++ [ originally posted by denco ] ++
This in a nutshell is why i have no regard whatsoever for journalists. This is enuff to make you wanna throw up
It seems every failing of this particular player is brought up but none of what he has actually done right for both club and country.
Blkah blah blah it is his fault that Italy did not win the Ec 1996, 2000 and 2004, was his bad they they diod not win wc 1998, 2002
Its nothing to do with the fact that Italy were not good enough, had a very pathetic midfield consisting in different periods of the likes of Dino Baggio, Di Biagio , and players of that ilk
The article said how he wished Vieri was at the end of the 2 chances Dp missed against France but i seem to remember Vieri missing a complete sitter against South Korea, numerous chances in euro2004 but of course the only thing the article can say is it was Dp's fault, Vieri was spared because Moreno and Trapatoni took the blame
The fact remains that no player in my living memory has carried a mediocre team to glory apart from maradona, not Zizou, not Platini, not Pele as they all played in outstanding teams. All the brazilian teams that Pele played for were outstanding with him being cream of the crop, Platini could not inspire a less than perfect France to glory in 1982 and 86 and with all Real's problrems and France's could not be solved by Zz. Italy did not win anything with baggio's goals so what all this nonsense
Then we come to Juve, it seems when Juve loses the league its Dp's fault but when they won it this season , its due to others like Buffon , Zlatan and Zambrotta
Excuse me, were Buffon and Zambrotta not playing 2 seasons ago when we lost our way? Did they not play far more matches than Dp? Were they beset by injuries like he was?
Now last season he blames Dp because we lost to Liverpool.
Oh really , how many goals did Zlatan score in the whole competition? well its 0 that is Zero, nought, nothing and he is a striker
But our tactics against Liverpool was all wrong anyways, balls in the air against an English team, what stupidity
But the guy scored 14 goals this season in the league and almost everyone 1 of them were significant
The were almost all either winners, the first goal of the game which is usually the most important against smaller teams
The game of the season , the showdown in Milan, no he didnot score but he played very well and we won but of cos to the writer, its irrelevant, he is more interested in his failings
Capello should be a legend to Juve fans, but he is not that popular and why is that, because he dropped their hero on way too many occasion
There is not a single journalist out there who knows more than a fan so that article should be filed under R for rubbish
Those who go to the stadium and chant his name for 5 minutes continously know far more than a hack who wants to sound interesting but he is not