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Amer

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Feb 13, 2005
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All this hate towards Juve in past weeks, I think i get it.

It hurts.

It hurts to be 2nd, 3rd, 4th. For the past 6 years it has been like that and there's no light at the end of the tunnel for these teams. Also, it could be like this for the next 6 years, because we're just getting stronger as the years go by.

I think we'll see and hear even more nonsense from now on, things beyond laughable.
 

JuveJay

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Mar 6, 2007
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All this hate towards Juve in past weeks, I think i get it.

It hurts.

It hurts to be 2nd, 3rd, 4th. For the past 6 years it has been like that and there's no light at the end of the tunnel for these teams. Also, it could be like this for the next 6 years, because we're just getting stronger as the years go by.

I think we'll see and hear even more nonsense from now on, things beyond laughable.
Now imagine it over decades and you have the starting point for Calciopoli, absolute desperation.
 

lgorTudor

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Jan 15, 2015
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The difference between us and Rube is in...Dybala
We don't have a Dybala type of player...We need one
Berardi or Berna is even more like Dybala
Maybe Sanchez,James Rodriguez...dreams
Someone who is technically very well sound
Neither of our forwards ain't as technical
Our mf is more technical sound tbh now than before with Manshitni.. ironically
Mario,Kondo and Gags can all dribble soundly
I hoped Banega would be more decisive for us but...

We have a Higuain in Icardi
A Mandzukic in Perisic
A Cuadrado in Candreva
Mario ain't like Dybala tho,he isn't a scoring threat


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X Æ A-12

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Sep 4, 2006
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Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis admits Maurizio Sarri’s style is “spectacular, but risky” and prefers Dries Mertens to Gonzalo Higuain.

The first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 tie is on Wednesday at 19.45 GMT.

“Tomorrow will be a festival of football. This is a sport for everyone and that’s what we want to see,” De Laurentiis told Sky Sport Italia.

“Sarri’s football is spectacular, but can also be risky with some nasty surprises… At times our style of football can also lead us to get thumped, but we hope that it happens to the opposition instead.

“I chose Sarri and took on the responsibility of that pick even when some were protesting. Winning a trophy means nothing to me. It’s better to have some intellectually honest paladins like Sarri.

“He is not thinking of winning silverware to secure his job for next season, he just wants the team to play well
. Neapolitans are represented in Europe and the world by beautiful football and that is the best reward we can have.

“Sarri is very cultured. You’ll never get anything banal out of him, even if he’s not talking about football. In him I see the indomitable lad who fought through a thousand difficulties to reach the role he deserves and now he’s clinging on tight.

“We accompany him in that philosophy by trying to win

as much as possible.”

Napoli were expected to struggle after losing Higuain to rivals Juventus, but instead Mertens has become an unexpected hit as their False Nine.

“In terms of quantity, Higuain is better because he scored more, but in terms of quality, assists and altruism, I choose Mertens,” noted the President.

“He is far more generous than Pipita. He never gets grumpy at anyone else’s errors, only for his own.”

De Laurentiis was also asked about Diego Armando Maradona, the club legend who is in Madrid to cheer Napoli on tomorrow.

“I hope nothing has changed with his decision to work with FIFA, because he loves Napoli and is the best person to represent this club abroad.”




Napoli may not be anywhere near as good as but they're morally superior to us and that's what counts. Not silly little things like winning trophies but altruism and intellectually honest Paladinism :agree:

Jeez our "rivals" are pathetic.
 

MikeM

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Sep 21, 2008
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Sarri is very cultured and you won't hear anything banal out of him. Like when he called Mancini a homo.

And it's nice that Mertens is so altruistic. His altruisim makes up for all the murderers in the stands.
 

Bianconero_Aus

Beppe Marotta Is My God
May 26, 2009
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Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis admits Maurizio Sarri’s style is “spectacular, but risky” and prefers Dries Mertens to Gonzalo Higuain.

The first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 tie is on Wednesday at 19.45 GMT.

“Tomorrow will be a festival of football. This is a sport for everyone and that’s what we want to see,” De Laurentiis told Sky Sport Italia.

“Sarri’s football is spectacular, but can also be risky with some nasty surprises… At times our style of football can also lead us to get thumped, but we hope that it happens to the opposition instead.

“I chose Sarri and took on the responsibility of that pick even when some were protesting. Winning a trophy means nothing to me. It’s better to have some intellectually honest paladins like Sarri.

“He is not thinking of winning silverware to secure his job for next season, he just wants the team to play well
. Neapolitans are represented in Europe and the world by beautiful football and that is the best reward we can have.

“Sarri is very cultured. You’ll never get anything banal out of him, even if he’s not talking about football. In him I see the indomitable lad who fought through a thousand difficulties to reach the role he deserves and now he’s clinging on tight.

“We accompany him in that philosophy by trying to win

as much as possible.”

Napoli were expected to struggle after losing Higuain to rivals Juventus, but instead Mertens has become an unexpected hit as their False Nine.

“In terms of quantity, Higuain is better because he scored more, but in terms of quality, assists and altruism, I choose Mertens,” noted the President.

“He is far more generous than Pipita. He never gets grumpy at anyone else’s errors, only for his own.”

De Laurentiis was also asked about Diego Armando Maradona, the club legend who is in Madrid to cheer Napoli on tomorrow.

“I hope nothing has changed with his decision to work with FIFA, because he loves Napoli and is the best person to represent this club abroad.”




Napoli may not be anywhere near as good as but they're morally superior to us and that's what counts. Not silly little things like winning trophies but altruism and intellectually honest Paladinism :agree:

Jeez our "rivals" are pathetic.
The irony is ADL is only saying this stuff because Napoli are for once playing well AND getting results. They haven't lost since October, which was against us :tuttosport:

At the end of the day, if they still played nice looking football and were languishing in the mid-table, he'd have been sacked Sarri a long time ago. It's just the typical good-times talk that you hear form the likes of him. If they go on a losing run of 3-4 games, you will hear the criticism from him and the pressure would mount.

It's also impressive how they can mention us almost every time any of their players/pres/coach are interviewed. Obsessed beyond all belief.
 
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