Edoardo ‘Eddy’ Rosso has carved up collegiate league defences in very much the same fashion as cyclone Larry to banana crops.

This Italian stallion of soccer made his mark this year in the B’s forward line, some say he wanted to make up for Fabio Grosso’s dive in the World Cup, others say he was looking for parmesan cheese and lost his way…

What we all know is that the man can play, like a ‘Speedy Gonzalez’ on crack with surgical scalpels, he rips through back lines with ferocious speed, skill and clinical finishing. Leaving hapless defenders sprawled in the fetal position with no sense of how, where and when…?

Edoardo Rosso, we love you (as long as you don’t get a red card, miss chances or bitch and moan after a game (too much)…)