haha ya, its like... how many ? 2 seasons ? since we 2 talk abt playing against each other.

lets hope for 2 great matches.

Yes 2 seasons already. Let's hope that our boys will give us the best matches and I am sure that they're going to be great.

any replacement @ left midfield since mancini left roma?

watch the video of Menez, u'll get the answer.

not to mention Vucinic excel on the left too.

hehe. nice. i kindda miss wilhemsson. he also a good winger though.. sad, roma only want him on loan.

uh.... i`m outdated.. mancini already moved to inter milan... so sad
i still remember how he score when meets man u 2years ago..

yeah. it seems inter love to buy player from roma n real. & really sad roma letting them go. of coz because of the salary oso involve.

Menez's official presentation :

Welcome Menez
hope there will be a change in this season. i really loved both mancini and chivu played at roma(which now at inter).. so sad lor.. still can`t accept it

Perrotta skips Napoli game
Saturday 30 August, 2008
Simone Perrotta and Francesco Totti are out of Roma's season opener against Napoli on Sunday afternoon.

There were some doubts over the midfielder due to a tendon problem and this evening it was confirmed he will not be part of the squad this weekend.

Totti is also sidelined after picking up a knock to the ankle during the Italian Super Cup clash with Inter last week.

He is still recovering from the knee ligament surgery in April, so Coach Luciano Spalletti preferred not to risk it.

Roma must also do without the injured Rodrigo Taddei, Mauro Esposito and Vincenzo Montella for the big game with Napoli.

The transfer has come through for Jeremy Menez, so the Frenchman could feasibly make his Serie A debut on Sunday.

Roma squad: Alvarez, Aquilani, Artur, Baptista, Brighi, Cassetti, Cicinho, De Rossi, Doni, Juan, Julio Cesar, Loria, Marangon, Menez, Mexes, Okaka, Panucci, Pizarro, Riise, Tonetto, Vucinic


http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/aug30r.html

finally our Serie A season kick start 2nite !

1st game at home against Napoli... tricky match i would say, still remember the 4-4 draw laz season.

Totti, Perrotta, n Taddei are out, so most probably we'll see Baptista as AM n Menez might get a chance to play too. cant wait !

Forza Roma !!!

Roma 1 - 1 Napoli

awful performance from the boys. we cant even played better than Napoli who hav Santacroce sent off. in fact, they played much better that if not of Doni made that 2 saves we would hav lost the match already.

Baptista was poor there, gave away the ball cheaply, bur struggling on the wing. Riise played well, showed some nice determination n work rate. Menez missed a golden chance to become an instant hero, but so far its positive from him. i believe he can do well if play right from the start.

Inter n us draw, AC lost... looks like this season is going to be very exciting.

lol.. 1st match, ac lost edi? mm actually i expected edi that last nite game was awful. not watched it, but just have in mind that without totti and perrota, the game must be boring..

the match is far from boring, its actually quite exciting to watch for the neutrals, but its also damn frustrating for Romanistas.

here's the highlights :



its really a pity that we cant win it for our departed president.

it's just the 1st match day and so much drama in the serie A. it proves serie A is jus as exciting wit the BPL, if not more. enuf said

i feel Roma need time 2 settle with so many major signings dis time around n we r still missing our Mr Roma Totti. it was an exciting match against Napoli. i still rmbr Roma drew 4-4 with Napoli in the same fixture last season...Napoli is a gud side with the likes of Hamsik(has been linked with few top clubs), Lavezzi n Zalayeta.

i still believe that Roma will do well dis season.

the transfer market officially closed, n in these final hours we signed...... no one.

oh well we didnt get some1 in, but did sent some out. here's a complete list of our transfer activities :


Players IN
01/04/08 - Vitorino Antunes (FC Paços de Ferreira)
18/06/08 - John Arne Riise (Liverpool FC)
25/06/08 - Simone Loria (AC Siena)
25/06/08 - Artur Moraes (AC Siena)
14/08/08 - Júlio Baptista (Real Madrid CF)
28/08/08 - Jérémy Menez (AS Monaco FC)

Players OUT
10/07/08 - Amantino Mancini (FC Internazionale Milano)
18/07/08 - Ludovic Giuly (Paris Saint-Germain FC)

Loans OUT
25/06/08 - Ahmed Barusso (AC Siena)
08/07/08 - Aleandro Rosi (AS Livorno Calcio)
18/07/08 - Vitorino Antunes (US Lecce)
18/07/08 - Federico Erba (SS Virtus Lanciano 1924)
18/07/08 - Claudio Cafiero (FC Crotone)
25/07/08 - Alessio Cerci (Atalanta BC)
01/09/08 - Mauro Esposito (AC Chievo Verona)
01/09/08 - Marco Andreolli (US Sassuolo Calcio)
01/09/08 - Edgar Álvarez (Pisa Calcio)

Co-Ownerships
20/06/08 - Mirko Vucinic (100% of contract from US Lecce to AS Roma)
25/06/08 - Marco Andreolli (Co-ownership renewed between AS Roma and FC Internazionale Milano)
25/06/08 - Ahmed Barusso (Co-ownership renewed between AS Roma and Rimini Calcio FC)
25/06/08 - Mauro Esposito (100% of contract from Cagliari Calcio to AS Roma)
25/06/08 - Leandro Greco (100% of contract from Hellas Verona FC to AS Roma)
25/06/08 - Daniele Galloppa (100% of contract from AS Roma to AC Siena)
25/06/08 - Daniele Magliocchetti (50% of contract from AS Roma to Cagliari Calcio)
25/06/08 - Gianluca Curci (50% of contract from AS Roma to AC Siena)
26/06/08 - Gianluca Freddi (100% of contract from AS Roma to US Grosseto FC)
09/07/08 - Keivan Zarineh (50% of contract from AS Roma to AC Siena)
18/07/08 - Marco Andreolli (100% of contract from FC Internazionale Milano to AS Roma)
01/09/08 - Simone Palermo (50% of contract from AS Roma to Treviso FBC 1993)


not a bad transfer season we got here, althought i was hoping we can get Di Michele as our last signing.

Just got to know mancini went to Inter? Why on earth did spaletti permit that?
He has been one of the consistent performer every season and of all club to Inter?
It's really different compare BPL where top clubs dun sell to each other.

actually, mancini got prob with the coach. n mourinho interested with him. thats why..

well no, Mancini hav no prob wif Spalletti as far as i know...

Mancini left us, simply bcoz he wan a big n fat pay cheque. his contract was going to expire by end of this season, n we did offered him an improved comtract by mid of laz season, which he rejected. that left us no choice but to cash in from him rather than let he leave as a free agent.

n he's far from a consistent performer, those who watch Serie A regularly will know that. yeah sure he did hav some period where he hit the red hot form, but mostly he's a burden to the team.

actually, i read it on local newspaper bout he n the coach got a personal prob. dont know whether its true or not..