Italy v. Russia

Juventino. wrote:Russia's wing-play is solid, Arshavin included.

I agree. Could never understood why it never worked out for Yuri Zhirkov at Chelsea. He had that amazing spell, then he turned average.

Is it me or does Cassano look a bit tubby?

ConorCelticFC wrote:Is it me or does Cassano look a bit tubby?

He does. But he looks a lot thinner than he did a few weeks back.

George wrote:

Juventino. wrote:Russia's wing-play is solid, Arshavin included.

I agree. Could never understood why it never worked out for Yuri Zhirkov at Chelsea. He had that amazing spell, then he turned average.

Wouldnt say he was ever amazing, he was pretty much consistently average tbh

I miss Luca Toni.

George wrote:

Juventino. wrote:Russia's wing-play is solid, Arshavin included.

I agree. Could never understood why it never worked out for Yuri Zhirkov at Chelsea. He had that amazing spell, then he turned average.

Probably because he isn't a left forward or a full-back which is what Chelsea had.

Luca Toni. One of the most overrated strikers of the last 10 years, literally.

His career was based on one good season

Theo Filippo wrote:

George wrote:

I agree. Could never understood why it never worked out for Yuri Zhirkov at Chelsea. He had that amazing spell, then he turned average.

Probably because he isn't a left forward or a full-back which is what Chelsea had.

Suppose. I think he was covering for Cole for most of his time at Chelsea.

Theo Filippo wrote:Luca Toni. One of the most overrated strikers of the last 10 years, literally.

He had three of four seasons of solid production. He bloomed way too late.

Gatsby wrote:His career was based on one good season

Rubbish.

Juventino. wrote:1 Buffon; 2 Maggio, 15 Barzagli, 19 Bonucci, 6 Balzaretti; 16 De Rossi, 21 Pirlo, 8 Marchisio; 18 Montolivo; 10 Cassano, 9 Balotelli

Must be nice to be born in the USA and eligible to play for Italy at the same tiime.

Weather130 wrote:

Juventino. wrote:1 Buffon; 2 Maggio, 15 Barzagli, 19 Bonucci, 6 Balzaretti; 16 De Rossi, 21 Pirlo, 8 Marchisio; 18 Montolivo; 10 Cassano, 9 Balotelli

Must be nice to be born in the USA and eligible to play for Italy at the same tiime.

You're thinking of Giuseppe Rossi.

Weather130 wrote:

Juventino. wrote:1 Buffon; 2 Maggio, 15 Barzagli, 19 Bonucci, 6 Balzaretti; 16 De Rossi, 21 Pirlo, 8 Marchisio; 18 Montolivo; 10 Cassano, 9 Balotelli

Must be nice to be born in the USA and eligible to play for Italy at the same tiime.

That's Giuseppe. DDR is a Roman.

ConorCelticFC wrote:

Gatsby wrote:His career was based on one good season

Rubbish.

He had that good season at Fiorentina before the 2006 World Cup (which he was rubbish in) he was awful at Bayren, and really has been since

Didn't he score 35+ goals for Bayern in one season? I believe it was 07/08.

In all fairness Toni scored loads in his first year at Bayern.

Gatsby wrote:

ConorCelticFC wrote:

Rubbish.

He had that good season at Fiorentina before the 2006 World Cup (which he was rubbish in) he was awful at Bayren, and really has been since

He got the Bundesliga Golden Boot at Bayern Was quality for Palermo, too.

He's been terrible since he started racking up injuries in his second year at Bayern.

Gatsby wrote:

ConorCelticFC wrote:

Rubbish.

He had that good season at Fiorentina before the 2006 World Cup (which he was rubbish in) he was awful at Bayren, and really has been since

Eh? He was incredible in 2007/8 and in 2008/9 he had pretty decent record. in his final season he was shit but tbf he only played like 5 games.

Gatsby wrote:

ConorCelticFC wrote:

Rubbish.

He had that good season at Fiorentina before the 2006 World Cup (which he was rubbish in) he was awful at Bayren, and really has been since

But at least the bloke had a great celebration.

Gatsby wrote:

ConorCelticFC wrote:

Rubbish.

He had that good season at Fiorentina before the 2006 World Cup (which he was rubbish in) he was awful at Bayren, and really has been since

In his two full seasons at Bayern:

39 goals in 46 games
18 goals in 35 games

That's not counting his 21 goals in 36 for Palermo, and his 33 in 42 games and 16 in 29 games for Fiorentina.

For some reason I searched Luca Toni's name on twitter and his wife gave life to a stillborn today That's sad.

Akinfeev has come on for Russia

And Buffon has come off with a shoulder problem. Not serious though.

Morgan De Sanctis, forever in the shadow of Buffon (in international football).

George wrote:Morgan De Sanctis, forever in the shadow of Buffon (in international football).

And just in general. He does a lot of stupid shit at times.

Wonderful pass from that black fella, sure he's only there because he's black poor old Floccari and Matri being discriminated against.

CLAUDIO!!!! Should've buried that....

Theo Filippo wrote:Wonderful pass from that black fella, sure he's only there because he's black poor old Floccari and Matri being discriminated against.

Floccari is worse than Borriello.

Juventino. wrote:

George wrote:Morgan De Sanctis, forever in the shadow of Buffon (in international football).

And just in general. He does a lot of stupid shit at times.

His most recent one... https://youtu.be/XOE1f8jl4ZQ?t=56s

Ogbonna on, time to see if this guy is worth the hype.