The_Rev Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 14 hours ago, Zatman said: Conspiracy alert. Stefan De Vrij concedes late penalty to allow Inter to beat Lazio in Champions League decider, he is taken off immediately De Vrij joins Inter for next season There's no history of that kind of behaviour in Italian football, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 21, 2018 Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 hour ago, The_Rev said: There's no history of that kind of behaviour in Italian football, right? No this would be a first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Has to be said, the Lazio manager is a complete **** moron for playing him in the first place. If ever there was a case for putting a footballer on gardening leave it would have been for that match. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 21, 2018 Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2018 Just now, Dr_Pangloss said: Has to be said, the Lazio manager is a complete **** moron for playing him in the first place. If ever there was a case for putting a footballer on gardening leave it would have been for that match. Totally agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 7 hours ago, bobzy said: I'm fine with that. I like cyclical football and don't want the same old teams at the top necessarily. A whole generation of football fans know Ajax to be just another average Dutch side, but that mid-90's side was incredible. Van der Sar, the de Boer brothers, Davids and Seedorf, Overmars and Kluivert - just such a good Dutch production line. Also, Jari Litmanen! Pretty sure a load of that Ajax side (who beat Milan in the CL final) ended up going to Milan as well. I don't think we will ever see the likes of Ajax be a major force again due to the way the game has gone with the money. You'll never see a Red Star Belgrade, Steaua Bucharest or PSV Eindhoven lift the Champions League. I think Porto under Mourinho were the last team from a small nation to win it in 2003. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 On 21/05/2018 at 14:57, Dr_Pangloss said: Has to be said, the Lazio manager is a complete **** moron for playing him in the first place. If ever there was a case for putting a footballer on gardening leave it would have been for that match. It was absolute insanity to play him given the conflict of interests involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted May 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 23, 2018 On 21/05/2018 at 12:16, Xela said: I don't think we will ever see the likes of Ajax be a major force again due to the way the game has gone with the money. You'll never see a Red Star Belgrade, Steaua Bucharest or PSV Eindhoven lift the Champions League. I think Porto under Mourinho were the last team from a small nation to win it in 2003. So sad. Money has ruined football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Sarri left Napoli, Ancelotti appointed as replacement. Think Napoli will start losing key players over next 12 months, don't really see Ancelotti as a great fit for a rebuilding process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 6 hours ago, VillaChris said: Sarri left Napoli, Ancelotti appointed as replacement. Think Napoli will start losing key players over next 12 months, don't really see Ancelotti as a great fit for a rebuilding process. Sarri to Chelsea then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 4 hours ago, sne said: Sarri to Chelsea then? St. Petersburg apparently 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 13 minutes ago, Zatman said: St. Petersburg apparently They do like their Italian managers at Zenit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 and pay them incredibly well... Zenit are an interesting team, flying last year until the director or whatever role he had died, apparently key to bringing all the players in and looking after them, after his death they went to shit, finished 5th which is shocking for them, mancini has done well to get his role with the national team spent £85m last summer, they have some high potential Argentinians like mammana, kranevitter, rigoni, druissi, paredes, as well as buying russian internationals Kuzyayev, Ozdoyev, Nabiullin, Zabolotny and poloz, in their newly built 60k stadium, they should be a good team 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Parma starting on -5 this season as a player was caught sending suspicious text messages before a match last season (he's got a 2 year ban) crazy, when will they learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Swedish WC goalie Robin Olsson apparently on his way to Roma to replace Allison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 also finalising the Malcolm deal today roma have had a really good summer in the transfer market, napoli changing their manager...juve sign ronaldo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Monchi is a maestro in transfer market. Imagine Olsen costs a fraction of what Allison went for 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted July 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2018 15 minutes ago, Zatman said: Monchi is a maestro in transfer market. Imagine Olsen costs a fraction of what Allison went for Reported figures are between £7-10 million depending on source, but either way a liiiitle bit less than the Brazilian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 players in - pastore, kluivert, defrel, santon, schick, coric, bianda, cristante, zaniolo, mirante, fuzato, marcano - potentially maclolm and olsson players out - alisson, nainggolan , skorupski, iturbe, tumminello net spend - £10m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Davide Santon blast from past. He still only about 27 i imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Roma are one of those teams to me that never win anything but always sign interesting players and are good fun to watch, same as Bayer Leverkusen who also have great scouting network. Every league needs a team like that. Shame that midfield they had two years ago of Leandro Paredes-Strootman-Naingollan has broken up as that was great fun. Think that Turkish young player they have called Cengiz Under is one to watch. Struggled v Liverpool but he's looked very exciting in Seria A so could be the next 70-80m player to hit premier league in next few years, reminds me of Coutinho. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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