Forza Il Capitano! (but it's actually about Totti) (1 Viewer)

Respaul

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Jul 14, 2002
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#61
++ [ originally posted by isha00 ] ++


Sorry, but I see a contradiction in there.

- He's the player his team follows
- He gets suspended, has a bad attitude, can't handle the pressure of high responsabilities.

What can come out of this?
Dont be naive.. To follow does not mean to imitate
 

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isha00

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Jun 24, 2003
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#62
++ [ originally posted by Nicole ] ++


I dont get it Isha? How is that so? He has been the symbol and star of the team, pratical dragging the team with him, I have no doubt where we'd be without Totti, would ever of won in 2001? Would we of done so well last season?

He is apart of Roma herself! He is everything to the people of Rome as well, he has a city, and the legions of fans around the world, who ALL look to him as our Capitano!! And you say he cant handle the pressure of high responsibility? Thats not even going into the Azzuri, who look to him as well, Euro2004 is not a good example though, Totti was a fool there and he knows it...

REGARDLESS of what ANYONE says, nearly EVERY team in the world, rely on ONE PERSON. More then anyone...It is the same with Roma and Italy, without Totti especially if we had a similar season to this one, we'd of been relegated.

"cant handle high responsibilty"? Tell me a player in all the world with MORE responsibility?
I didn't say that teams never rely on a particular player.
I didn't say he has no responsabilities, I said he can't handle them well. This is risky if one is the leader of a group.

He had the responsability of his team (that saw him as their Captain) when it was risking relegation a couple of weeks ago. Was he there to help? No, because he had been enough fool to get suspended for 5 (very crucial) matches.
When Trap said he was his Platini of that team (btw, Platini asked if Trap was drunk, but this is another story), he had the responsability of the whole NT team and he didn't last more than 90 minutes.
As a NT/Roma player he has the responsability to represent Italy/Romanisti/Romani and spitting (yes, because it happened), walking on players' backs, whining at the refs is at least not classy.

Seeing this and seeing what, for example, Baggio did with Brescia and the '94 NT, well there is a difference.
 

isha00

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Jun 24, 2003
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#63
++ [ originally posted by Shadowfax ] ++


Dont be naive.. To follow does not mean to imitate
If he gets supended, who remains there to be followed?


btw my dictionary says:
  • If you follow what someone else has done, you do it too because you think it is a good thing or because you want to copy them;
  • If you follow someone in what you do, you do the same thing or job as they did previously.


Now I'm finished with Totti because, let's say it, I don't care that much about him or his team, I just thought it was really touching his love for his club :rolleyes:



EDIT: OT- who knows how many posts I have to reach to get teh 5th and the 6th ball under my nick?
 

Respaul

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Jul 14, 2002
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#64
++ [ originally posted by isha00 ] ++

btw my dictionary says:

  • If you follow what someone else has done, you do it too because you think it is a good thing or because you want to copy them;
  • If you follow someone in what you do, you do the same thing or job as they did previously.
Oh very cute... But missplaced... Try CONTEXT!
 

isha00

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Jun 24, 2003
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#65
++ [ originally posted by Shadowfax ] ++


Oh very cute... But missplaced... Try CONTEXT!
What I meant is that he is a bad example to the other players, not that they will surely spit or something, but that they will take rules and so on lightly. If their captain does it, why can't they?
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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#73
++ [ originally posted by Shadowfax ] ++

Football as with all sports needs characters... Whether they be the likes of roy keane, davids, totti or the likes of ciro, dp and maldini...
They are all needed
How about a player like Sinisa Mihajlovic? Is he needed?
 

Geof

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May 14, 2004
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#74
++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


How about a player like Sinisa Mihajlovic? Is he needed?
it's better for everyone that this guy plays football instead of being a soldier, or a police officer...:groan:
 
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Nicole

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Sep 16, 2004
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  • Thread Starter #75
    ++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


    How about a player like Sinisa Mihajlovic? Is he needed?
    The guy is a racist scum-bag, along with Di Canio and most former and current Lazio players.
     

    Ramin

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    #76
    ++ [ originally posted by Nicole ] ++


    I dont get it Isha? How is that so? He has been the symbol and star of the team, pratical dragging the team with him, I have no doubt where we'd be without Totti, would ever of won in 2001? Would we of done so well last season?
    Your team won that title in 2001 because of Batistuta, not Totti. Even though Totti played a part in it, Batistuta takes the biggest credit for handing your team the scudetto.
     
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    Nicole

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  • Thread Starter #77
    ++ [ originally posted by Ramin ] ++


    Your team won that title in 2001 because of Batistuta, not Totti. Even though Totti played a part in it, Batistuta takes the biggest credit for handing your team the scudetto.
    I never said he was the sole person responsible, I said "would we of won it without Totti"?
     

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