THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[Italiamia]

[Lupa]

[Jamoldo]

[RomaShield27]

SPqR, present for you: http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2199/t ... bsdown.jpg

[maro]

Great clips, Avvocato. I've just had a chance to watch them. Romanisti are mad but there's beauty in their madness.

[marco]

[RomaShield27]

MEXES FUORI DOMENICA CONTRO LA SAMPDORIA
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Il Tempo - Mexes out domenica. Questo è certo, poi si vedrà. Il francese dopo l'infortunio al collaterale rimediato nel derby si è sottoposto a visita di controllo. Il ginocchio è «asciutto», come si usa dire in gergo, ma domani saranno fatti gli esami diagnostici per capire se c'è stato o no interessamento dei legamenti. In casi del genere deve passare del tempo per verificare se l'arto si gonfia e per il momento nessuno vuole sbilanciarsi. Contro la Sampdoria, domenica sera, Ranieri ha qualche problema di formazione. Al posto del francese giocherà Burdisso con Cassetti che, dopo il gol nel derby, potrebbe essere confermato. Problemi anche a centrocampo dove Pizarro e Menez saranno squalificati. Al loro posto Brighi e Taddei. Oggi squadra ancora a riposo, domani la ripresa.


Mexes more than likely out for Sampdoria at the weekend, his oul ginocchio is "dry". Cassetti will probably start at right-full with Burdisso in the middle. Pizarro and Menez are both suspended, so Brighi and Taddei will replace them. Thats a gonna make for one hell of an entertaining line-up.

[RomaShield27]

Well looky here, woop de do. No posts all day (bar my previous). Five posts yesterday. Yes, a whopping five. But not to worry, the Shoutbox is seeing plenty of action (if your online to see it, of course), Stefano and Jamoldo and co are as happy as pigs in shite there. Everything is wonderful.

[stefano]

Edzo, we were having a fluid conversation about Blackwater and Erik Prince. Perhaps the only comment relevant to this thread would be his potential as a future owner of AS Roma.

[maro]

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[aba_bab]

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[maro]

edzo, you're losing the plot. As it happens, dibbus actually was talking about Roma - or is that an inconsequential detail?

[RomaShield27]

[stefano]

[quote="aba_bab"]I'll get to your sore spudass in a second.. but first i thought i'd share that i came close to throwing up reading this article


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Roman Soldier: Working Class Takes Roma To Heaven In Derby Della Capitale
The Lupi have claimed Rome’s bragging rights and Vince Masiello focuses on Sensi’s ‘sweet revenge’ and the ‘unusual suspects’ who stole the show…

It’s a testament to the depth of the Roma squad that they could afford the luxury of an off day and still come out on top in the Derby della Capitale.

As Marco Cassetti rippled the net to send the Giallorossi fans into ruptures with only 13 minutes left on the clock, a complacent smirk must have crossed Rosella Sensi’s face.

The Maggica population turned against the President last summer after one of the most frugal transfer campaigns in recent history and the departure of home-grown hero Alberto Aquilani to Liverfekkin'wankscum.

Amid financial woes and speculation that prospective buyers had stepped up their interest in the club, Rosella was forced to weather the storm as Roma approached the new campaign with a virtually unchanged squad.

And after Roma were swept aside by Genoa and Juventus in the opening two games of the Serie A season, not a single soul was ready to bet on the Giallorossi climbing back into the high quarters of the table.

Well, the last few weeks have painted a completely different picture and the Lupi are now a single point behind the Champions League places, much to the dismay of Sensi’s detractors.

Honestly speaking, a title bid was never an option this season, even for Roma’s most optimistic supporters, and who knows when it will be again. Champions League qualification is the appropriate dimension of this club these days and I must tip my hat off to Sensi.

Roma will find themselves in a better long-term financial health thanks to her careful spending policy without presumably suffering any sort of backlash results-wise in the short term.

And what seems beyond dispute is that this last part owes a lot to Claudio Ranieri. He may have inherited a side in free fall after Luciano Spalletti’s departure, but has worked wonders with his ‘bunch of has-beens’, as some pundits colourfully wrote off the Giallorossi after their wretched start.

Ranieri’s well-organised, no-frills and pragmatic approach to games might not be pleasing on the eye, but he has evidently filled his troops with an indomitable spirit which showed on Sunday.

As a desperate Lazio huffed and puffed against a seemingly dormant Roma to claim a morale-boosting win in the Stracittadina that would have been a panacea to all of their current ills, the Lupi admirably hung on before delivering the killer blow.

And yet it wasn’t the big names who stepped up in time of need. Two members of the ‘working class’ took matters into their own hands – and feet - for a change.

Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Sergio and defender Marco Cassetti became the unlikely heroes and undeniably earned the eternal gratitude of the Giallorossi faithful.

The shot-stopper had been something of an unknown quantity at the Olimpico since his arrival on a free transfer in 2006 and, in retrospect, it’s fair to say that Spalletti criminally failed to identify his true potential.

The Tuscan used to describe him as “the best third goalkeeper in the worldâ€

[RomaShield27]

Well, there is a reason people don't usually post Goal.com articles.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editor ... n-in-derby?

[Italiamia]

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