gbandit Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 You forgot the British powerhouse Lampard who’s gone to new heights after his playing career Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Just now, gbandit said: You forgot the British powerhouse Lampard who’s gone to new heights after his playing career And Steeevie Geee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) Cruyff revolutionized the game both as a player and manager. I guess 30 years ago is not exactly recent years anymore. This age thing. Fucking hell. Edited March 14 by Vinny Green Balls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 31 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Roberto Mancini was a superb centre forward - top rank Antonio Conte was one of Europe’s finest midfielders in his pomp Luis Enrique was excellent for Real and Barcelona as a player In his prime, Laurent Blanc was one of the world’s best centre backs All good shouts. Funny I remember Enrique, Blanc and Conte. Always thought Conte was an Ambrosini type. Typical Italian CM, hard working and technically sound but not masses of ability. The type you put real quality around. Spends their whole career in Italy. I pegged Marchisio and DeRossi in that bracket. Having never seen him much I assumed Tonali was that type too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 31 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said: Cruyff revolutionized the game both as a player and manager. I guess 30 years ago is not exactly recent years anymore. This age thing. Fucking hell. Well aye but that was yonks ago. Simone Inzaghi did win a Serie A as a player and he’ll win Serie A as a manager. but as a player he wasn’t half the player Pippo was. They don’t make strikers like Pippo anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Xavi was one of my favourite footballers. Inzaghi was bang average Simeone was Simeone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 7 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Well aye but that was yonks ago. Simone Inzaghi did win a Serie A as a player and he’ll win Serie A as a manager. but as a player he wasn’t half the player Pippo was. They don’t make strikers like Pippo anymore. Hey now, sir. 30 years is nothing on a cosmological scale. Kyuss was still around and Alice in chains were at their peak. Jesus, that went by quickly. And as far as Inzaghi, you mean strikers who don't run but perpetually fall? An anti-footballer for certain, but absolutely brilliant at what he did. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone play the offside trap better than he did. Edited March 14 by Vinny Green Balls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 27 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Well aye but that was yonks ago. Simone Inzaghi did win a Serie A as a player and he’ll win Serie A as a manager. but as a player he wasn’t half the player Pippo was. They don’t make strikers like Pippo anymore. Controversial football opinion klaxon … I never thought either Inzaghi brother was top-notch (though Pippo was definitely the better of the two). Always thought Pippo was the Andy Cole of Italian football - needed a lot of chances to put one away, but in fairness also very good at getting into those positions in the first place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 37 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: All good shouts. Funny I remember Enrique, Blanc and Conte. Always thought Conte was an Ambrosini type. Typical Italian CM, hard working and technically sound but not masses of ability. The type you put real quality around. Spends their whole career in Italy. I pegged Marchisio and DeRossi in that bracket. Having never seen him much I assumed Tonali was that type too. Conte and Tonali absolutely are similar to me as players edit: Conte was excellent at what he did, mind Edited March 14 by TheBrownBottle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Think Cole was under rated. He’s much closer to shearer in the all time rankings when you exclude penalties. Pippo wasn’t an all rounder which is what I liked about him. Just a goal hanger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, TheBrownBottle said: Conte and Tonali absolutely are similar to me as players edit: Conte was excellent at what he did, mind You must have been a special player, dude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said: You must have been a special player, dude. The solution to our ongoing midfield crisis, potensially? Edited March 15 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 3 minutes ago, Erikse said: The solution to our ongoing midfield crisis, potensially? A couple of years ago perhaps he could. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Vinny Green Balls said: You must have been a special player, dude. Haha had to re-read that - Christ, that sentence of mine needs the end rearranging. Or does it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 27 minutes ago, Erikse said: The solution to our ongoing midfield crisis, potensially? 19 minutes ago, McDog said: A couple of years ago perhaps he could. I was a right back tbf lads - we’re well stocked in there at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macphisto Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 6 hours ago, Vinny Green Balls said: Cruyff revolutionized the game both as a player and manager. I guess 30 years ago is not exactly recent years anymore. This age thing. Fucking hell. Did he revolutionize the game or was he just following Rinus Michels' tactics? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 26 minutes ago, macphisto said: Did he revolutionize the game or was he just following Rinus Michels' tactics? Michels and Cruyff sort of co-developed Total Football from everything I’ve read - though Cruyff never seemed given to modesty! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Interesting stats based analysis on why we’re underachieving this season. Very superficial though: https://www.espn.co.uk/football/insider/story/_/id/39724938/stats-europe-most-disappointing-teams-chelsea-napoli-man-united Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I love they use the word “stable” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Good. Think everyone can use some nice weather and a reset/re-focus for the remainder of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I see Roberto Mancini being linked this morning obviously because he’s Saudis team manager. Lazy journalism trying to rock the boat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 It's lazy. But hiring people is often about relationships. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Watched the presser again today. Watched almost all of them since Eddie joined. Watched zero before him. Such a class act. I have huge loyalty to him. Hope he is here forever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, 54 said: Shunned by Saudi Arabia this year. Worrying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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