Lazy Friday With Batigol

By: chris | May 16th, 2008

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Appears like Spal may have a full squad at his disposal on Sunday, aside from the crew who got a head start on their summer vacations (Gesu, Today and perhaps Matthew Lamborghini). Doni and Juan seem to be at least recovered enough for consideration – there’s a Don Juan reference somewhere in here with those two – though the smart money is on Juan being sat while Doni makes his way between the posts. That is, if there is anything such as smart money.

Here’s the lineup RomaNews is suggesting,

Doni;
Cicinho, Mexes, Panucci, Tonetto;
Pizarro, De Rossi;
Mancini, Aquilani, Perrotta;
Vucinic.

And here’s the lineup I’ve been hoping for,

Doni;
Cicinho, Mexes, Panucci, Tonetto;
Pizarro, De Rossi;
Mancini, Aquilani, Perrotta;
Vucinic.

It’s like they know me or something. Or maybe this lineup card just writes itself.

Market Time

What would be the lead up to the final weekend when the scudetto will be decided without a few good transfer nuggets to get everyone reminded, “hey, there’s always next year if this one doesn’t work out”. The media is so kind.

• This one’s my favorite: Francesco Modesto is now wanted by FC Moscow. So he’s wanted by a maybe slightly better than average Russian club. I wonder if this officially crosses him off Roma’s wish list. It’s kind of like wanting a flashy car for so long, then you see the tool from down the street driving one off the lot. Kind of loses its appeal. (You can substitute girl for car and get the same idea. Though I’m not sure how one could “drive a girl off the lot”. Oh wait…)

• Marcelo Moreno: Twenty year old hitman from Bolivia. Have to say, from one video the kid just looks like he can score goals. Then again, it’s just a YouTuber, and they could even make Adrian Pit (Pronounced ‘Pit’) look like Mutu’s brother from another mother.

More telling is the clubs after him: ManPoo, Liverpool and Tottenham. And Shakhtar, but he supposedly turned down a deal heading there. €7m was the agreed upon price, which may be a bargain someday. 43 goals in 68 games since 2005 and he’s only 20. Oh, and he can put his damn head to the ball. Where do I sign him up?

And does that goal celebration remind you of anyone? I’d take him for that alone.

Plus I’d sign this kid’s mother if she had a YouTubers set to Muse.

I’m bored and stuck at the pad for most of the day, so I’m just going to update this bad Larry throughout the day. It’s like liveblogging, but way easier.

Scratch that, I want Marcela Moreno:

It’s like Shakira meets Ace of Base.

Batigooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

* – Favorite news story of the week, even more than Inter getting in bed with the Mafia:

Figo deliberately runs over black cat.

First of all, is this not a hate crime? What the fuck did black cats ever do to anybody, as opposed to white or gray or brown cats? Did they choose to be black? No. Yet they’re maliciously targeted by ignorant people, like Luishsishsish, and made into a big monster.

The whole bigotry thing aside, is there any part of Karma which is going Inter’s way this weekend? Any part whatsoever? Because if there is, I can’t see it.

* – Speaking of karma, great news regarding Inter’s ref for the Parma game:

“Rocchi is particularly unlucky with us. He has officiated three of our games and we never managed to finish with all XI men,” said the Coach.

In fact that was not the case, as Rocchi was in charge of three Inter matches this season and Pelè was the only Inter player sent off.

However, all three games did end in 1-1 draws against Juventus, Sampdoria and Genoa.

Uh…..1-1 draw? I’d take that 8 days a week.

* – Just realized something. Tomorrow is the 1 year anniversary of the Roma Offside.

I want a belated present, dammit.

(I fell asleep at the end of this thing. I tried.)

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Jamil Batcha

Chris, I can't believe its already been a year. Congrats on maintaining a fantastic Roma blog for tifosi worldwide to follow on a regular basis.
george

whats your name on when you play online jonas?

maybe i'll find you in there
Jonas

FIFA on the WII? gimme a break!

i play it on xbox360 :P
george

does anyone play fifa08 on the wii online?
george

forza roma, great details about rocchis referreing johnny
Johnny (ASR)

Daniele, regarding Rocchi:

Gianluca Rocchi of the Florence refereeing section has been appointed to take charge of Sunday afternoon's Serie A Week 38 match between Parma and Inter.

At the Stadio Ennio Tardini he will be assisted by Calcagno and Griselli, with Girardi acting as fourth man.

Rocchi has refereed the Nerazzurri on four occasions this season: Juventus 1-1 Inter (Serie A), Sampdoria 1-1 Inter (Serie A), Genoa 1-1 Inter (Serie A) and Inter 0-0 Lazio.
Johnny (ASR)

Roma shirts will look like these, found them finally:

http://www.feyenoord.nl/conten...
Johnny (ASR)

I got no clue Daniele but he is anti Inter.

