If you weren't a Juventino (12 Viewers)

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
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#61
Was same in Holland and every club he went to (except Rangers), allways warming the bench. And yeah Frank is prolly one of the models for Pep the coach, who wants defenders who can pass and dictate with long precision passes, ala Chygrinskiy, Marques and mainly Pique. Frank longpassing was great, best example is his pass to Bergkamp in that famous class goal against Argentina. Bit of a quarterback pass.
Not too may stoppers out there these days with that sort of ability. A rare commodity. Marquez can play the ball rather well, but doesn't come close to sending the bombs that Frank used to. Neither does Pique. Perhaps Garay might come close (but no cigar) if he improves, but I can't really recall anybody else.

Chygrynsky was a player I wanted to get this past summer, too. Fucking Barca.
 

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Buck Fuddy

Lara Chedraoui fanboy
May 22, 2009
10,883
#75
Probably some Belgian team. Most likely Anderlecht (used to like some of their players back in the day) or KV Mechelen (friends' influence).


I always had a thing for Italian football, going back to when I was a kid. Whenever the Italian NT was playing in big tournaments I used to support them. I know, I am a glory hunting fanboy & not a true fan. But sadly, it's too late for me to change that now.

As it happens the Italian NT players I liked the most were Juve players (I was especially fond of Baggio, was gutted when he left, even if that meant the start of Ale's reign.), so I guess my choice was "logical".
In the beginning (first 2 or 3 seasons) that support was nothing more than liking the team. Then I started to get to know the club, players & history and I fell completely in love.

Over the years I became less interested in the Italian NT (still like it when they get good results though but that's mainly because of "our players" in there).
 

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