And The Slightly Pudgy-Faced One Shall Lead Them Through…

By: chris | January 24th, 2012

Juventus 2 – Roma 0

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Simply put, Juve were and are better. The end.

And (fortunately), I have to bolt. So I’ll call it: Game

87′ Juventus is doing other things now, none of them are beneficial to Roma, while Heinze just got away with a handball.

86′ Kjaer does what Kjaer actually does really well – clears one off the line.

80′ Estigarribia flashes a shot just wide of the post. He’s been excellent.

79′ Great run by Perrotta from midfield with an equally great pass from Angels, but defended well. The little things. Ya know. Like defense.

78′ It is highly likely Juventus at least gets a third by the time this is out….

77′ A masked avenger enters the pitch, looking suspiciously like Fabio Quagliarella.

Hey! Kjaer made a tackle!

73′ I believe Lamela’s final act (or one of them) for beloved club River Plate was to slyly punch an opponent in the gut. He fits in well in Rome.

72′ Smartly, Luis pulls off Francesco for Perrotta. Yessir, they’re punting the rest of this one.

Totti yellow. This could get, is getting, ugly.

71′ Just like old times, Roma actually works a chance down to ten…’cept it’s offside. Cheeky backheel to an on-running Borini by Totti, though. Highlight of the game.

(How said is that?)

And Lamela kicked Chiellini in the little Giorgios. Yup – that’s going to be a suspension.

He really might be the new Totti after all.

69′ Roma break, kerfuffle ensues after the ball heads out of bounds with Chiellini on the ground, and Lamela’s shown straight red.

Hey, let’s all just throw the wheels off completely.

68′ Greco for Fabulous Fabio.

66′ Estigarribia causing more issues, earning Fabio a yellow after he was forced into backup defensive duties.

Bouncing Pirlo hair…..

62′ And Borini gets to space to head one over. See? Contribution.

Matri coming on for Borriello, who gets a deserved ovation. Roma could use a striker like him right about now.

60′ Granted, someone has to get the forwards the ball for them to be properly utilized. That’s a struggle today.

Borini for Bojan. As expeted.

Bojan is useless. He’s got 1.5 years until he’s farmed out to Mallorca with a three million euro buyout clause.

57′ Borini getting ready…

Totti doing the, “Who, me?” point. Serious?

56′ Estigarribia, who’s now going to have wet dreams of playing against Rodrigo Taddei at rightback on a weekly basis, flashes a cross into the six just ahead of Borriello and Marrone. That was a third gone begging.

54′ Let’s fire up the Borini-for-Bojan watch, shall we?

Though I’d like to see anyone sub in at the moment. They have intent and are a little bit more direct, but the execution is lacking significantly.

52′ Play decidedly slower – so too is the interest in this game. Nothing appears to have changed with the half.

48′ Juve again pushing numbers forward like Borriello’s exes are holding a kissing booth in the Roma box or something.

46′ Roma again setting up shop as Taddei almost scores by complete accident.

Half Two

Of note: there is now one week remaining in the winter mercato, and nothing in defense has changed. Nothing. I believe at the end of the summer I said that spotting talent isn’t quite the same as building a team? Feel free to apply that here as well.

They’ve proven they can’t be judged based on one half alone, but they are just woeful right now and appear to simply be the lesser of the two teams.

Half

46′ Erik doubled, tries to dribble through. Nada.

45′ Pirlo free kick. Yadda.

43′ In case you’ve missed anything, both teams are circling the ref and Roma’s threading it around the back while winning the occasional foul.

Or: business as usual.

(Great free kick by Pjanic a yard or two wide.)

40′ And Estigarribia on the left of the box with space puts it high and wide. I’ve been hearing his name far too often today.

39′ Yellow for Pjanic tackling like an attacking mid should. (Poorly.)

37′ I realize that in and of itself this means very little, if that, but I would love to see a percentage on the number of times Kjaer is the man closest to the goalscorer on goals conceded when he’s on the pitch. I suspect it to be high.

