Re: Serie A Thread - 2008/2009 Season
now that's what i'd call a "creative coach" LOL!
it was quite funny indeed. i don't think there will be any conseuqences, coz collina hisemlf admitted "we still have no rules concerning this kind of situation" and since referees can just interpretate and apply existing rules (and can't create them) i guess catania will get away with it.
however i'm pretty sure Fifa will sort it out, issueing a new rule by the end of the season.
as for the zenga-varriale incident, well i can't blame zenga tbh. he just reacted to varriale's provocations. he went too far aswell that's for sure, but honestly we can't expect a coach to handle theese kind of situatiuons with coolness and style, as usually football coaches are not smartest people. i mean they're not engineers, doctors, lawyers, businessmen.... most of them are just ex football players, who got a isef degree and the coaching license, so....
actually there are a lot of coaches out there, who, despite their background, just happened to be smart. some of them are smart coz of their "nature", some faced a self-improvement process, once their football player carreers were over (by studying), some became wise thanks to their life-experience.
zenga is still pretty young and however i don't think he'll ever be wise (not even when he'll be 70
), but he's a sincere man, who always tell u what he thinks, a pure heart.....
Varriale deserved it..... actually varriale deserves much more than that. when i saw that argue, i thought "poor zenga, he just fell into varriale's trap. i wish i was walter, it would take 2 minutes to me to humiliate varriale and destroy his reputation in front of millions of italians..... without being harsh or loosing my coolness".....
but then again, if i was zenga, catania wouldn't be such a good team... and definitely wouldn't have 21 points already
varriale is a cunt. the only think he does is provocating coaches... and i really can't understand why nobody fired him yet, given he's almost unanimously considered as the most hypocrite and unprofessional football journalist in italy... i can't even tell if he knows football or not, as i never heard him talking about football (but if he never did that, i guess there's a reason
), the only thing he cares about his keeping the audience shares high, by provocating arguments, with his stupids remarks.
he doesn't even deserve the label "journalist".... at least not in italy..... but honestly i think he would be considered "utterly poor" even according to the english standards (and this says it all).
however inter, milan, juve, napoli, lazio, udinese, catania, genoa and fiorentina.....9 teams in 7 points.... what a great season!!!
Juveboy said:
There is nothing for me to really say, the man is a living legend period!!!
the word "legend" doesn't suit Alessandro anymore imo, my friend. Too many players are labelled as legends today. i guess we should find something new (something more "epic") to describe the likes of del piero and maldini.
edit:
mancini just won "la panchina d'oro" (in english it would sound "the golden bench"), the seasonal award for the best coach. what do u guys thin about it?
Those Toni pics are great.
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At least Juve are still in touch but it is early days.
