THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[RomaShield27]

Mexes may be fat, and a bit unprofessional, but finished? I don't know. I wouldn't mind him coming back. I'd feel comfortable with him as back-up/rotation then one of the kids. Unless we plan on bringing in someone else before the end of the mercato. Although Mexes's big wages may be a problem.

Yeh, Daily Mail is trash, as seen with those few bits I posted from that article. I think Spurs' interest in Pjanic is solid, though, but clearly we won't let him go.

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Stefano Okaka: club statement
/ 08/20/2012

AS Roma SpA would like to announce that an agreement has been reached with Parma FC for the permanent transfer of Stefano Okaka.

No mention of a fee. Does anyone know was there any money involved in this deal?

[maro]

Free.

[maro]

http://www.forzaroma.info/notizie/news- ... -ufficiale

[Lupa]

Shield, you're much more forgiving of Mexes than I am.

Besides, I think the last thing that a team full of youngsters needs is a fat unprofessional player. Not exactly the model you want them to learn from, hmmm?

[maro]

To be fair, Lupa, thredz has always said that the one player he might sacrifice a reach-around from Vooch for is Philippe. I suspect it's the hair.

[DCGweez]

[RomaShield27]

[maro]

I can be amazingly helpful sometimes. Imagine the blessings you'd enjoy if you were to change the green to a dark blue.

[RomaShield27]

Is the green to dark blue your secret 42? That explains it.

there will be at least of 40,000 for the Catania game on Sunday (20.45 CET), with that figure rising as tickets only went on general sale today. Curva Sud sold out with season ticket holders, €17 for Curva Nord, €24 for the Distinti, €53 for Tevere, and Monte Mario back open to public again. The Distinti Nord reserved for family/kids tickets. Good to see good prices and good organisation and structure to it all compared to previous season, should be good crowds this season.

[maro]

Pythagoreanism is not a secret, threadmund.

[RomaShield27]

Pythagoreanism??!? Calm down there nutty professor.

Corriere dello Sport claiming Tottenham should sign Pjanjc from Roma by Sunday. They're getting this from the DM, so looks like BS, but controversial headline for them.

Pjanic al Tottenham entro domenica»
Per la stampa inglese, la Roma starebbe trattando la cessione del bosniaco alla squadra allenata da Villas-Boas
/ Martedì 21 Agosto 2012

LONDRA - Tottenham protagonista della chiusura del mercato inglese: se a White Hart Lane non arriverà Emmanuel Adebayor la prima alternativa si chiama Edin Dzeko ma ad Andrè Villas-Boas piace anche il romanista Miralem Pjanic. Secondo il pomeridiano 'Evening Standard', la trattativa tra gli emissari inglesi e i dirigenti giallorossi è già a buon punto e già entro la fine della settimana il trasferimento dovrebbe concretizzarsi. Nel frattempo gli Spurs cercano un attaccante da affiancare a Jermaine Defoe: Adebayor, già in prestito la scorsa stagione, resta la prima scelta, scrive il 'Sun', anche perchè il centravanti togolese è disposto a ridiscutere verso il basso il suo ingaggio. Viceversa ha preso corpo nelle ultime ore l'opzione Dzeko, non più considerato una prima scelta da Roberto Mancini. Possibile una schiarita entro le prossime 24 ore quando si perfezionerà la cessione di Luka Modric al Real Madrid (Daily Mail).

[DCGweez]

Ag. Stekelenburg: "Se la Roma prende un nuovo portiere, Maarten va via"

[maro]

[RomaShield27]

Nice, Frodo.

DDR conferenza stampa live: http://www.calcion.eu/

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EDIT:

Bitch please, as if it were ever in doubt. Bits:

"I'm staying here, I feel good here, and I never asked anyone to leave."

"People have written all sorts of things, about me, about Mancini. Some of it makes me laugh. Some of it makes me angry."

"I can tell you the truth. I came to do a classic press conference before the season."

"I promise you if I ever decide to leave Roma, which I doubt, I'll just come out and say it."

[maro]

That's a poor translation unfortunately, thredz. What he's actually said is that he's looking forward to playing against Pjanic in the Premiershite this season. Cnut.

[RomaShield27]

Oh, silly me. It was the bit that said "mancini", google translated that as "complete and utter cock", which I knew must be wrong.

More:

"Honestly at the end of the season I wanted Montella because he was a teammate of mine and I knew him."

"I've never had any problems with Zeman. That's an outrageous lie."

"I don't know if club still want to sell me. Guessing they count on me since they gave me huge contract in February. Ask them."

What a hero.

[forzaitalia]

Great stuff about DDR staying. Would be very disappointed if Pjanic goes, however.

[RomaShield27]

Roma Channel new video on yer man

[red]

“It is true. Tottenham made a move for him, but both Roma and Pjanic thanked them for their interest and politely declined the offer,” representative Michele Gerbino told TMW.

http://www.football-italia.net/23666/pj ... -tottenham

[maro]

Maybe my translation was a little off the mark, red.