I have nothing against the guy, or the Philly guys in general. It's the online cheerleaders that drive me nuts. And if you pay attention to all of my posts, I'm consistent. I'm always warning the younger guys here about the life. Whether it's in New York, Chicago, Florida or Philly.

I said my piece. And when it comes to agreeing to disagree about this stuff, I can do it all day long. Now I strongly suggest that we drop it and move on. Because these debates never end well, and the creator of this thread deserves better than to have it shut down so fast.

No way. Absolutely not. Never. Forget it. The ONLY reason that the Genovese "supported" Merlino, was because he was on the opposite side of the Gambino-backed Stanfa.

Merlino filled a void with the support of several local friends who wanted in on the action too. As far as the relationship with Philly and NYC goes, the strong power was done after Scarfo.

Like him or not, Scarfo was the last Powerhouse boss in PHilly that had the backing of NYC. Stanfa was an outsider, who did nothing but support a heroin connection from Sicily. He was spared as a favor to Gambinos (Paul Castellano) by Scarfo.

The last time that Philly worked with NYC, in any large capacity, it was under Scarfo Regime. Gotti abandoned Stanfa in his time of need, UNLIKE the Genovese and Castellano, who assisted in revenge of Bruno's death. Regardless of who pulled the original strings. Gotti never sent guy 1 down to help Stanfa beat Merlino; neither did the Chin. Why?? B/C they didn't give a shit about two-bit punk gambling.

Once and for all: The philly mob is a gang. It is not LCN. You can't be a soldier, then make a guy, then promote him to boss.

And name for the sake of this discussion, the last rackets that put up big $$$ in philly? Scarfo era... Why?? Because he had the support of NYC.

And finally, if Merlino was so respected in Philly, why was Pete the Crumb and all the North Jersey-based PHilly LCN plotting, along with NYC families to wipe out his whole administration, and pick up the scraps. AND DON"T say they did it while Merlino was in Jail because of respect.

fact: Stanfa made Previte, Veasey, and Merlino. Why is it that only Merlino is recongnized by the fanboys on here as real deal LCN? If we are talking strictly ORGANIZED crime, Merlino is a criminal.

But, speaking of ITALIAN LCN, Previte made so many more moves than Merlino did. LIKE IT OR NOT, Previte had real power in SJ/Philly in the 80s-90s. Just because his name wasn't in the paper means shit.

Thanks to both of you.

You know what pizza, I'm going to start referring to all of your fanboys that rush to your defense as the "pizza connection". It's funny how when you have someone who doesn't back down from you all of a sudden you become concerned about destroying somebody's thread when I've witnessed you destroy countless threads single handedly

Bigfella....when your dreaming of joey later do you think youll swallow for him or take it all over your face? Just a tip, if its the latter remember to close your eyes, we wouldnt you to go blind and have us miss out on all of your quality posts here

I see pizza has his hands up your ass too

When the Westside guys is running a train on pizza, I will be sure to give them your address

bigfella you have an odd obsession with Merlino.

Way to keep it gangsta son, i respect that. But you didnt answer my question so im just gonna guess that you swallow?

Be careful kid, winter is coming.

The pink shorts and 6 pack do it for you bigfella, huh?

ha ha Dellacroce is so funny : ) lolllllllll these guys all have hardon's for the Merlino's especially Natalie...

I think it's funny peperoni pizza can't fight his own battles, he probally have your numbers on speed dial "help the big fella is picking on me again" in his horse shack voice

What are you, fucking crazy? I was having dinner .

C'mon cornball. Enough is enough. Take joeys cock out of your mouth for one second. You believe the hype. And that's all this is. You believe that "judge did me a favor" line "get my six pack back?" That's bullshit. The guys dying on the inside. Notice he's fighting turning himself?

And enough of the tough guy spiel. Shooting someone doesn't make you tough. Especially while they are ambushed and caught off guard. It was a savvy play no doubt but not "tough". All reports indicate he is a moocher. And that's the last thing besides rat I would want to be called. I go out and get mine. Daily. I don't mooch off of others. It's a gross and disgusting thing. You and the other Philly fan boys have this weird crush on this guy. Living your wanna be gangster life vicariously thru this caricature of a mob boss is sad.

I thought we established that Joey and Natalie are the same person.

Don't even respond to this lunatic.

RE big fella: why take shots at a respected long time poster? A good debate is one thing but disrespect is another. Shows the type of person you are.

Don't bother, Cheech. This is the same nitwit who claimed that Al Capone held onto power with a syphilitic mind from Florida, and that the Gambinos must be paying tribute to the Trafficantes in 2014 .

Zero credibility. He's sixteen years old or he's mentally challenged. There's no middle ground on this one.

We did. Same tattoo on their lower back.

Cheech! Was that the chins pet name for you...I bet if the chin was here he would have taken care of that big bad merlino huh

Merlino did 12 years in the can what's another 4 months...He's just rubbing the feds face in it

I'm out. Another thread bites the dust.

bigfella must be from South Jersey

and he wishes he was from philly.

It's just obvious trolling at this point. I'm out.

come on guys, this is the most fun i can have on a tuesday night without paying for it...

All in all it lasted 2 days...I thought it would have went downhill in the first 3 hours, so there was some progress here.

Another one bites the dust.

Ya think so? Personally I think he's sweet on pizzaboy.

I DO attract the crazies, don't I?

You know...Jimmy is pretty sweet on you.
Oh yeah... Jimmy's been watching you...you're just Jimmy's type.