Originally posted by mohawk
Looks like you don't understand much do you???
you are a blind moron.
why is he a moron?
Italian defenders of recent vintage are consistently overrated, and by Italian defenders I mean all defenders playing for a SerieA team.
There are players there who have reputations way past their true ability..............and it's also true that people have to stop pretending that SerieA is some magnificent league, because it isn't.
Back in the day, when Boniek,Platini, Maradona, Alemao, Careca, Matthaeus, etc., etc., were in their pomp, SerieA set a standard that has never been matched, but now?
Give me a break!
Mind you, Juve and Roma are excellent teams, and Inter and Milan are pretty good, but overall that league is mediocre with games that put you to sleep, and don't tell me about defensive tactics in SerieA because that too is just overused cliche.
Bottomline is football is as complex as it is simple...nobody can understand why the Brazil National teams defenders are so adept when in National colours, but many of them fail in Euro Leagues. Nobody can explain why the Italian NT has been so poor in the last ten years (while their clubs succeed), yet France, with a mediocre league plays so well as a country.
It is just one of those things, the only thing I am sure about is that Arsenal are crap in the CL, and are two players or three short of a semifinal opportunity, and to think the Chairman keeps insisting they wont buy players for buying sake.....
What about buying players for not being embarassed in the CL sake, uh David?
anoushka.........marry me!!