THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[pocari_fenrir]

yah i had them in my cellphone album, feel free to add me if you like. i only managed to snap pics on the ones with Vucinic, Pato, Cassano, Miccoli, Marchisio and Gillet. there were others that i didnt snap in Florence of Montolivo and Frey.

in other news, some class words from the Beast upon leaving us.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/20 ... aving-roma

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jamoldo ~

[Jamoldo]

[vtec]

credible reports from out of rome are stating that some serbian dude, slobodan sleazovic, is about to close the deal on buying roma. apparently, he intends to replace ranieri with sinisa mihajlovic at the end of the season. also, mexes will be sold.

happy new year.

[RomaShield27]

[Giacomo]

Prade said Mexes wants to await the outcome of the sale of Roma before he decides to renew, so his renewal should happen if he is satisfied with the new owner's plans.

[pocari_fenrir]

[Jamoldo]

Thanks for the wishes, it was yesterday (here in HK) -30 Dec. I used to proudly say that I had the same birthday as Tiger Woods but now...

Lord this Mexes saga is tiring me as are all of the ownership rumors and uncertainties... Touch wood the new year will actually bring in some new developments!

Happy New Year to all

[RomaShield27]

[Giacomo]

[stefano]

Schedules often change in all sorts of transactions, Giacomo. I certainly would not be surprised if Roma's sale were to take longer than Italpetroli and UniCredit desire.

[p_maldini_3]

mexes said today that roma have yet to make him an offer. mexes has no reason to lie.

[RomaShield27]

[Giacomo]

It seems to me that if Roma thought there was a substantial risk Mexes would not renew his contract, they would have sold him last summer. The fact they did not supports what Prade said yesterday, that Mexes wants to await the outcome of the ownership issue before deciding whether to renew. Therefore, there is no point in offering a new contract until that issue is resolved, which should be in the next couple of months. Roma chose to run the risk of him leaving for free because they want to keep him, as Rosella and Prade said, but they cannot force him to renew until he is ready to do so, which will be when the ownership issue is resolved to his satisfaction.

The only reason why the sale of Roma would not be completed in the next couple of months is because UniCredit decides that none of the binding offers, which must be made by the end of January, are satisfactory. That is highly unlikely.

We just need to be patient.

[Lupa]

They didn't renew his contract because they weren't serious about keeping him. I'm just glad that Unicredit has some say in things and isn't letting the clowns screw this up (I hope).

Why does it make sense that "they chose to run the risk of letting him leave for free because they want to keep him"? Wouldn't you think you would have started negotiating with a player you wanted to keep?

[Giacomo]

If they were not serious about keeping him, they would have sold him last summer when they would have received a good fee with which to help fund a replacement.

Rosella and Prade said they have discussed his renewal, but that he wants to wait until the club is sold before deciding what to do. He also said his priority is to stay, which suggests that providing the ownership issue is resolved to his satisfaction he will renew.

Given that he will only renew - if at all - once that issue is decided, if they wanted to keep him they had to do so with his existing contract.

[Lupa]

They may have 'discussed' his renewal, but he says no offer has been made, and I tend to believe him, based on the last time.

They didn't sell him last summer because Burdisso's staying wasn't a sure thing until the end of the transfer window. He has given them every reason to keep him this season, (and over the last years, although he was out of favour with Ranieri last year) but he has also showcased himself to other bidders.

If he leaves, it will just be the last idiotic thing the clowns running Roma managed to do.

[Giacomo]

Presumably there is no point offering him a new contract when he will not decide whether to accept it until the club is sold. That can be the only reason why he is yet to receive an offer, which no one said he has.

The signing of Burdisso was not relevant to Mexes because we could have bought a replacement for him with the money we received from selling him and Burdisso was funded out of the club's own resources.

It appears as though the management are doing all they can to keep Mexes because they could have avoided this risk by selling him last summer.

[pocari_fenrir]

uh oh....... so Okaka is gonna be sent off to grow while we fumble around with Adriano

http://www.football-italia.net/jan02o.html

[RomaShield27]

lol Pocari, what the feck is that all about. Just when you think Adriano may actually have some sort of future at this club this happens. I realise its problems with his sons passport but reporting back for training a week late would not be good. The Christmas break would also have been a good opportunity for Adriano to shed a few pounds (as opposed to adding a few more), which he really needs to do, so hopefully the tubby cnut hit the gym a bit.

We lost to Cisco Roma in a friendly today. We had pretty much a full squad out rotated at half-time:

ATLETICO ROMA-ROMA 3-2


ATLETICO ROMA (4-2-3-1): Previti (25' st Paoletti); Farina, Pelagias, Doudou (1'st Padella), Angeletti; Miglietta (1'st Romondini), Mazzarani (1'st Chiappara); Esposito (40'st Tajani), Caputo (1'st Franceschini), Franchini (1'st Babù); Ciofani (1'st Chiaretti). All.: Incocciati.

ROMA (4-2-3-1): Julio Sergio (1'st Doni); Rosi (1'st Cassetti), Mexes (1'st N. Burdisso), Juan (1'st G. Burdisso), Riise (1'st Castellini, 32' st Pettinari); Perrotta (1'st Antunes), Brighi (1'st De Rossi); Menez (1'st Cicinho), Greco (1'st Simplicio), Vucinic (1'st Okaka); Totti (1'st Borriello). All.: Ranieri.

Arbitro: Mariani.
Reti: 4' pt Doudou, 38' pt Vucinic, 11' st Chiaretti, 42' st G. Burdisso, 47' st Chiaretti
Note: Ammoniti: Mexes Recupero: 1' e 3'. Spettatori: 800.



Friendly: Roma lose to Lega Pro side

Sunday 2 January, 2011

Roma had an upset in preparation for the match with Catania, losing 3-2 to Lega Pro side Atletico Roma. The friendly test was played at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome this afternoon and Claudio Ranieri experimented with a new system. Jeremy Menez, Mirko Vucinic and Leandro Greco fanned out behind lone centre-forward Francesco Totti. Atletico took the lead after just four minutes when Doudou met a Caputo free kick, while Menez rattled the woodwork before Vucinic equalised at the 38th minute with a wonderful rising effort into the far top corner. The Giallorossi completely changed their line-up for the second half, but Chiaretti restored Atletico’s advantage. Marco Borriello wasted the chance to draw level again when his penalty was saved. Nicolas Andre Burdisso made it 2-2 in the final minutes, but deep into stoppages Chiaretti completed his brace to win it for the Third Division outfit.

No real highlights yet except for GayHair's

[pocari_fenrir]

Yah Shield, i dont understand Adriano at all. At his age, he still cant seem to manage himself let alone his son. He should really hire a personal assistant or something. Someone that keeps him connected to his employers, his family and his mental state in check. If he spent less time out partying it up, he could've dealt with his son's passport on time. He also should've known to deal with it sooner if he was hoping to take his son with him. At moments like these, it's a wonder why we dont believe in Okaka a little more.

Anyways, HAPPY NEW YEARS to everyone here. Can't believe we already start the new year with a loss to Atletico Roma. I dont think ive ever witnessed us losing to Cisco Roma/whatever-the-feck-its-called before. While there is a first for everything, it couldnt have come at a bad time. Also, i took a look at that Borriello penalty and it was ugly as hell. For a striker that scores the simplest of goals, you would think he would use some guile/cunning to nail this penalty... guess not. We're quite possibly back to sucking again, we'll see in due time.