THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi I

[marco]

[marco]

as a counterpoint, here is an example of putting one's team colours aside out of respect for the occassion:

ore 12.05 - Arrivati Claudio Lotito e Delio Rossi accolto con applausi dai tifosi romanisti. Delio Rossi a Radio Radio: "E' scomparsa una persona che ha dato tanto per questa città e tanto per la squadra, e questo va oltre la rivalià. La morte ci vede tutti quanti ed era giusto e doveroso che io fossi qui. Io non l'ho conosciuta questa persona però traspariva grande amore per la sua squadra e questo va oltre le parole. La rivalità c'è e ci sarà sempre perchè è il pane della vita, però la morte va oltre, soprattutto per una persona che ha dato tanto per la città e per la squadra e questo gli va reso merito".

[Carlo Romano]

Guys, I'd like to say I wish everything we saw at the funeral had only been about the passing of our Presidente and leave it at that.


This light hearted piece today by Julio Cesar made me smile...


[quote]

[i]Inter goalkeeper Julio Cesar admits that he fears facing Roma ace Francesco Totti and discusses the first month of the Jose Mourinho era.

The Brazilian shot-stopper was a crucial figure for the Italian champions last term and is assured of the gloves for the coming season.

But Julio Cesar has revealed that he isn't looking forward to the possibility of facing Totti in the Italian Super-Cup on Sunday.

“I respect and fear Totti the most,â€

[red]

Nice move by Roma to get Baptista, are you close to anyone else?

Sad to see that Sensi passed away. I don't suppose it will make any difference to the day to day running of the club though, will it?

[Carlo Romano]

Not for the moment Andrew, on both counts...

and welcome back. I'm sure you enjoyed your holiday in the US of A!

[RomaShield27]

Baptista with his number 19 jersey:

http://www.corrieredellosport.it/Fotoga ... ne%20de%20


ROMA-SUAZO, E' FATTA?
www.calciomercato.it – 22/8/2008 - 15:49

ROMA - La Roma e Suazo avrebbero trovato l'accordo per la prossima stagione. Secondo le ultime indiscrezioni che circolano con sempre più insistenza nelle ultime ore, il club giallorosso, che oggi ha presentato il neo acquisto Baptista, potrebbe già annunciare l'honduregno lunedì mattina. Il matrimonio arriverebbe così dopo un anno di ritardo perchè già la scorsa stagione le parti si erano accordate. L'ex punta del Cagliari aveva dato infatti la sua parola a Spalletti, così come Cellino a Sensi, ma l'offerta economica dell'Inter, decisamente superiore, aveva preso il sopravvento. Dopo 12 mesi le cose sono cambiate e soprattutto il nerazzurro non rientra nei piani di Mourinho che ha preferito alla corsa e scatto dell'ex rossoblu, la forza di Adriano.

Suazo done and dusted?

[SPqR]

[Carlo Romano]

[Carlo Romano]

I have to imagine it's only because the forum is quiet that we're not seeing any mensh of tomorrow's Super Coppa...

It is after all, the traditional opening game to the new Serie A season apart from the fact that we again face Inter, and at the Meazza! Il Mister has dropped Cicinho over an argument to do with shirts. Spalletti having to be seen to take a stand against mutiny in the ranks is understandable...just let's hope we don't miss Cicinho's pace on the right wing at any point because of it. If we'd had the kind of mercato we'd have all liked to see I'd have a better feeling about the outcome of this affair tomorrow!



The Roma squad: Andreolli, Aquilani, Artur, Baptista, Brighi, Cassetti, De Rossi, Doni, Esposito, Juan, Loria, Mexes, Montella, Okaka, Panucci, Perrotta, Pipolo, Pizarro, Riise, Tonetto, Totti, Vucinic.

Totti as a sub? Hmmnnn, it's possible though I wouldn't count on it.



© C4 & JDT Sports Productions http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_ ... ug23l.html

[maro]

Cicinho's a twit and needs to grow up. Let's hope he pulls his head in and gets on with it and this doesn't snowball into something more substantial.

[p_maldini_3]

what did he do that pissed everybody off?

[maro]

Mouldy, he threw a strop at training today, when Spags was assigning the training shirts and he realised that he wasn't going to be in the starting 11 tomorrow evening. So Spags has left him at home to think about things a bit.

[Carlo Romano]

[stefano]

Anyone have a US (or NA in general) tv listing for the supercoppa?

[romawi]

Grasso, I've been looking for one too. I checked all the usual channels but none of them seem to be showing. My backup plan was Seriea.tv, which still isn't up yet. So it looks like I'm gonna have to find an online link tomorrow.

[romawi]

Oh, and more reason for me to dislike Cicihno. Seriously, at what point last year did he get the impression that he was a starter?

[aba_bab]

[Carlo Romano]

Guys, I know this is no direct answer to your question but Rai won the rights to show tonight's game (Rai Uno 20:45 CET) and that being the case I'd have thought Rai Intl would be screening it in NA...

Tuna, presumably this would have been one of the channels you checked. But isn't it at least logical to assume that whatever stream you'd usually access when Rai show a game would be the one you'd use tonight?



A word on Carletto Ancelotti...

Quite predictably as an ex giallorosso he'll be rooting for us tonight. The relevant part of his opinion today was:

[quote][i][size=84]“I hope Roma win but I don’t think there can be a favourite for the Super Cup,â€

[giallo-rossi.ie]

After long months of empty months on the off-season, with only transfer silliness to keeping us entertained, the calcio is has returned. Last season seemed like another limetime ago. But it's back now, and I for one could not be fucking happier. If this went on any longer, I think I'd have see a councillor.

The Supercoppa is a fantastic occasion and the perfect season opener. I love that Roma have become successful again and are regularly competing in it. My calcio fix is mere minutes away as we prepare ourselves for another unpredictable season.

With the passing of our beloved president, this game means even more than it ever did. The man made AS Roma as we currently know it, and did so out of sheer love and dedictation to something he believed in. We owe him a performance here, amongst many other things.

[romawi]

Carlo, I stopped using streams last season. If Rai had a game shown I'd go to a bar and watch the game. If the game wasn't on TV anywhere then SerieA.tv usually had it.