35′ More Possession Stat Mafia; more of nothing else at all.

32′ Thought Totti wins a free kick just outside the box. So that’s something. Barzagli yellow for having other ideas as to what constitutes a free kick.

Roma’s getting manhandled. That’s all. Just…across all facets of the sport right now, it’s Juve’s game.

30′ Knock at the door…and then Del Piero knocks at Roma’s door. Excellent shot. 2-0.

28′ Fabulous Fabio lofts a ball to absolutely no one. Roma’s game in the shell of a nut.

27′ Liechtsteiner has a farmer’s tan. Wonder if he’s been milking cows. Or Quagliarella.

26′ There is simply nothing going forward for Roma. Their best chances have come from set pieces, and even those are infrequent.

24′ Both teams appear to be doing the bulk of their work around and near the Roma back line. Not quite the recipe for a victory on the good side of things.

22′ Juventus break again with direction and pace. This isn’t cool.

Borriello down in the box – appeared to be a penalty on Angels. Nothing called.

20′ Kjaer on the ball as the last man provokes heart palpitations like never before.

Scratch that – since ‘entire defense, 08-09′.

18′ Juve’s shape and transition to attack is rather simple to watch and interpret.

Fabio makes his first bombing run for a pass too high.

16′ Erik the Great gets his first opportunity to dance and dance he does for a corner, which finds the head of Mexes -2.0 and goes over the bar. An excellent opportunity, that.

14′ Estigarribia is officially having a fuckin’ field day against Rodrigo, this time beating him for pace and centering a cross. I’m not entirely sure there’s an answer for this on the pitch, given Rosi’s penchant for card-grabbing against rivals.

12′ Estigarribia has now toasted Rodrigo Taddei twice. It’s entirely possible this team misses the defensive skillz of one Cicero Joao de Cezare.

11′ Storari is now playing the ball behind himself. This team was made for David Pizarro.

9′ Estigarribia given a yellow for failing to respect the rules of the whistle. Keep the cards coming, because what this game needs is more empty space…

Could that have felt inevitable in the first five minutes? Juve bomb forward like fucking banshees and Roma, well….defense ain’t their thing.

Giaccherini. 1-0. I turned away for a moment and someone had been torched – with Kjaer missing the interception.

5′ Borriello galloping forward with nothing but space. I suppose he’s probably more in favor of this style of play…

3′ Possession Stat Mafia has just arrived.

2′ Serious question – which is more frightening:

Gigi or Storari?

Given the past few years, I vote Storari.

1′ Juve’s pressing high like Barca on speed. And Borriello with a point to prove.

Who’s excited? This feels nothing like Juve games of the past, and yet…it’s all the more.

Kickoff

Is anyone running a tally on which of Lichtensteiner or Angels spends more time in their own half? It’s going to be something like a tug-of-war in movement, with it directly related to the motion of the other.

Everyone’s on the pitch and a blonde Roman CB is all tatted up and lookin’ for trouble. Just like old times.

I really hate to admit this, but I really, really like Luca Marrone. His appearance this weekend did nothing to aid this in any way. I’d package a lot of people for both he and Marchisio for the next six-ten years.

I’m going with a Romanian stream (recommended) again both because they’re of the highest quality and because I have no interest in understanding anything but the monotone drone of men picking up a paycheck.

Speaking of picking up a paycheck, Del Piero starts.

Streams. Google Image search of Fabio Simplicio. Just because.

Fabio Simplicio can appear to be both brilliantly cunning and have no fucking plan for what he’s knocking into on a football pitch.

And that’s the best part.

This is, of course, a match against Juventus, meaning its stature is far greater than that of a 30+ Brazilian backup sitting in midfield.

Wait, no it isn’t.

Also: Borriello starts for Juve.

Is there any question he scores a goal? Is there any question he celebrates by picking up Bojan by his ankles and clubbing Enrique with him repeatedly?

