27 Sep 2016 13:43:13
Quick question Ed001. what's your thoughts on Totti as a man and player? Would you have had him at LFC?

{Ed001's Note - I never really took any notice of him, as Italian football has been so awful to watch in his time. I know me mam loves him, but that is purely so she can wear a shirt with Totti on the back, bless her.}

1.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 15:30:33
I know Gerrard had/ has a man crush on him.

2.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 14:16:32
Your ma' sounds like mine mate! When David Ginola or Jamie Redknapp came on MOTD, me and my Da' used to roll our eyes "'ere we go again son".

It's a great shame about Italian football as many of my favourite players graced from Italy. Baresi, Maldini, Baggio, Batistuta, Buffon, Del Piero, Fachetti and the list carries on and on. Totti was iconic, very few players in the game have represented a club and be such a figure almost a god!

You think of cans, you think of coke. You think of burgers, you think of MacDonalds. You think of Roma you think of Totti.

Legend.

{Ed001's Note - she never cared about those, it was Paddy Berger for her. She had pictures, calendars, shirts etc. When I think of Roma, I think of those vile pricks that stab people. I hate Roma with a passion. Disgusting club and I would be happy if it went out of business. They are an Italian Millwall.}

3.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 17:20:56
I feel the same about Celtic when they burn flags and poppies on remembrance Sunday. Scum.

{Ed001's Note - how is that the same? The Irish have a very genuine reason to detest the British forces (as do many nationalities around the world) due to their treatment. They weren't attacking anyone or stabbing people for the sake of it. Roma fans are a genuine problem in football, they were attacking old men and children in 1984 when we faced them in the European Cup final, and they have not changed now in 2016. This is nothing like the same, to even suggest it is shows a complete lack of understanding of genuine issues over vile thuggery.}

4.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 18:01:56
well said ed01.

5.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 18:32:02
I never knew Roma were that bad, i always thought it was Lazio who were the nasty Rome club.

6.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 18:53:40
Batistuta was from Argentina, LOL.

7.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 19:21:27
Saw him captain the Italy u16's at Wembley. A lad from the same youth team as me but 6 years older was England captain that day.

He now manages Bognor.

Fates a cruel mistress.

8.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 20:08:46
Problem with that statement ed01 is they aren't Irish.

{Ed001's Note - the fans are so where is the problem?}

9.) 27 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 23:03:24
Mickey b if you grew up here in Belfast during the troubles you might look at things differently. I think the burning of flags, emblems are totally wrong but I couldn't and wouldn't wear a poppy (no offence btw) as it would go against a lot of things I believe in.

10.) 28 Sep 2016
27 Sep 2016 23:56:43
Twinkle toes
I'm interested in what you've said. There were Irishmen who fought Fascism in WW2 and more notably in the Spanish civil war
How are they viewed and remembered?
Personally I think the poppy is a universal symbol and I wear one to remember the dead and wasted lives on all sides - lest we forget and repeat the mistakes of the past - and I do respect your views and know enough Irish history to have some understanding of why you might hold those views.