H72 265 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I'm far too young to remember this and I'm quite interested in hearing how good he actually was. His third goal here is absolutely magnificent. Obviously, his goal-scoring ability speaks for itself but just how good was Marco Negri? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Not good enough at Squash.But like you mate I'm too young to remember how good he was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksen_da_best 2,034 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 i THINK this was my first ever Rangers game. Was there a sending off in this game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackunion 536 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I was at this game,great finisher and even better at poaching I don't think he was one for having the ability to get past a player cause he had no fucking speed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartm 7 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I was there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benito 12 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I remember the game well, paintin a shed and listenin to it on the radio.Negri was a natural goalscorer with skill and ability as demonstrated above, but he'd no real pace.I dont think he settled at Rangers and was just a miserable cunt. We'd signed Porrini and Big Amo thatsummer in all so it wasnt like he was on his tod, coulda whipped round to Amos for some slap up spag bolbetween games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
H72 265 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 I remember the game well, paintin a shed and listenin to it on the radio.Negri was a natural goalscorer with skill and ability as demonstrated above, but he'd no real pace.I dont think he settled at Rangers and was just a miserable cunt. We'd signed Porrini and Big Amo thatsummer in all so it wasnt like he was on his tod, coulda whipped round to Amos for some slap up spag bolbetween games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don81 2,875 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 And a wee Baileys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irwin Sparkes 97 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 People only judged strikers on goals back in those days. Looking back, he had no pace and was very lazyWas weird, i was watching a video on Youtube earlier of all his games and there's one against Hibs at Easter Road where not only does he smile after scoring it, he goes absolutely mental Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryMc 2,409 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Negri couldn't lace Andrius Velicka's boots! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo. 952 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 He could've been fkn awesome for us, an incredible finisher. Unfortunately he was more Maniero than McCoist after his 'squash' injury.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo. 952 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Negri and Mols...what might've been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_gazza 1,065 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Did he not refuse to play for us again? And was more than willing to sit out the rest of his contract? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo. 952 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Did he not refuse to play for us again? And was more than willing to sit out the rest of his contract?I seem to remember him making a comeback against shellick, and being pyoor shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_gazza 1,065 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Rangers manager Walter Smith bought Negri from Perugia for £3.5 million in 1997. He was rewarded with instant success, as Negri scored 23 goals in his first ten league games.[1] His low-key celebrations were noteworthy - often he felt the need only to exchange a handshake with other players and showed little in the way of facial expressions.[2]Negri easily topped the goal charts in that first campaign, with 32 league strikes. His scoring run was brought to an end on suffering a serious eye injury, attributed to a squash match with Sergio Porrini. After that first season Negri only played three more first team games, and he sat out the whole of one campaign. Rangers then loaned him to Vicenza and the striker returned to Ibrox injured.[3] Eventually he was sold to Bologna, in February 2001.His record at Bologna reads two substitute appearances in two years, so it would appear that his attitude to the game remained the same. He apparently did start working with a famous sports clinic in Italy with a view to regaining full fitness and at that time, Ivano Bonetti held talks with Negri about a return to Scotland as replacement for Claudio Caniggia at Dundee.After Bologna Negri dropped into Serie B with Livorno but they released him after a few months. In 2004 the player had a trial at Derby County, although he wasn't offered a contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrfc1873 48 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Awww Marco You can't help but think what if. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_gazza 1,065 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Years Team Apps† (Gls)†1994–1995 Cosenza 34 (19)1995–1997 Perugia 60 (33)1997–2001 Rangers 30 (32)1999–2000 → Vicenza (loan) 9 (1)2001–2002 Bologna 3 (0)2002 Cagliari 5 (2)2002–2003 Livorno 10 (8)2004–2005 Perugia 3 (0)Total 154 (95)He only played 21 games in 4 years since leaving,which seems real weird considering his games/goals ratio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clelandhattrick 8 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 There are fake quotes supposedly by Negri blaming anti-Catholic bigotry as the reason for his form dipping so dramatically. Needless to say, these bullshit quotes originated on a Celtic messageboard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1873Graeme 6 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 There are fake quotes supposedly by Negri blaming anti-Catholic bigotry as the reason for his form dipping so dramatically. Needless to say, these bullshit quotes originated on a Celtic messageboard.Yeah, I saw those fake quotes posted by sad Celtic fans on Marco Negri youtube videos (Have they nothing better to do with their time?!) and immediately called bullshit. We've had plenty of Catholic players or players of a Catholic background who have gone on to be Rangers heroes. Dado Prso anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluepeter 5,627 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 He'd have been some player if he could have been arsed to play. And if he stopped shagging his team mates' wives... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackCarter 2 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 He scored 5 on the Saturday against united. Then we played them the midweek after at Ibrox and lost one nil in the league cup. I was at the one nil. :-( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Sasac 164 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 The goal where he flicked it over the defenders head and then lobbed the keeper beats Pires' goal for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaltersGotStyle 178 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 20,042 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I'm far too young to remember this and I'm quite interested in hearing how good he actually was. His third goal here is absolutely magnificent. Obviously, his goal-scoring ability speaks for itself but just how good was Marco Negri?Boyd x 10.Not exactly the most technically gifted player in the world but he had a preternatural ability to be in the right place at the right time. If he had a good attitude and hadn't been injured he's probably have scored more than Larsson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DietofWorms 2,079 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Negri looked like the best thing since sliced bread for 6 months.... then nothing.He scored a peach at the Methadome in the 1-1 game that year. Mad Italian Robber! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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