Meet Mancini's Men -- Massimo Battara
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:49 amSurely, 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
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