XI

Stekelenburg
Taddei, Kjaer, Heinze, Angels
Simplicio, Gago, Pjanic
Lamela
Totti, Bojan

Bench: Lobont, Juan, Rosi, Greco, Viviano, Borini, Perrotta

i. Luis has learned rather quickly not to play Rosi in games where emotional attachment as a fan might be a factor. Well done.

ii. Borini’s on minutes quota after coming off injury.

I like Bojan. I really hate watching him play, particularly for Roma right now.

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bambas

Ah it hurt, but Juve closed down us wisely, and our defense and midfield just not enough.
Gago is a nice player, but he slows down the game terribly. He did it with Cesena too, they were just too weak. All this slow backward passing s killing our game. The attackers can be closed down so easily because of it. Simplicio is a hit and miss. Pjanic is great, yesterday had not a particularity good game.

Our defense stood too high and the midfield played through soo easily and quickly. The slow passing in the middle killed our attack and defense as one. Those were tactical mistakes and then some because of the players we have. Totti and Lamela were closed down, and without a moving and helping midfield they could not have space to do anything, as Juve parked in their half effectively.

On the other hand, their attackers had all of our half, with barely the beck going back to defense. Gago and Simplicio stood around the middle line and it exposed our defence.

A sour defeat, but one Enrique and the players should learn from. And we need to buy not more attackers, but more CBs and midfielders to replace de Rossi when he cannnot play or leaves. As much as a like Viviani, he does the same slow passing around the middle and backward, what we saw yesterday.
James Robert

yeah, our passing was slow, and we didn't move off the ball enough/intelligently in possession. it took hours to change the ball from taddei's side to angel's, not to mention we were telegraphing every single pass - not so great considering the way this system moves the ball is primarily through passing.
hanif

nice observation!
Surely the team needs to develop continuously, and this match highlighted what we need to repair in order to face the big boys.

As the man I am, I prefer optimism.

The match against Cessena proved one point, what we are capable of doing, while this match showcased what we have yet to ammend.
Stefan15

Fuck sakes , stop bitching on LE. You love him, you hate him. Wtf you want the guy to do with the players he has. Simplício had a lot of good games before this shit. But I agree maybe he should leave. I want all these old players gone whether it's piz,plício,perrotta <---- ya I said it, I respect the man, but fuckin start fresh andget rid of these old folks
masonio

Including Totti, IIRC, right? ;)
Giallorossi56

I will NEVER like Juve but you have to respect them in so many regards this year.

Did you see all of the fucking Italians they have starting for them? Fucking embarrassing that nearly their ENTIRE XI today was Italian and we had fucking 2 starting in our XI.

Secondly, Conte is surprising the shit out of me of how quickly he can make adjustments.

You only have a few days left, Sab. Make some fucking magic happen.

Daje Roma.
Arfaestnes

We had two? Are you counting Taddei?
masonio

Totti + 1/2 Taddei + 1/2 Gago + 1/3 Heinze?
romaromaroma

Tell me why Juventus have always played like Germans.
Stefan15

Fuck that team, they will never get my respect.
Stefan15

Does anyone know how much mercatto money were getting. I recall seeing something on, well I forget what roma site, that pallotta is investing 80 mil. I'm prob wrong , so don't come attacking me. If Saba was smart he would get some quality players like van der wiel , christian ericksen. More defenders!!!!!!!
masonio

80M for January? I doubt it. I think that might have been possible if we were struggling. I'm pretty sure Sabatini is smart, he's proven that over his career as a deal maker. Some things are harder to do in real life than videogames, though.
Chase

so I missed the game and only saw the lowlights. Hard to see what actually happened with Lamela and Giorgio. Looked as if they were getting up off the ground having been in a tackle or something when Lamela kicked him? Extended lowlights or what happened in that event anyone???
gio

seriously, half you people are full of shit.

