Riccardo Calafiori Thread

[Midz]

Riccardo Calafiori has finally become an Arsenal player.

Welcome to the club. Wishing you all the best and hope you become a defender to remember.

[OneBardGooner]

BENVENUTO ! (Welcome) Riccardo Calafiori

BBC:


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... g5p3vg7pjo


When Bologna announced the arrival of Riccardo Calafiori from FC Basel late last August, just a couple of hours before the end of the summer market window, very few guessed how successful a move it would be.

Following the arrival of Jose Mourinho at Roma in 2021, Calafiori's home city and the club where he grew up, opportunities and playing time were rare for the defender.

That encouraged him to accept a permanent transfer to Swiss giants Basel in the summer of 2022.

Despite being a regular presence in Italy youth teams, Calafiori was beginning to slide off the European football radar before Bologna technical director Giovanni Sartori made his move.

Fast forward 11 months and Calafiori’s first full Serie A season ended with Champions League qualification, before he proved to be Italy’s best outfield player at Euro 2024 and his market value increased by 12 times.


No shit sherlock!!!

Not many players around Europe can claim such a rise within such a short period - and it has earned the 22-year-old a move to Arsenal for a fee of up to £42m including add-ons.

[augie]

I've always loved the mentality of Italian defenders and I would love this guy to be a success -the italians seem to be cut from same cloth as GG in that winning is more important than style etc, and if they have to snap an opponent in two to get that win, then they are well prepared to do that

[DB10GOONER]

Hoping he is the real deal. Welcome to the Arsenal.

[OneBardGooner]

Okay ere we go:

To the tune of Supercaler-fragilistic-expialidocious


It's...... Super Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

When he puts a tackle in

He leaves them un-conscious

If we sing his name loud enough

He’ll turn around and applaude us

Cos he’s ....... Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I

[OneBardGooner]

Arteta post signing interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vRoJ_fXf3U

[DB10GOONER]

Okay ere we go:

To the tune of Supercaler-fragilistic-expialidocious


It's...... Super Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

When he puts a tackle in

He leaves them un-conscious

If we sing his name loud enough

He’ll turn around and applaude us

Cos he’s ....... Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I

As our dearly missed HLEBBY would say....

"It doesn't scan."

[OneBardGooner]

Okay ere we go:

To the tune of Supercaler-fragilistic-expialidocious


It's...... Super Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

When he puts a tackle in

He leaves them un-conscious

If we sing his name loud enough

He’ll turn around and applaude us

Cos he’s ....... Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I

As our dearly missed HLEBBY would say....

"It doesn't scan."

Poor Hlebby.... <makes sign of the cross)

But he was 200% Baked on Crack and Meth, at least when he wasn't inhaling Top Grade Red Lebanese or Haitian punka.

So, for the record it does scan and can be played on various tempi, but the original super calerfragilistic etc was played with a tempo of 123 BPM. It can also be used half-time at 62 BPM or double-time at 246 BPM and most commonly played in C♯/D♭ key with a major mode.


So there!

[DB10GOONER]

Okay ere we go:

To the tune of Supercaler-fragilistic-expialidocious


It's...... Super Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

When he puts a tackle in

He leaves them un-conscious

If we sing his name loud enough

He’ll turn around and applaude us

Cos he’s ....... Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I

As our dearly missed HLEBBY would say....

"It doesn't scan."

Poor Hlebby.... <makes sign of the cross)

But he was 200% Baked on Crack and Meth, at least when he wasn't inhaling Top Grade Red Lebanese or Haitian punka.

So, for the record it does scan and can be played on various tempi, but the original super calerfragilistic etc was played with a tempo of 123 BPM. It can also be used half-time at 62 BPM or double-time at 246 BPM and most commonly played in C♯/D♭ key with a major mode.


So there!

[A11M11]

If we sing it at half speed as long as we don't have to wiggle our fingers I'm in .

[OneBardGooner]

If we sing it at half speed as long as we don't have to wiggle our fingers I'm in .

No that's fine but all those singing it must dress up as either Mary Poppins or the Cheeky chappie cock-en-kee Dick Van Dyke

[Arsenal Till I Die]

Okay ere we go:

To the tune of Supercaler-fragilistic-expialidocious


It's...... Super Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

When he puts a tackle in

He leaves them un-conscious

If we sing his name loud enough

He’ll turn around and applaude us

Cos he’s ....... Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I

As our dearly missed HLEBBY would say....

"It doesn't scan."

Poor Hlebby.... <makes sign of the cross)

But he was 200% Baked on Crack and Meth, at least when he wasn't inhaling Top Grade Red Lebanese or Haitian punka.

So, for the record it does scan and can be played on various tempi, but the original super calerfragilistic etc was played with a tempo of 123 BPM. It can also be used half-time at 62 BPM or double-time at 246 BPM and most commonly played in C♯/D♭ key with a major mode.


So there!

You’re right, it does scan.

If we sing it out of tune and pronounce his name wrong etc.

[DB10GOONER]

Okay ere we go:

To the tune of Supercaler-fragilistic-expialidocious


It's...... Super Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

When he puts a tackle in

He leaves them un-conscious

If we sing his name loud enough

He’ll turn around and applaude us

Cos he’s ....... Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I

As our dearly missed HLEBBY would say....

"It doesn't scan."

Poor Hlebby.... <makes sign of the cross)

But he was 200% Baked on Crack and Meth, at least when he wasn't inhaling Top Grade Red Lebanese or Haitian punka.

So, for the record it does scan and can be played on various tempi, but the original super calerfragilistic etc was played with a tempo of 123 BPM. It can also be used half-time at 62 BPM or double-time at 246 BPM and most commonly played in C♯/D♭ key with a major mode.


So there!

You’re right, it does scan.

If we sing it out of tune and pronounce his name wrong etc.

[OneBardGooner]

Okay ere we go:

To the tune of Supercaler-fragilistic-expialidocious


It's...... Super Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

When he puts a tackle in

He leaves them un-conscious

If we sing his name loud enough

He’ll turn around and applaude us

Cos he’s ....... Calafiori-fragilistic-expialidocious

Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I

As our dearly missed HLEBBY would say....

"It doesn't scan."

Poor Hlebby.... <makes sign of the cross)

But he was 200% Baked on Crack and Meth, at least when he wasn't inhaling Top Grade Red Lebanese or Haitian punka.

So, for the record it does scan and can be played on various tempi, but the original super calerfragilistic etc was played with a tempo of 123 BPM. It can also be used half-time at 62 BPM or double-time at 246 BPM and most commonly played in C♯/D♭ key with a major mode.


So there!

You’re right, it does scan.

If we sing it out of tune and pronounce his name wrong etc.

I can't help it if you're musically un-educated, inept and unable to grasp the basics of syncopation and rhythm

[OneBardGooner]

Anyhooo!

Some clips of Calafiori from YT... Okay so we all know YT clips can be mis-leading (ie: Pepe! )... But he does seem to have some Skills and presence when tackles.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phlaz7ArxPw