Comments on: Now even none-Palermitani want Amauri for the Azzurri.

By: ricci

ricci — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:02:15 +0000

4-3-2-2 is too many players unless you plan on playing without a keeper…Iaquinta is nothing special in my mind. Nice player on the club level but would he even be getting a sniff for Spain, Brazil, Germany, Holland etc. Probably not. 4-3-1-2 with Amauri and Toni is probably the best, Di Natale as the trequartista.

By: jj

jj — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:28:14 +0000

I would start the euros with a 4-3-2-2 formation. with the main guys at the back then in the mid you got pirlo, gattuso and de rossi, then you got two widemen di natale and iaquinta who also get back and work, then you have amauri playing just behind luca toni…to me thats pritty much unstoppable…you got camo on the bench, quagliarella, pippo, ambro… alot of solid depth on the bench… i dont see whos gonna challenge us other then france and germany

By: ricci

ricci — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:45:10 +0000

Palladino is a nice player as well.

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:02:18 +0000

Ia-who? No, really…I still believe Iaquinta is a great striker, but he’s not Azzurri-level. I’d take Lucarelli over him anyday. That, and i don’t like his ego.

Vin, i agree on Quagliarella needing time to get to his final form, but he’s the Toni of the future. I love him for shooting from just about anywhere. If we’re really desperate, how bout Pazzini? Or Cacia?

And you’re welcome…

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:15:07 +0000

I’ll take Amauri over Lucarelli any day. But aren’t we forgetting about Iaquinta?

By: ricci

ricci — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:09:09 +0000

Camoranesi is about as Italian as McDonalds. Amauri, I’ve known many Italians with the name Mauri so it’s not a far stretch to say he could have some Italian ancestry. The name also sounds Portuguese and could even be Spanish so I really don’t know. If you listen to him in interviews he speaks very nice Italian! I want him on the NT and I think either him and ToTo or him and Toni would be magical.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:51:28 +0000

i honestly think that if someone goes through with the process to become a citizen of a country, that they should be considered. Thats just saying something, when you are dedicated enough to have dual nationality. Its like with Taddei, he is eligible for the azzurri, but he says he wants to play for brazil. I think both players could do wonders for italia. thats just my two cents though.

By: Vin

Vin — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:05:42 +0000

Hey Steven, It’s true that there’s nobody like Luca Toni. Even when he’s not scoring, he’s a complete menace to the opposing defense, and subsequently, he’s opening things up for everyone else. He’s just so damn much to handle.

I guess the closest thing we have to a Toni (6′4″) height-wise is Quagliarella (5′11″), but even that’s a stretch, no pun intended. Plus, Quagliarella plays with an entirely different style.

Lucarelli is close in height, at 6′2″, but he’s 32 years old at this point. Unless he escapes… um… leaves Shakatar (or however the hell you spell that team’s name) in the January transfer window and all of a sudden starts tearing it up for some other team, I don’t know that I’d expect Toni-level exploits from him.

Still though, the situation wouldn’t be good if Toni couldn’t play… but it wouldn’t be a disaster either. I think that Quaglia, at 24, is still developing into a powerhouse of a striker, and while he may not be able to do what Toni does, he brings a whole new set of tricks to the game. (That whole back-to-goal 20-yards out turn/shoot/score within a half-second thing that he does is just freakish. Nobody else in Serie A does it, and the thing is, it’s not just a one-time deal. Quaglia does this from time to time when nobody’s expecting it. If he keeps doing it, he’ll have the defense wetting their shorts and/or positioning themselves stupidly when he gets the ball anywhere within 40 yards of the goal.

About Amauri… I’m still not keen on Brazilians on the Azzurri, although Dunga would be a complete jackass to not take Amauri for the Selecao, and if he doesn’t take him, part of me thinks Dunga should pay the price for his stupidity… but still… a Brazilian? That doesn’t sit right. Camo at least has Italian ancestry. Amauri? Not so much.

Thanks for the link to serieAmerica, by the way!