So Pirlo then

[tsubaki]

From the reception it has recieved, this does sound as if its going to be one of the better football biographies.

 

[nigelcoyb]

The bad thing about being old is that you can go a bit senile, and say crazy things....

At least I have an excuse..

 

[RFUS]

From the reception it has recieved, this does sound as if its going to be one of the better football biographies.

I think there's a lot of secrecy around the inner workings of football, and most of these footballer biographies are pretty dull. They say nothing new and they're not ballsy.

Ibra's was brilliant. He's nothing if not honest, and it seems Pirlo's one is doing the same thing. Got mine in the post.

At least I have an excuse..

So do I, mate. I only come on GOT when I'm on acid. Or at least shrooms.

 

[Walken]

What's funny is how the anglo-centric football fans only really took notice of him in Euro 2012.

were pretty ignorant in this country unless someone scores a hat trick against, loads didn't rate zlat until he scored against england, plenty still don't rate Totti, and yet the likes of terry are viewed as world class footballers

 

[nigelcoyb]

I think there's a lot of secrecy around the inner workings of football, and most of these footballer biographies are pretty dull. They say nothing new and they're not ballsy.

Ibra's was brilliant. He's nothing if not honest, and it seems Pirlo's one is doing the same thing. Got mine in the post.




So do I, mate. I only come on GOT when I'm on acid. Or at least shrooms.

Mint humbugs for me mate

 

[Zatara]

See the part on Gattuso (btw has he been cleared yet of taking bribes?) About forks knives fights -- didnt get if he meant literally??

Then mentions the 'alcaraz syndrome' of muscle fatigue being used as an excuse for those injuries...wonder of someone stabbed alcaraz.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-losing-Liverpool-Champions-League-final.html

 

[Walken]

See the part on Gattuso (btw has he been cleared yet of taking bribes?) About forks knives fights -- didnt get if he meant literally??

Then mentions the 'alcaraz syndrome' of muscle fatigue being used as an excuse for those injuries...wonder of someone stabbed alcaraz.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-losing-Liverpool-Champions-League-final.html

really enjoyed reading that, an autobiography is always a one sided argument, but its written well by his ghost writer, and he doesn't seem afraid to hide anything, even racism in italy

 

[Zatara]

really enjoyed reading that, an autobiography is always a one sided argument, but its written well by his ghost writer, and he doesn't seem afraid to hide anything, even racism in italy

Gattuso and Materazzi both started at perugia went to the UK and then became top internationals for italy.

Wonder if we had kept materazzi how he coild have developed.

 

[yelyah]

I really need to get his book..

On former Inter Milan manager Roy Hodgson: “Hodgson mispronounced my name. He called me “Pirla” (a term used in Milan dialect which roughly translates as “d!ckhead”), perhaps understanding my true nature more than the other managers.”

On Gennaro Gattuso: “You could see the red mist coming down and he just wasn’t able to hide it. We could tell what was coming and so we’d commandeer all the knives. Gattuso would grab a fork and try to stick it in us.

“Some of us ended up missing games because of one of Rino’s fork attacks, even if the official explanation from the club was one of muscle fatigue.”

“I don’t give a toss about pressure. I spent afternoon sleeping and playing Playstation. Then I went out and won the World Cup.”

On Sir Alex deploying Park Ji-Sung to man-mark him during the 2010 Champions League last 16: “[Sir Alex] is a man without blemish, but he ruined that purity just for a moment when it came to me. A fleeting shabbiness came over the legend that night. At Milan, he unleashed Park Ji-Sung to shadow me.

“[Park] rushed about at the speed of an electron. He’d fling himself at me, his hands all over my back, trying to intimidate me.

“He’d look at the ball and not know what it was for. They’d programmed him to stop me. His devotion to the task was almost touching. Even though he was a famous player, he consented to being used as a guard dog.”

On Pep Guardiola asking him to sign for Barcelona: “He was elegant in the extreme, much like his conversation.

“Thank you for agreeing to meet me.”

“Thank you for inviting me.”

“We need you here, Andrea.”

“You could tell he wasn’t a man to beat about the bush. After a couple of minutes, he’d cut straight to the chase. As a player, his job had been to conduct the play and as a manager he’d learned to attack, always with impeccable style.

“‘We’re already very strong, I really couldn’t ask for better, but you’d be the icing on the cake. We’re looking for a midfielder to alternate with Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets, and that midfielder is you. You’ve got all the attributes to play for Barcelona, and one in particular – you’re world class.’

“During that half hour I largely kept quiet and let him speak. I listened and, at most, nodded my head. I was so taken aback by the summons that my reflexes had slowed. I was more dazed than excited: shaken by the situation, but in a really positive way.

“‘You know what, Andrea: we’ve made this approach because that’s how we do things round here. We don’t waste time. We want to buy you right now, and we’ve already spoken to Milan. They’ve said ‘no’, but we’ll not give up: we’re Barcelona. We’re used to hearing certain answers but, in the end, things pretty much always change. We’ll try again with Milan. In the meantime, start making a few moves with them as well.’”

And Pirlo’s reaction after the conversation: “I would never have expected it. Perhaps I’d spent so much time on the PlayStation that I’d ended up inside it, sucked into a parallel universe by my favourite hobby and now at the mercy of a puppeteer with some kind of enchanted hand.”

 

[Pabbers]

What's funny is how the anglo-centric football fans only really took notice of him in Euro 2012.

So true. I loved watching that Milan team, he was so important to them. More-so than he is now, for Juve.

Brilliant brilliant footballer.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

were pretty ignorant in this country unless someone scores a hat trick against, loads didn't rate zlat until he scored against england, plenty still don't rate Totti, and yet the likes of terry are viewed as world class footballers

Was trying to get the kids an Italy 'Balotelli' shirt on hols that year but all they had was Pirlo, woman kept trying me to get that saying "English only want Mario, Mario, Mario. Have Pirlo he is Goooooood Player."


As for Terry..... I think outside of the capital & Chelsea/London press he is and always has been a long way from being viewed as world class.