[FML] Serie A 2009/2010 (37 Viewers)

[Quetzalcoatl]

What young, quick and skillful players have Italy got then?

Lol, it wasn't a realistic suggestion, but on paper

Cassano---Del Piero
-------Rossi

those players can be interchanged with Balotelli, Giovinco, Miccoli.

 

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[X Æ A-12]

I don't think DP has an Azzurri future

 

[Nicholas]

Lol, it wasn't a realistic suggestion, but on paper

Cassano---Del Piero
-------Giovinco
those players can be interchanged with Balotelli, Giovinco, Miccoli.

Now we are talking. Will never happen under Lippi though I'm afraid.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

I don't think DP has an Azzurri future

its hilarious how many people speak of him as our instant panacea and a starter for the azzurri when he has yet to kick a ball this year

 

[Hennes]

Chiellini, perhaps I can see that, although... Canna(getting on a bit), Lego! All of them are much of a muchness.

Gattuso, well the others are so much better? No, although, Marchisio has potential.
D'Agostino, well let's see him play again in a top team (HeeHaw).

As for Toni, well who is that much better?

Barzagli is sitting on the bench in WOLFSBURG.

 

[X Æ A-12]

its hilarious how many people speak of him as our instant panacea and a starter for the azzurri when he has yet to kick a ball this year

I kno, he can still star for Juve but the NT seems nothing more than a memory, in fact at his current age that might be for the better

Barzagli is sitting on the bench in WOLFSBURG.

Really? I haven't watched the Bundesliga this season but I thought he was doing quite good for Wolfsburg

 

[bianconero]

Barzagli is sitting on the bench in WOLFSBURG.

He played 53 times for them last season, which included 3 as a sub, and 10 times this season none of which were as a sub.

CAPITAL LETTERS DO NOT A FACT MAKE.

 

[Azzurri7]

Italy Coach Marcello Lippi has six spaces up for grabs in his 22-man squad for next summer's World Cup, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.

What's perhaps even more remarkable is the fact 10 members of the 2006 World Cup winning squad look set to fly to South Africa.

Four years ago, Roma midfielder Simone Perrotta was introduced at the last minute. He would ultimately prove crucial in the production of a winning tactic.

The question is, who can be the new Perrotta this time in South Africa? The smart money appears to be on Antonio Candreva, the Livorno playmaker who made his full international debut against Holland on Saturday.

La Gazzetta dello Sport understands that the area of the squad most vulnerable to change is the defence.

Gianluca Zambrotta,Fabio Grosso and his back up Domenico Criscito are rumoured to be the only players certain of a spot along the flanks of Italy's rearguard.

Therefore, a debate is raging on the respective merits of Italy's other right-backs from Davide Santon and Christian Maggio to Matteo Cassani and Marco Motta.

At centre-back, Lippi is still unsure of the two players who could feasibly offer an alternative to Fabio Cannavaro and Giorgio Chiellini, although Salvatore Bocchetti and Alessandro Gamberini seem to be at the front of the queue.

The central midfield is apparently not up for discussion, but the players who could possibly take up wide positions in the Italy XI are causing Lippi a real headache.

Remember Italy's midfield is a very narrow three-man platform from which any width has come from Mauro Camoranesi and Claudio Marchisio.

If both are fit in June, then they will be Lippi's first choice. Otherwise he will take a punt on the likes of Marco Marchionni, Simone Pepe, Gaetano D'Agostino, Riccardo Montolivo, Angelo Palombo and Davide Biondini.

Attack is the most contentious area of the squad, as, after Gilardino and Iaquinta, there are seven names for just two places.

Giampaolo Pazzini feels he is more deserving than Amauri by birthright, while the public ideally would like to see Antonio Cassano give a chance.

Other names in the hat include those of Fabio Quagliarella, Ale Del Piero, Luca Toni and Raffaelle Palladino.

 

[icemaη]

In 2006, Lippi took how many forwards? Alex, Inzaghi, Totti, IQ, Toni, Gilardino?

 

[Azzurri7]

In 2006, Lippi took how many forwards? Alex, Inzaghi, Totti, IQ, Toni, Gilardino?

Six yes.

This year I would pick

Pazzini, Del Piero, Iaquinta, Cassano and please anyone but Di Natale.

 

[Snoop]

Did you just say Cassano?

 

[Snoop]

I think Gilardino deserves to be there no matter what, he should be in the bench at least..

 

[Azzurri7]

Did you just say Cassano?

Would have picked Totti ahead of him but he wont return back to the NT. But still Cassano is much better than the ones Lippi picked so far and especially Di Natale.

 

[Snoop]

If it was me I would pick:

Alex, Cassano, Di Natale, Iaquinta, Gilardino and Pazzini (If Amauri won't be picked).

Totti won't return, I don't think that will happen, and I am sure Cassano neither, if these two won't, then Del Piero and Di Natale are must, you way underrate Di Natale, he is a good player, but sure I wouldn't pick him over Del Piero. But at least two creative forwards are needed, with leaving Cassano and Totti out, Lippi has no other options..

 

[Ahmed]

Rossi?

 

[blondu]

iq in front of di natale in every day of the week.

 

[pitbull]

Rossi?

has a lot to prove if he wants to make it to Africa. he has not been better in the last few months than any of Iaquinta, di Natale, Gilardino, Pazzini, Cassano, Amauri and he doesn't have the same quality Totti or Del Piero has. if he explodes, than of course he will make it, but right now i wouldn't pick him.

 

[Azzurri7]

If Di Natale makes it and Del Piero doesn't, I'm so hating on the Azzurri NT.

 

[Snoop]

will you change your nick then?

 

[Tommy]

why Zambrotta? I beleive Motta deserves a chance