Antonio Cassano: the 800-Pound Gorilla in the Living Room

We are talking about clubs here? Well forget inter. Did you see the birra moretti trophee? juve and napoli beat them… two serie B sides, specially juve which got basically destroyed, with the same amount of preparation (timewise).

I support my homecity, Cagliari, even though they rarely impress, but we once got a Scudetto :D… more than 30 years ago, but it counts right? lol… it is almost impossible for a little team to win, but it happens sometimes…

Paul about Palermo, they are a great side, I was actually unhappy that they were not allowed to play the CL so that allmighty milan could (which should be in serie B for cheating, or at least, handed a serious ban, but we all know berlusconi owns like 90% of the italian media, and he’s got political power, the connections, you know how it works)

I thought that after winning the WC it was the right time to clean up. Juve, Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina all in second division with bans, just like it happened to Genoa when they cheated. But instead, they only punished Juve. Something doesnt make sense, Juve was relegated in 04/05 retroactively of course, so they lost that scudetto too, and then they lost the 05/06 cuz they were supposed to be in serie B, so now in 06/07 they are in serie B. I dont get it then, Juve could have gone up in the 05/06… whatever, they cheated and got what they deserved. At least they cleaned up, and got some new faces there to run things up.

What worries me is that they left Lazio and Fiorentina in serie A to justify Milan’s presence with CL and only an 8 point deduction next championship, with Juve in serie B they will most probably win! I only go for Cagliari, but I hope that an outsider wins (ANY TEAM EXCEPT MILAN OR INTER). The only team that could make a serious attempt to win is Roma, it would be good to see Totti on his top form again. As an Italian, I always supported our teams playing in the european cups, but now I seriously want milan to lose. Its sad for me to see there some of our world champions, but they have a total control of the situation, it is worse than juve, because they have political power and control a huge part of the media, which has often proved decisive. I hope at least for clean refereing this season.

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Now back to la nazionale, Donadoni has a very tough job. He needs to both pick up were Lippi left up, and make sure that the players he chooses are eager to win. The first euro qualifiers are coming and serie A will start after that! Italy should pick up a home win against lithuania, and then it wouldnt be optimal to pick up an away point against a very motivated france trying to prove that they deserved that WC

I thought that

Posted from  Canada

Q. Why is Italy shaped like a boot?
A. Well they could hardly fit all the Sh*t in a shoe!

Q. Why is Italy shaped like a high-heeled boot?
A. It an Italian male thing…what else would any self respecting Italian male wear?

Posted from  Australia

Soberdownunder is not nearly as funny as irishdownunder, who I think is normally bombed off his arse.

Posted from  United States

Q. What’s the difference between soberdownunder and a bucket of shit?

A. The Bucket

Q. What’s the difference between soberdownunder and a hippopotamus?

A. One has a big ass and a big mouth the other one lives in the jungle.

Posted from  Canada

go football-

Two Canadians are sitting in a bar, and getting bored. They decide to play 20 questions. The first Canadian tries to think of a word and after a little pondering comes up with the word: moosecock.

The second Canadian tries his first question, “Is it something good to eat?”

The first guy thinks a moment then laughs and replies “Sure, I suppose you could eat it.”

The second Canadian says, “Is it a moosecock?

Posted from  Australia

go football -

Q. What do you say to a dumb-ass “wannabe Italian” Canadian with two black eyes?

A. Nothing, you’ve already told him twice!

Posted from  Australia

Don’t waste my time with your pathetic attempt at a comeback. Come up with something a little better like:

Q. What did the New Zealander do when soberdownunder threw a grenade at him?

A. Pulled out the pin and threw it back.

Q. What do you call an Australian with intelligence and a great personality?

A> A New Zealander

soberdownunder and his buddy were walking down the street. Suddenly, his buddy turns to him and says “Look at those dead birds over there” Curious, soberdownunder looks toward the sky and says “Where?”

The next day soberdownunder and his buddy were again walking down the street when they both noticed a helicopter hovering right above them. His buddy turns to him and asks, “Why do you suppose that helicopter is just hovering in the same spot like that?” soberdownunder quickly replies “You dummy, it probably ran out of gas!”

Posted from  Canada

All those jokes were awful.

Lets get back on topic. Did anyone see the friendly today? Obviously it was meaningless, but did any of the new players impress? Did anyone look woefully out of depth?

Posted from  United States

Paul - Hope you enjoy this old joke more…

Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the seventh day. He inquired of God, “Where have you been?”

God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, “Look Michael, look what I’ve made.”

Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, “What is it?” “It’s a planet,” replied God, “and I’ve put LIFE on it. I’m going to call it Earth and it’s going to be a great place of balance.”

