“De Rossi and Pirlo were stepping a bit over each other’s toes”

Here’s what you said:

“and Pirlo were tripping over each other’s feet.”

which aren’t really close. And there is no relation to DDR and Pirlo’s magic, it was actually “Pirlo got to work with his distribution magic”. De Rossi wasn’t even mentioned in the same paragraph.

In fact, the preceding sentence on your “De Rossi tripping” argument says “re-established the Azzurri’s tactical equilibrium”, which is correct. De Rossi can and does act as a playmaker, whereas Gattuso is not. Two playmakers sitting side by side can equal “stepping on each other’s toes a bit.”

Please stop making things up in an attempt to discredit me. Seriously. I’m not even going to go into the first sentences involving Suazo and Inter’s game against “Reggina” (which I was not here for) which are both wrong. If you’re going to source, source correctly.

You look for ways to have a problem with me (there is no argument against this – you come here and botch information so that it fits your argument). Cool. Do it elsewhere. I’m readily accessible.

Now, please, and I ask you this nicely, use your brain when you come in here and try to blindly take down this page. It doesn’t reflect well on anyone, quite frankly. Certainly not Serie A fans.

(Also, it appears you didn’t watch the game – using various sources for a summation. If you had, you would know De Rossi played 90 mins and Pirlo only the first 45 and that I said “Well more evident in the second half when Pirlo was on the pine”. Again, please think.)

I forget, was it me that posted:

“Totti > ADP” or “Totti = Jesus” or “Suazo holds up two fingers so that Inter fans know what the score is” or “Inter beats Reggina thanks to a (false) penalty”? Or any other number of sad attempts to seem edgy and tribal.

No? Well, the guy that wrote that shit is definitely looking to stir some shit up. Bet.
Or, become some kind of… “shit-stirrer” or something… y’know whatever that is.

“…look for angles” –I have no idea what this means.

By the way, since you took over this job you had people telling you that you’re a biased hack. I certainly wasn’t and judging from this page still not alone.

This post is a great example. About half of the posts here that aren’t me actually quoting an outside source (GOAL.com has no love for anything not EPL, other than that it’s no more reliable than any other sports mag online or otherwise) or you defending your lame worship are people telling you that you are wrong or biased. Here’s some advise that you gave me (only I won’t be as arrogant to demand as you were): I suggest that you deal with it. acting gracious or humble would be far to much to ask, I realize.

By the way, here’s another source for you: mCalcio.com. These guys usually have nothing but positive things to say to all things Azzurri. In this instance they had nothing good to say about “DDR” (they did criticize Perotta for that matter. That guy is a menace) except that he “and Pirlo were tripping over each other’s feet.” which somehow didn’t hamper Pirlo from “being his distributer best” .

Oddly that was ALL they had to say about DDR. They certainly didn’t say anything about,”Filled that 10 shirt well.” But then, I guess that I have a habit out of quoting THINGS that have the credibility of a, “… dirty diaper.”

On the Azzurri side, Camo was MOTM for me. Hustled his ass off up and down the field and really gave his all. Grosso wasn’t half bad, either. Materazzi Reloaded was crapulous. Another yellow on Torres?

That’s why I try to stay away from it. ;)

And if you’re sourcing goal.com, well, I don’t know what to tell you. They have the same credibility as a dirty diaper.

Goal.com:
“Materazzi – 6: Has been dreadful for Inter in recent weeks, but tonight he sound. Won everything in the air, and made one brilliant tackle following Buffon’s save from Torres. Subbed at half time.”

It also, unsurprisingly gave Matrix an above average grade for winning all the high defensive challenges.

I am pretty sure Goal.com could care less about Italian players. I know for a fact that Chris hates Inter and loves Roma (and DDR in particular)

What should one make of this?

From Goal.com: “De Rossi: 5: Perhaps Italy’s biggest disappointment on the night. De Rossi gave the ball away far too often, and was lazy at times. I would say he was saving himself for Roma.”