this is what happens when you play a team that had a real transfer market and has a half decent coach. you think because we beat Cesena 5-1 that we are great. we played like crap in that game . Cesena sucked. we won with a bunch of lucky goals and Cesena mistakes.

you think that because we have won a few in a row it means we are playing well?

you watch the way this team has played the last 3+ games and, yeah, the passing has gotten better, we can play possession ball against dip-shit-bottom-of-the-barrel-teams, but we have not played a game in which i have seen a single TACTIC involved. fucking pin-ponging the ball around all day = shit to me. i don't care whether we get 75% against a team like Cesena, or Bologna, or Chievo ... it means nothing when you come up against a real team. finally Oswaldo gets injured and i have seen a rare foray of 3 men into the box, but our attacking formation is crap - the only way or reason it works is because not having a tactic leaves some tiny bit of unpredictability for the other team, but otherwise, though i am happy we have been looking better, this team couldn't get past a first round Europa league game.

the one thing we are fortunate for is that this (Juventus) is one of the few Italian teams that actually looks decent this year. Milan looks like shit, Lazio are actually relatively solid but just don't have that little extra, Naopli look great when they are on but are inconsistent; besides Juve, Udine is quite frankly one of the only teams that are in any way impressive.

Enrique has a long, long way to go before he impresses me
masonio

Oh, Gio.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tum...
romaromaroma

Hahaha, this guy. He would need to have the scudetto delivered to him personally by il capitano himself on an annual basis to be satisfied.
DCGweez

Lol thanks chicken little, I was waiting for this. This proved we aren't elite. Most reasonable people knew that already. I recommend you try to calm yourself. We aren't Milan, Inter or Juve. But then they aren't starting over after years of neglect and financial ruin.

Don't Blaim LE for that.
HN

We tied this same team 1-1 a few weeks ago (we could of won if it wasnt for buffon who decided he actually wanted to save a penalty for once) and then beat Napoli 3-1 at the San Paolo

This was a great reality check but come on, the team is clearly coming together. We are just not there YET...
as roma fan

agreed with you on one point, this game gave us a good reality check on what we

need to work on ... and thats all there is to it
ForzaTotti

"this is what happens when you play a team that had a real transfer market and has a half decent coach"

You do realize this is the same team we tied 1-1 (and almost beat considering the penalty miss) last month, right? I notice you only post on here to b*tch but never say anything when Roma is doing well. You call yourself a real Roma fan?
GJ45

I find it so amazing how we lose a game and everybody is like i am not a fan of LE but when we are winning, the plan is falling into place. You fuckers kill me lol.
Sampath

fortunate goal...
Mostafa

And Juve's Wasn't??!!! Esta-whatshisface shot the ball in the ground only to act as a lob to cheilini who scored a lucky goal...
David Ekstam

http://italy.worldcupblog.org/...
Kilo15

Bojan and Simplicio are only good as subs. Crescenzi should be brought back. There is no way he can be worse than Angel. Angel is just TERRIBLE. He created nothing on the left hand side and its obvious Taddei should stick to the left.

The only people who looked like they gave a damn out there were Gago Lamela and Borini. I hope this loss doesnt mess with us mentally for this weekend.
Eijan Ochoco

Man, i wonder what dibenedetto is thinking right now, He was here for the Florence game and now this, every time he watches the game the team haven't played a decent performance except the atalanta game.

imo, definitely not our lucky charm, lol... your say?
ForzaTotti

Just a coincidence, nothing more.
Jonas

what has become of Kjaer? His Palermo form is long gone

as Chris mentioned, nothing has been done in defence until now, we only shipped of 2 attackers (Okaka and Borri), it has been a weak mercato so far, Saba better have some REAL transfers (see me mentioning transferS cauz we definetely need more than one), and not some 18 year old Argentinian kid, there are execptions like Lamela but with 11 Lamela's we won't reach CL or even EL

this game was a warning sign to everybody: don't get cocky and Saba, get things rolling you gangsta
ForzaTotti

