Meanwhile ......

Preposterous

Well that's fair enough, cant criticize him for that.

Current players with the squad number 17:

Italy - Eder
Atalanta - Carlos Carmona
Bologna - Emanuele Giaccherini
Carpi - Marco Crimi
Empoli - Piotr Zieliński
Frosinone - Luca Paganini
Genoa - Suso
Inter - Gary Medel
Juve - Mario Mandžukić
Lazio - Alessandro Matri
Milan - Cristián Zapata
Naploi - Marek Hamšík
Sampdoria - Angelo Palombo
Sassuolo - Nicola Sansone
Torino - Josef Martínez
Udinese - Pablo Armero
__________

Let's not try pretend this sort of aversion to the number 17 is normal in Italy.

It's not.

Sol, for the sake of balance, you should list the 16b's as well.

Sol, its a superstition, lots of people have them. Like the people who say that stupid magpie thing when they see them.

Its just a number, can`t see why u are bothered by it.

Oh and it is quite a big thing to Italians, I should know.

Sol, don't forget this one:

Cagliairi: Diego Farias

Get yer hands one one lads,
Could be a collectors item in a few years time.
Or not!

I get a programme at every match. No doubt that makes me a horrible person for giving my money to my football club.

It's crazy, but then he's crazy so all makes perfect sense.

Andrew Mourant: "Revie's waking hours were riddled with phobias and rituals; taking the same route to his dug out before a match, a fear of ornamental elephants, a readiness to believe that a gypsy curse on Elland Road was preventing his side winning, even a distaste for birds on pictures or as motifs.