THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[Italiamia]

[maro]

I'm with gio on this - having seen a few replays, it's not much more than a hard push which slips up from the chest to the face and then Mauri flops like the big girl's blouse he is. Of course it's a straight red given football's rules, but it's one of the reasons football is a pussy sport. One pulls, one pushes and gets the red. In rugby he'd not even have got a 'yellow' card for that - just a telling off from the ref.

[DCGweez]

I agree with both of you. First off Rugby and Soccer are "pussy sports" and it was nowhere as bad as they've made it out to be. There are plenty of elbows thrown every game that go uncalled.

[RomaShield27]

[DCGweez]

http://www.football-italia.net/27281/ve ... -down-roma

[maro]

[red]

[maro]

[maro]

Better to make it not a red-card offence but a one-match suspension - a bit like they do with 'citing' in rugby and league.

[RomaShield27]

[RomaShield27]

Roma Debt Increases By Nearly €17m In Three Months To €71.5m
/ 14 Nov 2012 / By Anthony Wright

Roma have released an official report detailing the club's financial activities over the last quarter, which has revealed that the club's debt has increased to €71.599m.

As well as activities for the most recent quarter, the report also compares the figures with regard to the same quarter last year. Sponsorship income has remained fairly stable compared to last year, but television and image rights have increased by 60% from €6.6m to over €10.5m. Although the club's operating revenue has also increased by €3.3m to €21.2m, operating costs have gone up even more substantially from €33.8m to €38.4m.

For the full report (in Italian), click to download the pdf from the club's official website.

In the summary on page 13 of the report, it is stated that the team's failure to qualify for a European competition last year has heightened the difficulty in balancing the books. More players have consequently been brought in to help Roma achieve its objectives on the pitch, but the squad has also been significantly trimmed in order to reduce costs.

"The 2012/13 period began under the cloud of the recession that is affecting the major financial markets, both industrial and commercial, the effects of which have produced a negative impact on the club's principal markets", the statement reads.

"The current macroeconomic situation is therefore characterised by profound elements of uncertainty, which do not yet allow for the belief that these problems can be definitively overcome in the short term.

"The sporting results achieved by the team in the 2011/12 season did not allow for European qualification, which would have generated income and offset at least part of the fixed costs that the club will have to support during 2012/13.

"As promised, the club has followed its strategy of developing the technical aspect of the team. Further investments were made to buy the rights to young players who are able to guarantee the club to grow competitively in the Italian championship.

"The outgoing operations have resulted in the reduction of the number of registered players with a positive and significant impact on the costs on personnel. The reduction, however, does not allow for a positive growth margin and it will therefore be necessary to provide adequate resources to finance the current situation and previously made investments".

[maro]

[maro]

[DCGweez]

Who's this Greco character? Seems like a name i should know but every time I try to extract the info from the recesses of my brain I get cold sweats and start weeping uncontrollably.

[maro]

Some Greek dude.

[Italiamia]

Sondaggio
Roma, un pessimo avvio di stagione. Di chi è la colpa maggiore?

Calciomercato Società
21%
Allenatore
53%
Giocatori
26%


http://www.romatiamo.net/content/roma-u ... a-maggiore

[DCGweez]

Haven't we just recently learned that the people are not to be trusted Gio? Churchill once said Democracy is the worst of all types of government or something of the sort, i'm sure the last part of the quote isn't important.

[Bagg10]

Who needs DDR when you have Bradley?

[Italiamia]

[DCGweez]

Fair enough. I suppose i start off half empty and never allow myself to be too disappointed.

I think i read that we are at the exact point total we were under LE.

The more things change, the more they remain the same.