THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[p_maldini_3]

yes, and i'm sure mexes' international reputation will start increasing by massive proportions from next season.

[RomaShield27]

Because of the high-profile which will no doubt come with having Italian-American owners? Yeh I agree.

[Raul Monte]

[Lupa]

Aquilani: “I won’t celebrate if I score in Rome”

The international break for the games against Slovenia and Ukraine has not just seen Alberto Aquilani look to find continuity in the Italian shirt, but also to try not to think about Juve’s next championship fixture too soon.

The date of 3rd April 2011 is a day that is firmly entered into the midfielder’s personal diary. It’s the time to return home, to face “his” Roma, the team with which he grew as a footballer.

A week before the game, Aquilani spoke from the Azzurri base in Coverciano. “The match against Roma is quite tricky for me. What will await me? Affection, but I don’t know if it will be like that. I definitely won’t celebrate if I score."

Sunday evening’s clash will be Alberto’s second direct encounter against his former side. He was a key player in the first round championship match (providing the assist for Iaquinta’s strike), sat out the Coppa Italia game, and now faces the test at the Olympic stadium. The third fixture between the two sides this season has a great novelty: the presence of Montella on the Giallorossi bench.

“It’s a great feeling to see him as a manager – commented Aquilani – in the dressing room his place was near mine and you could see that he also had the qualities to go on and manage.

[RomaShield27]

Fuck Aquilani.

[Lupa]

+1

[ASR1927]

DiBenedetto has arrived in Roma. http://www.romanews.eu/2011/03/28/diben ... orza-roma/

Here is I believe an abreviated version of an interview done with Gazzetta dello Sport from football-italia

Roma's prospective new owner Thomas Di Benedetto has revealed that he wants to win the Scudetto every year, buy six players this summer and build a new stadium.

The American is expected to complete the purchase of Roma this week after a long process of due diligence, which started before Christmas.

Speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport, he said: “My dream is exactly that of millons of fans: to make Roma one of the top clubs in the world, a team capable of winning the Scudetto every year and of finally being competitive in the Champions League.

“How do you say it in your parts? All roads lead to Roma…”

“My team is composed of people who know world football very well. We'll speak with the current management who are working very well when it's the right moment and make a judgement.

“I believe that some players will be sold and others will arrive, at least five or six new players.

“I was at Roma-Inter, and we won with a great goal from Mirko Vucinic. That evening the passion of the Romanisti overwhelmed me. There is nothing comparable in the United States, perhaps some games of college football played in front of 100,000 people.

“But it's a shame that all this support for Roma doesn't have an adequate structure: The Olimpico doesn't reward the passion of the Romanisti at all, the stands are too far from the pitch, the noise is lost with the distance.

“Also for this reason, it'll take a new stadium, and a different one: an English-like ground that has positive effects on the players, a modern version of Campo Testaccio.”

[RomaShield27]

[ASR1927]

[RomaShield27]

Oh yes sure Jeff, indeed, look at you with your excuses excuses, c'mon man, read between the lines man, can't you see whats going on here man, can't anyone see it?!?! Ha ha ha, yeh, look at him, like he's our saviour and hero and messiah all wrapped one. You may be fooled by his endless bags with the dollar signs on them, but not I, oh no, not I. Have you never heard the idiom 'a wolf in sheep's clothing'? Yeh. Exactly. Beware ye have been warned.

[Lupa]

[vtec]

so di benedetto sr is the fat old fuck in the ugly orange sweater? good luck. he's not making it another 3 years, and his feckwit son will take over.

[Italiamia]

[RomaShield27]

[pocari_fenrir]

http://www.goal.com/en/news/90/france/2 ... r-croatia-

Laurent Blanc just might be the best thing for Mexes' career and possibly for keeping him in Roma

[maro]

My lord, the prospect of having our own state-of-the-art ground, without a running track around the pitch, appropriately sized - how appalling would that be?

[p_maldini_3]

[RomaShield27]

Well, at least it finally got some people talking about it in here.

[romawi]

New stadium...money to improve the squad...I can't wait.

[stefano]