Well we are apparently going to sign Marquinho to man the LB spot of defence. Who knows when/if that will happen though. I think we still need one or two more players after that if we want to make that final push into a CL spot.
the truth

I gotta admit. I always wanted to kick Chiellini in the nuts. He's always been a dirty player! Lamela has alotta balls. I can guarantee you no one will fuck with him now.
joe

Lame.
ForzaTotti

I love Lamela but there is no place for that kind of stuff in football.
FreeBorini

man Chiellini would be banned for life if the refs actually called the shit he does...
ForzaTotti

So what happens if Barca don't want Bojan back next year? Are we required to buy him in that case? Damn I hope not...
Jonas

how can a player even live up for the city and shirt as he and we all know he won't stay here for years, Barca must buy him back (or we had to give 40m which is nuts, Messi or Villa he is not)

difference with Borini: he arrived on short loan and wanted to prove himself, he already loves the atmosphere and wanted to stay thus he was hungry and played better, Bojan mostly wants to play and show Barca that they were wrong, it's all in the head
Eijan Ochoco

Next season, Barca has a option to buy him (for 17 mill) if they want..but on the season after that they are required to buy him for 13mill. which we can stop if we pay them 27 or is it 28 can't remember the figure but overall he is worth 40mill if we choose to keep him after 2 years.
ForzaTotti

Well that's good to hear we aren't stucking paying for him. He has been an utter disappointment thus far. I don't mind him coming off the bench but he has shown nothing to say he's regular starting XI worthy.
masonio

Nah, they are required to buy him back. We have an option to cancel that, though.
Gollum_ASR

Well, this was always going to be a tough game. Juve is the best team in Italy right now, and we've been riding high on wins against lesser teams (i.e. not used to this standard of opponent)... hopefully the kids can use this as a learning experience and bounce back straight away at the weekend. I expect Totti and Heinze to stand up at training and tell it like it is: this is no time to give up, but time to play even harder.

The good thing about having this youth philosophy is that I'm not even that upset about this loss... give it another year or two and then we'll have something a little bit more solid to judge.

FORZA ROMA
ASR

I was expecting this result...I think the over-carefulness and fear of Juve got the better of us tonight.

I was expecting some confident plays by us, which we were lacking today...needless to say Conte was the better manager tonight! But, no hard feelings against LE as he has proven to an extent that he learns from his mistakes. And judging by the looks of it, we still have a lot of work to do - work on team-chemistry, selling/buying of players, the whole project!

So I would not stress over this result, it was expected. Hopefully, management will move sooner faster than later and see where our team needs more work...

DAJE ROMA
FORZA ROMA
kurdt

Such pity on Kjaer, he lacks the guts that some frenchman with blonde hair had once. We definitely need a new lineup of CB.
Philipp_sebastian

wow. this is bitter, has all ingredients for some real disappointing reactions (red card, own goal, nobody playing decent). as david said: chapeau to juve, they were the better team at any minute during the game, and controlled us, made us look really bad. sad but true.

let´s move on, shall we. no stella questo anno.
masonio

Unmatched today in nearly all areas. I don't think LE cares much about the Coppa despite what he says. Our XI against Cesena of all clubs was stronger than today (No Kjaer, Bojan, Cote or Simplicio).

A week left to bring in any players. Just move on, don't let this be more than a blip on the great run we've been on.
FreeBorini

I think he cares more about making Europe which the tell you the truth if we have to lose the Coppa for CL I do it 10/10
ForzaTotti

A top 3 finish is much more desirable then advancing to the next round in the coppa italia. It's better that we focus our energy on our main goal this year (CL spot).
ForzaRoma2001

Kjaer with a finish that made matri jealous
Dhaw

Alright, it's time for the regulars to disappear for few days. The fan boys are going to be coming anytime soon and wanting LE to be fired right now.

