Official Azzurri WC2010 Thread (34 Viewers)

[Heir]

England announces theirs tommorow, god I'm pumped.

Imagine Inter winning the Serie A, Coppa Italia and CL and England winning the World Cup. I think I'd abandon football forever.

 

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[Nicholas]

Provisional Squad:

Goalkeepers: Buffon, Marchetti, De Sanctis, Sirigu.

Defenders: Bocchetti, Bonucci, F. Cannavaro, Cassani, Chiellini, Criscito,
Grosso, Maggio, Zambrotta.

Midfielders: Camoranesi, Candreva, Cossu, De Rossi, Gattuso, Marchisio, Montolivo, Palombo, Pepe, Pirlo.

Forwards: Borriello, Di Natale, Gilardino, Iaquinta, Pazzini, G. Rossi, Fabio Quagliarella.

Thats not a bad squad in fairness.

 

[Nicholas]

Imagine Inter winning the Serie A, Coppa Italia and CL and England winning the World Cup. I think I'd abandon football forever.

It won't happen so your safe.

 

[Suns]

Provisional Squad:

Goalkeepers: Buffon, Marchetti, De Sanctis, Sirigu.

Defenders: Bocchetti, Bonucci, F. Cannavaro, Cassani, Chiellini, Criscito,
Grosso, Maggio, Zambrotta.

Midfielders: Camoranesi, Candreva, Cossu, De Rossi, Gattuso, Marchisio, Montolivo, Palombo, Pepe, Pirlo.

Forwards: Borriello, Di Natale, Gilardino, Iaquinta, Pazzini, G. Rossi, Fabio Quagliarella.

Buffon

Zambrotta - Cannavaro - Chiellini - Criscito

De Rossi - Pirlo - Marchisio

Rossi - Gilardino - Di Natale​

Great midfield, the rest is not that great.

 

[Dostoevsky]

De Rossi is overrated here, and everywhere.

Pirlo is nothing. Nothing.

 

[K.O.]

Come on bro! De Rossi is a beast. For a defensive midfielder, he got the whole package. Great tackling, running and perfect passing and shooting. Can't see any flaws with this guy other than playing in Rome.

 

[Azzurri7]

Del Piero :depressed...

 

[Heir]

Provisional Squad:

Goalkeepers: Buffon, Marchetti, De Sanctis, Sirigu.

Defenders: Bocchetti, Bonucci, F. Cannavaro, Cassani, Chiellini, Criscito,
Grosso, Maggio, Zambrotta.

Midfielders: Camoranesi, Candreva, Cossu, De Rossi, Gattuso, Marchisio, Montolivo, Palombo, Pepe, Pirlo.

Forwards: Borriello, Di Natale, Gilardino, Iaquinta, Pazzini, G. Rossi, Fabio Quagliarella.

Wow. Zero world class second forwards. Not what you'd expect from the nation that produced Baggio, Del Piero, Totti, hell even Cassano. The one thing I'm hoping for when it comes to Italy is that Claudio has a great World Cup. I think he should be a starter, I just love to see this guy play football.

And to be honest, the opposition in midfield isn't all that great. Camoranesi hardly played this season, Candreva's decent but has got a long way to go, Cossu is Cossu, Gattuso's really old, Montolivo collapses under pressure, Palombo is average at best and Pepe's extremely annoying. Leaves De Rossi and Pirlo.

Don't get me started on the defenders by the way. This is a very average squad. Now I know that sometimes average teams win, but I mean.. come on, compare this to what Italy had in 2006!

 

[Nicholas]

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green; Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock; Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips; Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.

Phew Ashley Cole is actually included.

 

[Alen]

So these are actually provisional squads and not the final 23 men squads?

When will the 23 men squads be announced?

 

[Nicholas]

So these are actually provisional squads and not the final 23 men squads?

When will the 23 men squads be announced?

Englands will be announced on June 1st.

 

[Trezegol17]

England squad looks strong on paper...
I'm still hoping for RvN to be included in the Dutch squad, i dont have faith in Huntelaar tbh.

 

[Luca]

Nice to see Adam Johnson included in the provisonal.

 

[king Ale]

Has Italy's 23-man squad been already announced?

 

[cunninlynguists]

This must be one of Italy's weakest sides since 1984

 

[Alen]

Has Italy's 23-man squad been already announced?

Apparently 1st of June will be the final date. What was announced today were the provisional 29-30 men squads.
I guess most of the coaches will pick the 23 men from these provisional squads, but maybe some new faces will be added.

 

[Alen]

Gattuso's called
Fucking Gattuso

Seriously, Gattuso was useful back in the days. He didn't know how to play football but he was fighting and running.
Now he doesn't run, doesn't fight and all that is left is his lack of talent to play football.

He missed the entire season last year and this year he's been either terrible or he was a bench warmer.

 

[JCK]

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green; Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock; Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips; Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.

Phew Ashley Cole is actually included.

That's one hell of a team.

 

[Oggy]

Is it me, or Scott Parker is suprising addition?

 

[Nicholas]

That's one hell of a team.

One of the best we've had in years. Plus we have a top coach to compliment it.