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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 17, 2021 19:39:33 GMT
Beppe Signori from the same era! Who was that left winger they kept going on about who had a serious car crash and was never the same? Gianluigi Lentini |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2021 19:46:54 GMT
Who was that left winger they kept going on about who had a serious car crash and was never the same? Gianluigi Lentini Forgot about him. Lost his balance didn't he? world record signing at the time I think. Never recovered and flitted from club to club |
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jul 17, 2021 19:49:04 GMT
Beppe Signori from the same era! Who was that left winger they kept going on about who had a serious car crash and was never the same? Lentini. Went for world record money, crashed and was never the same again. To be fair he won some trophies, played 515 matches and retired at 43 so it wasn't all bad! |
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Post by J-Roar on Jul 18, 2021 6:32:37 GMT
Beppe Signori from the same era! Loved Signori - he used to take penalties with no run up. It drove keepers mad! |
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Post by J-Roar on Jul 18, 2021 6:56:43 GMT
I've just watched it. What a bag of shit. Hard to believe a player as good as Baggio could be the subject of something so wank. Baggio himself should find tbe people who made it and projectile vomit over their cars. And yet the title makes it sound like it would be brilliant. From the company who brought you Berry: The kinky afro Charlton: the miraculous combover |
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Post by figo85 on Jul 18, 2021 8:36:21 GMT
Used to have to spend the off season building the muscles around his knee to be able to play properly. Loved that era of football in Italy. Football Italia was a staple of Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon viewing. |
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Post by teenagefanclub on Jul 18, 2021 16:31:16 GMT
Surely we are all forgetting the best Baggio related thing......
Roberto Baggio free kick game on pc
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Post by banksisgod on Jul 18, 2021 16:47:57 GMT
Baggio lit up every game he played; well, every game but one. That was in Meadowlands, U.S.A. in 1994, when even he experienced what many had done before him; the lonely darkness of Paul McGrath's arse pocket!
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Post by viewfromthecrowsnest on Jul 18, 2021 17:24:35 GMT
Who needs a run up with finishing of that quality?
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Post by viewfromthecrowsnest on Jul 18, 2021 17:27:34 GMT
Imagine the current Italy team with a young Baggio? We would have been beat inside the 90 mins.
A truly unique natural talent of the rarest proportions!
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Post by miltonstokienew on Jul 18, 2021 18:22:35 GMT
Turned it off after 15 mins.
The Tottenham documentary is worth a watch
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 18, 2021 22:11:04 GMT
Baggio lit up every game he played; well, every game but one. That was in Meadowlands, U.S.A. in 1994, when even he experienced what many had done before him; the lonely darkness of Paul McGrath's arse pocket! That was McGrath's finest hour. In the next Italy game v Norway Pagluica was sent off early on. Saachi sacrifice subbed Roberto Baggio. Despite being the undoubted star of the competition he got off to a rubbish start. |
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Post by kentpotter on Jul 19, 2021 10:57:37 GMT
Remember when he left Fiorentina for Juve, there were full on riots in Florence for about three or four nights!!!
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jul 19, 2021 11:38:19 GMT
Remember when he left Fiorentina for Juve, there were full on riots in Florence for about three or four nights!!! Didn't they end up with Batigol as a result though? |
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Post by kentpotter on Jul 20, 2021 8:46:31 GMT
Remember when he left Fiorentina for Juve, there were full on riots in Florence for about three or four nights!!! Didn't they end up with Batigol as a result though? Within a year I think? Not a too shabby replacement!  |
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jul 20, 2021 8:48:35 GMT
Didn't they end up with Batigol as a result though? Within a year I think? Not a too shabby replacement! As much as any opposition player he's the one I regret never seeing play. Drogba was about the closest modern equivalent in my opinion, always thought he was outstanding against Stoke in attack and defence. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 20, 2021 8:53:19 GMT
Didn't they end up with Batigol as a result though? Within a year I think? Not a too shabby replacement! Yeah, they'd agreed to sign Latorre from Boca, who was one of the first 'new Maradonas' and when Batistuta, who was largely unheralded in Argentina to that point, had a good Copa America they took a punt on him too. Latorre played two games and sunk without trace, Batistuta had his own statue there by the end of the decade. Absolutely gutted to miss that game at the Vic where him and Effenberg played for the Viola. |
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Post by onionman on Jul 20, 2021 10:05:22 GMT
Batistuta was the second most dangerous striker on display that evening, after Martin Carruthers.
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Jul 20, 2021 10:50:27 GMT
Within a year I think? Not a too shabby replacement! As much as any opposition player he's the one I regret never seeing play. Drogba was about the closest modern equivalent in my opinion, always thought he was outstanding against Stoke in attack and defence. Batistuta is one of the purest,cleanest strikers of a ball i've ever seen,every shot had the velocity of a bullet.... |
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Post by lordb on Jul 20, 2021 11:06:33 GMT
As much as any opposition player he's the one I regret never seeing play. Drogba was about the closest modern equivalent in my opinion, always thought he was outstanding against Stoke in attack and defence. Batistuta is one of the purest,cleanest strikers of a ball i've ever seen,every shot had the velocity of a bullet.... Overson had him in his backpocket |
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Post by lordb on Jul 20, 2021 11:08:46 GMT
Imagine the current Italy team with a young Baggio? We would have been beat inside the 90 mins. A truly unique natural talent of the rarest proportions! or England with a young (English) Baggio or any half decent side truly world class players elevate decent sides into very very good ones the most obvious example is Argentina in 1986 not a bad side but they don't get beyond the quarters without Diego |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2021 11:10:45 GMT
Bruce Rioch said when he joined Arsenal he was given the choice of Bergkamp or Baggio. Would loved to have seen Baggio play here also
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2021 12:11:21 GMT
Peter Brackley and Ray Wilkins on Comms. James Richardson and Paul Elliot in the studio. Great stuff The best theme for a footy show. Prove me wrong. |
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Post by noustie on Jul 20, 2021 12:25:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2021 13:11:23 GMT
Improved massively when it stopped focussing on that arse Gascoigne
great show at the time
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jul 30, 2021 2:11:24 GMT
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