Ciao !!
CincyRoma

It was nice knowing ya'll! A pleasure! See you after the summer mercato for the 2012-2013 season!
Eijan Ochoco

haha.right on
Dhaw

I didn't know i'd ever say this but fuck bring back Cassetti as CB right now for Kjaer.

Kjaer has lost his game totally. He was a stud in Palermo - wtf happened !!
masonio

German girlfriend out manly-ed him in bed then broke his heart.
ForzaTotti

Maybe he's not training and/or practicing hard anymore. Or has lost love for game/not interested anymore. Maybe he's dealing with personal or psychological problems. No one can really say. He does have a lot of potential and probably is just lacking the confidence right now, which can be the difference between good and bad in football.
FreeBorini

Germany does that to your mind playing shitty football destroys your confidence, he's too scared to move the ball up he back passes to stek a billion times cause he has no confidence I think he's scared he will pull a Fiorentina again
davidk8

Not much to say but congrats to Juve, we are no match for them at the moment.

FORZA ROMA!
Rodrigo

People let's relax. Look we all knew this was the only competition we had a good chance of winning but remeber its the first year for Luis Enrique. We are in a transition phase. We need time to get it together. Simplicio was garbage but who else did we have Greco? Come on people that's why Roma wanted casemiro. Without DDR we are not the same Roma Luis Enrique wants. We need a right back and a holding midfield. We are one of the most impatient clubs let's drink a beer and relax. We need to go shopping for players in the summer.
ASR_Martino

DDR would have been sent off in this game. Something about Juve just makes you want to punch somebody...
Rodrigo

That is true.
sloane

how many roma players does it take to get an own goal...two. :/
Lucian

night all
Mika Tuomela

I think Kjaer just needs to get laid to relax. Or Lamela should kicks his nuts to place.
ForzaTotti

Are you offering up your services to Kjaer?
Mika Tuomela

Sure, I could kick Kjaer to nuts.
FreeBorini

I honestly don't think LE is thinking of making a run in Coppa cause Juan would have been on, borini would have started I just think hes getting some playing time for the subs
Jacob

agree, enrique doesnt care bout the coppa. Really, I dont either. Just a distraction, need to focus more on the league.
FreeBorini

also rosi would have started over angel, plus were missing ddr, so all and all a meaningless loss Jewve won't win the coppa anyways
Lucian

Kjaer scores!
Jacob

ahh so krasic elbows gago in the face and its alright, just a yellow. If it was ddr it would be a fucking 3 game ban
joe

You guys are so boring. Blame the ref, its the easiest thing to do. You did not lose because Juve was better, you lost because the refs were on Juve's side.

Milan got 7 penalties this season and at least 3 of them were bogus, but all what bothers you is an unintentional elbow. How lame.
ASR_Martino

Kidding. Refs are on the Juve take again, and apparently so are we...

Juve has been "taken" most of our players...
FreeBorini

you just realized that the refs are for juve what else is new... I didn't know you can smash out players legs when the ball is 20 meters away
ASR_Martino

No Kidding, nowhere near the play... I just forgot the that refs love the old lady so much and assumed it might be different after their time in Seria B. That's history now.
Jacob

I say bring in vertonghen. That guy will def move. While were at it go and get eriksen as well. Get a damn 40 mill package for the two
Lucian

I was hoping to see Roma being more of a team, but I'm not overly surprised that we took a step back. IMHO Roma's weakness is on the flanks, especially LB RB
ASR

You are right...we need good Wing Backs who can dribble and get forward...that will cause a lot of threat
Jacob

we have one called rosi, but instead enrique chooses angel
Jacob

what do you expect when we play angel instead of rosi, simplico instead of ddr, kjaer instead of juan and bojan instead of borini/osvaldo. If they were playing, guarentee that we would be tied.
Tottigol

Damn Simplicio = Wayne Brady with more face fat
Giallorossi56

Notes:

