Matthew Le God Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC He’s in! #SaintsFC striker @GPelle19 has been included in the @azzurri for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Whoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Who else is in the squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Tell me Ballohesky has been dropped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Malvo Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Nice confidence boost before tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Good man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Found it - Osvaldo and Pelle in, no Balotelli! Oops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Rabbit Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Who else is in the squad? he got in in front of balotelli.... Osvaldo is in too we have 2 strikers in the Italy squad... Must be a first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Tell me Ballohesky has been dropped? ☺️!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 he got in in front of balotelli.... Osvaldo is in too we have 2 strikers in the Italy squad... Must be a first! Thanks, I asked before looking - proper lazy "internetting" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Pelle is everything Osvaldo should have been for us. He deserves his call up, he's been great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwoite Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Someone wake me up or take the mushrooms away. We keep going from strength to strength. Someone, somewhere has got something right!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 4 October, 2014 Author Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Dani Osvaldo & Graziano Pellè can reminisce of good times on the English south coast whilst in the Italian team hotel together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Pelle's goals so far. http://wall.saintsfc.co.uk/Article/820974-Pelles-Southampton-goals-so-far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Right ladies and Gheytlemen, who's sexiest? You decide. Personally I prefer the mainstream good looks of Pellè over the rough and ready Osvaldo. Those lucky Italian female and ghey fans have a lot to ogle over in the next international. England have Wayne Rooney. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Great news! A player who was jeered on his home debut, written off by some before he'd kicked a ball for us, makes it even sweeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Dani Osvaldo & Graziano Pellè can reminisce of good times on the English south coast whilst in the Italian team hotel together... Oh dear, Graziano might unwittingly persuade Osvaldo to return... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 The Azzuri front line could be 100% Saints. I never thought I'd ever say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Brilliant, so fantastic! Graziano's story is every bit as stunning as Saints renaissance. We don't do too badly at helping to rejuvenate players careers, do we! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Brilliant, so fantastic! Graziano's story is every bit as stunning as Saints renaissance. We don't do too badly at helping to rejuvenate players careers, do we! We don't sign internationals, we create them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 (edited) Fantastic. Technically we have two strikers in the Italy squad. Maybe that also happened at Chelsea with Zola and Vialli but otherwise surely a first for an English team? Edit: Seemingly not at Chelsea either as Vialli won his last Italy cap in 1992 and signed for Chelsea in 1996. Edited 4 October, 2014 by TopGun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 The message is clear to our other aspiring players... grow yourself a single sideburn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 We don't sign internationals, we create them. This , that and like. If only there was a button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feyenoord1908 Posted 4 October, 2014 Share Posted 4 October, 2014 Graziano PellèGeverifieerd account @GPelle19 Another dream came true, I missed so much this color on me!TNX to my family, staff + team from Feyenoord & Saints ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Graziano PellèGeverifieerd account @GPelle19 Another dream came true, I missed so much this color on me!TNX to my family, staff + team from Feyenoord & Saints ❤️ Is he subtly saying he loves Pompey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musesaint Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Great news. Bocca di Lupo! Get in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Naturally ...a great honour, but he knows that (for a striker) ....getting game time and scoring goals is all that really matters...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Is he subtly saying he loves Pompey? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aziz Yebda Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Only reaction to this is to boo him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Codger Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Who else is in the squad? Here you are ... LA LISTA — Portieri: Buffon (Juventus), Perin (Genoa), Sirigu (Psg); Difensori: Bonucci (Juventus), Chiellini (Juventus), Ogbonna (Juventus), Ranocchia (Inter), Rugani (Empoli); Centrocampisti: Aquilani (Fiorentina), Bonaventura (Milan), Candreva (Lazio), Darmian (Torino), De Sciglio (Milan), Florenzi (Roma), Marchisio (Juventus), Parolo (Lazio), Pasqual (Fiorentina), Poli (Milan), Thiago Motta (Psg), Verratti (Psg); Attaccanti: Destro (Roma), Giovinco (Juventus), Immobile (Borussia Dortmund), Osvaldo (Inter), Pellè (Southampton), Zaza (Sassuolo). http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Nazionale/04-10-2014/italia-bonaventura-azerbaigian-malta-balotelli-pelle-rugani-elshaarawy-pirlo-conte-motta-90648253293.