Man I wanna see Rosina, Valeri, Moreno, Dessena in a Roma jersey. If Parma stays up give them Antunes and Curci on loan and we will take Dessena.
Daniele

I have a strange feeling Rocchi will fuck them.

Isn't he Romano?
Dhaw

Maybe its just Karma eh , When it matters the most the refree officiating Inter game hasnt helped them all season.
Dhaw

It wud be gr8 if we win the championship , but lets say we dont make it , i still wud be happy cause we managed to make sure Inter end up with "salty balls".

After spending so much and getting so much fucking help from the refree's we got them to the last day shivering in their panties. Well imagine what wud have roma done to these lil bitches in blue and black stripes if we had some luck going our way. Dont need help. Thanx but no Thanx. We play well , fair and love it.
Vlad

If there's an article on goal.com that's not strictly opinion, it's usually semi-accurate, strange as it may seem. From what I can tell, the guys at goal.com don't really have knowledgeable confidantes or reporters that can get good interviews; they just re-report news that appear in other outlets.

Here's an article from calciomercato.com which includes an interview with Luciano Marangon, Moreno's Italian agent: http://www.calciomercato.com/i...

According to him, he's pretty much up for grabs, there's been contacts with Roma, and his price is 7-8 million (negotiable).

Wish list: Guberti, Rosina, Moreno, Mathieu, and a big, experienced Serie A striker like Cristiano Lucarelli or Igor Budan.

For some reason I see Lucarelli on his way to Rome this summer... and not just for vacation. Spread the rumor, goal.com might pick it up.
Gabriella (ASR)

that is the best cake hands down!!! Great find
TiberioDNA

and another cake :D :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/g...
Gabriella (ASR)

he hasnt just left but he forgot us
Mao Chunking

why tifosi boo cafu?
Gabriella (ASR)

John Silver >

Football Italiano - Channel Five - Parma v Inter Live - Sunday 18/5 @ 1.45pm
PLUS - Fiver (Freeview Channel 36, Sky Channel 182, Virgin Media Channel 186) - Catania v Roma Live - Sunday 18/5 @ 1.45pm

if you have a digital TV you have Fiver on Ch 36
Gabriella (ASR)

Gialla come er sole
Rossa come er core mio
John Silver

Someone please explain to me how this "Fiver" channel works. Is it on sky/satellite/whatever, or is it just on regular TV?

Someone help, I implore thee!
Muddia Beduddia

Congrats on the Anni Chris. It's been fun and should only get better following Sunday (and an Azzurri Euro victory). Go Cubs Go! And maybe we'll see you at the Friendly Confines soon.
Daniele

Yeah Gabs!!

That rocks!

God, if we win lo scudetto, I am bookin my flight on Monday... All of Rome will be heavan on earth.
Gabriella (ASR)

since we are 1 year old tomorrow ... here is the first Roma cake

http://farm2.static.flickr.com...
ilcapitano

Not that video games are any source of good future scouting at all, but I just transfered for Marcelo Moreno 2 weeks ago for $38 million in FIFA '08. I'm in the year 2012 and the kid is a 93, only 2 points behind C. Ronaldo.

I'll take him!
Peter

Jonas - I was in Roma in 01 on in late august there was still rallys and parties, streets littered, etc. It will be off the hook all year if inter get parmaloted on Sunday.
Peter

So romanisti - do I watch it live on P2p with chops and the like, flipping between the two games or wait until Fox shows it in the states on delay, Inter first at 5 pm, and Roma at 7 pm? hmm
Jonas

when Italy won the world cup I was at home but departed to Napoli just a week after and the people there were still partying and celebrating!
if roma snatch the scudetto sunday, I'll probably go crazy and shit and wear my Roma shirt all week in school,I know some Bianconeri and Nerazzuri in Antwerp :D LOOOL
CMP (ASR)

Daniele, you are so right... tears either way man!

This sunday could end up being a day of legend (slightly ovedramatic I know... no strike that: THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW LOL)!
Johnny (ASR)

Áh man I remember when I was in Greece during the world cup. First day I wa sthere my home nation (Holland) was knocked out by those dirty Portugese players. Free drinks all that. Brought my Italy jerseys so after that supported them, when they played Australia I was in a restaurant watching and screaming. Jumping up and down when Totti scored. When they won from Germany consoled some ladies from Germany for their loss haha.
Gabriella (ASR)

just the facts that the scudetto race is still open on the last day and we can speculate about the whatifs give me me such a thrill!

I am very proud of the team whatever happens on Sunday.
Daniele

Yes, but when italia won the world cup.

