Hey everyone
By: Christopher | July 2nd, 2009First post at this Napoli blog so I’m looking forward to getting to know all you guys (and gals?) ahead of what is sure to be an interesting season given the nature of this summer mercato so far. Before we get down to footballing business (and I can’t wait to do so) I thought I should post a quick bit about myself. I’m a Junior at College. My family is half Neapolitan and half Sicilian but somehow some of them are Juve supporters so don’t mind a little extra ‘umph’ in those head to head match ups. I believe the meaning of life, as deep a philosophical notion as it is, can be narrowed down to the heavenly (is ‘orgasmic’ going to far?) ingredients found on a Neapolitan pizza pie, which comes right after my love for Napoli SSC- and I mean RIGHT after. I’m still trying to figure out what the hell is going on with America’s version of the Neapolitan pie — that thick square stuff? (seriously, wtf?). I digress. The city of Naples is beautiful as well. My friends and I emptied what little was left in our bank accounts to backpack Europe for a couple weeks in May, unfortunately we only went as South as Rome while in Italy, but boy it made me miss that gritty, down to earth feel that you get walking the streets of Naples.
So here I am broke as anything spending my days playing football and now writing about it! Haha lets get back to football! I read a lot of the recent posts by Neil, who seems to be a great refined and prolific writer, and all the comments to catch up on what I missed. Neil if you come back I look forward to writing with you. Seems like we have a close group here with some steady followers- alex, vincent, luigi were just some of the names I saw often. In my view this blog is about all of us coming together to learn from each other, get some good debates in at times, and most of all to support our club. My main goal for this thing is just to stimulate all of the above by attempting to write interesting posts. If at any point you have a suggestion for a post, or think my writing is utter shit, let me know. I look forward to meeting you (feel free to write a tid bit about yourself in the comments section if you want), and lets get this Napoli offside rolling!
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Welcome! Finally, some new material. Nice.
I am reasonably happy with the market so far, though the two things that frosted my @ss the most were not getting Fabio Cannavaro on a free, and paying too much IMO for Zuniga. The pick ups of Quags, Cigarini, Hugo boy, and De Sanctis are fine and fill some needs. I still think Fabio would have been huge in the backlone for one more season at least and to also give Santacroce some schooling in the fine Italian art of defending.
Once again, welcome Christopher
Forza Napoli!
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great to have you bloging Christopher, we all apreciate it. also, thanks to neil and joe (i’m sure i’m missing someone else too) for the time they spent the past couple years blogging here as well.
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Welcome to the blog, Chris! (Or Christopher?)
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hello christopher!
you have instantly gained my respect by posting a picture of one of the nicest looking pizzas ive seen in a long time!
you say your playing a lot of football, what position?
i agree with you vincent regarding the transfers. i think everyones pissed off about f.cannavaro not being brought home but lets not say anymore. like ive said before one of my biggest gripes with marino is him not signing more promising young italians on co-ownershps instead of paying full price for players like zuniga. that and letting russotto go.
why dip into the foreign markets when the talent pool in italy is outstanding if not one of the best? especially campania.
i think the team is a backup striker and left back away from being complete and i cant wait for the season to begin. serie a is going to be very exciting to the say the least
great to have you writing christopher!
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http://www.tuttonapoli.net/?action=read&idnotizia=35799
“the professor” has arrived!
any idea why the call santacroce “emperor nero” as well?
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Welcome, Christopher! I’m really happy that someone has stepped up to make sure this great blog continues. I depend on it immensely since my football knowledge is pretty limited. In particular, I really enjoyed the interplay and contrasting viewpoints of Neil and Alex. I think the spirited debate between them was good for the blog. I was sorry to see Neil leave the blog, but I hope Alex will continue to post often and tell it as he sees it. I appreciate Alex’s honesty and no-B.S. attitude. I also agree with him that Napoli need a greater Southern (Italian) composition. Too many stranieri and we’ll lose our character like the English Premier. I also need Alex to translate those transfer news pieces from the Italian press. So I hope that everyone continues to contribute to this blog and express their opinions honestly. The differences of opinion expressed here have helped me to learn more about the game. Thanks Alex and Neil, and thanks Christopher for stepping up. I look forward to another season of spirited posts on this blog. And about the thick, square American version of pizza . . . I agree with you, Christopher. I love the Neopolitan pie. And I’m from Chicago, where the thick square stuff was born. Fortunately, we have a place here called “Spaccanapoli” run by Neopolitans and dedicated to the true pie. Forza Napoli!
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So wait Neil left, Just like that, kinda rude of him!
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welcome to the new blog i think youll be great but i would think it would be a good post if you talked about what players are wearing what numbers and where players like de zerbi and montervino are probably gonna go or if were gonna keep them
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Peter- where is the pizza place? I live in Gary, Indiana about 30 miles from Chicago and can easily get there. My girlfriend and I are always up for new pizza places.
I also play footy, CB is my position. Being 6′3″ helps out quite a bit. I like to think I am a poor man’s Nesta. And I mean very poor. LOL
Anyways, think we need a proper center forward, and with Fabiano being linked with Milan, maybe we can still get Boriello on a loan or co-ownership deal. He has to face facts that Milan don’t believe in him
Forza Napoli!
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Vincent, Spaccanapoli is located at 1769 W. Sunnyside in the Ravenswood area of Chicago. Phone (773) 878-2420. Better yet, check out their webpage at http://www.spaccanapolipizzeria.com. It has a menu as well as directions to the pizzeria.
How are things in “The Region”? My parents lived in Lansing, IL for many years until my father passed away. Now all the family’s back in Chicago.
I’m not totally against Chicago-style thick crust/deep dish pizza, but I prefer the Margherita, which reminds me of my trip to Napoli. I recommend calling ahead to the pizzeria, as wait times to get in can be long sometimes and you’ll be coming in from NW Indiana.
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Hey thanks everyone, I really appreciate the warm welcome. ‘Chris’ is fine, alessio, thanks (the topher part just sounds unnatural sometimes). By the way I’ve really enjoyed your Juve posts keep up the good work.
Haha Alex, glad you liked the pic, I had no clue it would appear that large in the post- nonetheless I suppose it’s all for the better. I play DCM- a ‘poor mans (I like that Vincent)’ DCM. Like to think of myself as a Sissoko, where I just run the pitch taking people out as I go. You play at all?
Peter I sensed that dichotomy of viewpoints as well while reading over the posts, and hope that we can keep that, despite the occasional outbreak.
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Alex ‘emporer nero’ has confused me too– never heard of a specific reference of where it was from. If I had to make a guess I’d say it has something to do with the fact that Nero was a violent s.o.b. obsessed with theatre, thus, the Colosseum (named after a statue of himself). I hope the parallel stops there because Nero was also known for executing his mother (maybe Santacroce’s execution was metaphorical seeing as his mom is Brazilian and he left for Italy?? haha I’ll stop reading too far into this)
Matt I’ll try to touch on that in the next post, thank you for the recommendation.
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Peter- thanks for the info!
Oh, things in “da region” are swell, as usual. LOL
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welcome christopher I wish you the best
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