THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[RomaShield27]

[RomaShield27]

[AS Collie]

[Italiamia]

It's arguing, Collucci. Under the circumstances, and given the temperature between the club and De Rossi, I would certainly be inclined to interpret it as arguing over money. Thus, "they want to keep me and I want to stay, but more or less, we're arguing over how much money".

[RomaShield27]

Article from The New York Times (which RomaNews on), from an American viewpoint on an American in Rome and written by a Roma fan, it says (do we know him?), interesting read:



– Published: September 3, 2011, By MICHAEL J. AGOVINO



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Giovanni will like article, originally from Il Romanista highlighting how we have 19 foreigners in our squad, second only to Inter (with 20), which is a record ever high for Roma. It goes on to say Rome is an "open city" which welcomes all.

Its good to see that five Romans in the Azzurini's 3-0 friendly win yesterday, in which Borini also scored: Antei, Crescenzi, Bertolacci, Florenzi and D’Alessandro.

from Roma v Fiorentina SuperCoppa Primavera which Fiorentina won 3-2 (highlights ).

ESPN Press Pass Extra about 'Roma's revolution':

[AS Collie]

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I didn't think the Olimpico seemed at all lacking in amenities or anything when I was there.

Then again, I just wanted a beer and somewhere to stand. I wasn't looking for nachos or comfy seats or a welcoming family atmosphere or anything.

For all people whinge about stadiums in Italy, I didn't think the Olimpico or the San Siro compare badly to the away section at the Allianz Arena (though it is possible the home end is much nicer).

When you are in them, they all offer lots of concrete, bogs, a bar and not much else.

[AS Collie]

[red]

Haven't tried using public transport to get there. My couple of jaunts to Rome involved staying near the Vatican, so just strolled up to the ground from there.

[AS Collie]

[romawi]

http://www.football-italia.net/sep3h.html
I really don't get this. Why is Sabatini talking about this through the media? Why doesn't he just talk to Totti face-to-face? If there's a problem between the three, then keep it in house. There's absolutely no need to increase the tension by fueling the media fire. I thought Totti was a jackass for not sitting on the bench when he was subbed out of the EL game, but if this is the way they're going to go about dealing with him, then I don't blame him.

[AS Collie]

[ASR1927]

Here is the whole Sabatini press conference scanned from il Romanista. It is in Italian and undedited. No quotes out of context or details left out to cause more controversy as Collie mentions above. It's hosted on francescototti.com

http://www.francescototti.com/pdfRasseg ... 10903a.pdf

[DavidP]

not to offend anyone but i am so fucking sick of this "issue" i think i'm going to hurl if i read another wall of text/article about it.

[AS Collie]

[AS Collie]

I didn't see your link. I might try to read that, so that I can pour more scorn on the coverage of the "issue". I am with DavidP though, it's getting boring.

BRING ON THE FUCKIN WEEKEND! I can't believe I'm this excited to go watch Roma play Cagliari. Some football should put this non-issue to bed. Unless LE nuts Totti just before kick-off.

[forzaitalia]

[SPqR]

Win early, and the issue will be ignored entirely...lose early and it will be exacerbated beyond repair, likely resulting in LE getting sacked.

[forzaitalia]

Just going back to that article on footballitalia, and where Sabatini says "I want Totti to come out and speak to the media about this, as his silence is making things worse."
I realise it might be a dodgy translation, if not then how childish is that? It's like "I've had my turn now, your turn Francesco". Sort it out in person instead of hiding behind the media and feeding them more words which they are always out to make the most of.

[red]

Is it my imagination or has Totti not done an awful lot wrong?

Or at least not enough to justify this daily panning he's getting from all and sundry.