such....

[coach et 64]

greatness for the Milan club it's with such a pleasure that i can affirm that Milan has been the greatest club in the world since Berlusconi bought it in 1986.they won 25 trophies in the last 20 years with 5 champions league,2 world cups for clubs,4 european super cups and so on.I witnessed them beating Steaua bucarest 4-0,thumping arrogant Cruyff Barcellona team 4-0 in two champions league finals,humiliating Real Madrid with a 5-0 demolition job in the san siro stadium.World class stars like van basten,gullit,rijkaard,savicevic,boban,desailly, weah,davids, kluivert,leonardo,ayala,bierhoff,rui costa,papin,shevchenko,seedorf,kaka,and so on to finish with the italians greats of baresi,maldini,donadoni,albertini,costacurta,evani,ancelotti, di canio,roberto baggio,wierchowood, and world cup winners nesta,pirlo,gattuso,inzaghi,gilardino,oddo,etc,etc have played for this mighty club.They have been over the years the pride of italian football at club level and now with their 7th champions win are the most successful club in the world ahead of mighty Real Madrid.i just wanna finish with a saying from old milan supporters:"L'E` PROPRIO UN GRAN MILAN" IT'S REALLY A GREAT MILAN.

[Uncle Urchin]

Originally Posted By: coach et 64

greatness for the Milan club it's with such a pleasure that i can affirm that Milan has been the greatest club in the world since Berlusconi bought it in 1986.they won 25 trophies in the last 20 years with 5 champions league,2 world cups for clubs,4 european super cups and so on.I witnessed them beating Steaua bucarest 4-0,thumping arrogant Cruyff Barcellona team 4-0 in two champions league finals,humiliating Real Madrid with a 5-0 demolition job in the san siro stadium.World class stars like van basten,gullit,rijkaard,savicevic,boban,desailly, weah,davids, kluivert,leonardo,ayala,bierhoff,rui costa,papin,shevchenko,seedorf,kaka,and so on to finish with the italians greats of baresi,maldini,donadoni,albertini,costacurta,evani,ancelotti, di canio,roberto baggio,wierchowood, and world cup winners nesta,pirlo,gattuso,inzaghi,gilardino,oddo,etc,etc have played for this mighty club.They have been over the years the pride of italian football at club level and now with their 7th champions win are the most successful club in the world ahead of mighty Real Madrid.i just wanna finish with a saying from old milan supporeters:"L'E` PROPRIO UN GRAN MILAN" IT'S REALLY A GREAT MILAN.

yes... well its easy to win when you are guilty of match fixing coachey...

[coach et 64]

i agree..."Success has ruined many a man" or what they say?

"the better you become,the more people will try to find something wrong with you"

[Hookey]

Or,

 

"The higher the climb, the further the fall"

[Uncle Urchin]

yes well.....match fixing is match fixing and old eytalian sayings are designed to cover up the corruption rife in football in your country...no wonder you came over here..

 

I thought you were a lazio supporter...you glory hunter you...

[coach et 64]

or like my friend Seneca used to say:"it is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness"

[Hookey]

You don't have to be a wise man to know you should never piss into the wind!!!

[coach et 64]

true,i choose England ahead of Canada because of their football heritage and lovely weather.It's a different world from the corrupted match fixing calcio but when it comes to winning the eytalians know a trick or two.it's not a coincidence that the academy youngsters overthere play competitive football with relegation and promotion from the age of 13.I'm a Lazio/Juventus supporter but when it comes to italian teams in europe,Roma excluded ,i wanna them to win.I wanted to pay back those two "traitors" that i have got in my family(older son and wife)Liverpool supporters They were told where their loyalties should lie.....

[Uncle Urchin]

Originally Posted By: coach et 64

true,i choose England ahead of Canada because of their football heritage and lovely weather.It's a different world from the corrupted match fixing calcio but when it comes to winning the eytalians know a trick or two.it's not a coincidence that the academy youngsters overthere play competitive football with relegation and promotion from the age of 13.I'm a Lazio/Juventus supporter but when it comes to italian teams in europe,Roma excluded ,i wanna them to win.I wanted to pay back those two "traitors" that i have got in my family(older son and wife)Liverpool supporters They were told where their loyalties should lie.....

yes yes...thats all very noble but what about milan and the fact that they were found guilty of match fixing...


canada would have loved you but just one question.....for somone so loyal to the home country why leave...

[coach et 64]

well Uncle,we all make choices in our youth days(right or wrong) and i was just fed up of paying a big rent every month and annoyed about seeing a different government every six months.the rest of my life was fine.I enjoyed my football,plenty of friends and an happy social life but i couldn't afford to buy my own house with only 50%mortgages and shorter repayments available.So one day at the restaurant,talking to one of my English brothers in law,Coachie and his 7 months pregnant wife decided to give a go,moving to these shores.We didn't say anything to any of our brothers,sisters and members of two big families,till the last few weeks and here we went were some of the comments and even a good friend offered me a manager's job at a big non league club in Rome,hoping i would stay!The first few weeks were tough and i said to my wife that i would rather move to Canada where i had an older sister and a lot of my mum's relatives.Christmas 1993 came and with all the documents from the Canadian Embassy ready,we decided to stay over here and the rest is history! Fourteen years later with an older son that speaks with a Southend accent and twins that were born at Southend hospital,Coachie's life is firmly in this part of Essex.We miss a bit of Dolce vita and not having all relatives around but for the rest we are quite happy and enjoy life in this country,where contrary to what people think ,there is more honesty than else where.Sometimes people say that you choose your own destiny:in my case i let the fate decide! no complaints anyway, but don't touch the italian football!

[Uncle Urchin]

right then....got all that....thanks....

[coach et 64]