Houdini Takes London.

By: chris | October 21st, 2009

Fulham v Roma

The misunderstood genius. The whiny brat. Which hat will he don?

Let’s make no mistake, with Francesco on the sidelines, this game is about one man – nay, one boy – and one boy alone: Jeremy Menez. His performance on the weekend was, much like his talent, tantalizing. He’d like some more, please, and so would we.

Squad

1 BOGDAN LOBONT
2 CICERO JOAO DE CESARE (CICINHO)
3 MARCO ANDREOLLI
5 PHILIPPE MEXES
7 DAVID MARCELO CORTES PIZARRO
9 MIRKO VUCINIC
11 RODRIGO FERRANTE TADDEI
16 DANIELE DE ROSSI
17 JOHN ARNE RIISE
19 JULIO CESAR BAPTISTA
20 SIMONE PERROTTA
21 STEFANO GUBERTI
23 LEANDRO GRECO
25 ARTUR GUILHERME GUSMAO MORAES
29 NICOLAS BURDISSO
32 DONIEBER ALEXANDER MARANGON (DONI
33 MATTEO BRIGHI
77 MARCO CASSETTI
89 OKAKA CHUKA STEFANO
94 JEREMY MENEZ

XI

Doni
Cassetti, Mexes, Burdisso, Riise
Guberti, De Rossi, Pizarro, Perrotta
Menez, Vucinic

Preview-ish liveblog pregame.

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• GeneralUser |  October 22nd, 2009 at 5:19 am

  
  
  

  “I can’t take pizarro anymore. Rather play brighi and give de rossi some freedom”

  Amen to that.

  I’d love to see Motta back in action getting a starting spot, as well as Guberti. Guberti was the best signing (age/potential/money ratio) aside from Motta we have made in the past 2 seasons IMHO.

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• dani |  October 22nd, 2009 at 7:02 am

  
  
  

  Does anyone know what scarves Totti and the likes wear when the boys are playing in the cold? I can’t find any info on that.

  As for tonight, it feels like a game Roma has for the taking. Let’s hope they give it their all.

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• Jonas (from Flemish area in Belgium ;-) |  October 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 am

  
  
  

  so Okaka-Menez will start?
  I like that,Vuci to come on around 70′ (or 2nd half if we’re in shit)

  excited to see what Goober will do,maybe this 442 formation suits him more

  and after watching Dida/Cassillas howlers yesterday,I shit in my pants to think what Doni will do tonight

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• michele |  October 22nd, 2009 at 7:27 am

  
  
  

  will be at the fulham game this evening amongst their fans – write up on ddr blog tomorrow

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• Jake |  October 22nd, 2009 at 7:48 am

  
  
  

  Aquilani doing an interview in English after the game he played.

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8320158.stm

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• l'aeroplanino |  October 22nd, 2009 at 8:00 am

  
  
  

  Has there been any update on Totti’s knee condition. I haven’t found anything. I am worried surgery is on the horizon.

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• Gabriella (ASR) |  October 22nd, 2009 at 8:38 am

  
  
  

  I’m already half way drunk so will litter this blog during the game.

  Posted from Germany

  

• Angelini |  October 22nd, 2009 at 9:04 am

  
  
  

  Tomorrow dday for Totti whether he needs to be operated or not.

  Gab what you drinking? Give me some

  Posted from Italy

  

• Gabriella (ASR) |  October 22nd, 2009 at 9:15 am

  
  
  

  Vodka orange. * passes some around *

  Posted from Germany

  

• yaniv |  October 22nd, 2009 at 9:22 am

  
  
  

  hey, sry 2 bring up wat might b an insignificant topic, but do u lyk d squad no that menez has? I really cant understand y a player has 2 choose a no beyond 30.. Cmon, roma doesnt have so many players 4 him 2 get 94.. N is menez really any good? Havent followed roma in quite a willf..

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• M |  October 22nd, 2009 at 9:22 am

  
  
  

  michele i’m going 2nite as well we’re u sitting

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• yaniv |  October 22nd, 2009 at 9:23 am

  
  
  

  i meant quite a while

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• Joey |  October 22nd, 2009 at 9:57 am

  
  
  

  Great – finally no Taddei in the starting 11 !! Our chances of winning the match just went up.

  Cerci is not named in the squad though? Is he hurt? And yes Brighi for Pizarro.

  Roma must perform well in the UK for once. I have a feeling they will be strong today. Go Menez! and no diving please…

  Wonder if Aquilani is making the drive down from Liverpool for the game?

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• DB |  October 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 am

  
  
  

  is any US network broadcasting the Roma Fulham match?

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• Gabriella (ASR) |  October 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 am

  
  
  

  Yaniv > no idea why

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• Gabriella (ASR) |  October 22nd, 2009 at 10:20 am

  
  
  

  By the way did you guys know that Houdini was Hungarian?

  Posted from Germany

  

• jed |  October 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 am

  
  
  

  yaniv, apparently he chose # 94 because that is the district or region i guess where he came from in France.

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• Richie Aprile |  October 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 am

  
  
  

  Good ol days. You can thank me later.

  http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/great-serie-a-games-roma-juve-20032004.html

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• jed |  October 22nd, 2009 at 10:42 am

  
  
  

  http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2009/10/21/1574448/roman-soldier-find-me-a-psychologist-jeremy-menez-is-the

  above is a great article on menez… compares him to cassano

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• Gabriella (ASR) |  October 22nd, 2009 at 10:59 am

  
  
  

  Watching lazio drawing. So boring. Well I’m only here for my boy Rossi

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• Stefano |  October 22nd, 2009 at 11:12 am

  
  
  

  Lineup for Roma: Doni, Burdisso, Mexes, Anderolli, Riise, De Rossi, Brighi, Taddei, Guberti, Okaka, Menez. Not bad, nice to see some of the young guys play.

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• Kamran |  October 22nd, 2009 at 11:12 am

  
  
  

  God bless Europa League , my channel is going to show the match ^^ !

  Posted from Australia

  

• Forza Roma |  October 22nd, 2009 at 11:18 am

  
  
  

  @ Stefano
  is it official?

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• mimo |  October 22nd, 2009 at 11:20 am

  
  
  

  glad to see that GolTV treats Roma like Europa League “royalty”- showing most of their matches. nice.

  Of course, FSC still continuing with the usual EPL self-pleasuring with English Team (shit/non-shit) + Any non-epl shit team matches being primetime.

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• Vimax Pills |  November 15th, 2009 at 9:39 pm

  
  
  

  In 2 months of taking Vimax Pills I managed to gain 1.5 inches! My sexual desire increased greatly as well as my erections became fuller and longer lasting…

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