I was with drunk italiani and we were flicking the parisians off and drunk as hell.

I want THAT atmosphere.
Johnny (ASR)

Hmm don't know what you should do Daniele. Get drunk haha. I will if we win. Even if we lose. If we win hell I'll probably go out sunday also otehrwise next saturday after we win the Coppa haha.

Agent of Moreno spoke, said there are few teams interested. He reminds him of Batistuta, physique is strong etc. Man I be pissed if he slips under our nose.
Gabriella (ASR)

yep.. chris ... that is why I posted this ermes video couple of days ago..lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Daniele

I hear ya Johnny.

I don't know what to do.

Go to Jerz, go to a bar, or watch at home.

I have plans right afder the match..

Shit...

HELP!
Johnny (ASR)

Brozzi saying Doni and Juan are ready for Catania. Taddei is recover quickly, he could make the Coppa Italia final when first diagnose was that he was out for 1-2 months. They found some more gladiator eneergy drink or bones in the Coliseum?
Johnny (ASR)

Batigol had the appearance of Jesus. Man this sunday I will become 20 years older, maybe some cardiac arrests haha... Talked my way out of this birthday. It's all Roma. La Roma non si discute, si ama.
Daniele

True bash..

So you are going to Bayonne for the matche (s)?
Daniele

http://www.goal.com/en-US/Arti...

There's a reason why tifosi boo him.
melnfarmr

Classic Batigol...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6m1...
Daniele

Julez - If we win I will cry.

End of story
Johnny (ASR)

http://www.channel4.com/sport/...

Haha Mancini not happy with Rocchi being the ref this sunday.
GPA

Good news for fans in the UK.

British TV is now showing both games live, Parma-Inter on Five and they are adding a new channel called Fiver which is playing Catania-Roma, both live....ooooh im happy now!
spqr

Rossi in the nazionale would be huge.
ordeal_rules (JCS)

I think alessio is riht, nothing will happen to inter...
Gabriella (ASR)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

more of the same
Gabriella (ASR)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

lovely!
Julian J

i swear if we win the scudetto it will be without a doubt the happiest day of my life
chris

I don't think I'll be able to liveblog it.

Coherent thoughts will be a rarity Sunday for me. I'm guessing I won't be the only one.
Gabriella (ASR)

I think chris is live blogging it and I'll be here going going going nuts... most of us will be here I reckon
Julian J

im so pissed i wont be home to watch the games on sunday, so im counting on u guys to get me posted ;)
melnfarmr

piacere Gabs...
agiamba

Roma fans, chill out. Nothing will happen. There's also a scandal with the players betting. As Chris pointed out, Di Michele got a 3 month ban, I doubt the Inter people will get anything. Milan and Inter both had financial irregularities exposed last summer that could have had them relegated to Serie B http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news... but what happened? They made it legal.
Gabriella (ASR)

lol... that brightened me up!!!
melnfarmr

http://www.luisapetrucci.it/ (for those who may not know)
melnfarmr

Roma ha Luisa Petrucci e Intermerda ha Domenico Brescia... the tale of two teams : )
Gabriella (ASR)

I am going to stop posting and reading the Inter blog... hell I wont even congratulate them!
Gabriella (ASR)

I think it is too early to say ... there will be more investigations and interviews and whatnot... and based on all those the people involved still need to be proven guilty... so who knows
Julian

So what could this mean for Inter and all of calcio? Anotehr calciopoli? Docked points? Arrests?
Gabriella (ASR)

Julian > from previous blog comments, English Corriere Dello Sport article about it

http://www.corriere.it/english...
that is the article in English about the Inter phone tapping news
Julian

Anyone else hear about Inter's Mafia scandal? Admittedly it's from goal.com so its of dubious quality, but if its true...
RomaShield27

Oh, em, thanks Gab. You think I would know that. I need to go to the pub. Quick.
Gabriella (ASR)

RomaShield27 > that is not html but phpBB code, you need to use html codes

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/pri...
ordeal_rules (JCS)

bolivia with a good player! wow, their national team has sucked for so long that it is hard to believe, would be cool if we could get him though
Johnny (ASR)

If Conti and co pull this off and bring him to Rome, amen.
RomaShield27

Bullocks, HTML don't dance here? Meh.
Gabriella (ASR)

I hope we get Moreno! ... I may even abandon Torres for him in my ME+MESSI+TORRES 3some to become 3XM or the 3 Musketeers! ... blasphemy! I havent been this excited about a player that is available since ... I cannot even remember!
jasperaldo (ASR)

Moreno the new batigol? :D
€7 mln for a talented kid who has proved he can score sounds like a done deal to me.
We need finishers.