@SamOHanrahanSCP That's all very interesting to hear, Sam. Would love to experience it myself. I think you're right in that the approach to the game is totally different over there than to Ireland/UK.
The Premier League is a marketing construct. Without our consent, it sold us what we already loved for an inflated price, got rich, told us to be grateful, now embodies bloated greed and doesn't even care who knows it. Can we have OUR football back please? https://t.co/RcNeRwhLt9
The whole group of Ultras Curva B turned up at the Children's hospital in Pausilipon this morning to donate blood to the kids in need. Well done, ragazzi. 👏🏻 #CurvaB
📸 FB / Assunta Cafiero
“I do not agree that the coach has to adapt to the players. There was a time when I thought about it, but that was because I did not understand football” - Quique Setién
"This has got to be one of the most powerful photographs I have ever seen. Above is a battalion of the Cameron Highlanders in 1914, prior to being despatched to the front line; below is the same battalion upon their return in 1918 after the armistice. "
Gerry Burns fb page.
“A player becomes an open player when he receives the ball without a direct opponent and has time to create new ideas. The main objective of the positional game is to find (to create) an open man behind the opponent’s line of pressure” - Juanma Lillo
On this day, exactly 17 years ago, Daniele De Rossi made his debut for Roma:
🗣 “I have a passion for Roma and for Calcio, if I didn’t become a footballer I would be one of those driving 10 hours just to catch a Roma match."
They don't make them like him anymore. 💪🇮🇹