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Ehmo

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03 Oct 2012 20:05:33

Thank god for the Pharaoh eh.

Hibee

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588

05 Oct 2012 17:42:56

Pato looks like he's finally over his latest injury and he's playing a part in the Primavera's game this weekend.

Also, Conte's ban has been reduced to 4 months so he'll be back for their game against Palermo on the 9th of December.

smurphptfc

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06 Oct 2012 02:18:33

By Hibee | Permalink | On 05 October 2012 - 18:42 PM

Pato looks like he's finally over his latest injury and he's playing a part in the Primavera's game this weekend.

I'll give him two first team games before he's out again.

Franck

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06 Oct 2012 17:19:27

Perfect free kick by Maresca against Chievo.

Hibee

18 years ago

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588

06 Oct 2012 17:36:30

Hopefully this is the season Chievo go down, their defense has been the thing that's kept them up the last coupleod years and this season they have looked a lot less secure.

Franck

18 years ago

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4,255

06 Oct 2012 17:45:44

Massive fuck-up by Romero makes it 2-1 Chievo.

Hibee

18 years ago

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588

06 Oct 2012 17:46:56

Damn.

Franck

18 years ago

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4,255

06 Oct 2012 17:53:07

Should have been a free-kick for Samp before the goal was scored as well.

BR.

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1,896

07 Oct 2012 13:09:38

Clean sheet for Roma

the first 20 mins or so were frightening, should have been a couple down, but it was a decent performance after that. Totti's ball for Lamela was superb.

Baffled at DDR not playing.

Hibee

18 years ago

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588

07 Oct 2012 13:11:03

A brilliant freekick from Hernanes has put us 1-0 up away to Pescara this afternoon. That more than makes up for his dreadful penalty against Maribor in the week.

Edit: 3-0 now after 35 mins.

BR.

18 years ago

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1,896

07 Oct 2012 13:44:10

Hernanes and Klose are pretty awesome, there's only four more games (not including today) before the derby, hope we're looking a bit more solid by then.....

DMT Abuse

12 years ago

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418

07 Oct 2012 14:44:55

Marchisio 85', Juve lead 2-1. Juve look like they're back on track.

Lazio hauling ass.

Hibee

18 years ago

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588

07 Oct 2012 14:54:56

Poor second half from us. Every time we go a couple of goals up the team goes to sleep, surrenders possession and we end up spending 45 minutes on the back foot.

DMT Abuse

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418

07 Oct 2012 21:11:59

AC 0-1 Inter, big problems for the Rossoneri. Napoli 2-1 Udinese... the Neapolitans look good bets for a very good season.

BR.

18 years ago

2 years ago

1,896

07 Oct 2012 22:57:40

Why Allegri took El Shaarawy off and not Bojan is beyond me. Milan were toothless; even after Nagatomo got sent off, all they did was get the ball out to Emanuelson and Robinho on the left and watch them hit an overhit cross......

Hibee

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588

09 Oct 2012 18:35:11

The stories have been bouncing around for a week or so but it looks official now, Giuseppe Sculli has been banned for a month and fined 30k because not only did he know about the protests at the Genoa v Siena game in advance, he'd agreed to speak to the Ultra during the game and look like the hero.

Bian

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12 Oct 2012 19:33:17

So we won 3-1 against a really good Armenia side. Defense was woeful, the Armenian counter attack was impressive though. They probably deserved the win, let alone a point.

BR.

18 years ago

2 years ago

1,896

12 Oct 2012 20:57:33

I watched the second half. Great cross by Pirlo for the second and good header by DDR. Armenia weren't that bad actually yeah. Hopefully another win v Denmark on Tuesday.

Bian

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13 Oct 2012 18:28:16

Here's a little stat for you, BR. Italy have scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches. 6 of those goals have been scored by Roma players. ItalJuve? Nah, ItaliRoma.

BR.

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1,896

14 Oct 2012 21:17:04

By Bian | Permalink | On 13 October 2012 - 19:28 PM

Here's a little stat for you, BR. Italy have scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches. 6 of those goals have been scored by Roma players. ItalJuve? Nah, ItaliRoma.

Didn't realise it was that many, good stuff. Hope our players don't have bad backs, carrying all those Juventini can't be easy

Bian

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138

14 Oct 2012 21:52:11

Nah, all 6 of us. Especially the likes of Bonucci and Barzagli. Yowzers, that was a poor match from them on Friday.

