13 Mar 2018 19:16:39
Ed 001 what's your thoughts on de Rossi as a player? Was he ever world class? Could he have ever left Roma to a much better club?

{Ed001's Note - Roma are a big club like but yes he could have left a few times to go to more competitive clubs. Depends on what you see as world class, he has certainly been in the top 10 defensive midfielders when he was younger. Very decent centre half too.}

1.) 13 Mar 2018
13 Mar 2018 19:41:12
I was thinking of asking this question too. Also di natale. I thought he hit his peak much later in his career but was a class player.

{Ed001's Note - I don't really know a lot about him to be honest. Playing for Udinese (when I remember him) I never really got to see him play. The times I watched Udine was to see Alexis Sanchez.}

2.) 13 Mar 2018
13 Mar 2018 22:32:15
Loved De Rossi who joined TRoma as a 20 yr old in 2003 and in his prime, was a class player. He could break up play, pass, score, shoot with either foot and as Ed said, a more than capable CB.

As for DiNatale, he was also a gem. One of the few players in Serie A that was universally adored by ALL fans of all the clubs. He scored foals for fun thru out his Udinese career and he was like a GK in that, the older he got, the more he scored. Had a chance to go to bigger clubs like Juve BUT chose to stay at Udinese thru out his career, I think. And if Sanchez is who he is today, it is cos of Di Natale as they played together for a couple of hyears (when Sanchez was in his early 20's) . One of the Serie A's all time greats and a true gentleman!

3.) 14 Mar 2018
14 Mar 2018 00:11:45
Di Natale was a very good player, very underrated. Shame he never got too much of a look in with the Italian national team due to having to compete for a spot with players like Totti.

4.) 14 Mar 2018
14 Mar 2018 03:13:35
Ed001 I think you can watch united to see how Sanchez fair now?

{Ed001's Note - yes mate, but back then he was a little known kid from Chile and I was interested to see how he got on as he was seen as the big name for the future before moving to Italy. Not done too bad for himself.}