- Kjaer needs to be sent on the first flight back to Germany; what a fucking waste of wages, he is garbage
- Simplicio should be sold to the first bidder, no matter what the amount
- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BUY SALVATORE FUCKING BOCCHETTI, Sab
- Roma is going to make money on this Bojan deal, which is laughable, he is totally fucking useless.
ASR

I liked Kjaer when we signed him...but looks like he does not fit into LE system, hes too adventurous...
Simplicio I hated since the day Roma signed him...
Bojan I like too, I think he just needs more space to do what he does...hes a poacher and needs to use his speed; with LE he holds-up the ball to often when starting; as a sub though he uses his pace well.
masonio

Yeah, I agree with all of this. Not even close to basing it on this one performance either. I been screaming for Bocchetti since we lost Mexes. We need defenders that are comfortable with the ball to play in this system. Kjaer can't do that. At least Mexes could.

I think if we are going after midfielder like Casemiro, we might play them at CB in stead. Somewhat like Mascherano/Busquets do for Barcelona. Plus, Casemiro has experience at CB.
Giallorossi56

Also, you can definitely get Casemiro on the cheap right now, he is worth every bit of money spent.
Giallorossi56

A tall, Italian center back who has NT experience. I have been screaming his name for close to three fucking years since he joined Genoa. He's only 25. He will cost a LOT for a center back but he could be our Chiellini. Not sure why this hasn't happened.
Lucian

Was a penatly on Kjaer.
Марио Марко Вила

Hahahahahahahah Perrota for Totti looks like LE is playing safer going on result.... dumb fucker he is out played by that shity Juve coach
Mika Tuomela

I love you man, but maybe you and LE should consider couples therapy?=)
Марио Марко Вила

Love u too, but u wanna say that Conte is above an avrege? As long as i remember he wasnt coaching Inter, Milan, Juve, or some other big clubs from europe, he was always in an anvrage clubs cuz hes an avreage coach, what did he achive to so we can say hes some class? And pls no therapy with LE i dont like, could punch him in the face if he would stand near me..All that talk we r better, we r starting to play how i want but against avreage clubs and when comes to a big match we lose 3-0 cuz he doesnt have a brain to get right tactics and to get right players on the field...And i said for Conte shity Juve coach cuz with good tinker man and good squad like ours u can beat Juve and Conte tactics..Nobody havent made it this season cuz Alegri is nothing special Inter had problems but they r on right track with Ranieri now and other teams can just pray to not get demolished cuz they dont have players to match with Juve..If we manage to overcome Inter, Milan and Juve in Seria A then LE has a chance for next season but if he lose those games he needs to go..Thats my opinion i don want to watch how big money gets wasted on avreage players, potential talents, potential talent coaches and to get satisfied with wins against Novara, Cesena and clubs like that..This season we need to get satisfied with Europa league spot if we get lucky for it, and in DDR contract their clause if we dont get to CL hes gona leave, so fuck LE, fuck menagment, fuck all of them...
Mika Tuomela

I just meant that you and LE should get some alone-time ;)

Passion is great.
Марио Марко Вила

Love u too, but no ty but Le can have his passion time with Kjaer, Angel, Borini and Greco... :)
the old lady

your comment about conte is so stupid mate
Марио Марко Вила

Its not stupid..Conte is nothing special, his just an avrage coach in Italy...
ino

Sorry, just had to interject, late as it is. Conte may not have been special before, but he's sure becoming a helluva lot more special now. I don't think it's wise to underestimate our opponents.
FreeBorini

your stupid case closed
James Robert

i think it's supposed to be "you're"
FreeBorini

thank you! you're an idiot there we go
James Robert

that was bitchy of me, but honestly it seems people screw up your/you're and their/there like i've never seen before in my life

it just irks me
FreeBorini

I get lazy with my writing when half the morons on here can't even spell or understand the English language
Jags

2-0 case closed :)
Mika Tuomela

Serie B, case closed.
FreeBorini

6 years of rebuilding good for you....
Jags

Apologies 3-0