Italian football. Absolute bloody disaster area

- A corruption scandal which destroyed public support, punished the biggest club in Italy - but which the then chief prosecutor has since admitted should actually have punished the club which directly benefited, Inter.

- Several subsequent matchfixing scandals (unlike Calciopoli/Farsopoli, which was never about actual matchfixing, contrary to what the international media reported)

- Two of the three biggest clubs a complete shambles. The other one winning a procession every year

- Tribalism beyond belief, ultras who appear untouchable by the authorities and who hold their clubs to ransom, violence, racism: including even from the federation's President and the former Milan and Italy manager

- No money, ever declining standards. Just one club - Inter 2010 - has reached the CL semi-finals since 2007. No clubs at all have reached the UEFA Cup/Europa League Final since 1999.

It used to be the benchmark, the absolute business. The best, highest quality, most competitive league football has ever known between the mid-80s and mid-90s; James Richardson slurping gelati and gazing coyly at passing beauties; Peter Brackley welcoming us all to the San Siro and exhorting "oh, FABOOLUS GOAL!" Now? It's a bloody joke. :(

Posted By: thebigfeller on February 20th 2015 at 19:00:32

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Parma are about to go out of business (Other Football) - King, Feb 20, 17:07:46
- Italian football. Absolute bloody disaster area (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 20, 19:00:32
- Again!?! (Other Football) - romayellow, Feb 20, 17:19:17
  - I always assume every Italian club has fallen to bits and come back at some point (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Feb 20, 17:59:17
    - Parma is an example (Other Football) - romayellow, Feb 20, 18:23:10
- The amount of players on their books... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Feb 20, 17:12:02
  - D?niel Tőzs?r is on loan from them to Watford (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Feb 20, 17:19:53
    - and Gianni Munari (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Feb 20, 17:45:05
  - Doesn't seem like that long ago that they had Veron, Buffon, Nesta et al (Other Football) - King, Feb 20, 17:14:47
    - Nesta didn't play for them. They had Cannavaro and Thuram though (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Feb 20, 17:21:13
      - Thought Thurram was primarily a left back? (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 20, 17:57:22
        
        I think he played right back at times - especially for France (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Feb 20, 19:36:10
      - I used to really like Benarrivo. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Feb 20, 17:25:19
    - especially when financed by a big company (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 20, 17:19:04
- Ham sorry to hear that (n/m) (Other Football) - Adster, Feb 20, 17:08:14
  - Violet it go... (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Feb 20, 17:22:14
  - put a Hock in it! (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Feb 20, 17:10:21
    - Whats your beef? (n/m) (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 20, 18:07:09
      - stop hamming it up (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Feb 20, 18:10:22
        
        Shut yer mouth, or i'll fillet in! (n/m) (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 20, 18:26:33
  - I laughed. (n/m) (Other Football) - King, Feb 20, 17:09:03

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