THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[p_maldini_3]

now that i think of it, yes, i have flung a lot of shit your way for the past few days. i think it's my subconscious trying to riot against the administrative hegemony. but please bear with it, my subconscious, until it accepts the fact that i am no longer a moderator. i am probably in the 'anger' stage of grief, and we all know that it will culminate into 'acceptance' soon enough.

but seriously, that was really clever. it's something we'd expect of maro, so when it came from you it was flabbergastful. i hope all this hasn't got your panties in a twist.

[p_maldini_3]

was the mother comment really that bad? whose mother hasn't been called out on the internet? but seriously, if that upset you, i apologize. i probably overthunk the comment, or maybe maro overthunk it but it really was nothing more than a flippant remark.

[RomaShield27]

What is the point of all this Shinpin? What are you trying to do here? Searching your recent posts, its quite clear that you are having a go at me from out of nowhere. I have done or said nothing personally to you recently, and you have never acted this way with me before, so I can only think that you are doing this because you think its funny to have a go at the admin who removed you as mod (at your own request) just so you can impress the lads. Lets make fun of the admin and make the divide even bigger. This fuckin shite is not good for anyone here and this could very well be the end of this forum, believe me, if we don't get a fucking grip of it now.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not personally insulted by any of this from you – except, obviously, for the comment about my mother (she died in childbirth with me and my father passed away a few years ago) – but more your intentions.

[maro]

edzo: "I just t'ought 'e was poor." Say it in your strongest Irish accent.

[maro]

That is, mk thought you made a very witty joke - that's a compliment, not a dig, right?

[Carlo Romano]

Ed, you mentioned Okaka would've been better to come on and I agree. That said, when I mentioned him in a recent post, there was no time given from the info I got on how long he will be out with his thigh problem.

Opinions always vary. Totti seemed to get good press for Saturday. To me he looked more determined than anything else. I always preferred in the days when I used to actually go to football matches, to get a seat as near the halfway line as possible. But I can understand la curva sud would be quite the experience and clearly you enjoyed it!

You mentioned Adriano. So many of us are thinking Big Fatso will move on in January but I noticed a few lines, I think in LaRoma24.it over the weekend, where he has been saying he wants to stay. "Money for jam" for him, isn't it? I'm sure you know that expression.

[maro]

Okaka's going to be the baricentro forward come January.

[p_maldini_3]

lol wtf?

first off, it was a yo mama joke, those are not to be taken seriously. secondly, if it did upset you in any way, i hope you accept my apology. it was not my intention. and i didn't know about your mother passing away, i'm sorry to hear about that.

with respect to the vucinic comment, one of the main topics of the shitbox during the roma game was the fact that shield went all the way to rome to watch roma but his idol, vucinic, didn't even come on the pitch. it was pretty funny, don't you think? that's why i pointed it out. it was pretty ironic.

anyhow, there certainly is no 'intention' on my part to do anything, it really was nothing but sarcastic banter that we've been doing for so many years. it has never been personal, and it never will be. i don't know why you think that there is some clandestine movement here, because there certainly isn't. i don't know why this molehill is turning into a mountain.

and, as maro said, it was more of a compliment than anything.

[Carlo Romano]

Yes, I read that, Tommaso. All I can say is I hope not. Let's see what his new agent does about all this.

[maro]

Did you like my witty joke, though, Carlo? Did you see what I'd done there? Top-drawer stuff from me, even if I do say so myself.

[Carlo Romano]

Oh, you mean baricentro?

I was picturing something that would leave you unimpressed I should think. A nostalgia trip. As a kid, I remember my elder cousins would take me to the Italian coffee bars. Those of the late 1950's-early 1960's were supposedly based on the American style of glass and chrome, the high stools for the customers to sit on, the huge Gaggia coffee machines, and the obligatory juke box belting out Adriano Celantano and Little Tony instead of the usual Gene Vincent and Jerry Lee Lewis! Tacky, yes. But somehow there was more class involved in the Italian ones.

I know that wasn't your point and yes, baricentro wasn't bad at all for a Monday.

[maro]

baricentro forward.

[stefano]

[maro]

stefano, you need to get a job. You've too much spare energy.

[romawi]

[Carlo Romano]

Steve, we could both debate every point from 'Tec's original post through to now and each of us would still believe we were individually in the right. Shall we respect Ed's wishes and just let this go before he demands we do? We both have our good points. Let's concentrate on those and leave the negatives behind.

[Carlo Romano]

Shake it up you guys, there is a Champions League match this evening!

As you will see below, it is thought we will start with a 4-3-1-2 module. Pizarro and De Rossi are definites, and it is thought Totti will probably start from the bench, leaving a front pairing of Borriello-Vučinić.


Romanews lists the Formazione Probabile as:


27 Julio Sergio; 77 Cassetti, 29 Burdisso, 5 Mexes, 17 Riise; 30 Simplicio, 7 Pizarro, 16 De Rossi; 94 Ménez; 9 Vucinic, 22 Borriello.

In panchina: 1 Lobont, 4 Juan, 3 Castellini, 33 Brighi, 23 Greco, 8 Adriano, 10 Totti.


We may well be looking at:




I noted they have Juan on the bench and Mexes to partner Burdisso. I rather think it will be as I list it but we never can tell with Ranieri! As I said in an earlier post, this is a gilt edged opportunity for us. Bayern have already qualified, they are away from home, and are not at full strength though Ribery, Muller, and Gomez will play.

[SPqR]

Looks like the best formation to open Bayern up Carlo...Van Gaal is opening his mouth about Italian anti-football tactics...the same tactics that landed Inter a 2-0 victory in the CL finals.

[Carlo Romano]

I agree with you Vincenzo. It's up to us to make this happen tonight. How often could we have so many signs in our favour? Yes, we need Vuci and Borriello with Menez in the hole behind. Just as long as Ranieri doesn't bottle it and play cautious. Oh I know he said he wants the win but we know better now what he seems to be in terms of European matches!

As for Louis Van Giraffe...he always did have a lot of mouth on him. I remember Milan taking the pants off of his Barca side in the CL final, 1994. I still have a recording of that, a game he thought he had "made in the shade!" Certainly he was less experienced then...

[Deini]

It wasn't Van Gaal who coached that Barca side in 94. At that time he was with Ajax. Went to Barca in 97.