Meet Mancini's Men -- Massimo Battara

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Meet Mancini's Men -- Massimo Battara

Postby DoomMerchant » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:49 am

Surely, MarkBlewArmy must have done this yesterday? i couldn't find it...so. This is our new goalkeeping coach.

BTW i played a track by The Knife from their new opera underneath this which made listening to it a little more bearable.

http://mcfc.co.uk/Video/Interviews/Meet ... mo-Battara

For the lazy or video cockblocked at work, he apparently has a good "rapporto" with Mancini. And thinks Given 'is possible' to play in the best team in Italy. And it's tough for a Italian GK to come to play in the Prem, but it would be easy for a Prem keeper to go play in Italy.

i thought some of his feedback about the differences between Seria A and the Premier League were interesting. Apparently, he wants to learn the English game before he introduces change into any training routine that the keepers do, but he does add a little technical bit here and there.

Highlight:

Interviewer: "How good a goalkeeper is Shay Given?"
MB: "I sorry...i don't understand."

eventually he gets around to agreeing that Shay is one of the best in Europe...after leading questions from the interviewer. ;)

Who is David Gonzalez? A new keeper apparently.

Also, Manc is a lot like Bologna.

That's all.

cheers
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Re: Meet Mancini's Men -- Massimo Battara

Postby Socrates » Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:29 pm

Does he come complete with oompa loompas?
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Re: Meet Mancini's Men -- Massimo Battara

Postby Tokyo Blue » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:50 pm

Socrates wrote:Does he come complete with oompa loompas?

If he signs Shunsuke Nakamura, yes.
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Re: Meet Mancini's Men -- Massimo Battara

Postby DoomMerchant » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:56 pm

Tokyo Blue wrote:
Socrates wrote:Does he come complete with oompa loompas?

If he signs Shunsuke Nakamura, yes.


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