Hibee

18 years ago

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588

15 Oct 2012 16:34:04

Read earlier that the Lega is looking to introduce a rule stating that clubs looking to get promoted to Serie B must have stadia in their towns that meet the minimum regulations for the second tier (whatever they are...).

This would mean the end of sides like AlbinoLeffe playing in Bergamo, Sassuolo playing in Modena and Virtus Lanciano playing in Pescara.

Bian

14 years ago

8 years ago

138

15 Oct 2012 20:12:56

Yes, cannot wait for that. Though it'll suck for teams like Sassuolo because the actual city they'd play in has like 41,000 people so they'd have to get half the town to the stadium in order to fill it.

Obviously they don't have to sell out every game, but it would look bad seeing like 2000 people there.

Hibee

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588

15 Oct 2012 21:32:04

Aye, it's going to be weird if their promoted. As far as I know the rule won't apply to Serie A so they'll still be using Modena's ground. Given they averaged 3k crowds last year and anything above that was the Derby with Modena (10k) or caused by away fans filling their section, we're going to be in for some quiet games in 2013/14.

On the other had, if their relegated (fairly good chance) and this ruling comes into force, they'll have to do up the Enzo Ricci a bit, bring the capacity up to 7k or 8k, whatever the minimum is. It also means their fans won't have to travel into Modena every fortnight. Hopefully having the team on their doorsteps will help boost crowds a bit. It can't be fun when every 'home' game is a trip to your biggest rivals.

Bian

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15 Oct 2012 22:02:01

By Hibee | Permalink | On 15 October 2012 - 17:32 PM

Aye, it's going to be weird if their promoted. As far as I know the rule won't apply to Serie A so they'll still be using Modena's ground. Given they averaged 3k crowds last year and anything above that was the Derby with Modena (10k) or caused by away fans filling their section, we're going to be in for some quiet games in 2013/14.

On the other had, if their relegated (fairly good chance) and this ruling comes into force, they'll have to do up the Enzo Ricci a bit, bring the capacity up to 7k or 8k, whatever the minimum is. It also means their fans won't have to travel into Modena every fortnight. Hopefully having the team on their doorsteps will help boost crowds a bit. It can't be fun when every 'home' game is a trip to your biggest rivals.

See if they got promoted to Serie A, I'll bet that a lot more people would go for the first couple of months if they had a stadium in their city, because then they'd start losing and people would be like "Well that was fun, goodbye for another couple of decades". Unless a big club showed up like Juve, Inter, etc.

Hibee

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588

15 Oct 2012 22:13:55

Probably, but I don't see them ever having a Serie A standard ground in their town. The local authority isn't going to build a stadium half the population can fit in and it doesn't make sense for the club to bankrupt themselves building something that's only going to be needed for a 12/24 month stay in the top flight.

On the other hand, it makes sense for clubs to have grounds that meet the lower standards for Serie B and not being allowed to take the easy way and using a nearby stadium for year after year.

.verse

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871

17 Oct 2012 07:38:41

It has it's pros and cons either way you look at it. I think the big thing will be the financial aspect of it for the smaller clubs where it's simply not going to be viable to build stadiums etc, that will meet the requirements.

Hibee

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588

17 Oct 2012 14:19:15

I think it's more likely to be the local authorities footing the bill for the improvements to the grounds. On the back of reading that piece I had a look at the current Serie B sides and quite a few are already working to bring their grounds up to Serie B standard so they can use them. None own their grounds either so I'm not sure what (if anything) it's costing them to do so.
With that in mind I don't see the rule really affecting things too much. Ambitious clubs willing to improve their infrastructure like Cesena or Novara a few years ago won't be affected nor will sides with decent grounds/support who'll benefit the league by getting promoted. The only one's that will suffer are tiny clubs who manage to get into B via the playoff's or a one off season where everything clicks.

BR.

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1,896

19 Oct 2012 19:11:14

Anyone else fancy Napoli to win tomorrow night? Just got a feeling.

Going for Lazio-Milan to be a draw, although if anyone was to win, it'd probably be Lazio - couldn't believe how bad Milan were against Inter.

Sunday night is where it's at though - Genoa v Roma

need a win.

smurphptfc

13 years ago

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354

19 Oct 2012 19:37:46

Incorrect. Chievo v The best football side in Serie A is where it is at on Sunday.

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