Without feeling the need to Google, I know exactly what the Corinthians ethos was. To stay amateur and promote the need to be non professional. I think, if I remember, they once filled about 10 of the 11 places in the England squad, all amateurs. They wouldn't compete in certain competitions...
I need to what? I am not even talking about a game involving us, so how is this rose tinted? I did not say he invented cheating, but he certainly made it prosperous. Remind me of cheating before him. I'm trying hard to think of one here. And I have watched Corinthians play, fantastic club...
In fact I remember watching Iti footy in the 80s on Channel 4 and they would go down like fairies and remember thinking, thank God the English league isn't like that, we've now overtaken the world for cheating.
Honestly, maybe I think of halcyon days where everyone was equal and you didn't have to cheat to win your sport, perhaps I'm losing the plot. But I remember games like the Chelsea v Leeds FA cup final replay at Old Trafford and there was daggers, it was just an assault on the game. But no-one...
I would usually put it your way, but being a little succinct, for once, he is a cheating c**t that should be banned from the game, ok not succinct but I don't care who they play for, Palace, Brighton, Liverpool... whoever, get these f*ckers out of our passion, our game, the thing we care about...