“Balance?” inquired Michael, still confused. God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth, “For example, Northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth while Southern Europe is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot. Over there I’ve placed a continent of white people and over there is a continent of black people,” God continued, pointing to different countries. “This one will be extremely hot and arid while this one will be very cold and covered in ice.”

The Archangel, impressed by God’s work, then pointed to a large land mass near the top of the earth and asked, “What’s that one?” “Ah,” said God, “that’s Canada, the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, streams and an exquisite coast-lines. The people from Canada are going to be modest, intelligent, and humorous and they’re going to be found traveling the world. They’ll be extremely sociable, hard-working and high-achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace.”

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed, “What about balance, God? You said there will be BALANCE!” God replied wisely “Wait until you see the loud-mouth idiots I’m putting next to them”.

Posted from  Australia

go football-

Having told his doctor that he wanted to become an Englishman, Paddy the Irishman was referred to a surgeon.

Surgeon: “Well Paddy, that won’t be a problem, all we need to do is remove 15% of your brain.”

Paddy: “Ah that’ll be fine. Sure I’ve been living in England for twenty odd years now so I don’t need all my brain. Go ahead with the surgery.”

Paddy was visited by his doctor a week later having gone under the knife.

Doctor: “Paddy, I’ve got some really bad news, instead of removing 15% of your brain the surgeon removed a third.”

Paddy: “No worries mate!”

A few years later Paddy visited his doctor again and told him that although he didn’t mind being Australian he wanted to become Italian. The doctor referred Paddy to the surgeon again…

Paddy: “Well mate I wannabe a wog this time, so don’t cock it up this time you bloody drongo!”

Surgeon: “I can assure you sir there will be no errors this time round, as I only need to remove a little more of your brain and increase the estrogens levels in your body. I’ll do it free of charge as you didn’t sue me for mal-practice last time”

A few days later after the surgery, the doctor once again visited Paddy.

Doctor: “Paddy, I don’t know how to break this to you but the surgeon fu*ked up again and has left you with only 30% of your brain.

Paddy: “Messed up again, eh?”

Posted from  Australia

Alright, that was better. Well done.

Posted from  Canada

Paul,
I didn’t see the match, but I heard that Liverani was man of the match

Posted from  United States

Josh Liveran didn’t play well at all. The probem with Liverani is he plays wonderfully one match and then he forget what football is for one month.
Anyway it was not a real match, not a real Italy. Italy is closed, everybody’s on holiday.
What’s interesting is Giuseppe Rossi played his first match for the under 21 team. Man he’s gonna be the new Messi, a sort of Messiah.

Posted from  Italy

Nazionale: Ambrosini, Di Michele and Chiellini didnt play that bad. But it was a team full of new faces, and they were not in shape (Croatia was, the croatian league is on its 4th week). Serie A starts on sep.9, so its not gonna be easy having to play on sep. 2 and 6 vs. lituania and france

Calciopoli: Reggina got a 15pts penalty for next season.

Posted from  United States

Who does this Rossi kid play for?

Posted from  United States

Rossi plays for Manchester United. He only played in their reserves last year, but he should see a lot more time this season with van Nistelrooy going to Real Madrid. I heard that Casiraghi was very impressed by him against Croatia. Did anyone see the U-21 game? If so, how was Aquilani?

I realize the game was meaningless and nobody is match fit, but I was kinda hoping they would keep the unbeaten run going. How did Terlizzi play, pao? I really liked him at Palermo and was pissed when they let him leave for Sampdoria.

Oh and Totti has agreed to play on for Donadoni. That’s good news.

Posted from  United States

Paul Terlizzi wasn’t this bad in comparison to the other defenders, most of all Falcone.

Posted from  Italy

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Posted from  Australia

I hope we beat the French in their own backyard. They all want revenge but let’s not forget they haven’t got Zidane’s arse to kiss this time have they.

I’d sit Marco Materazzi on the bench just to p*!s em off even more.

4 stars on the jersey, most successfull European team ever and Campioni Del Mondo….. Forza Italia !!!

Posted from  United Kingdom

It would be nice to beat France badly but in all honesty I can see Italy fucking this one up just to burn us. I hope I’m wrong. They should bring Matarazzi out to sing the French National Anthem and than have Zidane sing the Italian National anthem. What do you think?

Posted from  Canada

“How long will Italian Domination Last?” Easily they will win the Euro’s and I can’t see any competition for 2010.

Posted from  Canada

hey, O’Gara have you fallen off the face of the earth?

Posted from  Canada

I’m still around!

Posted from  Australia

del piero is needed for a good team spirit .del piero will be selected by donadoni ,i only know it ,im deadly sure d p made a good world cup 06 and was needed

cassano may reduce the moral and team spirit but is a good talent.