@Catracho This was one of my favorite lines in this thread.......We're a talent factory... the money just guarantees our factories never stop producing.

I have to agree that money doesn't guarantee success, I wouldn't argue that it doesn't help. But like others have said the deal is quite recent and things don't just happen overnight. It's obvious the talent and quality has always been around in Brazil.

If my mother is Brazilian, my father is Italian and I was born in Florida, what does that make me? What club do I get to be in.

Catracho wrote:Tri = 3 of something.

Tricolor = 3 colors

TriCampeao = 3 time champs

trimester = 3 months

Thank you ver much, I am not stupid, in fact I did write 'Don't tell me three'. I figured that it meant three.

Ganso wrote:Not a treble,it's just when you win a trophy 3 times,like Santos.they got their tri of the Libertadorea this year,2 in the pele days and once this year

I see, that would explain why it seemed a bit like a motto. I guess Santos fans have been using it a lot lately.