Francesco Totti

[kalasoma]

I definitely would.

[sese]

Brilliant, just brilliant. The one touch stuff this guy does is out of this world.

[dirty_sanchez]

He's shit, because he never had the balls to move away from Italy (a shite league) and try his skills anywhere else.

 

YEAH! Maldini, he was fucking shit and all!

[dirty_sanchez]

Also Lance, shut up. Italian teams have had more representatives in Champions League finals since Totti started playing than any other country which would tend to suggest that over the course of his career, it has actually been the strongest league in Europe.

[dave u]

I voted shit, mainly to show I won't be bullied into anything by Dirty Sanchez, and also in the hope that Woo and Seraf will see it and get their knickers in a knot.

[dirty_sanchez]

You're such a non conformist Dave, you might as well be that angsty girl from Twilight.

[Code]

Poor mans Del Piero.

[Unrighteous]

Also Lance, shut up. Italian teams have had more representatives in Champions League finals since Totti started playing than any other country which would tend to suggest that over the course of his career, it has actually been the strongest league in Europe.

 

You mean except for the last what... ?

 

Totti is great in a shit league. Deal with it.

[dirty_sanchez]

Poor mans Del Piero.

 

Yeah, and Messi is a poor man's Maradona.

[dirty_sanchez]

You mean except for the last what... ?

 

Totti is great in a shit league. Deal with it.

 

I don't know if you remember or pay attention back that far Lance, but Inter won the Champions League the season before last.

 

So Totti's now great, not shit?

 

You are to football what David Cameron is to the British working classes.

[WaltonRed]

He's not world class but he's been a fucking good player for Roma and he stuck with them when he could of easily bailed.

 

He's very good is the definitive

[Unrighteous]

I don't know if you remember or pay attention back that far Lance, but Inter won the Champions League the season before last.

 

So Totti's now great, not shit?

 

You are to football what David Cameron is to the British working classes.

 

Nope. His league is shit, so being great there means he'd still be a pile of utter cack in England.

[Paulie Dangerously]

One club/one league players are always hard to judge in terms of greatness. He has always styled over Serie A but has he done exceptionally well in the Champions League?

[Jairzinho]

One club/one league players are always hard to judge in terms of greatness. He has always styled over Serie A but has he done exceptionally well in the Champions League?

 

Decent scoring record for someone who has played largely as a number ten. 16 in 50. 37 in 88 for all European competitions. As a comparison, Stevie has 38 from 116, although obviously he's played further back in a lot of those games.

 

Worth baring in mind Roma have been proper shit a lot of the time.

[Jairzinho]

Nope. His league is shit, so being great there means he'd still be a pile of utter cack in England.

 

Appears to be a problem with your reel.

[dirty_sanchez]

Nope. His league is shit, so being great there means he'd still be a pile of utter cack in England.

 

Like you being a big deal in Canada but a massive douche in England?

[Guest TK-421]

That Baresi was shit as well. Dossena was/is better.

[dirty_sanchez]

Van Bastern, he was bollocks. Never proved himself in England or Spain, only in the pisspot Dutch and Italian leagues. Dino Zoff, what a waster. Batistuta? Shit. Gentile, who? Roberto Baggio? Getthafuckouttahere!

[moof]

Does it work going back the other way? That Kenny Dalglish fella never played outside the UK, fucking shite he was.

 

Or Kevin Phillips scored loads of goals in England, ergo, he's better than Totti, Van Basten, Batistuta,

[Trumo]

Lance, it's fair to say that Totti is (probably) still one of the top players in a league that is nowhere near as strong as the Serie A of years gone by. The thing is, he was also one the top players in Serie A when it was THE best league in the world. Therefore, he is a top class player full stop. He's also loyal to his hometown club, even though he could have enjoyed more success and acclaim elsewhere in Italy, or abroad.

[jamespp]

You mean except for the last what... ?

 

Totti is great in a shit league. Deal with it.

 

Liverpool 88 were great but in a shit league then, even Bob Paisley himself said the league was poor compared to his day, English league because of the ban was a bit of a backwater

[lifetime fan]

There’s a great 2 part podcast on Golazzo dedicated to him. 
 

Well worth a listen. 

[Bruce Spanner]

I assumed he was the latest striker to turn down United when I saw the bump.

[Jairzinho]

On 30/09/2011 at 03:08, WaltonRed said:

He's not world class

Che cazzo e questo?

[3 Stacks]

Who is considered to be the best Italian #10 between Totti, Del Piero and Baggio?