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Is he subtly saying he loves Pompey? Don't be silly. He comes from Italy, therefore he ****ing hates Pompey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 5 October, 2014 Share Posted 5 October, 2014 Graziano PellèGeverifieerd account @GPelle19 Another dream came true, I missed so much this color on me!TNX to my family, staff + team from Feyenoord & Saints ❤️ That must be ages ago. He's grown a lot since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feyenoord1908 Posted 6 October, 2014 Share Posted 6 October, 2014 That must be ages ago. He's grown a lot since That was in 2005 at the U20 World Cup. Chiellini still looks his usual 40 years old there. Here is an updated pic of Pelle in Azzuri blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 6 October, 2014 Share Posted 6 October, 2014 Don't be silly. He comes from Italy, therefore he ****ing hates Pompey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 8 October, 2014 Author Share Posted 8 October, 2014 (edited) Interview... First name: Graziano Surname: Pellè Bad habits: Not many, apart from biting my nails due to the stress after games. You moved to Southampton last July, how are you adapting to live in England? It’s ok now. The first month wasn’t very easy, even though I’m quite a positive person and don’t usually suffer from homesickness. But of course it’s better after those goals. What are the differences between Southampton, Alkmaar and Rotterdam? Alkmaar is a small town. They have their cheese trade show there. It’s particular, it’s funny and it’s a place where you can live well. As for Rotterdam, you can still see the damage from the war- they’re in a rebuilding stage. They have one of the biggest ports in the world. It’s a very beautiful city, there’s an old part of the city and a new one- there’s a marked distinction between the two. Southampton is another city with a port. It seems I always go to places where there’s the sea. I still have to get to know the city, I have just arrived, and there’s time. You were given the nickname “Italian Stallion” in Holland after scoring 50 goals in 57 matches there. Is that true? Yes, it’s true. I don’t know the details, I don’t know why they chose the name stallion… Joking aside, the head coach and his staff trusted me a lot and I rewarded them with a lot of goals. If I hadn’t scored all those goals, I wouldn’t be here now. Tell us the weirdest thing that happened whilst you were in the Netherlands There are a lot… When I was signing for AZ, I was discussing what shirt number I could have with Louis Van Gaal. I love the number 9, be it 9, 19 or 18- I’m not afraid of fate. Anyway, I like the number 9 because it symbolizes the striker. Van Gaal told me: “9 is taken, 19 is too… Ok, 90 or 99”. I replied: “No, no please, not those high numbers. Which number are you going to give me?” He: “29 or 39”… And I said: “I don’t like 29 very much”. Van Gaal said: “Then 90 or 99”, and I reiterated my disappointment. Van Gaal is very strict and I eventually said: “Then I’m not signing for the club”. He got very angry, stood up and went to my agent and said to him: “How dare this guy to do something like that?” I then told him that I was joking. He is a great coach too. You converted a panenka penalty at the U21-Euros in Holland in 2007. Did you draw inspiration from Totti, who did the same at Euro 2000 in Holland too? Yes, it was great to watch his successful panenka penalty kick. He is obviously a specialist at it. I had a verbal wager with Montolivo and Chiellini and they told me: If you have the courage, then do it! The adrenaline of the game helped me stay calm. I felt more tense when I saw the penalty on TV after the game. Which player inspired you to play football? My father. He used to play in minor leagues. He got to play in Serie C, but if you speak to all his former colleagues, it looks like they were Van Basten or Rijkaard. They keep saying that it was a lot more difficult back then to make it to Serie C, you know, the usual stories. He used to show me all the videos of great players: Van Basten, the Brazilian Ronaldo, I grew up drawing inspiration from all the great players who used to play back then. We know that you were a dancing champion and that this is a passion of yours. How did it start? My mother loved dancing, my three-year-older sister also did it. It was a two-person-dance, so she needed a partner. I said that I would dance with my sister to make my mother happy. I even had to use heels because my older sister was taller than me. When I started playing for Lecce, I quit dancing because it was a great opportunity and my mother understood that. What would you do in order to score your first ever goal for the senior national team? I better not reveal that because I would be forced by my teammates to actually do it. I’ll give my all, but I don’t know what I’d do. Now say hello to the Vivo Azzurro users through a sentence in dialect from Salento, in Dutch and English. Edited 8 October, 2014 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 9 October, 2014 Share Posted 9 October, 2014 I love the number 9, be it 9, 19 or 18- I’m not afraid of fate. Anyway, I like the number 9 because it symbolizes the striker. Van Gaal told me: “9 is taken, 19 is too… Ok, 90 or 99”. I replied: “No, no please, not those high numbers. Which number are you going to give me?” He: “29 or 39”… And I said: “I don’t like 29 very much”. I like him more now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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