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From: Bruce D. Scott on 20 Jun 2010 15:20
A reasoned Italian voice with a finite sense of perspective. Ale is
here but is getting drowned out. Daniele too. We used to have a couple
of guys from Torino here, not sure where they went off to...

--
ciao,
Bruce

drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: Starcade on 20 Jun 2010 15:22
On Jun 20, 12:20 pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
> A reasoned Italian voice with a finite sense of perspective.  Ale is
> here but is getting drowned out.  Daniele too.  We used to have a couple
> of guys from Torino here, not sure where they went off to...

Consider the scope of Italian "football" and you see why they are so
hard to find.

Mike
From: Bruce D. Scott on 20 Jun 2010 19:16
Starcade (darkstar7646(a)gmail.com) wrote:
: On Jun 20, 12:20=A0pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
: > A reasoned Italian voice with a finite sense of perspective. =A0Ale is
: > here but is getting drowned out. =A0Daniele too. =A0We used to have a cou=
: ple
: > of guys from Torino here, not sure where they went off to...

: Consider the scope of Italian "football" and you see why they are so
: hard to find.

Oh rubbish... Italian football played well is lethal and clinical, and
it is mostly when people lose to it that they complain :-)

I've seen players like Pippo Inzaghi bury us in our stadium often
enough. I have a lot of respect for that little guy...
Another one is Gattuso, never say die, never ever. And not dirty
either. Always an honorable opponent.

--
ciao,
Bruce

drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: Futbolmetrix on 20 Jun 2010 23:43
On Jun 20, 10:20 pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
> A reasoned Italian voice with a finite sense of perspective.  Ale is
> here but is getting drowned out.  Daniele too.  We used to have a couple
> of guys from Torino here, not sure where they went off to...

My sense of perspective: this is the worst Italian team ever, and I've
been saying this since well before the WC began. My expectations are
so low that I didn't even get particularly upset at yesterday's
result.

As for the flame wars, I'm happy to stay out of them.

D
From: Bruce D. Scott on 21 Jun 2010 00:30
Futbolmetrix (futbolmetrix(a)yahoo.com) wrote:
: On Jun 20, 10:20=A0pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
: > A reasoned Italian voice with a finite sense of perspective. =A0Ale is
: > here but is getting drowned out. =A0Daniele too. =A0We used to have a cou=
: ple
: > of guys from Torino here, not sure where they went off to...

: My sense of perspective: this is the worst Italian team ever, and I've
: been saying this since well before the WC began. My expectations are
: so low that I didn't even get particularly upset at yesterday's
: result.

I know....

: As for the flame wars, I'm happy to stay out of them.

Fair enough. they may still pick it up but as you and Benny have been
reporting they are missing several elements. The main force seems to be
that guy who hit the post and the shot that was heroically saved today.
But the Gattuso and Totti/Pirlo types are missing (I guess Pirlo is
there but as good as absent these days).

--
ciao,
Bruce

drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
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