[baresi]

Fangul,

Why don't you try and debate rather than cheap attacks on sentence structure. Seems like every forum has one self-appointed know it all. At least we have you so now we will not need to find another.

Almighty and Garincha are right on the money as most observers can tell. If Italy was dominating international football by playing their brand of defensive football, then I would take the criticism as jealous and misguided. But that is not the case. Italy has not been successful with their defensive tactics. There is no need to be traditional for the sake of tradition. Italy's "defensive" tradition has become an albatross rather than a badge of honor.

No one is saying that Italy has to be as offensive as Brasil, but we are suggesting that they can at least become more balanced. They can try to develop midfields which can possess the ball and advance it systematically downfield. There is no reason that a country like Ireland should show far more command of the ball than Italy.

Calling Trapatoni a coward is over the top, but the point is fair. His teams play as if the "fear of losing" is paramount. That is a losing strategy and will never take us to a chanmpionship.

 

[baresi]

LOL, Fangul, you are one funny guy. I mean it. Funny, funny guy. And smart too.

Seems you were the resident know-it-all for a much longer time than I had realized. I did you a disservice. You are actually know-it-all emeritus.

I thought you were a recent phenom, but I just discovered that you have quite the history here old man. Apparently, alot of people think you are a witty intellectual. Great, dude, what an accomplishment. Do you have a plaque that says "Xtratime Resident Intellectual and Grammar policeman".

Still, I must be commended for identifying the poster formerly known as Romulus, as a typical bulletin board provacateur, without even knowing of your illustrious past until just now. You fit the profile so well, you are to be congratulated for your handiwork.

One only needs to read 10 of your posts to see that here is a man in need of an outlet like this. We are here for you buddy. You may slice and dice us peons with your wit. You can dish out the logic and the sarcasm to your hearts content, and your psyche's desparate need. Thank god there are many forums to go around, because every know-it-all needs to be king of his forum.

Welcome back romulus, I only wish I had been here to read all of the wonderful posts you must have blessed this forum with in years past. I hope they are archived somewhere.

 

[baresi]

Fangul,

I'm just doing my part to give you more attention. I must apologize for my poor prose. I did not mean to infer that the name Romulus had significance to me. It did not. Sorry to say, Romulus' reputation has not yet extended beyond the admittedly grand confines of this web site, which I have only been visiting for about a month now.

So your Romulus signature was not the giveaway you would think. I just assumed it was an indication of your kingly self esteem. I'm sure the very word "Romulus" strikes fear into the hearts of the more veteran posters around here. But to newbies like myself, it was no more or less entertaining than your witty "ta ta" and your brilliant latin post scripts.

It was only upon stumbling on an OT thread titled "Bring back the banned Romulus" or something to that effect, that I discovered the delightful confirmation that you were indeed a well established know-it-all, and not a wanna be know-it-all. Congrats and please be gentle with your follow up.