The Italian Influence...

[Bahama Wolf]

Fabio Capello, Roberto Di Matteo and now GianFranco Zola. Good for the British game??

 

[Paul76]

Time will tell.

 

[wolfie smith]

we'll be able to throw scooters from the stands soon, carry knives and have flares, ive heard some of you lot still wear flares.

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

Michale Mc Carthyo!

 

[Dewsburywolf]

Trappatoni (sp) at Eire also.

What about that guy who's Manager of the Molineux Mix All Stars, he's got a little Italian in him hasn't he?

 

[Welsh Y'am Y'am]

Trappatoni (sp) at Eire also.

What about that guy who's Manager of the Molineux Mix All Stars, he's got a little Italian in him hasn't he?

He wishes it was little.

 

[SCB]

we'll be able to throw scooters from the stands soon...

People in England can do better than that.
My guess is Reliant Robin's.

 

[Tarcisio Mifsud]

They have won the World Cup more than any other Nation, and their teams have won the European Cups as much as the English did, so that says something about their tactics for sure. They had very few foreign coaches both in the past and at present, so they should be the best in respect of planning on the field of play, even if their style is not that much to my liking.

 

[dazmanwolf]

Time will tell! Zola has potential though!

 

[bigbluewolf]

They have won the World Cup more than any other Nation

I think you will find that is Brazil

 

[Space Wolf]

Any other European nation.

 

[pucewarrior]

I think you will find that is Brazil

They only do better than any other nation because Brazillians qualify for Italian passports from birth.

 

[pucewarrior]

They only do better than any other nation because Brazillians qualify for Italian passports from birth.

It's not all Brazillians but a high percentage qualify due to italian heritage.

 

[Welsh Y'am Y'am]

It's not all Brazillians but a high percentage qualify due to italian heritage.

Weird that isn't it, what with the language spoken being Portuguese. I've also noticed that Argentinians often get Italian passports - a friend of mine who travelled South America told me that Argentinians speak Spanish with an Italian accent.

All a bit bizarre.

On a similar note - here's some trivia - the last fluent Welsh speaker to play in a world cup final was Argentianian forward Gabriel Batistuta. His grandmother was from Bala and, like most Patagonians, kept the welsh language going. There are still more welsh speakers in South America than in Wales. Madness.

 

[Lupo Italiano]

Its because many Italians emigrated to South America (especially Argentina) in the late 1800s/early part of the 20th Century (a few from my family amongst them) which is why people of Italian origin make up such a large part of the population there but the language, ie. Spanish/Portuguese is because settlers from those countries went to South America long before the Italians did.

So by the time the Italians arrived, they were already established Spanish/Portuguese speaking nations.

 

[Goldisocks]

Few quid on West Ham for relegation methinks.