the two teams I hate so much :disagree:
 

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